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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4795-4796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01010]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039317; 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after February 18, 
2025.

ADDRESSES: Sue Weissinger, No Man's Land Museum, 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, one individual have been 
identified. The six associated funerary objects are five harrell points 
and one stone knife blade. The individual was excavated by an unknown 
party on the Sprowles Ranch near Cheyenne, Oklahoma in Roger Mills 
County and loaned to the No Man's Land Museum on January 22, 1965. It 
was in a cairn as evidenced by two photographs that were loaned along 
with five Harrell points and one stone knife blade.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. The one associated funerary object is horse bones. The 
individual was excavated one mile west and one-half mile south of Four 
Corners on Highway 64 in Texas County, Oklahoma. It was loaned to the 
No Man's Land Museum on August 10, 1936.
    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The individual 
adult was removed from a site near Felt, Cimarron County, Oklahoma and 
donated on May 4, 1974.
    It is unknown if harmful substances were used.

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 and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, 
Waco, & Tawakonie), Oklahoma. The Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 
Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; The Osage Nation; and the Wichita 
and 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 and associated funerary objects in this notice are 
available: anthropological, archaeological, geographical, and expert 
opinion. The information, including the results of consultation, 
identified:
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated 
funerary object.
    2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the 
human remains or associated funerary objects.
    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 three individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The seven 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.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been 
identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice has been clearly or reasonably identified.

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 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

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Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 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 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01010 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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