Notice2025-14166
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK
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Published
July 28, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District (USACE Tulsa) proposes to transfer human remains or cultural items removed from Federal or Tribal lands.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35542-35543]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14166]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6301; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040612; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, 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. Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
District (USACE Tulsa) proposes to transfer human remains or cultural
items removed from Federal or Tribal lands.
DATES: Disposition, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains or
cultural items in this notice may occur on or after August 27, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written claims for disposition of the human remains or
cultural items in this notice to Jacqueline Rodgers, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Tulsa District, 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#503a31332125353c393e357e223f34373522231025233133357e31223d297e3d393c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5832393b292d3d3431363d762a373c3f3d2a2b182d2b393b3d76392a352176353134">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The identifications in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
USACE Tulsa, and additional information on the human remains or
cultural items described in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the identifications in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. There is no
additional information on the recovery of this individual. The
individual was first documented in 1998 during a NAGPRA accounting
effort for the Tulsa District. Originally this individual was
mistakenly assumed to have been recovered from site 34MA1 at Lake
Texoma, however archival research disproved that assumption. It is
likely this individual was found by USACE Tulsa staff at Lake Texoma
and was confused with a contemporary recovery from site 34MA1. Lake
Texoma occupies portions of Marshall, Johnston, Bryan, and Love
Counties in Oklahoma and Cooke and Grayson Counties in Texas. The
portion of the reservoir within the state of Oklahoma also lies within
the exterior boundaries of Chickasaw Nation reservation. The Chickasaw
Nation reservation does not extend into the state of Texas. It is
unknown from which part of the reservoir this individual was recovered.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Quapaw Nation; The Chickasaw Nation, The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage
Nation; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma. Respondents who participated in consultation
include the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; and
the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
Oklahoma.
Priority for Disposition
One year after the discovery or excavation of the human remains or
cultural items described in this notice, USACE Tulsa did not identify
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
with priority for disposition. No known lineal descendant who can trace
ancestry to the human remains in this notice has been identified. No
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization from whose Tribal lands
the human remains in this notice were removed has been identified. No
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation
to the human remains in this notice has been clearly or reasonably
identified. The Federal land from which the human remains in this
notice were removed is not recognized by a final judgement of the
Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims as the
aboriginal land of some Indian Tribe.
Determinations
The USACE Tulsa has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The Chickasaw Nation has requested transfer of the human
remains described in this notice.
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Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the human remains or cultural
items described in this notice must be sent to the appropriate official
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Claims for disposition may
be submitted by any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization who shows that they have priority for disposition.
Disposition, transfer, or reinterment of the human remains or
cultural items described in this notice may occur on or after August
27, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received, the USACE
Tulsa must determine the most appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Claims for joint disposition of the human remains or
cultural items are considered a single claim and not completing claims.
The USACE Tulsa is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: July 9, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14166 Filed 7-25-25; 8:45 am]
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