83 FR 56370 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 219 (November 13, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 219 (November 13, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-24663 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 13, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 56370-56371] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-24663] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026717; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Kansas State Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written request to the Kansas State Historical Society. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Kansas State Historical Society at the address in this notice by December 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert J. Hoard, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099, telephone 785-272-8681, Ext. 269, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the control of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka, KS. The human remains were removed from Barber, Cowley, Marion, Rice, and Sumner Counties, KS. 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. 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 Kansas State Historical Society professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco, and Tawakonie), Oklahoma. History and Description of the Remains On or before 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from portions of site 14BA401, the JJ Lemon Ranch site (UBS 2001-22) in Barber County, KS, by an artifact collector in Pratt, KS. In 2001, the collector showed his collection to Kansas State Historical Society staff, who identified and took possession of the human remains--cranial fragments, a mandible fragment with teeth, three vertebrae, and two fragments of a femur--all of which belong to a single, 45-55-year-old male. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The site is affiliated with the Middle Ceramic (ca. A.D. 1100-1400) Pratt complex based on diagnostic artifacts observed at the site. The Pratt complex material culture recovered from the site--charred corn cobs, small triangular Washita points, beveled knives, bison scapula hoes, other bone tools, and attributes of ceramic vessel sherds--is representative of the people who are ancestral to the Great Bend aspect and, ultimately, to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, as asserted by Brosowske and Bevitt in the volume Kansas Archaeology (Hoard and Banks 2006:180-205), as well as by others. Previously recovered human remains from this site were repatriated to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in 1999 (Federal Register March 12, 1999, vol. 64, no. 48, pp. 12349- 12351). In 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was removed from 14SR303, the Buresh site (UBS 2000-12) in Sumner County, KS. Kansas State Historical Society staff excavated the site to save information from the site before it was destroyed by collectors. A human occipital belonging to an adult was recovered from a large basin- shaped feature containing charcoal, tools, and other cultural debris. These human remains were not noted during the excavation, but were found only later, during analysis of the Kansas State Historical Society collections. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The site dates to ca. A.D. 1100. The material culture recovered from the site--charred corn cobs, small triangular Washita points, beveled knives, bison scapula hoes, other bone tools, and sherds from globular jars with decorated lips and rims--is consistent with the Washita focus, whose people are considered to be ancestral to the Great Bend aspect and, ultimately, to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, as asserted by Brosowske and Bevitt in the volume Kansas Archaeology (Hoard and Banks 2006:180-205), as well as by others. In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14MN328, the Mem site (UBS 2001-26) in advance of highway construction. The collections from the site, including ceramic vessel sherds and side-notched arrow pints, are consistent with the Great Bend aspect. Subsequent analysis of collections from the investigations recovered a human deciduous incisor belonging to a single individual. No associated funerary objects are present. The Great Bend aspect, ca. A.D. 1350-1700, is widely understood to be ancestral to the modern-day Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. This understanding is based on radiocarbon dates, geographic region, material culture, oral tradition, and historical documents such as the entradas of Coronado and O[ntilde]ate in A.D. 1541 and 1601, respectively, as well as historical continuity into the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This evidence is strongly asserted in Waldo Wedel's 1959 publication An Introduction to Kansas Archeology and in many subsequent archeological publications. In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14RC2, the Major site (UBS 2001-32) in Rice County, KS. A private individual excavated a trash pit at the site, and subsequently donated the collection to the Kansas State [[Page 56371]] Historical Society. The collections from the site, including ceramic vessel sherds and side-notched arrow pints, are consistent with the Great Bend aspect. The collection included a mandible fragment with four teeth, belonging to a single adult individual. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1977 and 1978, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14RC8, the Tobias site (UBS 2011-01) in Rice County, KS. Research excavations by the Kansas State Historical Society led to the collection of extensive amounts of cultural material with a clear affiliation to the ancestral Wichita Great Bend aspect. An adult human tooth was recovered from this collection in 2011. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 2005, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from 14RC410, the Little River site (UBS 2005-08) in Rice County, KS. Excavations in advance of the construction of a water treatment plant encountered a human burial. Because artifacts consistent with the Great Bend aspect were present at the site, the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were contacted, and the burial was left in place. During subsequent analysis of the site collection, small, fragmentary remains belonging to two individuals were discovered. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Between 1994 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14CO1, the Larcom-Haggard site (UBS 2015- 08), in Cowley County, KS. Kansas State Historical Society staff excavated this Great Bend aspect site in advance of highway construction. Representatives of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were actively consulted during investigations. Subsequent analysis of the materials collected led to the discovery of a single human deciduous incisor. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Between 1994 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14CO3, the County Club site (UBS 2006-05), in Cowley County, KS. Kansas State Historical Society staff excavated this Great Bend aspect site in advance of highway construction. Representatives of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were actively consulted during investigations. Subsequent analysis of the materials collected led to the discovery of a single human deciduous incisor. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Between 1994 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from 14CO332, the Havelock site (UBS 2001-20), in Cowley County, KS. Kansas State Historical Society staff excavated this Great Bend aspect site in advance of highway construction. Representatives of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were actively consulted during investigations. Subsequent analysis of the materials collected led to the discovery of a single human deciduous incisor. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Determinations Made by the Kansas State Historical Society Officials of the Kansas State Historical Society have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry. 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 the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Robert J. Hoard, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615-1099, telephone 785-272-8681, Ext. 269, email [email protected], by December 13, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma may proceed. The Kansas State Historical Society is responsible for notifying the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma that this notice has been published. Dated: October 9, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-24663 Filed 11-9-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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30 days before the scheduled date of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is In 1969, human remains representing,
meeting. here given in accordance with the at minimum, one individual was
All statements received will be Native American Graves Protection and removed from 14SR303, the Buresh site
considered before any recommendation Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. (UBS 2000–12) in Sumner County, KS.
concerning the proposed extension is 3003, of the completion of an inventory Kansas State Historical Society staff
submitted to the Assistant Secretary— of human remains under the control of excavated the site to save information
Land and Minerals Management for the Kansas State Historical Society, from the site before it was destroyed by
final action. This withdrawal extension Topeka, KS. The human remains were collectors. A human occipital belonging
proposal will be processed in removed from Barber, Cowley, Marion, to an adult was recovered from a large
accordance with the regulations set Rice, and Sumner Counties, KS. basin-shaped feature containing
forth in 43 CFR 2310.4. This notice is published as part of the charcoal, tools, and other cultural
Authority: 43 CFR 2310.3–1. National Park Service’s administrative debris. These human remains were not
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 noted during the excavation, but were
Dated: November 6, 2018. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in found only later, during analysis of the
Ryan K. Zinke, this notice are the sole responsibility of Kansas State Historical Society
Secretary of the Interior. the museum, institution, or Federal collections. No known individuals were
[FR Doc. 2018–24717 Filed 11–9–18; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native identified. No associated funerary
BILLING CODE 4310–GJ–P American human remains. The National objects are present.
Park Service is not responsible for the The site dates to ca. A.D. 1100. The
determinations in this notice. material culture recovered from the
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR site—charred corn cobs, small triangular
Consultation
Washita points, beveled knives, bison
National Park Service A detailed assessment of the human scapula hoes, other bone tools, and
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026717;
remains was made by the Kansas State sherds from globular jars with decorated
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Historical Society professional staff in lips and rims—is consistent with the
consultation with representatives of the Washita focus, whose people are
Notice of Inventory Completion: Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, considered to be ancestral to the Great
Kansas State Historical Society, Keechi, Waco, and Tawakonie), Bend aspect and, ultimately, to the
Topeka, KS Oklahoma. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, as
History and Description of the Remains asserted by Brosowske and Bevitt in the
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. volume Kansas Archaeology (Hoard and
ACTION: Notice. On or before 1985, human remains Banks 2006:180–205), as well as by
representing, at minimum, one others.
SUMMARY: The Kansas State Historical individual were removed from portions
Society has completed an inventory of In 1986, human remains representing,
of site 14BA401, the JJ Lemon Ranch at minimum, one individual were
human remains, in consultation with site (UBS 2001–22) in Barber County, removed from 14MN328, the Mem site
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native KS, by an artifact collector in Pratt, KS. (UBS 2001–26) in advance of highway
Hawaiian organizations, and has In 2001, the collector showed his construction. The collections from the
determined that there is a cultural collection to Kansas State Historical site, including ceramic vessel sherds
affiliation between the human remains Society staff, who identified and took and side-notched arrow pints, are
and present-day Indian Tribes or Native possession of the human remains— consistent with the Great Bend aspect.
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal cranial fragments, a mandible fragment Subsequent analysis of collections from
descendants or representatives of any with teeth, three vertebrae, and two the investigations recovered a human
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian fragments of a femur—all of which deciduous incisor belonging to a single
organization not identified in this notice belong to a single, 45-55-year-old male. individual. No associated funerary
that wish to request transfer of control No known individuals were identified. objects are present.
of these human remains should submit No associated funerary objects are The Great Bend aspect, ca. A.D. 1350–
a written request to the Kansas State present. 1700, is widely understood to be
Historical Society. If no additional The site is affiliated with the Middle ancestral to the modern-day Wichita
requestors come forward, transfer of Ceramic (ca. A.D. 1100–1400) Pratt and Affiliated Tribes. This
control of the human remains to the complex based on diagnostic artifacts understanding is based on radiocarbon
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or observed at the site. The Pratt complex dates, geographic region, material
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in material culture recovered from the culture, oral tradition, and historical
this notice may proceed. site—charred corn cobs, small triangular documents such as the entradas of
DATES: Lineal descendants or Washita points, beveled knives, bison Coronado and Oñate in A.D. 1541 and
representatives of any Indian Tribe or scapula hoes, other bone tools, and 1601, respectively, as well as historical
Native Hawaiian organization not attributes of ceramic vessel sherds—is continuity into the nineteenth and
identified in this notice that wish to representative of the people who are twentieth centuries. This evidence is
request transfer of control of these ancestral to the Great Bend aspect and, strongly asserted in Waldo Wedel’s 1959
human remains should submit a written ultimately, to the Wichita and Affiliated publication An Introduction to Kansas
request with information in support of Tribes, as asserted by Brosowske and Archeology and in many subsequent
the request to the Kansas State Bevitt in the volume Kansas archeological publications.
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Historical Society at the address in this Archaeology (Hoard and Banks In 1977, human remains representing,
notice by December 13, 2018. 2006:180–205), as well as by others. at minimum, one individual were
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert J. Hoard, Kansas Previously recovered human remains removed from 14RC2, the Major site
State Historical Society, 6425 SW 6th from this site were repatriated to the (UBS 2001–32) in Rice County, KS. A
Avenue, Topeka, KS 66615–1099, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes in 1999 private individual excavated a trash pit
telephone 785–272–8681, Ext. 269, (Federal Register March 12, 1999, vol. at the site, and subsequently donated
email Robert.hoard@ks.gov. 64, no. 48, pp. 12349–12351). the collection to the Kansas State
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Historical Society. The collections from incisor. No known individuals were DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
the site, including ceramic vessel sherds identified. No associated funerary
and side-notched arrow pints, are objects are present. National Park Service
consistent with the Great Bend aspect. Between 1994 and 1996, human [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA- NPS0026787;
The collection included a mandible remains representing, at minimum, one PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
fragment with four teeth, belonging to a individual were removed from
single adult individual. No known 14CO332, the Havelock site (UBS 2001– Notice of Inventory Completion:
individuals were identified. No 20), in Cowley County, KS. Kansas State University of Arkansas Museum
associated funerary objects are present. Collections, Fayetteville, AR
Historical Society staff excavated this
In 1977 and 1978, human remains
representing, at minimum, one Great Bend aspect site in advance of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
individual were removed from 14RC8, highway construction. Representatives ACTION: Notice.
the Tobias site (UBS 2011–01) in Rice of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
were actively consulted during SUMMARY: The University of Arkansas
County, KS. Research excavations by the Museum Collections has completed an
Kansas State Historical Society led to investigations. Subsequent analysis of
the materials collected led to the inventory of human remains and
the collection of extensive amounts of associated funerary objects, in
cultural material with a clear affiliation discovery of a single human deciduous
incisor. No known individuals were consultation with the appropriate
to the ancestral Wichita Great Bend Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
aspect. An adult human tooth was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. organizations, and has determined that
recovered from this collection in 2011. there is a cultural affiliation between the
No known individuals were identified. Determinations Made by the Kansas human remains and associated funerary
No associated funerary objects are State Historical Society objects and present-day Indian Tribes or
present. Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
In 2005, human remains representing, Officials of the Kansas State Historical descendants or representatives of any
at minimum, two individuals were Society have determined that: Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
removed from 14RC410, the Little River
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the organization not identified in this notice
site (UBS 2005–08) in Rice County, KS.
human remains described in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
Excavations in advance of the
represent the physical remains of 10 of these human remains and associated
construction of a water treatment plant
individuals of Native American funerary objects should submit a written
encountered a human burial. Because
ancestry. request to the University of Arkansas
artifacts consistent with the Great Bend
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Museum Collections. If no additional
aspect were present at the site, the
requestors come forward, transfer of
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes were is a relationship of shared group
control of the human remains and
contacted, and the burial was left in identity that can be reasonably traced
associated funerary objects to the lineal
place. During subsequent analysis of the between the Native American human
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native
site collection, small, fragmentary remains and the Wichita and Affiliated
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
remains belonging to two individuals Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
notice may proceed.
were discovered. No known individuals Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
were identified. No associated funerary DATES: Lineal descendants or
objects are present. Additional Requestors and Disposition representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Between 1994 and 1996, human Native Hawaiian organization not
Lineal descendants or representatives identified in this notice that wish to
remains representing, at minimum, one
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian request transfer of control of these
individual were removed from 14CO1,
organization not identified in this notice human remains and associated funerary
the Larcom-Haggard site (UBS 2015–08),
that wish to request transfer of control objects should submit a written request
in Cowley County, KS. Kansas State
of these human remains should submit with information in support of the
Historical Society staff excavated this
a written request with information in request to the University of Arkansas
Great Bend aspect site in advance of
support of the request to Dr. Robert J. Museum Collections at the address in
highway construction. Representatives
Hoard, Kansas State Historical Society, this notice by December 13, 2018.
of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes
were actively consulted during 6425 SW 6th Avenue, Topeka, KS ADDRESSES: Mary Suter, University of
investigations. Subsequent analysis of 66615–1099, telephone 785–272–8681, Arkansas Museum Collections, Biomass
the materials collected led to the Ext. 269, email Robert.hoard@ks.gov, by Building 125, 2435 North Hatch
discovery of a single human deciduous December 13, 2018. After that date, if no Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
incisor. No known individuals were additional requestors have come telephone (479) 575–3456, email
identified. No associated funerary forward, transfer of control of the msuter@uark.edu.
objects are present. human remains to the Wichita and SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Between 1994 and 1996, human Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco here given in accordance with the
remains representing, at minimum, one & Tawakonie), Oklahoma may proceed. Native American Graves Protection and
individual were removed from 14CO3, The Kansas State Historical Society is Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
the County Club site (UBS 2006–05), in responsible for notifying the Wichita 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Cowley County, KS. Kansas State and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, of human remains and associated
Historical Society staff excavated this Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma that this funerary objects under the control of the
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
Great Bend aspect site in advance of notice has been published. University of Arkansas Museum
highway construction. Representatives Dated: October 9, 2018. Collections, Fayetteville, AR. The
of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes human remains and associated funerary
Melanie O’Brien,
were actively consulted during objects were removed from multiple
investigations. Subsequent analysis of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. locations in Arkansas.
the materials collected led to the [FR Doc. 2018–24663 Filed 11–9–18; 8:45 am] This notice is published as part of the
discovery of a single human deciduous BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Park Service’s administrative
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