Notice2023-02059
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 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 Buffalo County, SD.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6772-6773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02059]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035224; 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 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 Buffalo
County, 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d0e1c13190f1c530b531f1c0f1308103d080e1c1e18531c0f100453101411"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e4d5f505a4c5f1048105c5f4c504b537e4b4d5f5d5b105f4c534710535752">[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#4f3d2726212b2a0f3a3b24612a2b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e6fcfdfaf0f1d4e1e0ffbaf1f0e1">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c4b2b4a5a584b1b0afeaa1a0b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e383e2f2f0e3b3a25602b2a3b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
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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, five individuals were
removed from Buffalo County, SD. The human remains were recovered in
1961 from Sitting Crow Mounds (39BF225), a Woodland and Historic site,
likely by Robert Neuman of the Smithsonian's River Basin Survey. No
known individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object
is one lot of faunal remains.
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 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 five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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 Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
Crow Creek Reservation, South 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02059 Filed 1-31-23; 8:45 am]
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