Notice2025-04629
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 12782-12783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04629]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039642; 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 17, 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#e08b858cdc81c088928586dd" mailto:lison@usbr.gov"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eb8782988485ab9e988999c58c849d">[email protected]</span></a>">kel<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#610d08120e0f21141203134f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="412d28322e2f01343223336f262e37">[email protected]</span></a></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kate Ellison, Bureau of Reclamation,
at telephone (405) 470-4816, or by email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#066d636a3a67266e7463603b" mailto:lison@usbr.gov"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfd3d6ccd0d1ffcaccddcd91d8d0c9">[email protected]</span></a>">kel<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adc1c4dec2c3edd8decfdf83cac2db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f33362c30311f2a2c3d2d71383029">[email protected]</span></a></a>.
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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 at archeological site 41TG91 in Tom Green County, Texas. No
associated funerary objects are present. In 1978, the archeological
section of the Texas State Department of Highways and Public
Transportation conducted excavations at archeological site 41TG91 and
removed human remains. Excavations in 1978 sampled Late Holocene
deposits containing archeological materials dating from ca. 600 BC to
A.D. 1650 or 17000.
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 and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
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 17, 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. The OTAO 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.
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Dated: March 5, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04629 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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