[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 222 (Friday, November 16, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68819-68820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-27952]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-11493; 2200-1100-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Russellville, AR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Forest Service,
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and present-day Indian tribes. Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects may contact the Ozark-St. Francis National
Forests. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Indian tribes stated below may occur if no additional
claimants come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact the Ozark-St. Francis National Forests at the
address below by December 17, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Judith L. Henry, Forest Supervisor, USDA Forest Service,
Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Russellville, AR 72801, telephone
(479) 964-7202.
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 and
associated funerary objects in the possession of the Ozark-St. Francis
National Forests. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from private land and donated to the Ozark-St. Francis
National Forests by private collectors.
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 Ozark-
St. Francis National Forests professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cherokee
Nation; Chickasaw Nation; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mississippi
Band of Choctaw Indians; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Quapaw
Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage
Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and the Wichita and
Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1970 and 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, 16
individuals were removed from site 3NW101, on private property, in
Newton County, AR, by Thelma and Louis Gregoire of the AAS. In 1988,
they donated their collection to the USDA-Forest Service. No known
individuals were identified. The 74 associated funerary objects from
identified burials include 25 ceramic vessels, 15 dart points, 19
knives, 2 blanks, 6 scrapers,
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1 perforator, 1 chisel, 1 gorget, 1 charcoal sample, 1 flake, 1 axe,
and 1 deer mandible. Two funerary objects were reported by the
Gregoires but were missing when the collection was donated; they are 1
elbow pipe and 1 mano. The site dates from A.D. 653 to 881. It is
affiliated to the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma through the Fourche Maline-
related archeological complexes (e.g. Mulberry River Culture and
Limestone Complex).
Determinations Made by the USDA Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis
National Forests
Officials of the USDA Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National
Forests have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 16 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 74 objects described
above 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 Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Judith L. Henry, Forest Supervisor, USDA Forest
Service Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, Russellville, AR 72801,
telephone (479) 964-7202, before December 17, 2012. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The USDA Forest Service, Ozark-St. Francis National Forests, is
responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation; Chickasaw Nation; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Quapaw Tribe of Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi
Indian Tribe; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 12, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-27952 Filed 11-15-12; 8:45 am]
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