Notice2022-07172
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Nebraska State Historical Society DBA History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
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Published
April 5, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
History Nebraska, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to History Nebraska. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19700-19701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07172]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033675; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Nebraska State
Historical Society DBA History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: History Nebraska, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
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representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to History Nebraska. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to History Nebraska at the address
in this notice by May 5, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Williams, History Nebraska,
Nebraska State Archeology Office, 5050 North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE
68504, telephone (402) 219-2759, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c080d1a09421b050000050d011f2c02090e1e0d1f070d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e682879083c8918f8a8a8f878b95a68883849487958d87c8818990">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In October of 1991, two cultural items were removed from
archeological site 25ST21 in Stanton County, NE. The objects were
collected from the surface of the site during an archeological research
survey conducted by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of
Anthropology. Site 25ST21 is a known cemetery associated with a village
occupied by members of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska in the 1820s and
1830s. At an unknown date, these objects were transferred to History
Nebraska. The two unassociated funerary objects include one lot of
glass beads (13 beads) and one lot of wampum beads (three beads).
The age of the bead types is consistent for the period when the
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska was interring their dead at this cemetery site.
Consequently, these objects are reasonably believed to be funerary
objects that were disinterred from subsurface graves through animal
activity or cultivation.
Determinations Made by History Nebraska
Officials of History Nebraska have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the two 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Dave Williams, History Nebraska, Nebraska
State Archeology Office, 5050 North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68504,
telephone (402) 219-2759, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b7f7a6d7e356c727777727a76685b757e79697a68707a357c746d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbdfdacdde95ccd2d7d7d2dad6c8fbd5ded9c9dac8d0da95dcd4cd">[email protected]</span></a>, by May 5,
2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska may proceed.
History Nebraska is responsible for notifying the Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-07172 Filed 4-4-22; 8:45 am]
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