Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 96 / Wednesday, May 18, 2022 / Notices 30259 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033923; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield 

National Monument, Crow Agency, MT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Little 

Bighorn Battlefield National Monument 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 Little Bighorn National 

Monument. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 Little Bighorn Battlefield 

National Monument at the address in 

this notice by June 17, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wayne Challoner, Superintendent, Little 

Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, 

P.O. Box 39, Crow Agency, MT 59022, 

telephone (406) 638–3201, email 

Wayne_Challoner@nps.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, 

National Park Service, Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument, Crow 

Agency, MT. The human remains were 

removed from an unknown location. 

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, Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and 

Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma [previously 

listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 

Oklahoma]; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe 

of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 

South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe 

of the Crow Creek Reservation, South 

Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; 

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 

Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the 

Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; 

Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming [previously 

listed as Arapaho Tribe of the Wind 

River Reservation, Wyoming]; Northern 

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously listed as 

the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota]; Rosebud 

Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 

Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux 

Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton 

Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, 

South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 

Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of 

North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe 

of South Dakota (hereafter referred to as 

‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location by unknown persons. 

On May 22, 1996, via the U.S. Postal 

Service, the human remains—a cranium 

and mandible—were sent anonymously 

from Longmont, CO to the South Dakota 

Indian Affairs Office in Pierre, SD. 

Attached to the human remains was a 

note stating, ‘‘Att: Little Big Horn 

Remains.’’ On May 28, 1996, the South 

Dakota Indian Affairs Office transferred 

the human remains to the South Dakota 

State Historical Society Archaeological 

Research Center (SARC), and on June 4, 

1996, the human remains were 

transferred to Little Bighorn Battlefield 

National Monument. Following tribal 

consultation and a request for nondestructive analysis, the human remains 

were sent to Dr. P. Willey at California 

State University, Chico, CA, and 

subsequently were determined to be 

Native American. No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee may recommend to the 

Secretary of the Interior that the transfer 

of control of certain culturally 

unidentifiable human remains proceed. 

In February 2022, Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument 

requested that the Review Committee 

recommend to the Secretary that the 

proposed transfer of control of the 

culturally unidentifiable Native 

American human remains in this notice 

to the Crow Tribe of Montana proceed. 

The Review Committee, acting pursuant 

to its responsibility under 25 U.S.C. 

3006(c)(5), considered this request at its 

March 2022 meeting and recommended 

to the Secretary that the proposed 

transfer of control proceed. An April 

2022 letter on behalf of the Secretary of 

Interior from the Designated Federal 

Official transmitted the Secretary’s 

independent review and concurrence 

with the Review Committee that: 

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National 

Monument consulted with every 

appropriate Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization, 

• none of The Consulted Tribes 

objected to the proposed transfer of 

control, and 

• Little Bighorn Battlefield National 

Monument may proceed with the agreed 

upon transfer of control of these 

culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Transfer of control is contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, National 

Park Service, Little Bighorn Battlefield 

National Monument 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, National Park Service, Little 

Bighorn Battlefield National Monument 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

osteological analysis. 

• 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), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), a 

‘‘tribal land’’ or ‘‘aboriginal land’’ 

provenience cannot be ascertained. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 

10.16, the disposition of the human 


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remains may be to the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 Wayne Challoner, 

Superintendent, Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument, P.O. 

Box 39, Crow Agency, MT 59022, 

telephone (406) 638–3201, email 

Wayne_Challoner@nps.gov, by June 17, 

2022. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

National Park Service, Little Bighorn 

Battlefield National Monument is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 10, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10648 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033922; 

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 item listed in this notice meets 

the definition of an object of cultural 

patrimony. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim this cultural item should submit 

a written request to the Gilcrease 

Museum. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit 

a written request with information in 

support of the claim to the Gilcrease 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

June 17, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S 

Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, 

telephone (918) 596–2747, email laurabryant@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 a 

cultural item under the control of the 

Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, that 

meets the definition of an object 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 

Item 

In 1958, one cultural item was 

removed from McAlester, OK. In 1958, 

Thomas Gilcrease acquired the item 

from Louie LeFlore, great-granddaughter 

of Chief Greenwood LeFlore, whose 

family had held it since the 1830 Treaty 

of Dancing Rabbit Creek. In 1963–1964, 

Gilcrease transferred his collection to 

the City of Tulsa, including this item. 

The one object of cultural patrimony is 

a limestone figural pipe. 

This pipe was used in a traditional 

ceremony as a sign of peace at one of the 

most defining moments in Choctaw 

History, the signing of the Dancing 

Rabbit Creek Treaty. That Treaty 

ushered in the removal of the Choctaw 

people from their aboriginal land over a 

70-year period. The pipe has ongoing 

historical importance for the creation of 

The Choctaw Nation in Oklahoma. 

While it may have been in the 

stewardship of one family, it is 

communally owned by The Choctaw 

Nation of Oklahoma. 

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease 

Museum 

Officials of the Gilcrease Museum 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), 

the one cultural item 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 object of cultural patrimony 

and The Choctaw Nation 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 this cultural item 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S 

Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, 

telephone (918) 596–2747, email laurabryant@utulsa.edu, by June 17, 2022. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the object of cultural 

patrimony to The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma may proceed. 

The Gilcrease Museum is responsible 

for notifying The Choctaw Nation of 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 10, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–10647 Filed 5–17–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033921; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Walsh Gallery, Seton Hall 

University, South Orange, NJ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Walsh Gallery at Seton 

Hall University, 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 the 

Walsh Gallery. 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 


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