Notice2023-14081
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana Department of Transportation, Indianapolis, IN
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Published
July 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Indiana Department of Transportation, though its agent, Ball State University, Applied Anthropology Laboratories, has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Henry County, IN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 126 (Monday, July 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42741-42742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14081]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036103; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana Department of
Transportation, Indianapolis, IN
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 Indiana Department of Transportation,
though its agent, Ball State University, Applied Anthropology
Laboratories, has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Henry County, IN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after August 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kevin C. Nolan, Ball State University, Applied Anthropology
Laboratories, 2000 University Avenue, Muncie, IN 47306, telephone (765)
285-5325, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2348404d4c4f424d634150560d464756"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0b60686564676a654b69787e256e6f7e">[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
Indiana Department of Transportation. 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 Ball State University, Applied
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Anthropology Laboratories and Indiana Department of Transportation.
Description
In 1987, human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals
were removed from Site 12-Hn-298 in Henry County, IN. When this site
was disturbed during earth-moving activities by Indiana Department of
Highways, a salvage excavation was initiated by Ball State University
to document the features exposed. The salvage excavations uncovered 12
human burials and 26 other precontact-era cultural features.
Radiocarbon dates from the site fall generally in the Late Woodland
period (1,000 <plus-minus> 50, 1430 <plus-minus> 60, and 1,050 <plus-
minus> 80 RCYBP), with one Late Archaic projectile recovered in back
dirt also indicating possibly multiple temporal components.
Investigator (Donald Cochran) determined the burials and features
represent an Albee phase occupation (ca. 800 to 1200 CE). The human
remains have since been curated at Ball State University, Applied
Anthropology Laboratories under accession number 87.27. The human
remains belong to four juveniles, three female adults, four male
adults, and one adult of indeterminate sex. The age of these
individuals range from less than 6 months to over 60 years. The 5,600
associated funerary objects are 3,922 faunal elements, 16 animal bone
beads, 98 shell beads, 31 animal bone tools, 1,064 floral remains or
charcoal samples, 134 ceramics, 27 bifaces or biface fragments, 154
pieces of lithic debitage, 24 unifacial tools, eight cores, one ocher,
three celts, 90 fire-cracked rocks, 20 miscellaneous stones, one piece
of quartz, one piece of glass, two pieces of metal, one piece of
cinder, one plastic button, and two soil samples.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims,
and the 1818 Treaty of St. Mary's.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Indiana Department
of Transportation has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 5,600 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 2,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the Indiana
Department of Transportation must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Ball State University, Applied
Anthropology Laboratories, on behalf of the Indiana Department of
Transportation, 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 and
10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14081 Filed 6-30-23; 8:45 am]
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