Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, 44458-44459 [2017-20295]
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from the University of Montana with
training in Native American osteology to
the museum to examine the remains.
The remains were determined to be a
Native American woman in her early
twenties. The human remains were
probably not more than a few hundred
years old. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains, the
land from which the human remains
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization. In 2017, the Luther Bean
Museum consulted with all Indian
tribes who are recognized as aboriginal
to the area from which these Native
American human remains were
removed. These tribes are the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
of Arizona; Ute Indian Tribe of the
Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as
the Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute
Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New
Mexico & Utah); and Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. None of
these Indian tribes agreed to accept
control of the human remains. In 2017,
the Luther Bean Museum agreed to
transfer control of the human remains to
the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado.
Determinations Made by the Luther
Bean Museum
Officials of the Luther Bean Museum
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
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are Native American based on an
examination by an osteologist.
• 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)(2)(i),
the disposition of the human remains
may be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado.
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 Danielle Persinger, Luther
Bean Museum, 208 Edgemont
Boulevard, Alamosa, CO 81101,
telephone (719) 587–7151, email
lutherbean@adams.edu, by October 23,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the
Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado,
may proceed.
The Luther Bean Museum is
responsible for notifying the Arapahoe
Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming; Cheyenne and Arapaho
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as
the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma; Navajo Nation, Arizona,
New Mexico & Utah; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as the Pueblo of San
Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico;
Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; San Juan Southern Paiute Tribe
of Arizona; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of
the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado;
Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah; Ute Mountain Ute
Tribe (previously listed as the Ute
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Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico &
Utah); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni
Reservation, New Mexico, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 25, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha
District), 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
Omaha District. 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 Omaha District at the address in this
notice by October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
hereby 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 Omaha
District, Omaha, NE, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
SUMMARY:
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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
In 1953, two cultural items were
removed from the Cottonwood site
(39HU43) in Hughes County, SD, and
are presently located at the South
Dakota State Archaeological Research
Center (SARC), under the managerial
control of the Omaha District. The
Cottonwood site was excavated in 1953
by Wesley R. Hurt and Todd G. Willy.
The excavation was a joint effort
between the W.H. Over MuseumVermillion, the South Dakota
Archaeological Commission, and the
U.S. National Park Service. At least two
sets of human remains were recovered
and stored at the W.H. Over Museum
until 1974, when they were moved to
SARC. In 1987, the University of
Tennessee-Knoxville received the
human remains and conducted an
inventory before returning them to
SARC in 1988. The human remains
were then housed at SARC until May
20, 1994, when they were repatriated to
the Sioux. SARC currently has two
funerary objects that excavation records
show as having been removed from the
burial of a specific individual from site
39HU43. The two unassociated funerary
objects are 1 unmodified wolf canine
tooth and 1 ceramic body sherd.
The Cottonwood site (39HU43) is a
farm settlement on a low terrace above
the Missouri River that was probably
occupied between 1870 and 1880,
which falls into the Historic Sioux
(Teton/Lakota) (1867–1900). Peoria
Bottom was occupied in the early 1870s
by 200 to 300 Native Americans, as well
as by the first Protestant mission in the
area, which included a boarding school
for the Lakota Sioux. The Cottonwood
site included 15 circular houses and
several outdoor cache pit depressions.
Three houses and one outdoor cache pit
were excavated. The houses had basinshaped tipi floors, in common with latenineteenth century Lakota farm
settlements. Gun cartridges were also
recovered at the site, not in association
with the burials, but which support the
Historic Sioux occupation.
In 1962, six cultural items were
removed from the Fort Thompson
Burials II site (39BF10) in Buffalo
County, SD, and are presently located at
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the South Dakota State Archaeological
Research Center (SARC), under the
managerial control of the Omaha
District. The Fort Thompson Burials II
site (39BF10) has six mound groups
spread out along the left bank of the
Missouri River on a terrace in the Big
Bend area, downstream from Fort
Thompson. Early in the 1960s, several
burials were disturbed during
construction of the Big Bend Dam. In
December of 1962, Robert Grant and
Joseph B. Brandon, State Archaeological
Commission-Vermillion, SD, recovered
the human remains and funerary
objects. At least 4 sets of human remains
were recovered. The human remains
were stored at the W.H. Over Museum
until 1974, when they were moved to
the Office of the State Archaeologist
(OSA) at Fort Meade. In 1979, the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville
received the human remains and
conducted an inventory before returning
them to the OSA. The human remains
were then repatriated in 1982 to the
Sioux. SARC currently holds six
funerary objects that excavation records
show as having been removed from the
burial of a specific individual from site
39BF10. The six unassociated funerary
objects are 2 linen textiles; 2 brass
buttons; 1 wrought-iron coffin nail; and
1 bison femur fragment.
The Fort Thompson Burials II site
(39BF10) was most likely occupied post1860, which falls into the Early
Reservation Period and is associated
with the Crow Creek Indian Reservation,
inhabited by the Santee and Winnebago,
who were moved to Nebraska in the
mid-1860s. In the 1870s, the reservation
was inhabited by the Yanktonai. The
unassociated funerary objects and
manner of burial are most likely
affiliated with the Yanktonai, who
occupied the reservation for a longer
period of time post-1860, than the
Santee and Winnebago.
The Yanktonai today are represented
by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota. Consultation with the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota indicates
that these kinds of funerary objects are
placed with individuals at the time of
death.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District, have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 8 cultural items described above 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 and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
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evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
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
Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army
Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
usace.army.mil, by October 23, 2017.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, is responsible for
notifying the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 2, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort,
KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Kentucky Historical
Society 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 the Kentucky Historical
Society. If no additional requestors
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0023937; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha
District), 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 Omaha
District. 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 Omaha District at the
address in this notice by October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
995-2674, email sandra.v.barnum@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby 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 Omaha District, Omaha, NE, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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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
In 1953, two cultural items were removed from the Cottonwood site
(39HU43) in Hughes County, SD, and are presently located at the South
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC), under the
managerial control of the Omaha District. The Cottonwood site was
excavated in 1953 by Wesley R. Hurt and Todd G. Willy. The excavation
was a joint effort between the W.H. Over Museum-Vermillion, the South
Dakota Archaeological Commission, and the U.S. National Park Service.
At least two sets of human remains were recovered and stored at the
W.H. Over Museum until 1974, when they were moved to SARC. In 1987, the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville received the human remains and
conducted an inventory before returning them to SARC in 1988. The human
remains were then housed at SARC until May 20, 1994, when they were
repatriated to the Sioux. SARC currently has two funerary objects that
excavation records show as having been removed from the burial of a
specific individual from site 39HU43. The two unassociated funerary
objects are 1 unmodified wolf canine tooth and 1 ceramic body sherd.
The Cottonwood site (39HU43) is a farm settlement on a low terrace
above the Missouri River that was probably occupied between 1870 and
1880, which falls into the Historic Sioux (Teton/Lakota) (1867-1900).
Peoria Bottom was occupied in the early 1870s by 200 to 300 Native
Americans, as well as by the first Protestant mission in the area,
which included a boarding school for the Lakota Sioux. The Cottonwood
site included 15 circular houses and several outdoor cache pit
depressions. Three houses and one outdoor cache pit were excavated. The
houses had basin-shaped tipi floors, in common with late-nineteenth
century Lakota farm settlements. Gun cartridges were also recovered at
the site, not in association with the burials, but which support the
Historic Sioux occupation.
In 1962, six cultural items were removed from the Fort Thompson
Burials II site (39BF10) in Buffalo County, SD, and are presently
located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center
(SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. The Fort
Thompson Burials II site (39BF10) has six mound groups spread out along
the left bank of the Missouri River on a terrace in the Big Bend area,
downstream from Fort Thompson. Early in the 1960s, several burials were
disturbed during construction of the Big Bend Dam. In December of 1962,
Robert Grant and Joseph B. Brandon, State Archaeological Commission-
Vermillion, SD, recovered the human remains and funerary objects. At
least 4 sets of human remains were recovered. The human remains were
stored at the W.H. Over Museum until 1974, when they were moved to the
Office of the State Archaeologist (OSA) at Fort Meade. In 1979, the
University of Tennessee-Knoxville received the human remains and
conducted an inventory before returning them to the OSA. The human
remains were then repatriated in 1982 to the Sioux. SARC currently
holds six funerary objects that excavation records show as having been
removed from the burial of a specific individual from site 39BF10. The
six unassociated funerary objects are 2 linen textiles; 2 brass
buttons; 1 wrought-iron coffin nail; and 1 bison femur fragment.
The Fort Thompson Burials II site (39BF10) was most likely occupied
post-1860, which falls into the Early Reservation Period and is
associated with the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, inhabited by the
Santee and Winnebago, who were moved to Nebraska in the mid-1860s. In
the 1870s, the reservation was inhabited by the Yanktonai. The
unassociated funerary objects and manner of burial are most likely
affiliated with the Yanktonai, who occupied the reservation for a
longer period of time post-1860, than the Santee and Winnebago.
The Yanktonai today are represented by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota. Consultation with the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
indicates that these kinds of funerary objects are placed with
individuals at the time of death.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 8 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
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 Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer
District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE
68102, telephone, (402) 995-2674, email sandra.v.barnum@usace.army.mil,
by October 23, 2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have
come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects
to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, is responsible
for notifying the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 2, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-20295 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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