Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee; Findings and Recommendations Regarding Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects for The Osage Nation, 8219-8220 [2016-03407]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 32 / Thursday, February 18, 2016 / Notices
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
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. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Burke
Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation;
Muckleshoot Indian Tribe (previously
listed as the Muckleshoot Indian Tribe
of the Muckleshoot Reservation,
Washington); Nooksack Indian Tribe;
Samish Indian Nation (previously listed
as the Samish Indian Tribe,
Washington); Sauk-Suiattle Indian
Tribe; Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
(previously listed as the Snoqualmie
Tribe, Washington); Stillaguamish Tribe
of Indians of Washington (previously
listed as the Stillaguamish Tribe of
Washington); Suquamish Indian Tribe
of the Port Madison Reservation;
Swinomish Indian Tribal Community
(previously listed as the Swinomish
Indians of the Swinomish Reservation of
Washington); Tulalip Tribes of
Washington (previously listed as the
Tulalip Tribes of the Tulalip
Reservation, Washington); and Upper
Skagit Indian Tribe, (all hereafter
referred to as the ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date prior to 1995,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were possibly
removed from San Juan Islands, San
Juan Island County, Washington. These
remains were identified in 1995 while
completing an inventory for NAGPRA
compliance. These human remains were
located in a box of material marked
‘‘Anian Island Burial 3F.’’ The human
remains were in a paper-bag marked
‘‘Burial 3’’. Also written on the bag in
the same pencil, but crossed out, is,
‘‘SJ–1, Finds, 7/18/46.’’. These human
remains to do not match any of the
records for the Anian Island burial.
They also do not match ‘‘Burial 3’’ from
Arden King’s 1946 excavations at 45–
SJ–1 and there is no mention of burials
being found on 7/18/1946 in the field
documents. The condition of these
human remains is consistent with other
burials in shell middens from this area.
Additional information provided during
consultation indicated this individual
was likely buried on the San Juan
Islands. The Burke Museum is unable to
make a cultural affiliation due to the
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:03 Feb 17, 2016
Jkt 238001
8219
lack of contextual and exact location
information from which the burial was
removed. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee;
Findings and Recommendations
Regarding Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects for The
Osage Nation
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
osteological evidence and museum
collecting and accessioning history.
• 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.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of The Tribes. The Treaty of Point
Elliot was signed on January 22, 1855 by
representatives from The Tribes, and
ceded aboriginal land included the San
Juan Islands region.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Tribes.
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 Peter Lape, Burke
Museum, University of Washington, Box
353010, Seattle, WA 98195, telephone
(206) 685–3849 x2, plape@uw.edu, by
March 21, 2016. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: January 15, 2016.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–03412 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
PO 00000
Frm 00047
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20115;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
National Park Service, Interior.
Findings and recommendations.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
publishing this notice as part of its
administrative responsibilities pursuant
to the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA or the Act). The
recommendations, findings, and actions
in this notice are advisory only and are
not binding on any person. The Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee) found that certain human
remains and associated items are
culturally affiliated with The Osage
Nation and that the State of Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, State
Historic Preservation Office should
determine the most appropriate
claimant—The Osage Nation or the
Indian tribes comprising the Sac and
Fox NAGPRA Confederacy—using the
criteria under section 7(a)(4) of the Act.
ADDRESSES: The Review Committee
meeting transcript containing the
proceedings and Review Committee
deliberation and findings are available
online at www.nps.gov/nagpra/Review
or from the National NAGPRA Program
upon request (NAGPRA_Info@nps.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
recommendations, findings, and actions
of the Review Committee are advisory
only and not binding on any person.
These advisory findings and
recommendations do not necessarily
represent the views of the National Park
Service or Secretary of the Interior. The
National Park Service and the Secretary
of the Interior have not taken a position
on these matters.
The Review Committee was
established by Section 8 of the Act, and
is an advisory body governed by the
Federal Advisory Committee Act. At its
November 18, 2015, public meeting in
Norman, OK, the Review Committee
heard a request from The Osage Nation
as an affected party. The issues before
the Review Committee were (1) whether
the human remains and associated items
from the Clarksville Mound Group (site
23PI6) are culturally affiliated with The
Osage Nation; and (2) whether the
SUMMARY:
E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM
18FEN1
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
8220
Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 32 / Thursday, February 18, 2016 / Notices
appropriate disposition of the human
remains and associated items from the
Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6) is
to The Osage Nation or the Indian tribes
comprising the Sac and Fox NAGPRA
Confederacy.
Between 1962 and 1996, human
remains representing, at minimum, 29
individuals were removed from the
Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6) in
Pike County, MO. The Clarksville
Mound Group was originally recorded
in 1952, and described as a group of six
mounds. In 1962, the site was bulldozed
in order to develop a sky-ride and
tourist attraction, and five of the six
mounds were destroyed. In 1995 and
1996, the City of Clarksville, the owner
of the site, contacted the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, State
Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for
assistance after terminating the lease to
the tourist attraction. Human remains
were eroding out of the damaged
mound, and due to the severity of the
erosion problem, the SHPO and the City
of Clarksville decided to undertake
excavations to remove the threatened
burials. The excavations were expanded
as more burials were discovered. During
the excavations, human remains
representing, at minimum, 22
individuals were removed from the site.
The two associated funerary objects are
one lot of ancalusa shell beads and one
Scallorn point. In 2002, additional
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
transferred to the SHPO by a local
collector who had been on the site in
1962. In 2006, additional human
remains from the site representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
transferred to the SHPO by the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
On February 21, 2013, the Sac & Fox
Nation of Oklahoma, the Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the
Sac & Fox Nation of the Missouri in
Kansas, through the Sac and Fox
NAGPRA Confederacy, submitted a
request for repatriation of all the human
remains and associated funerary objects
from the Clarksville Mound Group (site
23PI6), citing a relationship of shared
group identity (cultural affiliation). On
July 30, 2013, the SHPO published a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (78 FR 45960–45961)
for the human remains and associated
funerary objects from the Clarksville
Mound Group (site 23PI6) in which it
determined that a shared group identity
could be reasonably traced between the
human remains and the Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and
the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
in Iowa. On August 29, 2013, The Osage
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:03 Feb 17, 2016
Jkt 238001
Nation timely submitted a written
request for transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed from the Clarksville
Mound Group (site 23PI6). Supporting
materials submitted by The Osage
Nation asserted that (1) the individuals
interred at the Clarksville Mound site
dated to the Late Woodland and
Emergent Mississippian Period (A.D.
900–1000); (2) this period corresponds
to the prehistoric occupation of
Missouri by the ancestral Osage; and (3)
in accordance with 43 CFR 10.2(e)(1)
and 10.14(c), multiple lines of evidence
support a cultural affiliation between
the prehistoric inhabitants of the
Clarksville Mound site and the current
people of The Osage Nation. As of July
15, 2015, the SHPO had not made a
decision regarding The Osage Nation’s
request.
In August 2015, The Osage Nation
requested that the Review Committee
make a finding of fact regarding the
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed from Clarksville
Mound Group (site 23PI6) in Pike
County, MO. The Designated Federal
Officer for the Review Committee agreed
to the request.
At its November 18, 2015 meeting, the
Review Committee considered the
request. The issues before the Review
Committee were (1) whether the human
remains and associated items from the
Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6)
are culturally affiliated with The Osage
Nation; and (2) whether the appropriate
disposition of human remains and
associated items from the Clarksville
Mound Group (site 23PI6) is to The
Osage Nation or the Indian tribes
comprising the Sac and Fox NAGPRA
Confederacy.
Findings of Fact: All six Review
Committee members currently
appointed by the Secretary of the
Interior participated in the fact finding.
By a vote of five to zero (the chair did
not vote), the Review Committee found
that with regard to issue (1), the human
remains and associated items from the
Clarksville Mound Group (Site 23PI6)
are culturally affiliated with The Osage
Nation. Regarding issue (2), by a vote of
five to zero (the chair did not vote), the
Review Committee ‘‘strongly
recommends that the [State of Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, State
Historic Preservation Officer], pursuant
to the NAGPRA regulations, determine
the most appropriate claimant in this
case within the next six months, in
consultation with The Osage Nation and
the Sac and Fox NAGPRA Confederacy.
If the [State of Missouri Department of
Natural Resources, State Historic
Preservation Officer], cannot make such
PO 00000
Frm 00048
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
a determination within six months, the
Review Committee requests that the
[State of Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, State Historic Preservation
Officer,] notify the Review Committee of
the barrier to doing so.’’
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Armand Minthorn,
Chair, Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee.
[FR Doc. 2016–03407 Filed 2–17–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
U.S. International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Mobile Electronic
Devices Incorporating Haptics
(Including Smartphones and
Smartwatches) and Components
Thereof, DN 3120; the Commission is
soliciting comments on any public
interest issues raised by the complaint
or complainant’s filing under section
210.8(b) of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
210.8(b)).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW., Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at EDIS,1 and will be
available for inspection during official
business hours (8:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.)
in the Office of the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E
Street SW., Washington, DC 20436,
telephone (202) 205–2000.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its Internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at USITC.2 The public record
for this investigation may be viewed on
the Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS) at EDIS.3
SUMMARY:
1 Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
2 United States International Trade Commission
(USITC): https://edis.usitc.gov.
3 Electronic Document Information System
(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov.
E:\FR\FM\18FEN1.SGM
18FEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 32 (Thursday, February 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8219-8220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-03407]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20115; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee; Findings and Recommendations Regarding Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects for The Osage Nation
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Findings and recommendations.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: The National Park Service is publishing this notice as part of
its administrative responsibilities pursuant to the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA or the Act). The
recommendations, findings, and actions in this notice are advisory only
and are not binding on any person. The Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) found
that certain human remains and associated items are culturally
affiliated with The Osage Nation and that the State of Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office
should determine the most appropriate claimant--The Osage Nation or the
Indian tribes comprising the Sac and Fox NAGPRA Confederacy--using the
criteria under section 7(a)(4) of the Act.
ADDRESSES: The Review Committee meeting transcript containing the
proceedings and Review Committee deliberation and findings are
available online at www.nps.gov/nagpra/Review or from the National
NAGPRA Program upon request (NAGPRA_Info@nps.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The recommendations, findings, and actions
of the Review Committee are advisory only and not binding on any
person. These advisory findings and recommendations do not necessarily
represent the views of the National Park Service or Secretary of the
Interior. The National Park Service and the Secretary of the Interior
have not taken a position on these matters.
The Review Committee was established by Section 8 of the Act, and
is an advisory body governed by the Federal Advisory Committee Act. At
its November 18, 2015, public meeting in Norman, OK, the Review
Committee heard a request from The Osage Nation as an affected party.
The issues before the Review Committee were (1) whether the human
remains and associated items from the Clarksville Mound Group (site
23PI6) are culturally affiliated with The Osage Nation; and (2) whether
the
[[Page 8220]]
appropriate disposition of the human remains and associated items from
the Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6) is to The Osage Nation or the
Indian tribes comprising the Sac and Fox NAGPRA Confederacy.
Between 1962 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, 29
individuals were removed from the Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6)
in Pike County, MO. The Clarksville Mound Group was originally recorded
in 1952, and described as a group of six mounds. In 1962, the site was
bulldozed in order to develop a sky-ride and tourist attraction, and
five of the six mounds were destroyed. In 1995 and 1996, the City of
Clarksville, the owner of the site, contacted the Missouri Department
of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) for
assistance after terminating the lease to the tourist attraction. Human
remains were eroding out of the damaged mound, and due to the severity
of the erosion problem, the SHPO and the City of Clarksville decided to
undertake excavations to remove the threatened burials. The excavations
were expanded as more burials were discovered. During the excavations,
human remains representing, at minimum, 22 individuals were removed
from the site. The two associated funerary objects are one lot of
ancalusa shell beads and one Scallorn point. In 2002, additional human
remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were transferred to
the SHPO by a local collector who had been on the site in 1962. In
2006, additional human remains from the site representing, at minimum,
three individuals were transferred to the SHPO by the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
On February 21, 2013, the Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma, the Sac &
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa, and the Sac & Fox Nation of the
Missouri in Kansas, through the Sac and Fox NAGPRA Confederacy,
submitted a request for repatriation of all the human remains and
associated funerary objects from the Clarksville Mound Group (site
23PI6), citing a relationship of shared group identity (cultural
affiliation). On July 30, 2013, the SHPO published a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (78 FR 45960-45961) for
the human remains and associated funerary objects from the Clarksville
Mound Group (site 23PI6) in which it determined that a shared group
identity could be reasonably traced between the human remains and the
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. On August
29, 2013, The Osage Nation timely submitted a written request for
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects removed from the Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6).
Supporting materials submitted by The Osage Nation asserted that (1)
the individuals interred at the Clarksville Mound site dated to the
Late Woodland and Emergent Mississippian Period (A.D. 900-1000); (2)
this period corresponds to the prehistoric occupation of Missouri by
the ancestral Osage; and (3) in accordance with 43 CFR 10.2(e)(1) and
10.14(c), multiple lines of evidence support a cultural affiliation
between the prehistoric inhabitants of the Clarksville Mound site and
the current people of The Osage Nation. As of July 15, 2015, the SHPO
had not made a decision regarding The Osage Nation's request.
In August 2015, The Osage Nation requested that the Review
Committee make a finding of fact regarding the human remains and
associated funerary objects removed from Clarksville Mound Group (site
23PI6) in Pike County, MO. The Designated Federal Officer for the
Review Committee agreed to the request.
At its November 18, 2015 meeting, the Review Committee considered
the request. The issues before the Review Committee were (1) whether
the human remains and associated items from the Clarksville Mound Group
(site 23PI6) are culturally affiliated with The Osage Nation; and (2)
whether the appropriate disposition of human remains and associated
items from the Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6) is to The Osage
Nation or the Indian tribes comprising the Sac and Fox NAGPRA
Confederacy.
Findings of Fact: All six Review Committee members currently
appointed by the Secretary of the Interior participated in the fact
finding. By a vote of five to zero (the chair did not vote), the Review
Committee found that with regard to issue (1), the human remains and
associated items from the Clarksville Mound Group (Site 23PI6) are
culturally affiliated with The Osage Nation. Regarding issue (2), by a
vote of five to zero (the chair did not vote), the Review Committee
``strongly recommends that the [State of Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, State Historic Preservation Officer], pursuant to the NAGPRA
regulations, determine the most appropriate claimant in this case
within the next six months, in consultation with The Osage Nation and
the Sac and Fox NAGPRA Confederacy. If the [State of Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, State Historic Preservation Officer],
cannot make such a determination within six months, the Review
Committee requests that the [State of Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, State Historic Preservation Officer,] notify the Review
Committee of the barrier to doing so.''
Dated: January 13, 2016.
Armand Minthorn,
Chair, Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
[FR Doc. 2016-03407 Filed 2-17-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
