Notice2025-10132
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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Published
June 4, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10132]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040259; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Missouri, Museum of
Anthropology, Columbia, MO
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 University of Missouri, Museum of
Anthropology 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 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Candace Sall,
University of Missouri Museum of Anthropology, 1020 Lowry Street,
Columbia, MO 65211, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5937383e292b381934302a2a362c2b30773c3d2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="620c0305121003220f0b11110d17100b4c070617">[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
University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology, 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, 326 individuals have been
identified. The 165 lots of the total 16,291 associated funerary
objects are 10 lots of bifaces, one celt, 10 lots of debitage, eight
lots of flake tools, three lots of drills, four lots of groundstone,
three hammerstones, five lots of hematite, four lots of limestone,
three lots of limonite or ochre, three lots of lithic cores, one mano,
eight lots of projectile points or knives, one lot of unmodified
quartz, five lots of sandstone, one lot of stone abraders, 10 lots of
unmodified rocks, one historic ceramic fragment, three lots of clay
pipes, nine lots of pottery sherds, one ceramic vessel, one lot of
antler tools, two lots of bone beads, nine lots of faunal fragments,
seven lots of shell fragments, two lots of shell beads, three lots of
crinoids, one lot of crinoid beads, four lots of gastropod or snail
shells, one lead ball, four lots of metal fragments or nails, one glass
bottle, one lot of glass fragments, six lots of seeds, five lots of
charred wood, one lot of fossils, one mortuary blade, four lots of
burned earth or daub, eight lots of charcoal fragments or samples, two
lots of flotation samples, and eight lots of soil samples.
The individuals and associated funerary objects were removed from
12 sites in Boone and Howard counties, Missouri, on several occasions
between 1935 and 1980, including Montgomery Site (23BO1), 23BO4, 23BO5,
Triangulation Point Mound (23BO7), Gibb Mound (23BO8), Gordon Tract
Site (also known as Hinkson Creek Site, 23BO303), Campsite Site
(23BO378), 23BO960, the Demeter Collection (23BOUNPROV1), Don Bell Cave
Site (23HD1), 23HD3, and Walter Site (23HD38).
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 University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 326 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 165 lots 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> There is a clear connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and The Osage
Nation.
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 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
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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 7,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
University of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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 University
of Missouri, Museum of Anthropology 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 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10132 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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