Notice2022-19162
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
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Published
September 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson Historical Society has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on March 1, 2019. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects and the cultural affiliation of human remains and associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Fort Clark in Mercer County, ND.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54530-54531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19162]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034443; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: The Filson Historical
Society, Louisville, KY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson Historical Society has amended a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
March 1, 2019. This notice amends the number of associated funerary
objects and the cultural affiliation of human remains and associated
funerary objects in a collection removed from Fort Clark in Mercer
County, ND.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, Filson Historical Society, 1310 South Third
Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone (502) 635-5083, email
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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
Filson Historical Society. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the Filson Historical Society.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (84 FR 7112, March 1,
2019). Repatriation of the items in the original Notice of Inventory
Completion has not occurred. This notice corrects the site location of
the human remains and associated funerary objects, the number of
associated funerary objects, and the cultural affiliation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects as a result of additional
documentation being found in our files. The corrected History and
Description of the Remains should read:
In 1912, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the vicinity of Fort Clark in Mercer County, ND, by
Bernhardt George Letzring. According to a hand-written note from
Letzring dated April 5, 1935, he removed the remains of this individual
and the associated funerary objects from graves located about ``40 feet
northwest of the old Ruins of oven at Fort Clark on the bank of the
Missouri River in Mercer County, North Dakota.'' At that time, Letzring
identified these human remains as those of Sacajawea. Sometime prior to
1935, Letzring gave the human remains and associated funerary objects
to Lewis A. Walter of Louisville, KY. In 1935, Walter loaned these
items to the Filson Historical Society, and in 1951, the estate of
Lewis A. Walter gifted them to the museum. There is no evidence
whatsoever to suggest any validity to the claim that these are the
human remains of Sacajawea. No known individual was identified. The 40
associated funerary objects are three elk tooth beads, four decorated
glass trade beads, 22 solid color glass trade beads, two glass trade
bead fragments, one bone gorget, one clay pipe fragment, one metal pipe
bowl, one stone pipe bowl, one cowrie shell necklace, one cowrie shell
bracelet, one rattlesnake tail, one cluster of cotton pods, and one
bundle of natural fiber rope.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
a burial ground located just outside the boundaries of Fort Clark and
near a well-documented Mandan and Arikara village and burial ground.
First the Mandan and later the Arikara occupied this village from the
1790s until 1862. Existing trade networks with the Mandan prompted
colonial fur traders to establish Fort Clark in 1831, approximately 900
feet from the village. Following construction of the Fort, a complex
trade economy continued to develop between the Fort's occupants and the
neighboring Mandan and Arikara. Both the presence of European trade
beads among the associated funerary objects and the geographic location
of the grave suggest that the
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human remains of the individual described in this notice are culturally
affiliated to the Mandan and Arikara.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Filson Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this amended notice
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 40 objects described in this amended 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.
<bullet> 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 October 6, 2022. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Filson Historical
Society 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 Filson Historical Society is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations 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, Sec. 10.13, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19162 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
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