Notice2025-05611
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: No Man's Land Historical Society, Goodwell, OK
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Published
April 2, 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 Historical Society proposes to transfer human remains and associated funerary objects listed in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal Register on January 16, 2025.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14463-14464]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05611]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039816; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: No Man's Land
Historical Society, 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 Historical Society
proposes to transfer human remains and associated funerary objects
listed in a notice of inventory completion published in the Federal
Register on January 16, 2025.
DATES: Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after May 2,
2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sue Weissinger, No Man's Land
Historical Society, telephone 580-349 (2670), email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8be5e6e7e3f8cbe4feffe7e4e4e0a5e8e4e6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731d1e1f1b00331c06071f1c1c185d101c1e">[email protected]</span></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 No
Man's Land Historical Society, 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
This notice follows publication of a notice of inventory completion
in the Federal Register (90 FR 4795-4796, January 16, 2025). Human
remains representing, at least, one individuals have been identified.
The six associated funerary objects are five harrell points and one
stone knife blade. The individual was excavated by an unknown party on
the Sprowles Ranch near Cheyenne, Oklahoma in Roger Mills County and
loaned to the No
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Man's Land Museum on January 22, 1965. It was in a cairn as evidenced
by two photographs that were loaned.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individual
adult was removed from a site near Felt, Cimarron County, Oklahoma and
donated on May 4, 1974.
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. The one associated funerary object is horse bones. The
individual was excavated one mile west and one-half mile south of Four
Corners on Highway 64 in Texas County, Oklahoma. It was loaned to the
No Man's Land Museum on August 10, 1936.
It is unknown if harmful substances were used.
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 and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi,
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; and the Wichita
and 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 and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: anthropological, archaeological, geographical, and expert
opinion. The information, including the results of consultation,
identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains or associated funerary objects.
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 Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The seven 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> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been
identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.
<bullet> The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma have requested
transfer of the human remains and associated funerary objects described
in this notice.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT. 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.
Repatriation, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice may occur on or
after May 2, 2025. If requests for repatriation are received, the No
Man's Land Museum must evaluate the requests and respond in writing to
the requestors. 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: March 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05611 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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