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(405) 470–4816, email kellison@

usbr.gov. 

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 under the control of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Oklahoma City, 

OK. The human remains were removed 

from Lake Thunderbird Reservoir, 

Cleveland 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Reclamation 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. 

Representatives from the Wichita and 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma were 

also contacted but declined to consult, 

on the basis that the land from which 

the human remains were removed is 

outside of the Tribe’s traditional 

territory. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On July 1, 1982, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the Little 

Axe Skeletal Remains Site (34CL210) in 

Cleveland County, OK. The burial was 

discovered by a visitor to Little River 

State Park, who noted the presence 

human remains exposed by erosion on 

an access road within the state park near 

Clear Bay and reported the exposed 

human remains at the Little Axe 

Grocery store, whereupon a store 

employee contacted state park officials. 

Larry Neal of the Oklahoma 

Archaeological Society notified 

Reclamation archeologists of the 

discovery on July 6, 1982. After 

consulting with the Oklahoma State 

Medical Examiner’s Office and the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma, Reclamation archeologists 

removed the human remains and took 

them to the Reclamation office in 

Amarillo, TX. Beginning in December of 

1982, the human remains were curated 

at the Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, St. 

Gregory College in Shawnee, OK. On 

May 23, 1995, the human remains were 

moved to the Museum of the Great 

Plains in Lawton, OK, by Hector Garcia 

and placed on a one-year loan. The 

individual is represented by a nearly 

complete skeleton. The remains 

probably belong to a male 18–20 years 

old. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Oklahoma-Texas Area 

Office 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Oklahoma-Texas Area Office 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Absentee-Shawnee 

Tribe of Indians 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 should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Kate Ellison, 

Archeologist, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Oklahoma-Texas Area Office, 5924 NW 

2nd Street, Suite 200, Oklahoma City, 

OK 73127, telephone (405) 470–4816, 

email kellison@usbr.gov, by March 14, 

2022. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Reclamation, OklahomaTexas Area Office is responsible for 

notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: February 3, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02976 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033384; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit 

College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, Beloit, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Beloit College, Logan 

Museum of Anthropology has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, 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 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 should submit 

a written request to Beloit College, 

Logan Museum of Anthropology. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Beloit College, Logan 

Museum of Anthropology at the address 

in this notice by March 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicolette B. Meister, Director, Logan 

Museum of Anthropology, Beloit 

College, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone 

(608) 363–2305, email meistern@

beloit.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 under the control of 

Beloit College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, Beloit, WI. The human 

remains were removed from an 

unknown location in the Northeast 

region of the United States. 

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 


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agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Beloit College, 

Logan Museum of Anthropology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Oneida Indian 

Nation [previously listed as Oneida 

Nation of New York]; Onondaga Nation; 

Seneca Nation of Indians [previously 

listed as Seneca Nation of New York]; 

and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

[previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma]. In addition, an 

invitation to consult was extended to 

the Cayuga Nation; Oneida Nation 

[previously listed as Oneida Tribe of 

Indians of Wisconsin]; Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. 

Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New 

York]; Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

[previously listed as Tonawanda Band 

of Seneca Indians of New York]; and the 

Tuscarora Nation. Hereafter, the Indian 

Tribes identified in this section are 

referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and 

Notified Indian Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location in the Northeast 

region of the United States. The 

provenience of these previously 

uncatalogued human remains (TR 73.22) 

is based on their having been found by 

the Logan Museum of Anthropology in 

a box labeled ‘‘NE: Iroquois.’’ The 

human remains belong to an adult 

female around 36 years in age. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Logan 

Museum of Anthropology, Beloit 

College 

Officials of Beloit College, Logan 

Museum of Anthropology 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and The Consulted and 

Notified Indian Tribes. 

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 should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the request to Nicolette B. 

Meister, Beloit College, Logan Museum 

of Anthropology, 700 College Street, 

Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363– 

2305, email meistern@beloit.edu, by 

March 14, 2022. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Consulted and 

Notified Indian Tribes may proceed. 

Beloit College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted and Notified 

Indian Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: February 3, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–02977 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033386; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam 

Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural 

History, University of Oklahoma, 

Norman, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Sam Noble Oklahoma 

Museum of Natural History (Museum) at 

the University of Oklahoma 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 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 Museum at the address in 

this notice by March 14, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Marc Levine, Associate Curator of 

Archaeology, Sam Noble Oklahoma 

Museum of Natural History, University 

of Oklahoma, 2401 Chautauqua Avenue, 

Norman, OK 73072–7029, telephone 

(405) 325–1994, email mlevine@ou.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 

Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of 

Natural History, University of 

Oklahoma, Norman, OK. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from 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 Sam Noble 

Oklahoma Museum of Natural History 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Quapaw Nation [previously listed as 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation 

of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) 

Nation; The Osage Nation [previously 

listed as Osage Tribe]; and the United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1938, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from the Redwine 1 site 

(34Lf71) in Le Flore County, OK. Some 

of the human remains were transferred 

to the Museum in the 1950s, In 2006, 

additional human remains were donated 

to the Museum by a descendant of one 

of the original excavators. The 

fragmentary human remains belong to 

one adult, 20–25 years old; two adults, 

20–35 years old; and one adult more 


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