Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, 54169-54170 [2019-22048]
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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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by TVA professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); Cherokee
Nation; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed
as the Poarch Band of Creek Indians of
Alabama); The Chickasaw Nation; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole
Nation of Oklahoma; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Between December 1938 and June
1939, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Little Bear Creek site, 1CT8, in
Colbert County, AL, by the Alabama
Museum of Natural History (AMNH) at
the University of Alabama. TVA
acquired the site on August 20, 1936, for
the Pickwick Reservoir project. This
shell midden site is at the confluence of
Little Bear Creek and the Tennessee
River. While there are no radiocarbon
dates from this site, the excavated
artifacts indicate that the major
occupations took place during the Late
Archaic (4000–1000 B.C.). Ceramics,
while not abundant, were found in the
upper two-to-three feet. Some of the
ceramics suggest minor occupations
during the Colbert (300 B.C.–A.D. 100)
and McKelvey (A.D. 500–1000) phases.
Distinctive shell-tempered vessels
associated with some burials indicate a
Mississippian Kogers Island phase (A.D.
1200–1500) occupation. The human
remains are of indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains and associated
funerary objects excavated from site
1CT8 were the subject of a notice
published in the Federal Register on
December 21, 2018. In January 2019, the
human remains in this notice were
discovered by the AMNH in the course
of conducting a curation improvement
project.
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Determinations Made by the Tennessee
Valley Authority
Officials of Tennessee Valley
Authority have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American, based on their
presence in prehistoric archeological
sites and osteological analysis.
• 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
• The Treaty of September 20, 1816,
indicates that the land from which the
Native American human remains were
removed is the aboriginal land of The
Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
• The Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma have declined to accept
transfer of control of the human
remains.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the Tennessee Valley Authority has
decided to transfer control of the human
remains to The Chickasaw Nation.
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 Dr. Thomas O. Maher,
TVA, 400 West Summit Hill Drive,
WT11C, Knoxville, TN 37902–1401,
telephone (865) 632–7458, email
tomaher@tva.gov, by November 8, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Tennessee Valley Authority is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: September 13, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, Omaha, NE, and South Dakota
State Archaeological Research Center,
Rapid City, SD
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District (USACE,
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 no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the USACE, Omaha District.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the USACE, Omaha District at
the address in this notice by November
8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, ATTN: CENWO–PMA–C, 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
SUMMARY:
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of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, Omaha, NE, and in the physical
custody of the South Dakota State
Archaeological Research Center, Rapid
City, SD. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from site 39BR0011 and an
unidentified site in Brule 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) 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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the South Dakota
State Archaeological Research Center
(SARC) and USACE, Omaha District
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; SissetonWahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake
Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime in the 1950s or 1960s,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from site 39BR0011 in Brule County,
SD. The site was excavated in 1953,
1954, and 1965 by the Smithsonian
Institution, and either during these
excavations or shortly thereafter illegal
excavations occurred onsite. At that
time, a neighbor gifted a box containing
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human remains and artifacts he had
collected from the site to a Mr.
Thompson. In May 2000, Mr. Thompson
donated the box to the Siouxland
Heritage Museum. The Museum then
contacted SARC and the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers about the human
remains. The U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers accepted the human remains
and had them transferred to SARC on
November 3, 2001. Based on the wide
temporal and geographic span
represented by the artifacts, it was
determined that the artifacts and the
human remains (a cranial fragment) in
the box were not likely associated. No
known individuals were identified.
Sometime prior to 1979, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unidentified site in Brule County, SD. In
all, human remains and soil samples
from two burials were collected by
Robert Gant, and were kept at the W.H.
Over Museum until the end of the 1979
field season. The human remains and
soil samples were then transferred to the
University of Tennessee for analysis,
where they remained until 1988, at
which time they were transferred back
to South Dakota. The human remains
were reburied in Stanley County at site
39ST15. The soil samples were sent to
SARC in January 1988. In February
2002, one of the soil samples was water
screened, and multiple human bone
fragments were collected. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are two soil
samples.
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(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
archeological context.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the two 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission, the land
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from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
• Treaties indicate that the land from
which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota. Executive Orders indicate that
the land from which the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Sioux, represented today by The Tribes.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, ATTN: CENWO–PMA–C, 1616
Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102,
telephone (402) 995–2674, email
sandra.v.barnum@usace.army.mil, by
November 8, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 13, 2019.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Agriculture, Forest
Service, Lassen National Forest,
Susanville, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Forest Service, Lassen
National Forest has completed an
inventory of human remains, in
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0028908; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and South Dakota 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 (USACE, 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 no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request to the USACE, Omaha District.
If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the USACE, Omaha District at the address in this notice
by November 8, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102,
telephone (402) 995-2674, email [email protected].
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
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of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and in the
physical custody of the South Dakota State Archaeological Research
Center, Rapid City, SD. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from site 39BR0011 and an unidentified site in
Brule 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) 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 South
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC) and USACE, Omaha
District professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian
Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime in the 1950s or 1960s, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed from site 39BR0011 in Brule
County, SD. The site was excavated in 1953, 1954, and 1965 by the
Smithsonian Institution, and either during these excavations or shortly
thereafter illegal excavations occurred onsite. At that time, a
neighbor gifted a box containing human remains and artifacts he had
collected from the site to a Mr. Thompson. In May 2000, Mr. Thompson
donated the box to the Siouxland Heritage Museum. The Museum then
contacted SARC and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers about the human
remains. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers accepted the human remains
and had them transferred to SARC on November 3, 2001. Based on the wide
temporal and geographic span represented by the artifacts, it was
determined that the artifacts and the human remains (a cranial
fragment) in the box were not likely associated. No known individuals
were identified.
Sometime prior to 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unidentified site in Brule County, SD.
In all, human remains and soil samples from two burials were collected
by Robert Gant, and were kept at the W.H. Over Museum until the end of
the 1979 field season. The human remains and soil samples were then
transferred to the University of Tennessee for analysis, where they
remained until 1988, at which time they were transferred back to South
Dakota. The human remains were reburied in Stanley County at site
39ST15. The soil samples were sent to SARC in January 1988. In February
2002, one of the soil samples was water screened, and multiple human
bone fragments were collected. No known individuals were identified.
The two associated funerary objects are two soil samples.
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(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on archeological context.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission, the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Treaties indicate that the land from which the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is
the aboriginal land of the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Executive Orders indicate that the land from which the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the
aboriginal land of the Sioux, represented today by The Tribes.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Ms.
Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, ATTN:
CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 995-
2674, email [email protected], by November 8, 2019. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The
Tribes may proceed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 13, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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