Notice2025-01189
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District (USACE Tulsa) intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5991-5992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01189]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039349; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Tulsa District, Tulsa, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
District (USACE Tulsa) intends to carry out the disposition of human
remains and associated funerary objects removed from Federal or Tribal
lands to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization with priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If no claim for
disposition is received by January 20, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains or cultural items.
ADDRESSES: Jacqueline Rodgers, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
District, 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137, telephone (918) 669-
4964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#472d26243632222b2e292269352823202235340732342624226926352a3e692a2e2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d474c4e5c584841444348035f42494a485f5e6d585e4c4e48034c5f405403404441">[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
USACE Tulsa, and additional information on the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. The one lot of
associated funerary objects consist of coffin hardware. In the 1870s,
the Kaw Nation founded the community of Washunga along the Arkansas
River in what became Kay County, Oklahoma. The Washunga Cemetery was
established was in use from approximately 1872 until the 1970s. In the
1970s USACE Tulsa relocated known internments from this cemetery prior
to the inundation of Kaw Lake. In 1997, human remains representing one
individual and funerary objects including one lot of coffin hardware
were collected from the site of the original Washunga Cemetery, now
located along the shoreline of Kaw Lake. Currently the individual and
all funerary objects are located at the Tulsa District Archaeological
Repository.
Determinations
The USACE Tulsa has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one lot of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> The Kaw Nation, Oklahoma has priority for disposition of
the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this
notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for
disposition is received by January 20, 2026, the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human
remains and associated funerary objects. Claims for disposition may be
submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice may occur on or after February 18, 2025. If competing
claims for disposition are received, the USACE Tulsa must determine the
most appropriate claimant prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The USACE Tulsa
is responsible for sending a copy of this
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notice to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: January 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01189 Filed 1-16-25; 8:45 am]
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