Notice2023-09763
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field Office, Bismarck, ND
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Published
May 9, 2023
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field Office (FWS Bismarck) has completed an inventory of human remains and has 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 obtained from Fall River County, SD.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 89 (Tuesday, May 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09763]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035801; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field Office, Bismarck, ND
AGENCY: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field Office (FWS Bismarck) has
completed an inventory of human remains and has 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
obtained from Fall River County, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Karri Springer, US Fish and Wildlife Service, Bismarck Field
Office, 3425 Miriam Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58501, telephone (701) 355-
8577, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f444e5d5d46705c5f5d4641484a5d6f49585c01484059"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5ded4c7c7dceac6c5c7dcdbd2d0c7f5d3c2c69bd2dac3">[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 FWS
Bismarck. 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 FWS Bismarck.
Description
On February 19, 2015, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were recovered from the premises of an individual in Fall
River County, SD, by FWS Bismarck during a law enforcement operation.
Conviction and sentencing of the individual resulted in these human
remains being forfeited to the USFWS. One individual, represented by a
skull with jaw--belong to an individual of unknown age and sex. Another
individual, represented by a scalp with a group of human hairs--belong
to an individual of unknown age and sex. 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. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical, kinship, biological, linguistic, cultural,
historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, FWS Bismarck 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 described in this notice
and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,
South Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; 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 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 June 8, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, FWS Bismarck 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. FWS Bismarck is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09763 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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