Notice2023-02056
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
February 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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, have completed an inventory of human remains and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Corson County, SD.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 6772]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02056]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035222; 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,
have completed an inventory of human remains and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human
remains were removed from Corson County, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e093818e849281ce96ce8281928e958da09593818385ce81928d99ce8d898c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0774666963756629712965667569726a4772746664622966756a7e296a6e6b">[email protected]</span></a> and 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#691b0100070d0c291c1d02470c0d1c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9bba1a0a7adac89bcbda2e7acadbc">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b9cfc9d8d8f9cccdd297dcddcc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d2a4a2b3b392a7a6b9fcb7b6a7">[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 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 Corson County, SD. The human remains were recovered
between 1966-1968 at Fort Manuel (39CO5). The site is multicomponent,
representing Extended Coalescent, historic trading post, and historic
Sioux occupations. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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 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:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<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 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 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 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.
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: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02056 Filed 1-31-23; 8:45 am]
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