Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 11 / Friday, January 17, 2025 / Notices 5995 

Dated: January 13, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01181 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039360; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: No 

Man’s Land Museum, Goodwell, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the No 

Man’s Land Museum has completed an 

inventory of human remains and has 

determined that there is no lineal 

descendant and no Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization with 

cultural affiliation. 

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice may occur 

on or after February 18, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Sue Weissinger, No Man’s 

Land Historical Society, 214 E. Avenue, 

Goodwell, OK 73939, telephone (580) 

349–2670, email:nmlhs@outlook.com. 

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 No Man’s Land 

Museum, 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, 

two individuals have been identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. One individual adult was 

removed from a site six miles west of 

Texhoma Texas county, Oklahoma and 

donated on May 11, 1976. The second 

adult was uncovered while excavating 

sand for construction in a sand pit north 

of Guymon, Texas County, Oklahoma. 

The individual was 6′ to 7′ deep in the 

sand. Donated to No Man’s Land 

Museum on May 28, 1976. 

Consultation 

Invitations to consult were sent to the 

Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Cheyenne 

and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; 

Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; The 

Osage Nation; and the Wichita & 

Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 

Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. 

The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 

Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 

Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; and the 

Wichita & Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, 

Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma 

agreed to consult. The Quapaw Nation 

declined to comment. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The following types of information 

about the cultural affiliation of the 

human remains in this notice are 

available: geographical, and expert 

opinion. The information, including the 

results of consultation, identified 

1. No earlier group connected to the 

human remains. 

2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization connected to the human 

remains. 

3. No relationship of shared group 

identity between the earlier group and 

the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization that can be reasonably 

traced through time. 

Determinations 

The No Man’s Land Museum has 

determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• No known lineal descendant who 

can trace ancestry to the human remains 

in this notice has been identified. 

• No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization with cultural affiliation to 

the human remains in this notice has 

been clearly or reasonably identified. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the authorized representative 

identified in this notice under 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by any lineal 

descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native 

Hawaiian organization 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. 

Upon request, repatriation of the 

human remains described in this notice 

may occur on or after February 18, 2025. 

If competing requests for repatriation 

are received, the No Man’s Land 

Museum must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The No Man’s Land 

Museum is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to any consulting 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. 

Dated: January 13, 2025. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2025–01172 Filed 1–16–25; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039353; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

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 or objects of cultural patrimony 

and that have a cultural affiliation with 

the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 18, 2025. 

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, and additional information on 

the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the summary or related 

records. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of nine cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. 

The four unassociated funerary 

objects are glass and ceramic beads. 

These were removed in 1931 from a 

mid- to late 19th century cemetery at 

Rocky Hill near Portersville in Tulare 

County, California. The items were 

acquired by Thomas Gilcrease likely in 

the 1950s and transferred to the City of 

Tulsa in 1955. 


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