Notice of Inventory Completion: Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY, 44459-44460 [2017-20307]
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Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices
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
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come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 the Kentucky Historical
Society at the address in this notice by
October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter,
Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
telephone (502) 564–1792, email
bethc.carter@ky.gov.
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 under the control of
the Kentucky Historical Society,
Frankfort, KY. The human remains were
removed from Fox Field, Mason County,
KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County,
OH.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Kentucky
Historical Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The
Chickasaw Nation responded by letter
and deferred to the Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians. The following Indian
Tribes and groups were invited to
consult but did not participate:
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation;
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee,
a non-federally recognized Indian
group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal
Repatriation Committee, representing
federally recognized Indian Tribes.
History and Description of the Remains
At some time prior to 1964, human
remains representing, at minimum, 2
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individuals were removed from Fox
Field in Mason County, KY, and
Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH.
The human remains were loaned and
then donated to the Kentucky Historical
Society by Charles Johnson. The
Kentucky Historical Society has no
other information about the excavation
of these human remains. The human
remains include a skull of an adult
female from the Fox Field site in Mason
County, KY, and a skull of an adult male
from Steubenville in Jefferson County,
OH. No known individuals were
identified. There are no associated
funerary objects present.
Determinations Made by the Kentucky
Historical Society
Officials of the Kentucky Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
minimal provenance that came in with
them.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 2
individuals 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
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 Beth Caffery Carter,
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Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
telephone (502) 564–1792, email
bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more
of the Indian Tribes above, the following
non-federally recognized Indian groups:
The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama;
Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee;
and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal
Repatriation Committee may proceed.
The Kentucky Historical Society is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota
Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia
Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the
Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation
Committee that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 31, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology has completed
an inventory of 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 associated
funerary objects and present-day Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Kentucky Historical Society,
Frankfort, KY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: 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
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come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: 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 the Kentucky
Historical Society at the address in this notice by October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502) 564-1792, email
bethc.carter@ky.gov.
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 under
the control of the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY. The
human remains were removed from Fox Field, Mason County, KY and
Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Kentucky
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The Chickasaw
Nation responded by letter and deferred to the Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians. The following Indian Tribes and groups were invited to consult
but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, a non-
federally recognized Indian group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and the
Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation Committee, representing federally
recognized Indian Tribes.
History and Description of the Remains
At some time prior to 1964, human remains representing, at minimum,
2 individuals were removed from Fox Field in Mason County, KY, and
Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. The human remains were loaned and
then donated to the Kentucky Historical Society by Charles Johnson. The
Kentucky Historical Society has no other information about the
excavation of these human remains. The human remains include a skull of
an adult female from the Fox Field site in Mason County, KY, and a
skull of an adult male from Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. No
known individuals were identified. There are no associated funerary
objects present.
Determinations Made by the Kentucky Historical Society
Officials of the Kentucky Historical Society have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the minimal provenance that
came in with them.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
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 Beth Caffery Carter, Kentucky Historical
Society, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502) 564-
1792, email bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23, 2017. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of
the human remains to Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee
Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and, if joined to one
or more of the Indian Tribes above, the following non-federally
recognized Indian groups: The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia
Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal
Repatriation Committee may proceed.
The Kentucky Historical Society is responsible for notifying the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma; Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia Tribe of the
Eastern Cherokee; and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation Committee
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 31, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-20307 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am]
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