Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC, 45671-45672 [2018-19541]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026100;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, DC
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) has completed an
inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written
request to the FBI. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the FBI at the address in
this notice by October 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Federal Bureau of
Investigation, FBI Headquarters, Attn:
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA)
Timothy S. Carpenter, Art Theft
Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20535, telephone (202)
324–5525, email artifacts@ic.fbi.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 Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, DC. The human remains
were removed from Potter 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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the FBI
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Cheyenne River Sioux
Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; and Three Affiliated Tribes of
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains
representing one individual were
removed from or near the Rosa Site
(39PO3) in Potter County, SD. The Rosa
Site is on the Missouri River midway
between the mouth of the Moreau and
Cheyenne Rivers. The closest modern
town to the Rosa Site is Gettysburg,
which serves as the county seat.
Archeological records from the Rosa
Site, along with oral history from local
tribal nations, indicates that this area
was historically inhabited by several
populations. Archeologists believe that
Siouan-speaking people ancestral to the
Mandan lived in this locale from at least
A.D. 800 until they were displaced by
Caddoan-speaking ancestors of the
Arikara. Ancestral Arikara remained in
the area until the mid-to-late 1800s,
when they moved upstream to join the
Mandan and Hidatsa as part of the
Three Affiliated tribes.
Excavations were conducted by
Wesley Hurt and colleagues at Rosa and
other middle Missouri River valley sites
in advance of the river’s damming and
the creation of Lake Oahe by the Army
Corps of Engineers in the 1960s. In
1958, Wesley Hurt and Todd Willy
produced a report on their salvage
excavation at the site. (Report of the
Investigation of the Rosa Site 39Po3,
Potter County, SD. Archeological
Studies Circular No. 9, South Dakota
Archaeological Commission, Pierre,
South Dakota.)
In 1963, Hoffman speculated that the
occupants of Rosa belonged to the
Chouteau Aspect of Middle Missouri
archaeological culture, which is
characterized as a ‘‘late prehistoric
coalescence of indigenous Middle
Missouri and intrusive Central Plains
cultures.’’ A later, protohistoric
affiliation is supported by Weakly’s
1971 study of tree rings from sites along
the Missouri River in South Dakota. His
analysis places Rosa’s occupation in the
mid-to-late 18th century, with one
juniper tree specimen providing a date
of A.D. 1766. Based on this evidence
and a larger regional analysis conducted
by Donald Lehmer and published in
1971, Rosa is now widely regarded as a
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Post-Contact Coalescent village for the
ancestors of modern-day Arikara. More
recently, Johnson has hypothesized that
the Rosa village spawned from the 17th
Extended Coalescent occupation at the
Sully (39Sl4) site, located downstream
in Sully County and below the mouth of
the Cheyenne River. Meanwhile,
Collison describes the LeBeau and
Stanley Ware ceramics from Rosa as
characteristic of the A.D. 1700 to 1750
timeframe. In sum, Rosa was an 18th
century ancestral Arikara village that
existed shortly before the Arikara
emigration northward along the
Missouri River.
Following their removal, the human
remains (a single cranium) were
transported to Indiana, where they
remained as part of a private collection
of Native American antiquities and
cultural heritage. In April 2014, the
human remains were seized by the FBI
as part of a criminal investigation.
The human remains (also known as
Individual 144) represent one young-tomiddle adult female that, according to
the osteology report, ‘‘likely died
between 30 and 45 years of age.’’ No
known individuals were identified.
There were no associated funerary
objects. A tag recovered by the FBI with
Individual 144 states ‘‘Rosa Site- Cache
Burial Female-Age 35.’’ Individual 144
is represented by a well-preserved
cranium, mandible and partial dentition
with ante- and post-mortem tooth loss.
According to the osteology report, bone
preservation is very good, and there is
no evidence for substantial weathering
or taphonomic processes, suggesting
that Individual 144 is derived from a
late prehistoric, protohistoric or historic
burial context.
Based upon the historical record, site
analysis, evidence obtained through
criminal investigation, osteological
analysis, and tribal consultation, the FBI
believes that there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Determinations Made by the Federal
Bureau of Investigation
Officials of the FBI have determined
that:
• 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes
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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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Federal Bureau
of Investigation, FBI Headquarters, Attn:
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA)
Timothy S. Carpenter, Art Theft
Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20535, telephone (202)
324–5525, email artifacts@ic.fbi.gov, by
October 10, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota may proceed.
The FBI is responsible for notifying
the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota; and Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 25, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018–19541 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026291;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Kootenai National Forest,
Lincoln County, MT
Consultation
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Kootenai
National Forest, with assistance from
the Army Corps of Engineer’s
Mandatory Center of Expertise for the
Curation and Management of
Archeological Collections (ACOE), has
completed an inventory of human
remains, 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 present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request to the Kootenai
National Forest. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Kootenai National
Forest at the address in this notice by
October 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Chris Savage, Supervisor,
Kootenai National Forest, 31374 US
Hwy 2, Libby, MT 59923–3022,
telephone (406) 293–6211 or email
csavage@fs.fed.us.
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 U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Forest Service, Kootenai National
Forest. The human remains were
removed from Lincoln County, MT.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Army Corps
of Engineer’s Mandatory Center of
Expertise for the Curation and
Management of Archeological
Collections professional staff for the
Kootenai National Forest in
consultations with representatives of the
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1982, human remains representing,
at minimum, one sub-adult were
removed from Dorr Skeels in Lincoln
County, MT. Two teeth were located
during an excavation of site 24LN00073.
The right and left first mandibular molar
crowns belonged to an approximately 2
year +/¥ 8 month individual.
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Determinations Made by the Army
Corps of Engineer’s Mandatory Center
of Expertise for the Curation and
Management of Archeological
Collections and Kootenai National
Forest
Officials of the Army Corps of
Engineer’s Mandatory Center of
Expertise for the Curation and
Management of Archeological
Collections and Kootenai National
Forest have determined that:
• 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and the
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation.
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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Chris Savage,
Supervisor, Kootenai National Forest,
31374 US Hwy. 2, Libby, MT 59923–
3022, telephone (406) 293–6211 or
email csavage@fs.fed.us, by October 10,
2018. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation may
proceed.
The Kootenai National Forest is
responsible for notifying the
Confederated Salish and Kootenai
Tribes of the Flathead Reservation that
this notice has been published.
Dated: August 20, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018–19530 Filed 9–7–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0026178;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office
of the State Archeologist, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA, and Coe College,
Cedar Rapids, IA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Iowa, Office
of the State Archeologist Bioarcheology
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has completed an
inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written request to the FBI. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the FBI
at the address in this notice by October 10, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Headquarters, Attn:
Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Timothy S. Carpenter, Art Theft
Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20535, telephone
(202) 324-5525, email [email protected].
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 Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington, DC. The
human remains were removed from Potter 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. 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 FBI
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; and Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
removed from or near the Rosa Site (39PO3) in Potter County, SD. The
Rosa Site is on the Missouri River midway between the mouth of the
Moreau and Cheyenne Rivers. The closest modern town to the Rosa Site is
Gettysburg, which serves as the county seat. Archeological records from
the Rosa Site, along with oral history from local tribal nations,
indicates that this area was historically inhabited by several
populations. Archeologists believe that Siouan-speaking people
ancestral to the Mandan lived in this locale from at least A.D. 800
until they were displaced by Caddoan-speaking ancestors of the Arikara.
Ancestral Arikara remained in the area until the mid-to-late 1800s,
when they moved upstream to join the Mandan and Hidatsa as part of the
Three Affiliated tribes.
Excavations were conducted by Wesley Hurt and colleagues at Rosa
and other middle Missouri River valley sites in advance of the river's
damming and the creation of Lake Oahe by the Army Corps of Engineers in
the 1960s. In 1958, Wesley Hurt and Todd Willy produced a report on
their salvage excavation at the site. (Report of the Investigation of
the Rosa Site 39Po3, Potter County, SD. Archeological Studies Circular
No. 9, South Dakota Archaeological Commission, Pierre, South Dakota.)
In 1963, Hoffman speculated that the occupants of Rosa belonged to
the Chouteau Aspect of Middle Missouri archaeological culture, which is
characterized as a ``late prehistoric coalescence of indigenous Middle
Missouri and intrusive Central Plains cultures.'' A later,
protohistoric affiliation is supported by Weakly's 1971 study of tree
rings from sites along the Missouri River in South Dakota. His analysis
places Rosa's occupation in the mid-to-late 18th century, with one
juniper tree specimen providing a date of A.D. 1766. Based on this
evidence and a larger regional analysis conducted by Donald Lehmer and
published in 1971, Rosa is now widely regarded as a Post-Contact
Coalescent village for the ancestors of modern-day Arikara. More
recently, Johnson has hypothesized that the Rosa village spawned from
the 17th Extended Coalescent occupation at the Sully (39Sl4) site,
located downstream in Sully County and below the mouth of the Cheyenne
River. Meanwhile, Collison describes the LeBeau and Stanley Ware
ceramics from Rosa as characteristic of the A.D. 1700 to 1750
timeframe. In sum, Rosa was an 18th century ancestral Arikara village
that existed shortly before the Arikara emigration northward along the
Missouri River.
Following their removal, the human remains (a single cranium) were
transported to Indiana, where they remained as part of a private
collection of Native American antiquities and cultural heritage. In
April 2014, the human remains were seized by the FBI as part of a
criminal investigation.
The human remains (also known as Individual 144) represent one
young-to-middle adult female that, according to the osteology report,
``likely died between 30 and 45 years of age.'' No known individuals
were identified. There were no associated funerary objects. A tag
recovered by the FBI with Individual 144 states ``Rosa Site- Cache
Burial Female-Age 35.'' Individual 144 is represented by a well-
preserved cranium, mandible and partial dentition with ante- and post-
mortem tooth loss. According to the osteology report, bone preservation
is very good, and there is no evidence for substantial weathering or
taphonomic processes, suggesting that Individual 144 is derived from a
late prehistoric, protohistoric or historic burial context.
Based upon the historical record, site analysis, evidence obtained
through criminal investigation, osteological analysis, and tribal
consultation, the FBI believes that there is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Determinations Made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Officials of the FBI have determined that:
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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes
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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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Federal
Bureau of Investigation, FBI Headquarters, Attn: Supervisory Special
Agent (SSA) Timothy S. Carpenter, Art Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20535, telephone (202) 324-5525, email
[email protected], by October 10, 2018. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota may proceed.
The FBI is responsible for notifying the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; and Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 25, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-19541 Filed 9-7-18; 8:45 am]
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