Notice2025-10028
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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Published
June 3, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History (SNOMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23551-23552]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10028]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040183; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of
Natural History, University of Oklahoma, Norman, 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 Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History (SNOMNH) has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 3, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Garrett, NAGPRA Program
Coordinator, Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, University
of Oklahoma, telephone (405) 325-1994, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dca6bdbfbbbdaeaeb9a8a89cb3a9f2b9b8a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef958e8c888e9d9d8a9b9baf809ac18a8b9a">[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
SNOMNH, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, eight associated funerary
objects were removed from the Brackett site (34Ck43) in Cherokee
County, OK, in 1939. The eight associated funerary objects are five
complete vessels, one bag of potsherds, one stone knife fragment, and
one mussel shell fragment. This list of objects is an addition to the
group of associated funerary objects previously identified in a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on April 1,
2019 (84 FR 12274-12277).
Based on the information available, 47 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Reed 4 site (34Dl4) in Delaware County, OK, in
1937. The 47 associated funerary objects are five ceramic vessels, five
bags of potsherds, one ceramic pipe fragment, one ceramic bead, one bag
with a sample of scrapings from the inside of a vessel, one projectile
point, one stone pipe, two stone celts, four stone earspools, one stone
abrader, one perforated stone, one pebble, two paintstones, two worked
stones, one bag of shell beads, two copper bodkins, four decorated
copper sheet fragments, 11 copper ornaments, and one copper tube. This
list of objects is an addition to the group of associated funerary
objects previously identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2018 (83 FR 52522-
52525).
Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been
identified. The five associated funerary objects are two projectile
points, one bag of shell beads, one bone awl, and one bone hair pin.
These human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
the Henry Heflin 1 site (34Lf14) in LeFlore County, OK in 1941. The
human remains include two probable female adults and one probable male
adult. This list of human remains and associated funerary objects are
additions to the group of human remains and associated funerary objects
previously identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register in a Notice of Inventory Completion on July 1,
2024 (89 FR 54499-54501).
Based on the information available, 11 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Hooks site (34Lf19) in LeFlore County, OK in
1941. The 11 associated funerary objects are three bags of potsherds,
five projectile points, two stone knives, and one stone ax. This list
of objects is an addition to the group of associated funerary objects
previously identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in
the Federal Register on December 19, 2023 (88 FR 87803-87804).
Based on the information available, 20 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Copeland site (34Lf20) in LeFlore County, OK in
1941. The 20 associated funerary objects are one ceramic vessel (in
fragments), two bags of potsherds, three projectile points, four stone
beads, one stone celt, one mano, one stone gorget, one piece of galena,
one stone fossil, two paintstones, two bone awls, and one shell hoe.
This list of objects is an addition to the group of associated funerary
objects previously identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on July 1, 2024 (89 FR 54499-54501).
Based on the information available, 10 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Smith site (34Lf22) in LeFlore County, OK in
1940-1941. The 10 associated funerary objects include two stone celts,
one projectile point, one boatstone, three worked antlers, two bone
hair pins, and one bone awl. This list of objects is an addition to the
group of associated funerary objects previously identified in a Notice
of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on July 1,
2024 (89 FR 54499-54501).
Based on the information available, 65 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Moore site (34Lf31) in LeFlore County, OK in
1938-1939 and 1969. The 65 associated funerary objects are 16 complete
ceramic vessels, two vessels (in fragments), four bags of potsherds, 29
projectile points, one paintstone, one unidentified worked stone, three
groundstone fragments, three bags of stone flakes, one partial squirrel
skeleton, one bone awl fragment, one bag of animal bone fragments, one
bag of shell beads, one shell hoe fragment, and one bag of shell
fragments. This list of objects is an addition to the group of
associated funerary objects previously identified in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on December 19,
2023 (88 FR 87803-87804).
Based on the information available, six associated funerary objects
were removed from the Hughes site (34Ms4) in Muskogee County, OK in
1938. The six associated funerary objects are one reconstructed vessel,
four bags of potsherds, and one reconstructed
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tortoise shell. This list of objects is an addition to the group of
associated funerary objects previously identified in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on October 17,
2018 (83 FR 52522-52525).
Based on the information available, three associated funerary
objects were removed from the Nagle site (34Ok4) in Oklahoma County, OK
in 1956-1957. The three associated funerary objects are one ceramic
pipe or effigy burner bowl, one polished stone, and one paintstone.
This list of objects is an addition to the group of associated funerary
objects previously identified in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on April 1, 2019 (84 FR 12274-12277).
Based on the information available, 99 associated funerary objects
were removed from the Norman Mound site (34Wg2) between 1933 and 1948.
The 99 associated funerary objects are six ceramic vessels, one ceramic
vessel with human effigy, 12 bags of potsherds, 54 projectile points,
22 stone earspools, two bags of pigment, one bag of charcoal, and one
bag of turtle shell fragments. This list of objects is an addition to
the group of associated funerary objects previously identified in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
December 9, 2019 (84 FR 67294-67295).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The SNOMNH has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 274 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> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
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:
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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 3,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SNOMNH
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The SNOMNH is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: May 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10028 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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