Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE and State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, 19625-19626 [2016-07770]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: 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.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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 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)
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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.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
National Park Service
ACTION:
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
usace.army.mil.
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Cultural items consisting of 64
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from site 39CA4, the Anton
Rygh Site, in Campbell County, SD.
They are presently located at the South
Dakota State Archaeological Research
Center (SARC) and are under the control
of the Omaha District.
The Anton Rygh site was a large
fortified village on the east bank of the
Missouri River and first reported by
W.H. Over Museum in the 1920s.
Excavations at the site began in 1932,
and over the course of the next 50 years,
over 100 individuals have reportedly
been removed from the site. A minimum
of 66 of these individuals were removed
between 1957 and 1959 during
excavations sponsored by the
Smithsonian Institution River Basic
Survey (RBS). A total of 15 individuals
from the 1957 to 1959 excavations are
stored at SARC and reported in a
separate Notice of Inventory
Completion.
SARC currently has 64 funerary
objects from the RBS collections that are
not associated with any individuals
currently held by SARC and under
control of the Omaha District. The
excavation records clearly show these
items as having been removed from the
burial of a specific individual. These 64
unassociated funerary objects are 13
scapula bone hoes and knives, 1 bone
awl, 1 bone whistle, 1 lithic biface, 1
lithic projectile point, 1 dog cranium,
and 46 ceramic sherds.
The Anton Rygh site is a Plains
Village Tradition multi-component
earth lodge village. House structures,
burials, cache pits, fortification features,
and artifact types suggest at least two
levels of occupation. The levels
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represent an extended Middle Missouri
(A.D. 1000–1500) variant while the
upper levels represent Extended (A.D.
1500–1675) and Post Contact (A.D.
1675–1780) Coalescent variants.
Funerary objects were removed from
burials throughout all levels of the site,
but their temporal differentiation cannot
be determined based on current records.
Archeological, anthropological, and
physical anthropological evidence
indicate the Extended Middle Missouri
are ancestral Mandan, and the Extended
Coalescent and Post Contact Coalescent
are ancestral Arikara. Both the Mandan
and Arikara are represented today by
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation. Consultation with
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation indicates that
these objects represent the kinds of
objects that are placed with individuals
at the time of death.
Determinations Made by the Omaha
District
Officials of the Omaha District have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 64 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 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 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 May 5, 2016. After
that date, if no additional claimants
have come forward, transfer of control
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
The Omaha District is responsible for
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota, that this notice has been
published.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 65 / Tuesday, April 5, 2016 / Notices
Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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.
[FR Doc. 2016–07770 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20586];
[PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: 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.
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 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.
SUMMARY:
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.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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History and Description of the Cultural
Items
Cultural items consisting of 1,045
unassociated funerary objects were
removed from 39DW2, the Four Bear
site, Dewey County, SD. They are
presently located at the South Dakota
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 first 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 are currently housed at SARC
and have been reported under a separate
Notice of Inventory Completion. In
addition, a total of 64 sets of human
remains were reburied either on Four
Bear site or at site 39ST15. The
whereabouts of the remaining 24 sets of
human remains is currently unknown.
SARC currently has physical custody
of 1,045 funerary objects that were
originally removed with individuals
whose remains were either reburied or
whose present location is unknown. The
excavation records clearly show that all
these items were removed from the
burials of specific individuals. The
1,045 unassociated funerary objects are
572 shell and glass beads, 4 bone tools,
34 ceramic sherds, 1 ceramic vessel, 333
copper sleeves crimped on leather, 1
bundle of copper sleeves with hide, 7
cooper and brass tubes, 2 metal knife
blades, 1 iron wire bracelet, 20 copper
ornaments, 2 leather earrings, 1 dog
cranium, 23 faunal fragments, 1 mussel
shell, 3 chert endscrapers, 1 lot of plant
fiber, 2 lots of wood fragments, 7
individual wood fragments, 13 pieces of
soil with red ochre, and 17 seeds.
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. 1780–1862) of the Plains Village
Tradition. At least 36 circular lodges
were identified. The excavators located
a cemetery associated with the village a
short distance to the southwest of the
village site. In addition to the mortuary
practices and types of funerary objects
in evidence, the architecture of the
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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. Consultation with the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota, indicates
that these objects represent the kinds of
objects that are placed with individuals
at the time of death.
Determinations Made by the Omaha
District
Officials of the Omaha District have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 1,045 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
the specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
• 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 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 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 May 5, 2016. After
that date, if no additional claimants
have come forward, transfer of control
of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
The Omaha District is responsible for
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20582; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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), 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 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. 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.
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(s)
Cultural items consisting of 64 unassociated funerary objects were
removed from site 39CA4, the Anton Rygh Site, in Campbell County, SD.
They are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological
Research Center (SARC) and are under the control of the Omaha District.
The Anton Rygh site was a large fortified village on the east bank
of the Missouri River and first reported by W.H. Over Museum in the
1920s. Excavations at the site began in 1932, and over the course of
the next 50 years, over 100 individuals have reportedly been removed
from the site. A minimum of 66 of these individuals were removed
between 1957 and 1959 during excavations sponsored by the Smithsonian
Institution River Basic Survey (RBS). A total of 15 individuals from
the 1957 to 1959 excavations are stored at SARC and reported in a
separate Notice of Inventory Completion.
SARC currently has 64 funerary objects from the RBS collections
that are not associated with any individuals currently held by SARC and
under control of the Omaha District. The excavation records clearly
show these items as having been removed from the burial of a specific
individual. These 64 unassociated funerary objects are 13 scapula bone
hoes and knives, 1 bone awl, 1 bone whistle, 1 lithic biface, 1 lithic
projectile point, 1 dog cranium, and 46 ceramic sherds.
The Anton Rygh site is a Plains Village Tradition multi-component
earth lodge village. House structures, burials, cache pits,
fortification features, and artifact types suggest at least two levels
of occupation. The levels represent an extended Middle Missouri (A.D.
1000-1500) variant while the upper levels represent Extended (A.D.
1500-1675) and Post Contact (A.D. 1675-1780) Coalescent variants.
Funerary objects were removed from burials throughout all levels of the
site, but their temporal differentiation cannot be determined based on
current records.
Archeological, anthropological, and physical anthropological
evidence indicate the Extended Middle Missouri are ancestral Mandan,
and the Extended Coalescent and Post Contact Coalescent are ancestral
Arikara. Both the Mandan and Arikara are represented today by the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Consultation with
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation indicates
that these objects represent the kinds of objects that are placed with
individuals at the time of death.
Determinations Made by the Omaha District
Officials of the Omaha District have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 64 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 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 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 May 5, 2016. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
The Omaha District is responsible for notifying the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that
this notice has been published.
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Dated: March 10, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-07770 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am]
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