Notice2025-04628
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, OK
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Published
March 19, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (OTAO) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12776-12777]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04628]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039641; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, Oklahoma City, 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. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area Office (OTAO) has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area
Office, 5924 NW 2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, OK 73127,
telephone (405) 470-4816, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4afa1a8a8adb7abaa84b1b7a6b6eaa3abb2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc6c8c1c1c4dec2c3edd8decfdf83cac2db">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation,
Oklahoma-Texas Area Office at telephone (405) 470-4816, or by email to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#94fff1f8f8fde7fbfad4e1e7f6e6baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="107b757c7c79637f7e50656372623e777f66">[email protected]</span></a>. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals
outside the United States should use the relay services offered within
their country to make international calls to the point-of-contact in
the United States.
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
OTAO, 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 from archeological site 41MC296 in McMullen County, Texas.
No associated funerary objects are present. Archeological site 41MC296
was
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recorded in August 1979 by workers from the Center for Archaeological
Research at the University of Texas in San Antonio. Carbon was
recovered from virtually all units and levels during Phase II
excavations at the site. The dates from these samples ranged from 100-
10 BC and A.D. 1520-1610. The human remains were found in level five
(40-50 cm below ground surface) and level six (50-60 cm below ground
surface).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The OTAO has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico.
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:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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 the requestor is a lineal
descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the OTAO 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. OTAO of Reclamation is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 5, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04628 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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