Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, 6774-6777 [2023-02066]
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one cooking rock, and one lot of
obsidian.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological
information, geographical information,
oral tradition, and tribal expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the San Francisco State
University NAGPRA Program has
determined that:
• The 15 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Chicken Ranch Rancheria of MeWuk Indians of California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian
Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and the Wilton Rancheria,
California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
If no additional requests are received,
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice to Wilton Rancheria may occur
on or after March 3, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the San Francisco State University
NAGPRA Program must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
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repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The San Francisco
State University NAGPRA Program is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR § 10.8, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035225;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, Omaha, NE, and the University
of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District and the University of
Tennessee, Department of Anthropology
(UTK) have completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects and have determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Sioux County, ND and Buffalo,
Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Gregory,
Hughes, Lyman, Potter, Sully, Stanley,
and Walworth Counties, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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 and
Dr. Robert Hinde, University of
Tennessee, Office of the Provost, 527
Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN
37996–0152, telephone (865) 974–2445,
SUMMARY:
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This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
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email rhinde@utk.edu and vpaa@
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Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Sioux County, ND. In
1947, the University of North Dakota
and the State Historical Society of North
Dakota co-sponsored archeological work
in the upper limits of the Oahe
Reservoir, a U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers reservoir in North Dakota.
Test excavations at the Paul Brave site,
also known as the Fort Yates site
(32SI4), were included in the work done
during this project. The site was
investigated a second time in 1955,
under the sponsorship of the State
Historical Society of North Dakota. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects removed from the Paul Brave
site are currently housed at the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville. No
known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of burial soil.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Buffalo County, SD. The human
remains were removed from a cache pit
at the Twin or Lillian All Arounds
Village, 39BF206, in 1986 by the
Archeology Lab-Augustana College
personnel during improvements to the
Jennessee Road. The human remains
were initially curated at the South
Dakota State Historical SocietyArchaeological Research Center (SARC)
but are now located at the University of
Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Campbell County, SD. In 1979,
human remains belonging to two
individuals were found eroding from a
cutbank at site 39CA117, the Stranded
Squirrel site. Upon discovery, the
human remains were removed from the
site by Robert Pepperl and transferred to
the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. In
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1986, they were transferred to SARC,
and in 1987 they went to UTK to be
inventoried. While UTK returned most
of the human remains to SARC that
same year, human remains representing
one individual were left at UTK. The
site was a multi-component site.
Ceramic fragments found at the site
establish occupation between 1500 CE
and 1675 CE. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from site 39WW89 in Walworth County,
SD. They were housed at SARC until
1987, when they were transferred to
UTK for examination. The human
remains of this individual and one lot
of burial soil were retained by UTK. Site
39WW89 consists of both Middle
Missouri (1000–1500 CE) and Extended
Coalescent variants (1500–1675 CE). No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of burial soil.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Campbell County, SD. The human
remains were removed on June 16, 1967,
by surface collection at 39CA201, the
Locke Creek site. William Bass most
likely took the human remains of this
individual to UTK when he began
working in the Department of
Anthropology in 1971. The site dates to
∼1500–1675 CE. No known individual
was identified. The five associated
funerary objects are one lot faunal bone,
one lot of ceramics, one lot lithics, one
lot shell, and one lot botanicals.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Corson County, SD. The human
remains were removed from the Jake
White Bull site (39CO6) and housed at
SARC before being transferred to the
Department of Anthropology at UTK for
inventory sometime between 1987 and
1988. The human remains of this
individual and an associated soil
sample were retained by UTK. The site
dates to ∼1217–1297 CE. No known
individual was identified. The one
associated funerary object is one lot of
soil.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Corson County, SD. The
two individuals were likely part of a
commingled burial removed from the
Potts Village site (39CO19) in the late
1980s and subsequently stored at South
Dakota’s State Archaeological Research
Center (SARC). In 1988, these human
remains were transferred by SARC to
UTK for inventory and were retained by
UTK. The site is a fortified earth lodge
village dating to the Extended
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Coalescent Period, between 1550 CE and
1675 CE. No known individuals were
identified. The 13 associated funerary
objects are two lots of burial soil, one lot
of lithics, two lots of miscellaneous
stone, one lot of ceramics, one lot of
botanicals, one lot of worked bone, and
five lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Corson County, SD. The human
remains were removed from 39CO34,
the Red Horse Hawk site, by Timothy
Nowak, a Corps of Engineers South
Dakota field archeologist, after they
reportedly were eroding from the shore.
The site was a fortified earth lodge
village dating to 1650–1886 CE. This
individual was recovered. The human
remains of this individual were among
a group of human remains from the W.
H. Over Museum collection that was
transferred to UTK for examination
prior to reinterment in 1985. That
examination was led by Douglas
Owsley, then at LSU, and William Bass
of UTK. The human remains of this
individual were not returned after
examination. No known individual was
identified. Six lots of objects salvaged
from the site between 1968 and 1970
were housed at UTK. The six associated
funerary objects are one lot of ceramics,
one lot of lithics, one lot of worked
bone, one lot of faunal remains, one lot
of shell, and one lot of metal.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, five individuals were
removed from site 39CO213, the Travis
I site, in Corson County, SD. The human
remains were housed at SARC before
being transferred to UTK for inventory
sometime between 1987 and 1988. The
human remains of these individuals
were retained by UTK. The Travis I site
is an earth lodge village located on the
left bank of the Missouri River.
Radiocarbon dates from the site place
occupation between 1069 CE and 1387
CE. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are two lots of soil.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Dewey County, SD. The
human remains were removed from the
Molstad Village site (39DW234) in the
summer of 1969 by William Bass (Bass
was at the University of Kansas at the
time). This burial was found eroding
from a riverbank 250–300 yards
southeast of Molstad Village. The
human remains were likely housed at
KU until Bass transferred them to UTK
in 1971, when he began working in the
Department of Anthropology. The site
was a fortified earth lodge site whose
occupation is thought to date to the
mid-1500s CE, or the Extended
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Coalescent Phase of the Middle
Missouri taxonomy. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are one lot of
lithics and one lot of bone.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Scalp Creek site, 39GR1, in
Gregory County, SD. These human
remains were donated by a South
Dakota game warden after having
washed out of an area situated about
400.0 feet WNW of the site of earlier
excavations conducted in 1941 and
1951. This burial was among a group of
Smithsonian Institution River Basin
Survey burials the State Historical
Society of North Dakota sent to William
Bass for examination sometime prior to
1971 (while Bass was still at KU). The
site was a stockaded village. Scalp Creek
consists of both Late Woodland (800–
1200 CE) and Extended Coalescent
(1500–1675 CE) components. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the McClure site (39HU7) in
Hughes County, SD. (The human
remains were marked ‘‘MacClure site,’’
but McClure is considered the more
likely identification.) These human
remains were transferred to UTK, most
likely through William Bass (either he
transferred them from KU to UTK or he
received them after he moved to UTK in
1971). Occupation at the McClure site
was considered brief, between
approximately 1690 and 1700 CE. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, eight individuals were
removed from Hughes County, SD. In
1931, Alfred Bowers removed eleven
burials from a previously looted mound
at the Bleached Bone site (39HU48)
during investigations sponsored by the
Logan Museum. Additional
investigations were conducted by the
Missouri River Basin Project (MRBP) in
1962, during which field crew 10,
directed by William Bass, removed an
additional 13 burials. Burial and
cultural materials obtained by MRBP
crews were transferred to the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln (UNL) by the end
of 1962. The site included stone circles,
mounds, and other configurations.
Woodland Period (∼500 BCE–1000 CE)
pottery was reportedly found during the
1962 season. In addition, the presence
of a metallic projectile point suggested
possible occupation during the Historic
Period. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Lyman County, SD. Oscar L.
Mallory removed the human remains
from 39LM34 in 1964 after they were
discovered eroding from the riverbank
following flooding of the Fort Randall
Reservoir. These human remains were
housed at the Midwest Archaeological
Center in Lincoln, NE, until they were
transferred to SARC in 1986, and then
to UTK for analysis in 1987. The human
remains of this individual were retained
by the UTK Department of
Anthropology. Based on the types of
objects collected from the site,
occupation was dated to the PostContact Coalescent variant, between
1675 and 1780 CE. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Iron Nation Village site
(39LM222) in Lyman County, SD. In
1967, Donald J. Lehmer, with the
Smithsonian River Basin Surveys
Project, made a visit to the site
following a report that the skeletal
remains of one individual had been
excavated. These human remains were
stored at SARC in Rapid City before
being transferred to UTK for inventory
sometime between 1987 and 1988. The
human remains of this individual were
retained by UTK. The site was a large,
fortified earth lodge village belonging to
the Extended Coalescent period (∼1500–
1675 CE). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Lyman County, SD. In
1961, the human remains were removed
from the Pretty Head site (39LM232) by
W. W. Caldwell. William Bass likely
took them to UTK when he began
working in the Department of
Anthropology. The Pretty Head site was
a fortified village on the west bank of
the Missouri River. Occupation at the
site was assigned to two phases—
sometime between 1100 CE and 1300
CE, during the Grand Detour Phase of
the Middle Missouri Tradition, and
from 903 CE to 1185 CE, based on a 2sigma probability range of values. No
known individuals were identified. The
five associated funerary objects are five
lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, five individuals were
removed from Potter County, SD. In the
fall of 1962, Richard Weeks of Pierre,
SD, excavated and removed the human
remains from the Hosterman site
(39PO7) after the burials were
discovered eroding from the eastern side
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of the Oahe Reservoir. That same year,
Weeks shipped the human remains to
William Bass at KU. Bass, in turn, took
the human remains to UTK when he
began working in the Department of
Anthropology in 1971. The village site
had a stockade and a fortification ditch
and is dated to ∼1643 CE, with a 2-sigma
probability range of dates from 1450 to
1676 CE. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are two lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 109 individuals were
removed from Sully County, SD. The
human remains were removed from
39SL4, the Sully site, by William Bass
and crews from the Smithsonian
Institution River Surveys (in 1957, 1958,
and 1961) and KU (in 1962). Following
excavation, the burial remains were
transferred to the Smithsonian
Institution and examined by Bass, who
served as physical anthropologist for the
RBS. The human remains of these
individuals were obtained by Bass
either while he was at the Smithsonian
or later, when he was at KU. Bass
transferred the human remains to UTK
when he began working in the
Department of Anthropology in 1971.
The Sully site was one of the largest
identified Arikara villages and
contained four distinct cemeteries. The
site dates to 1477–1678 CE. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects are two lots
of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from the H.P. Thomas site
(39ST12) in Stanley County, SD. These
human remains could have been
removed during investigations in the
1940s and 1950s. Test excavations were
undertaken at the site in the summer of
1948 by crews with the Missouri River
Basins Survey Project, with subsequent
investigations performed by Richard P.
Wheeler in 1958. These human remains
were sent to William Bass at KU for
examination. The only information
provided with the transfer was that they
were miscellaneous bones from a cache
found in a house wall. Bass likely took
the human remains of these individuals
to UTK when he began working in the
Department of Anthropology in 1971.
Artifacts recovered from the site date
between 950 CE and 1850 CE. No
known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Stanley County, SD. The human
remains were removed from the Buffalo
Pasture Cemetery site (39ST216), likely
in 1955 by Vern Willaford. Burials of
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several individuals were uncovered
during fill dirt removal in 1955 and
given by Vern Willaford (in charge of
the earth moving activity) to Richard P.
Wheeler of the Smithsonian Institution’s
Missouri River Basin Project (RBS). In
1957, William Bass examined the
burials from 39ST216, and the human
remains of this individual likely
belonged to one of the disturbed burials
removed by Willaford of the RBS in
1955. Although there is no record
concerning a transfer of these human
remains to or from UTK, the presence of
this individual in the UTK Department
of Anthropology collections is likely
attributable to Bass. The site was a
medium-sized fortified village believed
to be dated to the 18th century. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Walworth County, SD.
Between 1979 and 1982, the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Augustana
College of Sioux Falls, SD, removed
human remains from 39WW89, an
unnamed site. By 1984, all recovered
individuals were stored at SARC. In
1987, they were transferred to UTK for
examination. The human remains of
these individuals were retained by UTK.
The site had considerable time depth
(1400–1560 CE) consisting of both
Middle Missouri and Extended
Coalescent variants of the Plains Village
Tradition. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from Walworth County, SD.
Between 1970 and 1972. the human
remains were removed from 39WW203,
the Walth Bay site. The principal
investigator was W. Raymond Wood,
and the excavations were directed by
Carl R. Falk and Stanley A. Ahler under
contract to the National Park Service.
Sometime after 1970, these human
remains were transferred to William
Bass. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Cultural affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
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archeological, geographical, historical,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 152 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 41 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after March 3, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
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Dated: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State University NAGPRA
Office, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon
State University NAGPRA Office (acting
in place of the Oregon State University
Anthropology Department) has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Benton, Clatsop,
and Linn Counties in Oregon.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dawn Marie Alapisco,
Oregon State University NAGPRA
Office, 106 Gilkey Hall, Corvallis, OR
97331, telephone (541) 737–4075, email
dawnmarie.alapisco@oregonstate.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Oregon State
University NAGPRA Office. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Oregon State University
NAGPRA Office.
SUMMARY:
Description
In 1970, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from Benton County, OR, by
Oregon State University (OSU) field
crews under the supervision of Dr.
Wilbur A. Davis, prior to destruction
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due to a creek channel clearing project.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1973 and 1974, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Benton
County, OR. The Flat Creek site was
excavated for the Natural Resources
Conservation Service (NRCS) in 1973,
and for Linn-Benton Community
College (as a field school led by Ina
Fargher) in 1974. No known individuals
were identified. The 12 associated
funerary objects are two lots of lithics,
eight beads, one digging stick handle,
and one ball.
In the early 1990s, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Benton
County, OR. A farmer in the Kings
Valley area was digging a watering pond
when he encountered what appeared to
be ancient animal bones. An OSU
archeologist was contacted to examine
the bones. A mastodon vertebra yielded
a radiocarbon date of approximately
11,000 BP. Subsequent work at the site
encountered a partial human humerus.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In the late 1970s, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from the
Palmrose site near Seaside, in Clatsop
County, OR, by an unnamed instructor
at Clatsop Community College (CCC).
The instructor has long since left the
employ of CCC, and CCC no longer has
any record of the excavation. The
project encountered a burial. Initially,
the OSU Anthropology Department took
custody of the human skeletal remains.
Subsequently, it took control of the
human remains. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
In 1979, human remains representing,
at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Linn County, OR. Marty
Rosenson, an archeology instructor at
Linn Benton Community College
(LBCC), performed an archeological
survey at a Kalapuya mound on private
property near Tangent at the request of
the landowner. When Rosenson left the
college in 1988, he took all his field
notes and documentation with him. In
April of 1990, LBCC transferred control
of the items removed by Rosenson to
OSU Anthropology. No known
individuals were identified. The 327
associated funerary objects are 177 lots
of lithic material, 126 lots of faunal
bone, 14 projectile points, four bird
points, one lot of charcoal, one stone,
one pestle, one ceramic fragment, one
worked bone, and one shell fragment.
In 1973, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were
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[Notices]
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[FR Doc No: 2023-02066]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035225; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and the University of Tennessee, Department
of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District and the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology
(UTK) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Sioux
County, ND and Buffalo, Campbell, Corson, Dewey, Gregory, Hughes,
Lyman, Potter, Sully, Stanley, and Walworth Counties, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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] and Dr.
Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Office of the Provost, 527 Andy
Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865) 974-2445, email
[email protected] and [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Sioux County, ND. In 1947, the University of North Dakota
and the State Historical Society of North Dakota co-sponsored
archeological work in the upper limits of the Oahe Reservoir, a U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers reservoir in North Dakota. Test excavations at
the Paul Brave site, also known as the Fort Yates site (32SI4), were
included in the work done during this project. The site was
investigated a second time in 1955, under the sponsorship of the State
Historical Society of North Dakota. The human remains and associated
funerary objects removed from the Paul Brave site are currently housed
at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. No known individuals were
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of burial
soil.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Buffalo County, SD. The human remains were removed from a cache
pit at the Twin or Lillian All Arounds Village, 39BF206, in 1986 by the
Archeology Lab-Augustana College personnel during improvements to the
Jennessee Road. The human remains were initially curated at the South
Dakota State Historical Society-Archaeological Research Center (SARC)
but are now located at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK). No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Campbell County, SD. In 1979, human remains belonging to two
individuals were found eroding from a cutbank at site 39CA117, the
Stranded Squirrel site. Upon discovery, the human remains were removed
from the site by Robert Pepperl and transferred to the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln. In
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1986, they were transferred to SARC, and in 1987 they went to UTK to be
inventoried. While UTK returned most of the human remains to SARC that
same year, human remains representing one individual were left at UTK.
The site was a multi-component site. Ceramic fragments found at the
site establish occupation between 1500 CE and 1675 CE. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from site 39WW89 in Walworth County, SD. They were housed at SARC until
1987, when they were transferred to UTK for examination. The human
remains of this individual and one lot of burial soil were retained by
UTK. Site 39WW89 consists of both Middle Missouri (1000-1500 CE) and
Extended Coalescent variants (1500-1675 CE). No known individual was
identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of burial
soil.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Campbell County, SD. The human remains were removed on June 16,
1967, by surface collection at 39CA201, the Locke Creek site. William
Bass most likely took the human remains of this individual to UTK when
he began working in the Department of Anthropology in 1971. The site
dates to ~1500-1675 CE. No known individual was identified. The five
associated funerary objects are one lot faunal bone, one lot of
ceramics, one lot lithics, one lot shell, and one lot botanicals.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Corson County, SD. The human remains were removed from the Jake
White Bull site (39CO6) and housed at SARC before being transferred to
the Department of Anthropology at UTK for inventory sometime between
1987 and 1988. The human remains of this individual and an associated
soil sample were retained by UTK. The site dates to ~1217-1297 CE. No
known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object is
one lot of soil.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Corson County, SD. The two individuals were likely part of
a commingled burial removed from the Potts Village site (39CO19) in the
late 1980s and subsequently stored at South Dakota's State
Archaeological Research Center (SARC). In 1988, these human remains
were transferred by SARC to UTK for inventory and were retained by UTK.
The site is a fortified earth lodge village dating to the Extended
Coalescent Period, between 1550 CE and 1675 CE. No known individuals
were identified. The 13 associated funerary objects are two lots of
burial soil, one lot of lithics, two lots of miscellaneous stone, one
lot of ceramics, one lot of botanicals, one lot of worked bone, and
five lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Corson County, SD. The human remains were removed from 39CO34, the
Red Horse Hawk site, by Timothy Nowak, a Corps of Engineers South
Dakota field archeologist, after they reportedly were eroding from the
shore. The site was a fortified earth lodge village dating to 1650-1886
CE. This individual was recovered. The human remains of this individual
were among a group of human remains from the W. H. Over Museum
collection that was transferred to UTK for examination prior to
reinterment in 1985. That examination was led by Douglas Owsley, then
at LSU, and William Bass of UTK. The human remains of this individual
were not returned after examination. No known individual was
identified. Six lots of objects salvaged from the site between 1968 and
1970 were housed at UTK. The six associated funerary objects are one
lot of ceramics, one lot of lithics, one lot of worked bone, one lot of
faunal remains, one lot of shell, and one lot of metal.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from site 39CO213, the Travis I site, in Corson County, SD. The
human remains were housed at SARC before being transferred to UTK for
inventory sometime between 1987 and 1988. The human remains of these
individuals were retained by UTK. The Travis I site is an earth lodge
village located on the left bank of the Missouri River. Radiocarbon
dates from the site place occupation between 1069 CE and 1387 CE. No
known individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects
are two lots of soil.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Dewey County, SD. The human remains were removed from the
Molstad Village site (39DW234) in the summer of 1969 by William Bass
(Bass was at the University of Kansas at the time). This burial was
found eroding from a riverbank 250-300 yards southeast of Molstad
Village. The human remains were likely housed at KU until Bass
transferred them to UTK in 1971, when he began working in the
Department of Anthropology. The site was a fortified earth lodge site
whose occupation is thought to date to the mid-1500s CE, or the
Extended Coalescent Phase of the Middle Missouri taxonomy. No known
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are
one lot of lithics and one lot of bone.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Scalp Creek site, 39GR1, in Gregory County, SD. These human
remains were donated by a South Dakota game warden after having washed
out of an area situated about 400.0 feet WNW of the site of earlier
excavations conducted in 1941 and 1951. This burial was among a group
of Smithsonian Institution River Basin Survey burials the State
Historical Society of North Dakota sent to William Bass for examination
sometime prior to 1971 (while Bass was still at KU). The site was a
stockaded village. Scalp Creek consists of both Late Woodland (800-1200
CE) and Extended Coalescent (1500-1675 CE) components. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the McClure site (39HU7) in Hughes County, SD. (The human remains
were marked ``MacClure site,'' but McClure is considered the more
likely identification.) These human remains were transferred to UTK,
most likely through William Bass (either he transferred them from KU to
UTK or he received them after he moved to UTK in 1971). Occupation at
the McClure site was considered brief, between approximately 1690 and
1700 CE. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, eight individuals were
removed from Hughes County, SD. In 1931, Alfred Bowers removed eleven
burials from a previously looted mound at the Bleached Bone site
(39HU48) during investigations sponsored by the Logan Museum.
Additional investigations were conducted by the Missouri River Basin
Project (MRBP) in 1962, during which field crew 10, directed by William
Bass, removed an additional 13 burials. Burial and cultural materials
obtained by MRBP crews were transferred to the University of Nebraska,
Lincoln (UNL) by the end of 1962. The site included stone circles,
mounds, and other configurations. Woodland Period (~500 BCE-1000 CE)
pottery was reportedly found during the 1962 season. In addition, the
presence of a metallic projectile point suggested possible occupation
during the Historic Period. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Lyman County, SD. Oscar L. Mallory removed the human remains from
39LM34 in 1964 after they were discovered eroding from the riverbank
following flooding of the Fort Randall Reservoir. These human remains
were housed at the Midwest Archaeological Center in Lincoln, NE, until
they were transferred to SARC in 1986, and then to UTK for analysis in
1987. The human remains of this individual were retained by the UTK
Department of Anthropology. Based on the types of objects collected
from the site, occupation was dated to the Post-Contact Coalescent
variant, between 1675 and 1780 CE. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Iron Nation Village site (39LM222) in Lyman County, SD. In
1967, Donald J. Lehmer, with the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys
Project, made a visit to the site following a report that the skeletal
remains of one individual had been excavated. These human remains were
stored at SARC in Rapid City before being transferred to UTK for
inventory sometime between 1987 and 1988. The human remains of this
individual were retained by UTK. The site was a large, fortified earth
lodge village belonging to the Extended Coalescent period (~1500-1675
CE). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Lyman County, SD. In 1961, the human remains were removed
from the Pretty Head site (39LM232) by W. W. Caldwell. William Bass
likely took them to UTK when he began working in the Department of
Anthropology. The Pretty Head site was a fortified village on the west
bank of the Missouri River. Occupation at the site was assigned to two
phases--sometime between 1100 CE and 1300 CE, during the Grand Detour
Phase of the Middle Missouri Tradition, and from 903 CE to 1185 CE,
based on a 2-sigma probability range of values. No known individuals
were identified. The five associated funerary objects are five lots of
faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Potter County, SD. In the fall of 1962, Richard Weeks of
Pierre, SD, excavated and removed the human remains from the Hosterman
site (39PO7) after the burials were discovered eroding from the eastern
side of the Oahe Reservoir. That same year, Weeks shipped the human
remains to William Bass at KU. Bass, in turn, took the human remains to
UTK when he began working in the Department of Anthropology in 1971.
The village site had a stockade and a fortification ditch and is dated
to ~1643 CE, with a 2-sigma probability range of dates from 1450 to
1676 CE. No known individuals were identified. The two associated
funerary objects are two lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 109 individuals were
removed from Sully County, SD. The human remains were removed from
39SL4, the Sully site, by William Bass and crews from the Smithsonian
Institution River Surveys (in 1957, 1958, and 1961) and KU (in 1962).
Following excavation, the burial remains were transferred to the
Smithsonian Institution and examined by Bass, who served as physical
anthropologist for the RBS. The human remains of these individuals were
obtained by Bass either while he was at the Smithsonian or later, when
he was at KU. Bass transferred the human remains to UTK when he began
working in the Department of Anthropology in 1971. The Sully site was
one of the largest identified Arikara villages and contained four
distinct cemeteries. The site dates to 1477-1678 CE. No known
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are
two lots of faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the H.P. Thomas site (39ST12) in Stanley County, SD. These
human remains could have been removed during investigations in the
1940s and 1950s. Test excavations were undertaken at the site in the
summer of 1948 by crews with the Missouri River Basins Survey Project,
with subsequent investigations performed by Richard P. Wheeler in 1958.
These human remains were sent to William Bass at KU for examination.
The only information provided with the transfer was that they were
miscellaneous bones from a cache found in a house wall. Bass likely
took the human remains of these individuals to UTK when he began
working in the Department of Anthropology in 1971. Artifacts recovered
from the site date between 950 CE and 1850 CE. No known individuals
were identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of
faunal remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Stanley County, SD. The human remains were removed from the
Buffalo Pasture Cemetery site (39ST216), likely in 1955 by Vern
Willaford. Burials of several individuals were uncovered during fill
dirt removal in 1955 and given by Vern Willaford (in charge of the
earth moving activity) to Richard P. Wheeler of the Smithsonian
Institution's Missouri River Basin Project (RBS). In 1957, William Bass
examined the burials from 39ST216, and the human remains of this
individual likely belonged to one of the disturbed burials removed by
Willaford of the RBS in 1955. Although there is no record concerning a
transfer of these human remains to or from UTK, the presence of this
individual in the UTK Department of Anthropology collections is likely
attributable to Bass. The site was a medium-sized fortified village
believed to be dated to the 18th century. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Walworth County, SD. Between 1979 and 1982, the University
of Nebraska, Lincoln, and Augustana College of Sioux Falls, SD, removed
human remains from 39WW89, an unnamed site. By 1984, all recovered
individuals were stored at SARC. In 1987, they were transferred to UTK
for examination. The human remains of these individuals were retained
by UTK. The site had considerable time depth (1400-1560 CE) consisting
of both Middle Missouri and Extended Coalescent variants of the Plains
Village Tradition. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Walworth County, SD. Between 1970 and 1972. the human
remains were removed from 39WW203, the Walth Bay site. The principal
investigator was W. Raymond Wood, and the excavations were directed by
Carl R. Falk and Stanley A. Ahler under contract to the National Park
Service. Sometime after 1970, these human remains were transferred to
William Bass. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological,
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archeological, geographical, historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has
determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 152 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 41 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 3, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers, Omaha District must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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