Notice2025-01172
Notice of Inventory Completion: No Man's Land Museum, Goodwell, OK
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Published
January 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the No Man's Land Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 5995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01172]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039360; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: No Man's Land Museum, Goodwell,
OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the No Man's Land Museum has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Sue Weissinger, No Man's Land Historical Society, 214 E.
Avenue, Goodwell, OK 73939, telephone (580) 349-2670,
email:<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254b48494d56654a5051494a4a4e0b464a48"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036d6e6f6b70436c76776f6c6c682d606c6e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the No
Man's Land Museum, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. One individual
adult was removed from a site six miles west of Texhoma Texas county,
Oklahoma and donated on May 11, 1976. The second adult was uncovered
while excavating sand for construction in a sand pit north of Guymon,
Texas County, Oklahoma. The individual was 6' to 7' deep in the sand.
Donated to No Man's Land Museum on May 28, 1976.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; The
Osage Nation; and the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; and the Wichita & Affiliated Tribes
(Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma agreed to consult. The
Quapaw Nation declined to comment.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical, and
expert opinion. The information, including the results of consultation,
identified
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The No Man's Land Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the No Man's Land Museum must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The No Man's Land Museum is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01172 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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