Notice2022-20299
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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September 20, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK), 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 Burleigh and Stutsman Counties, ND, and Buffalo, Davison, Gregory, Hanson, Hughes, Sully, and Walworth Counties, SD.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57510-57512]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20299]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034565; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 University of Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology (UTK), 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
Burleigh and Stutsman Counties, ND, and Buffalo, Davison, Gregory,
Hanson, Hughes, Sully, and Walworth Counties, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 20, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865)
974-2445, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f3819b9a9d9796b3868798dd969786"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7b5afaea9a3a287b2b3ace9a2a3b2">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#82f4f2e3e3c2f7f6e9ace7e6f7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77010716163702031c59121302">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 UTK.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on the
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determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by UTK.
Description
Around May of 1976, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from Burleigh County, ND, during right-of-way
construction by Nick Franke of the North Dakota Historical Society
(NDHS). These human remains belong to a group of nine burials excavated
from the Double Ditch site, 32BL8, an earth lodge village dating to the
period 1490-1785 C.E. In 1977, the human remains from all nine burials
were transferred to Richard Jantz at UTK. Although an undated file at
UTK records the return of the human remains to NDHS, for whatever
reason, the human remains of the three individuals listed in this
notice were never returned. No known individuals were identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot of burial soil.
Around August of 1952, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from 32SN30, the Joos site, in Stutsman County,
ND, by members of the Missouri River Basin Project, under the direction
of R.P. Wheeler. At an unknown date these human remains were
transferred to UTK. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Between 1950 and 1952, human remains representing, at minimum,
eight individuals were removed from 39BF3, the Talking Crow site, in
Buffalo County, SD, by the University of Kansas (KU) and the National
Park Service (NPS) as part of the Inter-Agency Archeological Salvage
Program, under the direction of Carlyle Smith. This site is a multi-
component earthlodge village, with levels dating to the period 600-1865
C.E. At the close of the field seasons, the human remains, funerary
objects, and cultural materials were transferred to KU. William Bass,
who taught at KU from 1960 to 1971, likely brought the human remains
and associated funerary objects listed in this notice to the UTK
Department of Anthropology in 1971, when he began working there. No
known individuals were identified. The 11 associated funerary objects
are four lots of animal bone, one lot of seed pods, two lots of soil
samples, one lot of animal hide, one lot of lithics, one lot of
ceramics, and one lot of soil.
Between 1938 and 1954, human remains representing, at minimum,
three individuals were removed from the Mitchell Village and Mounds
site, 39DV2, in Davison County, SD, by E.E. Meleen and Martin Thome.
This site dates to the period 900 CE-1400 C.E. Subsequently, these
human remains were transferred to the South Dakota State Archaeological
Research Center (SARC). Later, between 1987 and 1988, these human
remains were transferred to UTK. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from 39GR5, a site located near Fort Randall in
Gregory County, SD, by an unknown person. Surface-collected ceramics
have identified a Plains Woodland occupation of the site (500 B.C.E.-
900 C.E.). At an unknown date, these human remains were transferred to
UTK. No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary
object is one lot of ceramics.
In 1944, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from 39HS1, the Bloom Village site in Hanson County, SD,
by F.C. Kratz. This site is a fortified earthlodge village and mound
dating to the period 885-1153 C.E. The human remains were housed at
SARC until their transfer to the UTK Department of Anthropology in
1987. Although UTK subsequently returned most of the human remains to
SARC, some skeletal elements remained at UTK. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were removed from 39HU5, the Mush Creek site in Hughes
County, SD. This site is an unfortified village that was occupied
during the LeBeau phase of the Post-Contact Coalescent Variant (1650-
1886 C.E.). Based on information on file at UTK, before their transfer
to SARC, these human remains were part of the W.H. Over Museum
collections (accession 10.71.5). In 1987, SARC transferred the human
remains to UTK. Although UTK subsequently returned most of the human
remains to SARC, some skeletal elements remained at UTK. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from 39HU26, the Spotted Bear site, in Hughes
County, SD, by an unknown person. This site is an earthlodge village
established between 1650 and 1700 C.E. These human remains were stored
at SARC until 1987, when they were transferred to UTK. Although UTK
subsequently returned most of the human remains to SARC, some skeletal
elements remained at UTK. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were removed from Fairbanks Village site, 39SL2, Sully
County, SD, by an unknown person. This site is an Arikara Village that
was occupied between 1550 and 1675 C.E. At an unknown date, these human
remains were transferred to UTK. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Between 1954 and 1956, as well as at an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, 36 individuals were removed from the Swan
Creek site, 39WW7, in Walworth County, SD. Swan Creek has two separate
components--a fortified village and a cemetery. The site was inhabited
around 1500-1886 C.E. A note accompanying the human remains of two of
the individuals indicates they were discovered by Dennis Bessinger of
Pierre, SD. The human remains of a third individual were transferred to
William Bass by Richard Weeks, with removal and transfer dates unknown.
The human remains of the other 33 individuals were removed from the
site between 1954-1956, by Wesley R. Hurt, Jr. The human remains were
housed at the W.H. Over Museum in South Dakota before being transferred
to SARC. Sometime in the 1980s, SARC transferred them to the UTK
Department of Anthropology. UTK subsequently returned most of the human
remains to SARC, and in 1986, they reportedly were reburied at site
39ST15, but some skeletal elements remained at UTK. No known
individuals were identified. The three associated funerary objects are
one lot of ceramics and two lots of faunal remains.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were removed from site 39WW8 in Walworth County, SD, by an
unknown person. This site dates to the period 1500-1675 C.E. These
human remains were among the human remains from several burials at the
site that were excavated during the River Basin Survey and sent
(probably in the 1960s) by the State Historical Society of North Dakota
to William Bass at KU. In 1971, when Bass left KU to begin a position
in the UTK Department of Anthropology, he likely brought the human
remains of the individual listed in this notice with him. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
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individuals were removed from site 39WW202, the Walth Bay site, in
Walworth County, SD, by an unknown person. Based on archeological
evidence, the site dates to the period 1500-1675 C.E. (radiocarbon
dating with a 2-sigma probability range yields a date 1492 and 1653
C.E.). These human remains were housed at SARC before being transferred
to UTK in 1987. Although UTK subsequently returned most of the human
remains to SARC, some skeletal elements remained at UTK. 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, archeological, geographical, historical,
and oral traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, UTK has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 76 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 16 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.
<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 20, 2022.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, UTK 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. UTK 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: September 14, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20299 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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