Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE., and State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, 19627-19628 [2016-07766]
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Dakota, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–07767 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20406;
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha,
NE., and State Archaeological
Research Center, Rapid City, SD
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha
District), 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
request to the Omaha District. 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 Omaha District at the
address in this notice by May 5, 2016.
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
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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 the
Omaha District. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from site 39DW02 (Four Bear),
in Dewey County, SD.
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 and associated funerary objects
was made by the State Archaeological
Research Center (SARC) and Omaha
District professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1958 and 1959, human
remains representing, at minimum, 12
individuals and 868 associated funerary
objects were collected from 39DW2, the
Four Bear site, Dewey County, SD. They
are presently located at the SARC and
are under the control of the Omaha
District.
The Four Bear site, 39DW2, was an
earthlodge village on the west bank of
the Missouri River. It was visited in the
1930s by Alfred Bowers of the
Smithsonian Institution. Between 1958
and 1959, salvage excavations were
conducted at the site prior to inundation
by flood waters of the Oahe Reservoir.
At least 100 sets of human remains were
recovered. Twelve sets of human
remains, representing 5 adults, 3
children, and 4 infants, are currently
housed at SARC. A total of 64 sets of
human remains were reburied either at
Four Bear site or at site 39ST15. The
whereabouts of the remaining 24 sets of
human remains are currently unknown.
Based on burial type, associated
artifacts, the remaining archeological
context, and physical anthropological
assessment, the 12 individuals presently
located at SARC from the Four Bear site
are Native American. No known
individuals were identified. The 868
associated funerary objects are 5 shell
and glass beads, 30 ceramic sherds, 819
copper sleeves crimped on leather, 5
wire earrings, 3 fragments of animal
hide, 1 lot of animal hides, 1 faunal
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fragment, 2 pieces of clay and soil, 1
seed cache, and 1 shell tool.
The Four Bear site, 39 DW2, was
probably occupied during the last two
decades of the 1700s, which falls into
the Disorganized Coalescent variant
(A.D. 1780 to 1862) of the Plains Village
Tradition. At least 36 circular lodges
were identified. The excavators located
a cemetery associated with the village a
short distance southwest of the village
site. In addition to the mortuary
practices and types of funerary objects
in evidence, the architecture of the
circular earth lodges, community plan,
physical location, and ceramic types
support the association of the site to the
late 1700s. It is possible that the site was
first documented in William Clark’s
journal on October 6, 1804, as well as
being mentioned in journals of members
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The
journals mention that the ‘‘Ricara’’ had
left the village the prior spring.
Populations associated with the
Coalescent tradition within this area
and time frame, as evidenced by the
ethnographic and archeological record,
are believed to be ancestral to the
Arikara. The Arikara are represented
today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
Determinations Made by the Omaha
District
Officials of the Omaha District have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 12
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 868 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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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 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 Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
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Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota, may proceed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District is responsible for
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–07766 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20509;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, Mobile, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Mobile District has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes, 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
request to the Mobile District. 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 Mobile District at the
address in this notice by May 5, 2016.
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Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile
District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box
2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001,
telephone (251) 694–4114, email
Michael.P.Fedoroff@usace.army.mil.
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 the
Mobile District. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Burnt Village Site,
9TP9, Troup County, GA.
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.
ADDRESSES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Mobile
District in consultation with
representatives of the following Indian
tribes: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe Indians
of Oklahoma; Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Catawba Indian Nation (aka Catawba
Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee
Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band
of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal
Town; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); Shawnee Tribe; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma, hereafter ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1966 and 1968, human
remains representing, at minimum, 21
individuals were removed from the
Burnt Village Site in Troup County, GA.
The excavations were conducted by the
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University of Georgia, on behalf of the
Mobile District’s response to the
construction of the West Point Lake
reservoir. The human remains have
been housed at the University of Georgia
since their removal from the site, but are
under the control of Mobile District. The
human remains were determined to be
Native American based on skeletal
morphology, burial and site context, and
artifact associations. No known
individuals were identified during the
excavations. The 5,281 associated
funerary objects are 6 metal armbands,
37 metal bells, 5 copper bracelets, 64
metal buckles and fasteners, 34 metal
buttons, 14 metal rings, 3 metal
neckbands, 33 metal cone ornaments, 31
metal ornaments, 33 metal tinklers, 5
metal fragments with beads, 4,067 beads
(glass, shell, clay, seed), 11 lots of beads,
3 shell ornaments, 3 brass thimbles, 3
metal nails, 2 fragments iron knife
blade, 2 pieces horse bridle, 3 metal
tools, 28 pieces of metal/metal
fragments, 2 ceramic balls/knobs, 2
ceramic bowls, 441 prehistoric ceramic
sherds, 6 clay fragments, 27 pieces of
daub, 14 lithic flakes or shatter, 2 lithic
projectile points, 1 stone gaming piece,
4 pipe stems, 19 fragments of fabric, 2
fragments of fabric with beads, 10 pieces
of cord, thread, or string, 1 mirror
fragment, 3 glass fragments, 1 glass
bottle, 1 cork, 7 musket balls, 9 gun
flints, 6 pieces unmodified shell,1 lot
modified mica, 1 piece mica, 172 pieces
unmodified fauna, 1 piece modified
fauna, 24 fire cracked rock, 89 rocks, 4
samples of botanical remains, 1 piece
sandstone, 29 pieces of organic material
(e.g., botanicals and wood), 6 pieces of
charcoal, 2 pieces red ochre, and 6
samples of charcoal and soil.
Eight lines of evidence support a
cultural affiliation finding for the Burnt
Village Site including geographical,
archeological, anthropological,
linguistic, folklore, oral tradition,
historical, and expert opinion.
Geographically, the Burnt Village site is
the location of the historically known
Creek Town of Okfuskeneena. The site
is located within established Creek
Indian territory on the western bank of
the central Chattahoochee River in
Troup County, Georgia. This area is both
within treaty designated Creek lands,
and land known through historic and
ethnographic accounts as being home to
the Creek Indians. Archeological
investigations of the site confirmed
historical accounts of the village
location, which was recorded as being
attacked on September 27, 1793, by
white settlers. Evidence includes
diagnostic artifacts that correspond to
those expected and described in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20406; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE., and State
Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha
District), 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 request to the Omaha District.
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 Omaha District at the address in this
notice by May 5, 2016.
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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Omaha District.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
site 39DW02 (Four Bear), in Dewey County, SD.
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 and associated funerary
objects was made by the State Archaeological Research Center (SARC) and
Omaha District professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1958 and 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, 12
individuals and 868 associated funerary objects were collected from
39DW2, the Four Bear site, Dewey County, SD. They are presently located
at the SARC and are under the control of the Omaha District.
The Four Bear site, 39DW2, was an earthlodge village on the west
bank of the Missouri River. It was visited in the 1930s by Alfred
Bowers of the Smithsonian Institution. Between 1958 and 1959, salvage
excavations were conducted at the site prior to inundation by flood
waters of the Oahe Reservoir. At least 100 sets of human remains were
recovered. Twelve sets of human remains, representing 5 adults, 3
children, and 4 infants, are currently housed at SARC. A total of 64
sets of human remains were reburied either at Four Bear site or at site
39ST15. The whereabouts of the remaining 24 sets of human remains are
currently unknown. Based on burial type, associated artifacts, the
remaining archeological context, and physical anthropological
assessment, the 12 individuals presently located at SARC from the Four
Bear site are Native American. No known individuals were identified.
The 868 associated funerary objects are 5 shell and glass beads, 30
ceramic sherds, 819 copper sleeves crimped on leather, 5 wire earrings,
3 fragments of animal hide, 1 lot of animal hides, 1 faunal fragment, 2
pieces of clay and soil, 1 seed cache, and 1 shell tool.
The Four Bear site, 39 DW2, was probably occupied during the last
two decades of the 1700s, which falls into the Disorganized Coalescent
variant (A.D. 1780 to 1862) of the Plains Village Tradition. At least
36 circular lodges were identified. The excavators located a cemetery
associated with the village a short distance southwest of the village
site. In addition to the mortuary practices and types of funerary
objects in evidence, the architecture of the circular earth lodges,
community plan, physical location, and ceramic types support the
association of the site to the late 1700s. It is possible that the site
was first documented in William Clark's journal on October 6, 1804, as
well as being mentioned in journals of members of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition. The journals mention that the ``Ricara'' had left the
village the prior spring. Populations associated with the Coalescent
tradition within this area and time frame, as evidenced by the
ethnographic and archeological record, are believed to be ancestral to
the Arikara. The Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Determinations Made by the Omaha District
Officials of the Omaha District have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 12 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 868 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 Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 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
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 Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer
District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
[[Page 19628]]
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 995-2674, email
sandra.v.barnum@usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, may proceed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is responsible for
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota, that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-07766 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
