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the request to Glenna Dement, History 

Museum on the Square, P.O. Box 2963, 

Springfield, MO 65801, telephone (417) 

249–0025, email glenna@

historymuseumonthesquare.org, by July 

18, 2018. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe) may proceed. 

The History Museum on the Square is 

responsible for notifying The Osage 

Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe) that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 9, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13028 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025564; 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Arkansas Museum 

Collections, Fayetteville, AR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Arkansas 

Museum Collections 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 University of Arkansas 

Museum Collections. 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 and associated funerary objects 

remains should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of Arkansas 

Museum Collections at the address in 

this notice by July 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Mary Suter, University of 

Arkansas Museum Collections, Biomass 

Building 125, 2435 North Hatch 

Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, 

telephone (479) 575–3456, email 

msuter@uark.edu. 

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 under the control of the 

University of Arkansas Museum 

Collections, Fayetteville, AR. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Spiro 

Mound (34LF40), Le Flore County, OK. 

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 University of 

Arkansas Museum Collections 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Caddo Nation of 

Oklahoma and the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco 

& Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from Spiro 

Mound in Le Flore County, OK. Samuel 

Dellinger, Curator of the University of 

Arkansas Museum, purchased these 

remains after they had been removed 

from the site by the Pocola Mining 

Company, which leased the land on 

which Spiro Mound is located. The 

company removed human remains and 

artifacts from the site between 1933 and 

1935. The human remains—three 

skulls—entered the University of 

Arkansas Museum collections in 1937. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The one associated funerary object is a 

fragmented copper band that had been 

placed around the head of one of the 

individuals. 

Spiro Mound is believed to have been 

occupied for at least 550 years. Evidence 

of a Woodland period occupation of the 

site may be related to the Fourche 

Maline phase of that period. James A. 

Brown divides the Mississippi period 

occupation of Spiro Mound into four 

phases, beginning around A.D. 900 and 

ending around A.D. 1450: The Evans 

Phase, which dated from A.D. 900– 

1050; the Harlan Phase, which dated 

from A.D. 1050 to A.D. 1100–1250; the 

Norman Phase, dating between A.D 

1250 and 1350; and the Spiro Phase, 

which lasted until 1450. The human 

remains and copper band from the 

Pocola mining company excavations of 

the 1930s likely came from Craig 

mound. This mound was initially built 

in the Harlan phase (A.D. 1050–1250), 

but saw its most intense use as a 

ceremonial and burial site in the 

Norman and Spiro phases (A.D. 1250– 

1450). It is believed by many 

archeologists that the Caddo and 

Wichita were both culturally descended 

from the peoples who used the Spiro 

Mound site. Spiro is located within an 

area archeologically and 

ethnographically considered to have 

been occupied by a group ancestral to 

both the Caddo and Wichita. Based 

upon geographical, archeological, and 

historical evidence, and expert opinion, 

the University of Arkansas Museum 

Collections reasonably believes the 

Caddo and Wichita are culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

described here. The present-day 

descendants of the Caddo are members 

of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and 

the present-day descendants of the 

Wichita are members of the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes, Oklahoma. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Arkansas Museum Collections 

Officials of the University of Arkansas 

Museum collections have determined 

that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 and 

the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes 

(Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), 

Oklahoma. 


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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 Mary Suter, University of 

Arkansas Museum Collections, Biomass 

Building 125, 2435 North Hatch 

Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704, 

telephone (479) 575–3456, email 

msuter@uark.edu, by July 18, 2018. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Caddo 

Nation of Oklahoma and the Wichita 

and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma may 

proceed. 

The University of Arkansas Museum 

Collections is responsible for notifying 

the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the 

Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, 

Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), Oklahoma 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: May 9, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13040 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025525; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Heard 

Museum, Phoenix, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Heard Museum 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 Heard Museum. 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 Heard Museum at the 

address in this notice by July 18, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: David Roche, Director/CEO, 

Heard Museum, 2301 North Central 

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, telephone 

(602) 252–8840, email director@

heard.org. 

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 under the control of the 

Heard Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects are believed to have been 

removed from the State of Indiana. 

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 Heard 

Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of 

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 

Cheyenne River Reservation, South 

Dakota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; and 

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Prior to 1991, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individuals were removed from an 

otherwise unidentified Hopewell site in 

the State of Indiana. In 1991, the 

remains were found in the Heard 

Museum collection and assigned catalog 

number NA–MIS–PR–T–1. The 

individual is believed to be a male aged 

18–25. No known individuals were 

identified. The one associated funerary 

object is a hoof core of either a deer or 

antelope. Hopewell culture flourished 

from approximately A.D. 1 to 500 in 

Indiana. The Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 

is culturally affiliated with Indiana 

Hopewell remains. 

Determinations Made by the Heard 

Museum 

Officials of the Heard Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the one object described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Miami Tribe of 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to David Roche, Director/ 

CEO, Heard Museum, 2301 North 

Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85004, 

telephone (602) 252–8840, email 

director@heard.org, by July 18, 2018. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed. 

The Heard Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: May 2, 2018. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2018–13032 Filed 6–15–18; 8:45 am] 

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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Berkshire Museum has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 


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