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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036901; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Gilcrease Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

Indian Tribes in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Dauphin and 

Wyoming Counties, PA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease 

Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 

74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Gilcrease 

Museum. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the inventory or related 

records held by the Gilcrease Museum. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, one individual were removed 

from Wyoming County, PA. In 1940, 

Frank Soday, an avocational 

archeologist, removed these human 

remains from Frenchman’s Cave (aka 

Soday site 60). In 1982, the Thomas 

Gilcrease Association purchased the 

Soday collection and gifted it to 

Gilcrease Museum. The human remains 

belong to an individual of unknown sex 

and age. The nine associated funerary 

objects are one lot consisting of lithic 

flakes and chips, and eight lots 

consisting of ceramic sherds. 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from Dauphin County, PA. In 

1942, Frank Soday removed these 

human remains from Shoop Site (also 

known as Mohr Farm and Soday site 

148). In 1982, the Thomas Gilcrease 

Association purchased the Soday 

collection and gifted it to Gilcrease 

Museum. The human remains belong to 

two individuals of unknown sex and 

age. The five associated funerary objects 

are three lots consisting of lithic flakes 

and debitage, one lot consisting of 

quartz fragments, and one bullet. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: geographical, 

archeological, linguistic, oral tradition, 

historic evidence, other relevant 

information, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Gilcrease Museum 

has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 14 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice. 

2. Any lineal descendant, Indian 

Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice who shows, 

by a preponderance of the evidence, that 

the requestor is a lineal descendant or 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after December 13, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Gilcrease Museum must determine 

the most appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The Gilcrease 

Museum is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 

identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 1, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24889 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036899; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Saint Louis Science Center, St. 

Louis, MO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Saint 

Louis Science Center (SLSC) intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and certain cultural 

items that meet the definition of objects 

of cultural patrimony and that have a 

cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural items were 

removed from Jefferson and New 

Madrid Counties, MO. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Kristina Hampton, Manager 

of Collections and Special Projects, 

Saint Louis Science Center, 5050 

Oakland Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63110, 

telephone (314) 286–4672, email 

Kristina.hampton@slsc.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 


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responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the SLSC. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records held 

by the SLSC. 

Description 

Twenty-nine cultural items were 

removed from Jefferson County, MO, 

and 12 cultural items were removed 

from New Madrid County, MO, by 

archeologist Robert McCormick Adams 

between 1939 and 1942 during 

archeological investigations in the state. 

In 1939 and 1940, Adams conducted the 

investigations in Jefferson County, MO, 

on behalf of the Academy of Science of 

St. Louis and sponsored by the Works 

Projects Administration (WPA), with 

support from Washington University of 

St. Louis, the Missouri Resources 

Museum in Jefferson City, MO, the 

Illinois State Museum, and the 

Smithsonian Institution in Washington, 

DC. The bulk of the items removed 

during these excavations were taken to 

the Academy of Science of St. Louis 

while a representative ratio of duplicate 

materials excavated were sent to the 

Illinois State Museum and to the 

Smithsonian Institution. In 1941 and 

1942, Adams directed investigations in 

in New Madrid County, MO, for the 

WPA, sponsored by the Academy of 

Science of St. Louis and the Missouri 

Resources Museum. The items removed 

during these excavations were taken to 

the Academy of Science of St. Louis. 

In 1959, the Academy of Science of 

St. Louis created the Museum of Science 

and Natural History in St. Louis, MO. In 

1972, the Museum of Science and 

Natural History separated from the 

Academy of Science of St. Louis and 

control of this collection was transferred 

to the Museum of Science and Natural 

History. In 1985, when the Museum of 

Science and Natural History joined with 

St. Louis City’s Planetarium, the newly 

formed institution was named the Saint 

Louis Science Center. This collection 

remains with the SLSC and is used to 

support the SLSC’s mission, exhibits, 

and programs. 

The 36 unassociated funerary objects 

are 13 ceramic jars, nine ceramic bowls, 

one ceramic bottle, one ceramic pot, 

four projectile points, four soil samples, 

two adzes, one axe, and one shell bead 

necklace. The five objects of cultural 

patrimony are one ceramic pipe, one 

bone effigy hair pin, two ceramic ear 

plugs, and one ceramic human effigy. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: oral tradition, 

linguistics, archeological data, and 

historical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the SLSC has determined 

that: 

• The 36 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• The 5 cultural items described 

above have ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

The Osage Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in ADDRESSES. 

Requests for repatriation may be 

submitted by any lineal descendant, 

Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who shows, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 

descendant or a culturally affiliated 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after December 13, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the SLSC must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the cultural items are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The SLSC is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: November 1, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24887 Filed 11–9–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036902; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Burlington County, NJ. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

December 13, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease 

Museum, 800 S Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 

74104, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA. The 

determinations in this notice are the 

sole responsibility of the Gilcrease 

Museum. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. Additional information 

on the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the summary or related 

records held by the Gilcrease Museum. 

Description 

Ten cultural items were removed from 

Burlington County, NJ. In 1941, Frank 

Soday, an avocational archeologist, 

removed pottery sherds from Site C–133 

(aka Soday site 92). In 1982, the Thomas 

Gilcrease Association purchased the 

Soday collection and gifted it to 

Gilcrease Museum. The 10 unassociated 

funerary objects are 10 lots consisting of 

ceramic sherds. 


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