83 FR 7766 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 36 (February 22, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 36 (February 22, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-03635 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 7766-7767] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-03635] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024982; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, at the address in this notice by March 26, 2018. ADDRESSES: Michelle Horn, CESWT-ODR-N, US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137-4290, telephone (918) 669-7642, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural [[Page 7767]] items under the control of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK, that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Item(s) In 1971, human remains and funerary objects were exposed during a work project at site 34JN30, Lake Texoma, Johnson County, OK, and removed by University of Oklahoma staff. No known individuals were identified. Two hand painted semi-porcelain tea cup fragments (re-fit into one object) were located with human tibiae fragments and interpreted as representing a burial. The tibiae fragments were not located in the collection during a NAGPRA inventory in 1995, nor during a re-inventory in 2004, and may not have been collected at the time of excavation. The one unassociated funerary object consists of the two teacup fragments re-fit into a whole object. The burial was located within the region historically occupied by The Chickasaw Nation. Two other burials were recovered at 34JN30 and were repatriated to The Chickasaw Nation in accordance with NAGPRA in 2013 (78 FR 27995-27996, 05/13/2013). Those burials conformed to the burial practices of the Chickasaw as seen in ethnographic data, including the placement of grave goods on top of the burial with sheets of bark. The third burial, represented by the tibiae fragments and broken teacup, was located 25 feet from the other two and can reasonably be assumed to be associated with the same site. The temporal placement of this site in the mid-1800s was based on the archaeological seriation of historic artifacts from the burials and larger site assemblage. Determinations Made by the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District Officials of the United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item described above is 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary object and The Chickasaw Nation. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to Michelle Horn, CESWT-ODR-N, US Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137-4290, telephone (918) 669-7642, email [email protected], by March 26, 2018. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary object to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed. The United States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, is responsible for notifying The Chickasaw Nation that this notice has been published. Dated: February 2, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-03635 Filed 2-21-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Native Hawaiian organization not human remains. The consensus among objects to the Native Village of Atka may
identified in this notice that wish to anthropologists is that midden sites proceed.
request transfer of control of these began to appear around 3,000 years ago. The Alaska Region USFWS is
human remains and associated funerary The human remains were found on the responsible for notifying the Native
objects should submit a written request surface of the midden and likely date to Village of Atka, the Atxam Corporation,
with information in support of the the Late Prehistoric period, possibly no and the Aleut Corporation that this
request to the Alaska Region USFWS at earlier than 500—1000 years B.P. notice has been published.
the address in this notice by March 26, On April 15th, 1944, human remains Dated: February 2, 2018.
2018. representing, at minimum, one Melanie O’Brien,
ADDRESSES: Edward DeCleva, Regional individual were removed from Adak
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish Island, Aleutians West Census Area,
[FR Doc. 2018–03634 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am]
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, AK, by Harley Goodrich while operating
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
1011 East Tudor Road MS–235, a bulldozer. The human remains
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) include one cranium, discovered at a
786–3399, email edward_decleva@ depth of approximately 25 feet. The
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
fws.gov. human remains were transferred to the
University of Washington, Burke National Park Service
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Museum on August 1, 1944. A physical
here given in accordance with the anthropologist at the Burke Museum [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024982;
Native American Graves Protection and determined that the human remains are PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. from an adult female. No known
3003, of the completion of an inventory Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
individuals were identified. No known Items: United States Army Corps of
of human remains and associated funerary objects were present.
funerary objects under the control of the Engineers, Tulsa District, Tulsa, OK
The present-day Aleut cultural
Alaska Region USFWS, Anchorage, AK. affiliation with prehistoric Aleut AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
The human remains and associated populations is evident in the human ACTION: Notice.
funerary objects were removed from remains. The context and physical traits
Amchitka Island and Adak Island, are consistent with those expected for SUMMARY: The United States Army
Aleutians West Census Area, AK. pre-contact Aleut populations. Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, in
This notice is published as part of the consultation with the appropriate
National Park Service’s administrative Determinations Made by the Alaska Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Region USFWS organizations, has determined that the
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in Officials of the Alaska Region USFWS cultural items listed in this notice meet
this notice are the sole responsibility of have determined that: the definition of unassociated funerary
the museum, institution, or Federal • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the objects. Lineal descendants or
agency that has control of the Native human remains described in this notice representatives of any Indian tribe or
American human remains and represent the physical remains of two Native Hawaiian organization not
associated funerary objects. The individuals of Native American identified in this notice that wish to
National Park Service is not responsible ancestry. claim these cultural items should
for the determinations in this notice. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), submit a written request to the United
the one object described in this notice States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa
Consultation
is reasonably believed to have been District. If no additional claimants come
A detailed assessment of the human placed with or near individual human forward, transfer of control of the
remains was made by the Alaska Region remains at the time of death or later as cultural items to the lineal descendants,
USFWS professional staff in part of the death rite or ceremony. Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian
consultation with representatives of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there organizations stated in this notice may
Native Village of Atka, the Atxam is a relationship of shared group proceed.
Corporation, and the Aleut Corporation. identity that can be reasonably traced DATES: Lineal descendants or
between the Native American human representatives of any Indian tribe or
History and Description of the Remains
remains and the Native Village of Atka. Native Hawaiian organization not
In 1944, human remains representing,
Additional Requestors and Disposition identified in this notice that wish to
at minimum, one individual were
Lineal descendants or representatives claim these cultural items should
removed from an unknown site on
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian submit a written request with
Amchitka Island, Aleutians West
organization not identified in this notice information in support of the claim to
Census Area, AK, by Fred Swearingen,
that wish to request transfer of control the United States Army Corps of
who made surface collections from the
of these human remains and associated Engineers, Tulsa District, at the address
midden site. The human remains were
funerary objects should submit a written in this notice by March 26, 2018.
transferred to the University of
Washington, Burke Museum in 1945, request with information in support of ADDRESSES: Michelle Horn, CESWT–
and then to the Alaska Region USFWS the request to Edward DeCleva, Regional ODR–N, US Army Corps of Engineers,
headquarters in 2016. The human Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish Tulsa District, 2488 East 81st Street,
remains include 21 vertebrae, three ribs, and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, Tulsa, OK 74137–4290, telephone (918)
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
sternum, sacrum, one patella, and hand 1011 East Tudor Road MS–235, 669–7642, email Michelle.C.Horn@
and foot bones, and represent one adult Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) usace.army.mil.
male. No known individual was 786–3399, email edward_decleva@ SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
identified. The one associated funerary fws.gov, by March 26, 2018. After that here given in accordance with the
object is an unmodified mammal bone. date, if no additional requestors have Native American Graves Protection and
There are no diagnostics artifacts or come forward, transfer of control of the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
radiocarbon dates associated with the human remains and associated funerary 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
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items under the control of the United at the time of death or later as part of funerary objects should submit a written
States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa the death rite or ceremony and are request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If
District, Tulsa, OK, that meet the believed, by a preponderance of the no additional requestors come forward,
definition of unassociated funerary evidence, to have been removed from a transfer of control of the human remains
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. specific burial site of a Native American and associated funerary objects to the
This notice is published as part of the individual. lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
National Park Service’s administrative • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 is a relationship of shared group this notice may proceed.
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in identity that can be reasonably traced DATES: Lineal descendants or
this notice are the sole responsibility of between the unassociated funerary representatives of any Indian tribe or
the museum, institution, or Federal object and The Chickasaw Nation. Native Hawaiian organization not
agency that has control of the Native
Additional Requestors and Disposition identified in this notice that wish to
American cultural items. The National
Lineal descendants or representatives request transfer of control of these
Park Service is not responsible for the
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian human remains and associated funerary
determinations in this notice.
organization not identified in this notice objects should submit a written request
History and Description of the Cultural that wish to claim these cultural items with information in support of the
Item(s) should submit a written request with request to the Alaska Region USFWS at
In 1971, human remains and funerary information in support of the claim to the address in this notice by March 26,
objects were exposed during a work Michelle Horn, CESWT–ODR–N, US 2018.
project at site 34JN30, Lake Texoma, Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, ADDRESSES: Edward DeCleva, Regional
Johnson County, OK, and removed by 2488 East 81st Street, Tulsa, OK 74137– Historic Preservation Officer, U.S. Fish
University of Oklahoma staff. No known 4290, telephone (918) 669–7642, email and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
individuals were identified. Two hand Michelle.C.Horn@usace.army.mil, by 1011 East Tudor Road MS–235,
painted semi-porcelain tea cup March 26, 2018. After that date, if no Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
fragments (re-fit into one object) were additional claimants have come 786–3399, email edward_decleva@
located with human tibiae fragments forward, transfer of control of the fws.gov.
and interpreted as representing a burial. unassociated funerary object to The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
The tibiae fragments were not located in Chickasaw Nation may proceed. here given in accordance with the
the collection during a NAGPRA The United States Army Corps of
Native American Graves Protection and
inventory in 1995, nor during a re- Engineers, Tulsa District, is responsible
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
inventory in 2004, and may not have for notifying The Chickasaw Nation that
3003, of the completion of an inventory
been collected at the time of excavation. this notice has been published.
of human remains and associated
The one unassociated funerary object Dated: February 2, 2018. funerary objects under the control of the
consists of the two teacup fragments re- Melanie O’Brien, Alaska Region USFWS, Anchorage, AK.
fit into a whole object.
The burial was located within the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. The human remains and associated
region historically occupied by The [FR Doc. 2018–03635 Filed 2–21–18; 8:45 am] funerary objects were removed from
Chickasaw Nation. Two other burials BILLING CODE 4312–52–P multiple sites on Kodiak Island, AK.
were recovered at 34JN30 and were This notice is published as part of the
repatriated to The Chickasaw Nation in National Park Service’s administrative
accordance with NAGPRA in 2013 (78 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
FR 27995–27996, 05/13/2013). Those U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
National Park Service this notice are the sole responsibility of
burials conformed to the burial practices
of the Chickasaw as seen in [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024983; the museum, institution, or Federal
ethnographic data, including the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] agency that has control of the Native
placement of grave goods on top of the American human remains and
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. associated funerary objects. The
burial with sheets of bark. The third
Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska National Park Service is not responsible
burial, represented by the tibiae
Region, Anchorage, AK for the determinations in this notice.
fragments and broken teacup, was
located 25 feet from the other two and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Consultation
can reasonably be assumed to be ACTION: Notice.
associated with the same site. The A detailed assessment of the human
temporal placement of this site in the SUMMARY: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife remains was made by the Alaska Region
mid-1800s was based on the Service, Alaska Region (Alaska Region USFWS professional staff in
archaeological seriation of historic USFWS) has completed an inventory of consultation with representatives of the
artifacts from the burials and larger site human remains and associated funerary Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological
assemblage. objects, in consultation with the Repository, acting as agent for the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Alutiiq Tribe of Old Harbor (previously
Determinations Made by the United Hawaiian organizations, and has listed as Native Village of Old Harbor
States Army Corps of Engineers, Tulsa determined that there is a cultural and Village of Old Harbor); Kaguyak
District affiliation between the human remains Village; Native Village of Afognak;
daltland on DSKBBV9HB2PROD with NOTICES
Officials of the United States Army and present-day Indian tribes or Native Native Village of Akhiok; Native Village
Corps of Engineers, Tulsa District, have Hawaiian organizations. Lineal of Larsen Bay; Native Village of
determined that: descendants or representatives of any Ouzinkie; Native Village of Port Lions;
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak (previously
the one cultural item described above is organization not identified in this notice listed as the Shoonaq’ Tribe of Kodiak);
reasonably believed to have been placed that wish to request transfer of control and Tangirnaq Native Village (formerly
with or near individual human remains of these human remains and associated Lesnoi Village (aka Woody Island)).
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