82 FR 11606 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

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The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22774; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas State Highway and 
Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the Arkansas State Highway 
and Transportation Department. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation 
Department at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas State Highway and Transportation 
Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, telephone (501) 569-
2079, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and

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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the 
control of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department. 
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
multiple counties in the state of Arkansas.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Arkansas 
State Highway and Transportation Department professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of The Quapaw Tribe of Indians.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 2004, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were recovered from the Gilmore South site (3CT340) in Crittenden 
County, AR, during Phase III mitigation for the improvements to Highway 
63. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department contracted 
the excavations out to SPEARS, Inc., in West Fork, AR. The human 
remains were transferred to the Arkansas Archeological Survey (AAS) for 
curation in 2009. The human remains were identified as one adult (18-20 
years) and female. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts found at site 3CT340 
indicate these human remains were probably buried during the 
Transitional Late Woodland/Early Mississippian period (A.D. 700-1200).
    In 2004, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were recovered from the Gilmore North site (3CT341) in Crittenden 
County, AR, during Phase III mitigation for the improvements to Highway 
63. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department contracted 
the excavations out to SPEARS, Inc., in West Fork, AR. The human 
remains were transferred to the AAS for curation in 2009. The human 
remains were identified as two youths of unknown sex. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present. Diagnostic artifacts found at site 3CT341 indicate these human 
remains were probably buried during the Transitional Late Woodland/
Early Mississippian period (A.D. 700-1200).
    In 1968, 1969, and 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, 62 
individuals were recovered from the Hazel site (3PO6), Poinsett County, 
AR. The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department planned to 
reroute State Highway 308 which went directly through the Hazel site. 
The excavations were undertaken by the AAS, and the human remains and 
associated funerary objects have remained at the AAS's collections 
since the time of their removal. The human remains were identified as 
eight infants (less than two years old), 12 children (2 to 12 years), 
one youth (13 to 18 years), 34 adults (19 to 35 years), two old adults 
(over 35 years), and five undetermined. The human remains were further 
identified as eight female, 24 males, and 30 undetermined. No known 
individuals were identified. The 251 associated funerary objects are 59 
whole or partial ceramic vessels, 2 ceramic discs, 1 large body sherd, 
16 bone beads, 1 bone gorget, 3 bone awls, 1 deer humerus scraper, 1 
antler dagger, 1 raccoon jaw, 1 beaver tooth, 14 conch shell beads, 89 
disc-shaped shell beads, 40 pearl-slug shell beads, 7 barrel-shaped 
shell beads, 2 disc-shaped shell ear ornaments, 2 shell fragments, 1 
shell mask gorget, 1 shell spoon, 1 conch shell pendant, 1 willow-leaf 
knife, 1 biface, 1 ball of red ocher, 1 disc-shaped stone, 1 piece of 
coarse sandstone, 1 triangular piece of sandstone, 1 cymbal-shaped 
copper disc, and 1 piece of unidentified chalky material. Diagnostic 
artifacts found at the Hazel site (3PO6) indicate that the human 
remains were probably buried during the Parkin Phase (A.D. 1300-1600).
    In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
(84-712, 84-712-1, Burials 1 and 2) were recovered from the Ink Bayou 
site (3PU252) in Pulaski County, AR. The Ink Bayou site was excavated 
to mitigate the impacts of construction of a bridge over Ink Bayou. The 
Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department contracted the 
excavations out to the AAS, and the human remains have remained at the 
AAS's collections since the time of their removal. The human remains 
consisted of three adults of unknown age, one male and two 
undetermined. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts found at the Ink 
Bayou site (3PU252) indicate that these human remains were probably 
buried during the Plum Bayou Phase (A.D. 750-950).
    For the human remains listed in this notice, geographic affiliation 
is consistent with the historically documented territory of The Quapaw 
Tribe of Indians. Archeological evidence is consistent with the 
documented use of the area by The Quapaw Tribe of Indians.

Determinations Made by the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation 
Department

    Officials of the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation 
Department have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 68 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 251 objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Quapaw 
Tribe of Indians.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Kristina Boykin, Arkansas State Highway and 
Transportation Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, 
telephone (501) 569-2079, email [email protected], by March 
27, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to The Quapaw Tribe of Indians may proceed.
    The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department is 
responsible for notifying The Quapaw Tribe of Indians that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: January 24, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-03634 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
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Park Service is not responsible for the Determinations Made by the State Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
determinations in this notice. Historical Society of North Dakota notice has been published.
History and Description of the Cultural Officials of the State Historical Dated: December 19, 2016.
Item(s) Society of North Dakota have Melanie O’Brien,
determined that: Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Sometime between 1850 and 1931, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), [FR Doc. 2017–03624 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
one cultural item was removed from a the 1 cultural item described above is BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
gravesite in Lincoln County, GA. Dr. reasonably believed to have been placed
James Grassick, a University of North with or near individual human remains
Dakota physician, collected a stone pipe at the time of death or later as part of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
fragment from a ‘‘grave in Lincoln, the death rite or ceremony and are
Georgia’’ (according to records). Dr. National Park Service
believed, by a preponderance of the
Grassick donated more than 400 Native evidence, to have been removed from a [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22774;
American items to the State Historical specific burial site of a Native American PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Society on October 26, 1931, from individual.
Notice of Inventory Completion:
various states, including Georgia. The • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Arkansas State Highway and
one unassociated funerary object is a is a relationship of shared group Transportation Department, Little
pipe bowl fragment made of steatite. identity that can be reasonably traced Rock, AR
The pipe is likely of the handle or elbow between the unassociated funerary
type. Records do not provide any objects and the Cherokee Nation, The AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
additional information regarding the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United ACTION: Notice.
object’s archeological context or Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
provenance. Oklahoma. SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway
and Transportation Department has
In consultation with Native American Additional Requestors and Disposition completed an inventory of human
tribes, State Historical Society officials remains and associated funerary objects,
determined that the museum records Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian in consultation with the appropriate
actually refer to Lincoln County, GA, Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
which is located on the state’s eastern organizations, and has determined that
that wish to claim these cultural items
border. The pipe bowl was recovered there is a cultural affiliation between the
should submit a written request with
from what were the traditional lands of information in support of the claim to human remains and associated funerary
the Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee Wendi Field Murray, State Historical objects and present-day Indian tribes or
(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah Society of North Dakota, 612 East Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND descendants or representatives of any
The determination of cultural affiliation 58505, telephone (701) 328–3506, Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
of the unassociated funerary object is wmurray@nd.gov by March 27, 2017. organization not identified in this notice
based on geographical, archeological, After that date, if no additional that wish to request transfer of control
anthropological, and historical claimants have come forward, transfer of these human remains and associated
evidence, as well as other expert of control of the unassociated funerary funerary objects should submit a written
opinions. The unassociated funerary object to the Cherokee Nation, The request to the Arkansas State Highway
object is consistent with cultural items Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United and Transportation Department. If no
typically found in the burial contexts Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in additional requestors come forward,
Oklahoma may proceed. transfer of control of the human remains
among these three groups. Lincoln
and associated funerary objects to the
County, GA, falls within Creek and The State Historical Society of North lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Cherokee aboriginal lands ceded in the Dakota is responsible for notifying the Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Treaty of Augusta (1773). Archeological Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of this notice may proceed.
evidence indicates the presence of stone Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
DATES: Lineal descendants or
pipes in burials at Middle Mississippi Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-
representatives of any Indian tribe or
site (Dallas phase), believed to be Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama-
Native Hawaiian organization not
ancestral to contemporary Creek and Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee
identified in this notice that wish to
Cherokee tribes. They are also found Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana,
request transfer of control of these
archeologically, associated with adult Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians,
human remains and associated funerary
burials among the Creek and Cherokee. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma,
objects should submit a written request
The manufacture of steatite was also Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Kialegee
with information in support of the
known among the Cherokee, and is a Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of
request to the Arkansas State Highway
practice that continues to the present Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw
and Transportation Department at the
Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks
day. The extant evidence narrows the address in this notice by March 27,
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
possibilities for cultural affiliation to 2017.
Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

modern-day Creek and Cherokee groups, ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
but the lack of information regarding the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big State Highway and Transportation
object’s date or provenience does not Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock,
allow for a more specific determination. Reservations)), Shawnee Tribe, The AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079,
The Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee Chickasaw Nation, The Muscogee email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov.
(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, here given in accordance with the
have filed a joint claim for the object. and United Keetoowah Band of Native American Graves Protection and

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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. human remains were probably buried For the human remains listed in this
3003, of the completion of an inventory during the Transitional Late Woodland/ notice, geographic affiliation is
of human remains and associated Early Mississippian period (A.D. 700– consistent with the historically
funerary objects under the control of the 1200). documented territory of The Quapaw
Arkansas State Highway and In 1968, 1969, and 1974, human Tribe of Indians. Archeological evidence
Transportation Department. The human remains representing, at minimum, 62 is consistent with the documented use
remains and associated funerary objects individuals were recovered from the of the area by The Quapaw Tribe of
were removed from multiple counties in Hazel site (3PO6), Poinsett County, AR. Indians.
the state of Arkansas. The Arkansas State Highway and
This notice is published as part of the Transportation Department planned to Determinations Made by the Arkansas
National Park Service’s administrative reroute State Highway 308 which went State Highway and Transportation
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 directly through the Hazel site. The Department
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in excavations were undertaken by the
this notice are the sole responsibility of AAS, and the human remains and Officials of the Arkansas State
the museum, institution, or Federal associated funerary objects have Highway and Transportation
agency that has control of the Native remained at the AAS’s collections since Department have determined that:
American human remains and the time of their removal. The human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
associated funerary objects. The remains were identified as eight infants human remains described in this notice
National Park Service is not responsible (less than two years old), 12 children (2 represent the physical remains of 68
for the determinations in this notice. to 12 years), one youth (13 to 18 years), individuals of Native American
34 adults (19 to 35 years), two old adults
Consultation ancestry.
(over 35 years), and five undetermined.
A detailed assessment of the human The human remains were further • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
remains was made by the Arkansas State identified as eight female, 24 males, and the 251 objects described in this notice
Highway and Transportation 30 undetermined. No known are reasonably believed to have been
Department professional staff in individuals were identified. The 251 placed with or near individual human
consultation with representatives of The associated funerary objects are 59 whole remains at the time of death or later as
Quapaw Tribe of Indians. or partial ceramic vessels, 2 ceramic part of the death rite or ceremony.
History and Description of the Remains discs, 1 large body sherd, 16 bone beads, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
1 bone gorget, 3 bone awls, 1 deer
In 2004, human remains representing, is a relationship of shared group
humerus scraper, 1 antler dagger, 1
at minimum, one individual were identity that can be reasonably traced
raccoon jaw, 1 beaver tooth, 14 conch
recovered from the Gilmore South site shell beads, 89 disc-shaped shell beads, between the Native American human
(3CT340) in Crittenden County, AR, 40 pearl-slug shell beads, 7 barrel- remains and associated funerary objects
during Phase III mitigation for the shaped shell beads, 2 disc-shaped shell and The Quapaw Tribe of Indians.
improvements to Highway 63. The ear ornaments, 2 shell fragments, 1 shell
Arkansas State Highway and Additional Requestors and Disposition
mask gorget, 1 shell spoon, 1 conch
Transportation Department contracted shell pendant, 1 willow-leaf knife, 1 Lineal descendants or representatives
the excavations out to SPEARS, Inc., in biface, 1 ball of red ocher, 1 disc-shaped of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
West Fork, AR. The human remains stone, 1 piece of coarse sandstone, 1 organization not identified in this notice
were transferred to the Arkansas triangular piece of sandstone, 1 cymbal- that wish to request transfer of control
Archeological Survey (AAS) for curation shaped copper disc, and 1 piece of of these human remains and associated
in 2009. The human remains were unidentified chalky material. Diagnostic funerary objects should submit a written
identified as one adult (18–20 years) artifacts found at the Hazel site (3PO6) request with information in support of
and female. No known individuals were indicate that the human remains were
identified. No associated funerary the request to Kristina Boykin, Arkansas
probably buried during the Parkin Phase State Highway and Transportation
objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts (A.D. 1300–1600).
found at site 3CT340 indicate these Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock,
In 1984, human remains representing,
human remains were probably buried at minimum, three individuals (84–712, AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079,
during the Transitional Late Woodland/ 84–712–1, Burials 1 and 2) were email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov, by
Early Mississippian period (A.D. 700– recovered from the Ink Bayou site March 27, 2017. After that date, if no
1200). (3PU252) in Pulaski County, AR. The additional requestors have come
In 2004, human remains representing, Ink Bayou site was excavated to mitigate forward, transfer of control of the
at minimum, two individuals were the impacts of construction of a bridge human remains and associated funerary
recovered from the Gilmore North site over Ink Bayou. The Arkansas State objects to The Quapaw Tribe of Indians
(3CT341) in Crittenden County, AR, Highway and Transportation may proceed.
during Phase III mitigation for the Department contracted the excavations The Arkansas State Highway and
improvements to Highway 63. The out to the AAS, and the human remains Transportation Department is
Arkansas State Highway and have remained at the AAS’s collections responsible for notifying The Quapaw
Transportation Department contracted since the time of their removal. The Tribe of Indians that this notice has
the excavations out to SPEARS, Inc., in human remains consisted of three adults
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES

been published.
West Fork, AR. The human remains of unknown age, one male and two
were transferred to the AAS for curation undetermined. No known individuals Dated: January 24, 2017.
in 2009. The human remains were were identified. No associated funerary Melanie O’Brien,
identified as two youths of unknown objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
sex. No known individuals were found at the Ink Bayou site (3PU252) [FR Doc. 2017–03634 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
identified. No associated funerary indicate that these human remains were
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objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts probably buried during the Plum Bayou
found at site 3CT341 indicate these Phase (A.D. 750–950).

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FR Citation		82 FR 11606

82 FR 11606 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department, Little Rock, AR

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