Notice2025-10133
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis, MO
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Published
June 4, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Missouri Historical Society (MHS) 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]
[Page 23701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10133]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040260; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Historical Society, St.
Louis, 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 Missouri Historical Society (MHS) 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 Brady Wolf, Missouri
Historical Society, 225 S Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63105, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d6f7a62616b4d606265647e79627f7423627f6a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bddfcad2d1dbfdd0d2d5d4cec9d2cfc493d2cfda">[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
MHS, 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, five individuals have been
identified. The 240 associated funerary objects are 141 lithics, 25
ceramic vessels, nine lots of ceramic sherds, 27 modified stones, six
lots of shell beads, 25 partial lithics, and seven ceramic and stone
pipes.
From 1906-1907 archaeologist Gerard Fowke performed a series of
excavations across central and southern Missouri under the auspices of
the St. Louis branch of the Archaeological Institute of America. During
these excavations he disinterred several burials in Boone County,
Missouri. Boone County burials excavated by Fowke include: Dawson
Mounds (23BO09), Easley Mounds (23BO10), Baumhoefer Mounds (23BO11),
Buescher Mounds (23BO12), and Shaw Mounds (23BO40). The ancestors and
associated funerary objects taken from these mounds were transferred to
the MHS at an unknown date and catalogued during a 1993 internal
inventory. MHS records do not indicate the presence of any known
hazardous substances.
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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The MHS has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 240 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 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 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 MHS 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 MHS 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: May 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10133 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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