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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032109; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of both sacred objects and 

objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

Gilcrease Museum. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items 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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Gilcrease Museum at the address in 

this notice by July 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Gilcrease 

Museum, Tulsa, OK, that meet the 

definition of both sacred objects and 

objects of cultural patrimony under 25 

U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, five cultural 

items were removed from a SenecaCayuga community. Thomas Gilcrease 

most likely purchased these items from 

another collector sometime in the mid20th century. In 1955, Gilcrease 

transferred his museum and most of his 

collection, including these five items, to 

the City of Tulsa. The five sacred objects 

and objects of cultural patrimony are 

three False Faces (accession numbers 

84.1699, 84.1701, and 84.1802) and two 

turtle rattles (accession numbers 93.136 

and 93.137). 

In 1938, two cultural items were 

removed from the Seneca Stomp 

Grounds in Delaware County, OK. These 

items were made by Red Jacket, a 

Seneca man, who used them in 

traditional religious ceremonies. In 

1938, Alfred Reed, Jr. purchased the 

items from Red Jacket. In 1939, Thomas 

Gilcrease purchased Alfred Reed, Jr.’s 

collection, including these two items. In 

1955, Gilcrease transferred his museum 

and most of his collection, including 

these two items, to the City of Tulsa. 

The two sacred objects and objects of 

cultural patrimony are one False Face 

(accession number 84.1700) and one 

turtle rattle (accession number 93.138). 

At an unknown date most likely in 

the mid-20th century, one cultural item 

was removed from a Seneca-Cayuga 

community. This item was acquired by 

Carol Rachlin and Alice Marriott most 

likely during their travels and work as 

anthropologists. In 2014, the Gilcrease 

Museum received Carol Rachlin’s 

collection, which included this item. 

The sacred object and object of cultural 

patrimony is a False Face. 

False Faces and the turtle rattles 

associated with them have been, and 

still are, used by the Seneca Cayuga 

people in traditional religious 

ceremonies and are, therefore, culturally 

affiliated with the Seneca-Cayuga 

Nation. These cultural items are needed 

by present-day adherents of the False 

Face Medicine Society and cannot be 

individually owned, as they belong to 

the Society as a whole. 

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease 

Museum 

Officials of the Gilcrease Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the eight cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the eight cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and objects 

of cultural patrimony and the SenecaCayuga Nation [previously listed as 

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 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 claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 

N. Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 

74127, telephone (918) 596–2747, email 

laura-bryant@utulsa.edu, by July 26, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects and 

objects of cultural patrimony to the 

Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed 

as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma] 

may proceed. 

The Gilcrease Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

[previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma] that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: June 9, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13513 Filed 6–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032105; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Oregon State University 

NAGPRA Office 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 


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request to the Oregon State University 

NAGPRA Office. 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 Oregon State University 

NAGPRA Office at the address in this 

notice by July 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dawn Marie Alapisco, Oregon State 

University NAGPRA Office, 106 Gilkey 

Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone 

(541) 737–4075, email 

dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.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 

Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from the 

City of Bandon, Coos County, Oregon. 

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 Oregon State 

University Department of Anthropology 

and NAGPRA Office professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

Indians of Oregon [previously listed as 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation] and the Coquille Indian 

Tribe [previously listed as Coquille 

Tribe of Oregon]. The Burns Paiute 

Tribe [previously listed as Burns Paiute 

Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony 

of Oregon]; Confederated Tribes of the 

Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw 

Indians; Confederated Tribes of the 

Grand Ronde Community of Oregon; 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation [previously listed as 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Reservation, Oregon]; Confederated 

Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation 

of Oregon; Cow Creek Band of Umpqua 

Tribe of Indians [previously listed as 

Cow Creek Band of Umpqua Indians of 

Oregon]; and the Klamath Tribes were 

invited to consult but did not 

participate. Hereafter, the above listed 

Indian Tribes are referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1978 and 2001, Dr. Roberta 

Hall of the Oregon State University 

Anthropology Department conducted 

seven excavation seasons at Site 

35CS043, which is located in the City of 

Bandon, Coos County, OR. Altogether, 

five areas, designated A through E, were 

excavated. 

In June 2001, human remains 

representing, at minimum, three 

individuals were removed from 

35CS043 by the Department of 

Anthropology at Oregon State 

University (OSU). The exact 

provenience of these human remains is 

not fully documented, as the human 

remains were only labeled Rogge Mill 

and backfill. This excavation was 

undertaken in response to a city project 

that unearthed human remains and 

associated funerary objects. All three 

individuals are adults, but their ages 

and sex could not be ascertained, as the 

remains were minimal and fragmentary. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

one faunal fragmented bone, one lot of 

faunal remains intermixed with 

charcoal and shell fragments, and one 

lot of faunal remains. 

In 1988, human remains representing, 

at minimum, three individuals were 

removed from 35CS043A by the 

Department of Anthropology at OSU 

with the aid of the City of Bandon and 

the Coquille Indian Tribe. The 

excavation discovered what appeared to 

be the partial reburial of an individual 

who had been partially exhumed during 

some past construction in the area. This 

individual (assigned burial number 13) 

was approximately 25–30 years of age at 

the time of death and of indeterminate 

sex indeterminate. A second individual 

was a sub-adult of indeterminate sex, 

and a third individual was a fetus or 

very young infant of indeterminate sex. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1990, human remains representing, 

at minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from 35CS043B by the 

Department of Anthropology at OSU 

with the aid of the Coquille Indian 

Tribe. One of the individuals (assigned 

burial number 14), a male, was 

approximately 50 years of age at the 

time of death. With the approval of the 

Coquille Indian Tribe, a small bone 

sample was sent to Beta Analytic for 

radiocarbon dating with a result of a 

95% confidence interval that he died 

between 550 and 370 BCE. A second 

individual was a sub-adult of 

indeterminate sex, and the remaining 

five individuals could not be aged, 

sexed, or dated. No known individuals 

were identified. The 28 associated 

funerary objects are one clay pipe 

fragment, one lot of faunal remains, one 

lot of flakes, one lot of mixed stone and 

bone technologies, one point, one soil 

sample, 15 lots of worked bone tools, 

one lot of worked CCS fragments, and 

six worked stone tools. 

In 1986, human remains representing, 

at minimum, four individuals were 

removed from 35CS043C by the 

Department of Anthropology at OSU at 

the request of the City of Bandon and 

the Coquille Indian Tribe. In May of 

1986 a City of Bandon construction 

project to expand underground power 

lines unearthed human skeletal remains. 

Three graves were unearthed before the 

construction crew realized that they had 

disturbed a burial site. (Human remains 

from four additional graves found 

during the OSU-led excavations were 

reburied by the Coquille Indian Tribe). 

The human remains of these four 

individuals were misidentified in the 

field and were curated at OSU with nonhuman, archeological materials from the 

site. One of the individuals is a subadult of indeterminate sex, and the 

other three individuals are of 

indeterminate age and sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The seven 

associated funerary objects are two lots 

of faunal remains, one lot of mixed 

wood and stone technology, one lot of 

shell beads, one soil sample, and two 

lots of worked bone. 

In 1991, human remains representing, 

at minimum two individuals were 

removed from 35CS043E by the 

Department of Anthropology at OSU. 

One individual (assigned burial number 

15) was approximately 23–26 years of 

age at the time of death and of 

indeterminate sex. The second 

individual could not be aged or sexed. 

No known individuals were identified. 

The two associated funerary objects are 

one lot of worked bone tools and one 

worked bone wedge fragment. 

Site 35CS043 has a very long 

occupation history. Radiocarbon dating 

samples sent to Beta Analytics by Dr. 

Roberta Hall show occupation as early 

as 2310–1660 BCE. This site was one of 

three Coquille villages that made up the 

Nasomah Complex. All three villages 


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were attacked by miners on January 28, 

1854, during the Nasomah massacre; up 

to 21 tribal individuals were reported 

killed. 

The Coos Bay Indians are the 

ancestors of the present-day Coquille 

Indian Tribe. They spoke Miluk, a 

Penutian dialect, and the Coquille/ 

Tututni dialect of Athabaskan. The split 

between Miluk (Lower Coquille) and 

Athapaskan (Upper Coquille) is around 

Randolph Island on the Coquille River. 

The Coos Bay Indians (now known as 

the Coquille Indian Tribe) claimed the 

territory two miles south of the lower 

Coquille River in a 1935 case before the 

U.S. Court of Claims. After its Federal 

recognition was terminated by an Act of 

Congress in 1954 (finalized 1956), the 

Coquille Indian Tribe was officially 

restored to recognized status in 1989. 

The Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

Indians of Oregon are a confederation of 

more than 30 bands whose ancestral 

territory ranged along the entire Oregon 

coast and Coast Range, inland to the 

main divide of the Cascade Range and 

southward to the Rogue River 

watershed. The principal constituents 

include the Clatsop, Chinook, Klickitat, 

Molala, Kalapuya, Tillamook, Alsea, 

Siuslaw/Lower Umpqua, Coos, Coquille, 

Upper Umpqua, Tututni, Chetco, 

Tolowa, Takelma or Upper Rogue River, 

Galice/Applegate, and Shasta. Ancestors 

of the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

Indians of Oregon spoke at least 10 

different base languages, many of which 

had strong dialectic divisions even 

within the same language. In general, 

five linguistic stocks—Salish, Penutian, 

Hokan, Sahaptin, and Athabaskan—are 

represented by the Tribes confederated 

at the Siletz Reservation. The Tribes 

were forcibly removed from their 

homelands in 1855 by the U.S. 

Government and placed on the Siletz 

Reservation. After their Federal 

recognition was terminated by an Act of 

Congress in 1954 (finalized 1956), the 

Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of 

Oregon were officially restored to 

recognized status in 1977. 

Determinations Made by Oregon State 

University 

Officials of Oregon State University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 19 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 40 associated funerary objects 

described in this notice are reasonably 

believed to have been placed with or 

near individual human remains at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony. 

• 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 associated funerary objects 

and the Confederated Tribes of Siletz 

Indians of Oregon [previously listed as 

Confederated Tribes of the Siletz 

Reservation] and the Coquille Indian 

Tribe [previously listed as Coquille 

Tribe of Oregon] (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘The 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dawn Marie Alapisco, 

Oregon State University NAGPRA 

Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR 

97331, telephone (541) 737–4075, email 

dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu, 

by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

The Oregon State University NAGPRA 

Office is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted and Invited Tribes that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: June 9, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–13510 Filed 6–24–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032104; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Tuzigoot 

National Monument, Clarkdale, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Tuzigoot 

National Monument, in consultation 

with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations, has 

determined that the cultural items listed 

in this notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to 

Tuzigoot National Monument. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Tuzigoot National Monument at the 

address in this notice by July 26, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lloyd Masayumptewa, Acting 

Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

Monument, P.O. Box 219, Camp Verde, 

AZ 86322, telephone (928) 567–5276, 

email Lloyd_Masayumptewa@nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Tuzigoot National 

Monument, Clarkdale, AZ, that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 Superintendent, Tuzigoot National 

Monument. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Tuzigoot Pueblo, Hatalacva Pueblo, 

and Tuzigoot Extension Pueblo in the 

Verde Valley of Arizona, were excavated 

in 1933 and 1934 by University of 

Arizona graduate students, Louis 

Caywood and Edward Spicer, when the 

three sites were on private land owned 

by the United Verde Copper Company. 

The three sites were excavated as part 

of a single project funded through the 

Civil Works Administration. Excavation 

notes indicate that several of the human 

remains excavated during this project 

were left in-situ or were reburied at the 

close of the excavation in 1934 without 

the associated grave goods, which were 

taken to a private museum in Clarkdale, 

AZ, or held in private hands. When 

Tuzigoot National Monument was 

established in 1939, the artifacts were 

transferred to Tuzigoot National 

Monument. 

Between 1933–1934, 17 cultural items 

were removed from Hatalacva Pueblo in 


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