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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 11 (Friday, January 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 5995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01172]

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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.

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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:[email protected].

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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