Notice2023-06911
Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul, MN
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Published
April 4, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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 Pipestone County, MN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19985-19986]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06911]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035576; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council,
St. Paul, MN
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 Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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 Pipestone County, MN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 4, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dylan Goetsch, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 161 St.
Anthony Avenue, Suite 919, St. Paul, MN 55103, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f6b76636e612168606a7b7c6c674f7c7b6e7b6a216261217a7c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="197d60757877377e767c6d6a7a71596a6d786d7c377477376c6a">[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
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. 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 Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
Description
Around 1900, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed by Charles Bennet while excavating a mound at
the base of the Leaping Rock Site in the Pipestone National Monument in
Pipestone County, MN. Subsequently, these human remains were donated to
the Pipestone County Historical Society. The human remains were
attached to a board that bore the inscription ``Fragments of skeletal
bones and clothing of body from a grave of a distinguished son of a
Dakota (Sioux) Chief who was killed in 1834 in attempting to leap from
the Pipestone Cliffs to the Maitou [[sic]] or Leaping Rock. (See
account in Catlin's North American Indians.).'' On July 10th, 1990, the
human remains were transferred to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
(H178). No known individuals were identified. The three associated
funerary objects are one woven fabric piece with green patina and two
small, brown felt pieces.
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,
oral traditional, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
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organizations, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The three 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 Yankton Sioux Tribe of 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 May 4, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council 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 Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 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: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06911 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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