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control of the Native American human • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the not identified in this notice that wish to remains. The National Park Service is disposition of the human remains may request transfer of control of these not responsible for the determinations be to The Tribes. human remains should submit a written in this notice. request with information in support of Additional Requestors and Disposition the request to the Department of Consultation Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Anthropology, Southern Methodist A detailed assessment of the human Native Hawaiian organization not University at the address in this notice remains was made by the Department of identified in this notice that wish to by June 29, 2020. request transfer of control of these Anthropology, Southern Methodist ADDRESSES: B. Sunday Eiselt, human remains should submit a written University professional staff in Department of Anthropology, Southern request with information in support of consultation with representatives of the Methodist University, 3225 Daniel the request to B. Sunday Eiselt, Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Caddo Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX Department of Anthropology, Southern Nation of Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, 75205, telephone (214) 768–2915, email Methodist University, 3225 Daniel Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of [email protected]. Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX Louisiana; The Muscogee (Creek) SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Nation; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of 75205, telephone (214) 768–2915, email [email protected], by June 29, 2020. After here given in accordance with the Oklahoma; and the Wichita and that date, if no additional requestors Native American Graves Protection and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco have come forward, transfer of control Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. & Tawakonie), Oklahoma (hereafter of the human remains to The Tribes may 3003, of the completion of an inventory referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). proceed. of human remains under the control of History and Description of the Remains The Department of Anthropology, the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University is Southern Methodist University, Dallas, At an unknown date, human remains responsible for notifying the Tribes that TX. The human remains were removed representing, at minimum, one this notice has been published. from Dallas County, TX. individual were removed from Hunt Dated: April 21, 2020. This notice is published as part of the County, TX. These human remains are National Park Service’s administrative Melanie O’Brien, part of the Harper collection. They are responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 comprised of one well-worn molar with Manager, National NAGPRA Program. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). partial roots. The provenience [FR Doc. 2020–11564 Filed 5–28–20; 8:45 am] The determinations in this notice are information provided for this tooth is BILLING CODE 4312–52–P the sole responsibility of the museum, ‘‘Greenville Hwy 67, Hunt County’’. It institution, or Federal agency that has appears that Harper employed his own control of the Native American human DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR system to identify each site from which remains. The National Park Service is he removed particular items. Here National Park Service not responsible for the determinations Harper used highway markers to in this notice. indicate a general area. Since this is the [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030222; only extant context information, it is not PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Consultation possible to assign an associated culture A detailed assessment of the human Notice of Inventory Completion: with these human remains. No known remains was made by the Department of Department of Anthropology, Southern individual was identified. No associated Anthropology, Southern Methodist Methodist University, Dallas, TX funerary objects are present. University professional staff in Determinations Made by the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. consultation with representatives of the Department of Anthropology, Southern ACTION: Notice. Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Comanche Methodist University Nation, Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of SUMMARY: The Department of Louisiana; Tonkawa Tribe of Indians of Officials of the Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist Oklahoma; and the Wichita and Anthropology, Southern Methodist University (SMU) has completed an Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco University have determined that: inventory of human remains, in & Towakonie), Oklahoma (hereafter consultation with the appropriate • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian human remains described in this notice organizations, and has determined that History and Description of the Remains are Native American based on there is no cultural affiliation between geographical location. At an unknown date, human remains the human remains and any present-day • representing, at minimum, one Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian individual were removed from the human remains described in this notice organizations. Representatives of any Hackberry Creek site in Dallas County, represent the physical remains of one Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian TX. The occupational timelines for individual of Native American ancestry. organization not identified in this notice Dallas County had been investigated • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a that wish to request transfer of control multiple times by the Dallas relationship of shared group identity of these human remains should submit Archaeological Society, The University cannot be reasonably traced between the a written request to the Department of of Texas, Arlington, and various CRM Native American human remains and Anthropology, Southern Methodist projects. No context is provided for the any present-day Indian Tribe. University. If no additional requestors human remains, and it is not known if • According to final judgements of come forward, transfer of control of the they are associated with the prehistoric the Indian Claims Commission or the human remains to the Indian Tribes or artifacts from the site. An appendix by Court of Federal Claims, the land from Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Harrell Gill-King, Ph.D., indicates that, which the Native American human this notice may proceed. more likely than not, all the bone remains were removed is the aboriginal DATES: Representatives of any Indian fragments are from the same period. land of The Tribes. Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization They are at least 200 years old, but their

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age is ‘‘probably much greater’’ (Skinner that no visible secure contexts were DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and Ferring 1999). visible. Since this is the only extent As a result of previous construction contextual information, it is not possible National Park Service activities in the area, multiple sites were to assign an associated time period or [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030220; eroded. Surface survey and excavation culture to these human remains. No PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] revealed large numbers of prehistoric known individual was identified. No artifacts. Skinner and Ferring (1999) associated funerary objects are present. Notice of Inventory Completion: concluded that there had been ‘‘one or Department of Anthropology, Southern more’’ occupations in this area over an Determinations Made by the Methodist University, Dallas, TX extended period of time, but that the Department of Anthropology, Southern artifacts associated with these Methodist University AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. occupations had been redeposited by ACTION: Notice. natural and human activities, and that, Officials of the Department of therefore, they are not in their original Anthropology, Southern Methodist SUMMARY: The Department of depositional context. Artifact analysis University have determined that: Anthropology, Southern Methodist indicates that a Late Archaic occupation • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the University (SMU) has completed an definitely was present, but it is unclear human remains described in this notice inventory of human remains, in if there was also a Late Prehistoric are Native American based on consultation with the appropriate occupation. No artifacts were associated geographical location. Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian with the burial, because the specific organizations, and has determined that • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the context of the human remains is there is no cultural affiliation between human remains described in this notice unknown. The definitive age of the the human remains and any present-day represent the physical remains of three burial is currently unknown. No known Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian individual was identified. No associated individuals of Native American organizations. Representatives of any funerary objects are present. ancestry. Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian At an unknown date, human remains • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a organization not identified in this notice representing, at minimum, one relationship of shared group identity that wish to request transfer of control individual were removed from the cannot be reasonably traced between the of these human remains should submit Hutchins Sand and Gravel Yard in Native American human remains and a written request to the Department of Dallas County, TX. The only any present-day Indian Tribe. Anthropology, Southern Methodist provenience information provided for • According to final judgments of the University. If no additional requestors these long bone fragments is ‘‘Hutchins Indian Claims Commission or the Court come forward, transfer of control of the Sand and Gravel Yard, about half a mile of Federal Claims, the land from which human remains to the Indian Tribes or from the Trinity River.’’ This yard, in the Native American human remains Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Dallas County, TX, is unrelated to any were removed is the aboriginal land of this notice may proceed. SMU excavation project. Dr. Meltzer The Tribes. DATES: Representatives of any Indian determined that the bones postdated the • Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization Pleistocene period stratum below them, Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the not identified in this notice that wish to but that their context may have been disposition of the human remains may request transfer of control of these disturbed. Since this is the only extant be to The Tribes. human remains should submit a written contextual information, it is not possible Additional Requestors and Disposition request with information in support of to assign these human remains to a time the request to the Department of period or culture, or even associate Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Anthropology, Southern Methodist them with any artifacts. No known Native Hawaiian organization not University at the address in this notice individual was identified. No associated identified in this notice that wish to by June 29, 2020. funerary objects are present. request transfer of control of these At an unknown date, human remains ADDRESSES: B. Sunday Eiselt, human remains should submit a written Department of Anthropology, Southern representing, at minimum, one request with information in support of individual were removed from Rowlett Methodist University, 3225 Daniel the request to B. Sunday Eiselt, Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX Creek in Dallas County, TX. The only Department of Anthropology, Southern provenience information provided for 75205, telephone (214) 768–2915, email Methodist University, 3225 Daniel these bone fragments is ‘‘Rowlett Creek, [email protected]. Avenue, Heroy Hall #450, Dallas, TX 1980’’. Presumably, the reference is to SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 75205, telephone (214) 768–2915, email the Rowlett Creek that runs through here given in accordance with the [email protected], by June 29, 2020. After Dallas County. The only known project Native American Graves Protection and related to Rowlett Creek was completed that date, if no additional requestors Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. by AR Consultants and reported by Alan have come forward, transfer of control 3003, of the completion of an inventory Skinner in 1990. No human remains, of the human remains to The Tribes may of human remains under the control of however, were identified during that proceed. the Department of Anthropology, project and, ultimately, the excavators The Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, determined that the only sign of Southern Methodist University is TX. The human remains were removed occupation was a historic house in the responsible for notifying The Tribes that from Somervell County, TX. Rowlett Creek Park area. Although the this notice has been published. This notice is published as part of the artifacts were connected to a collection Dated: April 21, 2020. National Park Service’s administrative of lithics, those lithics are just flakes responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 and fire-cracked rock that are not Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). indicative of a time period or culture. Manager, National NAGPRA Program. The determinations in this notice are Moreover, the Skinner report indicates [FR Doc. 2020–11565 Filed 5–28–20; 8:45 am] the sole responsibility of the museum, that the area was heavily eroded, and BILLING CODE 4312–52–P institution, or Federal agency that has

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