[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 81936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23372]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038843; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Garrison Fort Cavazos, 
Fort Cavazos, TX

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 Cavazos 
(formerly, Fort Hood) has completed an inventory of associated funerary 
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between 
the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice 
may occur on or after November 8, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Ricky C. Robinson, Archaeologist, Fort Cavazos, Building 
4612 Engineer Drive, Fort Cavazos, TX 76544, telephone (254) 287-1092, 
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9dbc0cac2d087ca87dbc6cbc0c7dac6c79b87cac0dfe9c8dbc4d087c4c0c5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53213a30382a7d307d213c313a3d203c3d617d303a251332213e2a7d3e3a3f">[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 
Cavazos and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, one associated funerary object 
is present. The one cultural item, a single bone awl, was removed from 
Bell County, TX. In 1990, the remains of an adult female individual, 
along with the partial and fragmentary remains of five other 
individuals, were removed from site 41BL671 by a University of Texas 
field school. The individual was discovered in a tightly flexed 
position and a bone pin was found in the abdominal area. The 
individuals were documented in a Notice of Inventory Completion 
published in the Federal Register on August 14, 1995, returned to the 
Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, and reburied in the Comanche 
National Indian Cemetery on post. The bone awl, currently housed in 
Fort Cavazos' curation facility, was not returned, and was found in 
Fort Cavazos' archaeological collections in 2021. No known substances 
were used to treat the associated funerary object.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the cultural item. The site from which the cultural item 
originates, 41BL671, has been previously identified as being culturally 
affiliated with the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma based on oral 
traditions and historic accounts of their occupation in central Texas 
and through consultation with representatives of the Tonkawa Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma.

Determinations

    Fort Cavazos has determined that:
    <bullet> The one cultural item described in this notice is 
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 reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object 
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after November 8, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, Fort Cavazos must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the associated funerary object are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. Fort Cavazos 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 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-23372 Filed 10-8-24; 8:45 am]
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