[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80925-80926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22894]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038779; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard 
Wood, MO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Leonard Wood 
(Fort Leonard Wood) 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after November 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Stephanie Nutt, Archaeologist/Cultural Resources Manager, 
8112 Nebraska Avenue, Building 11400, Fort Leonard Wood, MO 65473, 
telephone (573) 596-7607, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cc9fb8a9bca4ada2a5a9e280e282b9b8b8e2afa5ba8cadbea1b5e2a1a5a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1b486f7e6b737a75727e355735556e6f6f3578726d5b7a69766235767277">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 Fort 
Leonard Wood and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, three individuals have been 
reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The 
individuals were removed from Miller Cave, site 23PU2, in Pulaski 
County, MO. The individuals were found by Markman and Associates, Inc. 
in a back dirt pile of an earlier 1922 excavation of the site. The 
individuals were later identified during an analysis of faunal remains. 
The site dates from the Early Archaic (7800-5000 BC) to the 
Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600).
    One associated funerary object has been identified. The one 
associated funerary object is one faunal (deer) tooth. In 1982, human 
remains representing, at minimum, one adult individual and associated 
funerary object was removed from Wilson Cave, site 23PU152 in Pulaski 
County, MO. The individual and associated funerary object was removed 
by Environmental Consultants, Inc. during an archaeological excavation 
of the cave in 1982. The site dates from the Middle Archaic (5000-2500 
BC) to the Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600). The individual associated 
with this object has been listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on March 7, 2017 (82 FR12835-12836).
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. The one associated funerary object is one faunal tooth. The 
individual and associated funerary object were removed from Joy Cave, 
site 23PU210 in Pulaski County, MO. The individual and associated 
funerary object were removed by Environmental Consultants, Inc., during 
archaeological survey in 1982. The site dates from the Archaic (7800-
700 BC) to the Mississippian (A.D. 950-1600).
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individual 
was removed from Martin Cave B, site 23PU217 in Pulaski County, MO. The 
individual was removed by Environmental Consultants, Inc., during an 
archaeological survey of the cave in 1982. The site dates from the 
Middle Woodland (200 BC-A.D. 450) to the Late Woodland (A.D. 450-950).
    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been 
identified. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramics 
and one lot of faunal fragments. The individuals and associated 
funerary objects were removed from site 23PU234 in Pulaski County, MO. 
The individuals and associated funerary objects were removed by 
Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. during an archaeological excavation at 
a disturbed cairn site in 1983. The site dates to the Late Woodland 
period (A.D. 450-950).
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. The 13 associated funerary objects are 13 faunal fragments. 
The individual and associated funerary objects were removed from site 
23PU311 in Pulaski County, MO. The individuals and associated funerary 
objects were removed by Cultural Resource Analysts,

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Inc. during archaeological testing at a disturbed cairn site in 1983. 
The site dates to the Late Woodland period (A.D. 450-950).
    Human remains representing, at least, two individuals have been 
identified. The seven associated funerary objects are one Columnella 
bead, one Anculosa bead, one bone awl, one lot unsorted matrix, one 
faunal fragment, one wood fragment, and one snail shell. The 
individuals and associated funerary objects were removed from site 
23PU313 in Pulaski County MO. The individuals and associated funerary 
objects were removed by Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc., during 
archaeological testing of a disturbed cairn site. The site dates to the 
Late Woodland period (A.D. 450-950).
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects. The individual 
was removed from site 23PU321 in Pulaski County, MO. The individual was 
removed by Cultural Resource Analysts, Inc. during archaeological 
excavation in 1983. The site dates to the Late Woodland (A.D. 450-950).

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in 
this notice.

Determinations

    Fort Leonard Wood has determined that:
    <bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 11 individuals of Native American ancestry.
    <bullet> The 24 objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
    <bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and The Osage 
Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after November 
4, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Fort 
Leonard Wood 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. Fort Leonard Wood is responsible for sending a copy 
of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22894 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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