Notice2023-23287
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Montana, Missoula, MT
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Published
October 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Montana 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 removed from McKenzie County, ND.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72783-72784]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23287]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036759; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Montana, Missoula,
MT
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 University of Montana 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 removed
from McKenzie County, ND.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Courtney Little Axe, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
59812, telephone (406) 243-2693 or (406) 243-5660, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#73101c0601071d160a5d1f1a07071f16120b1633061e075d161706"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d1e12080f09131804531114090911181c05183d08100953181908">[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
University of Montana. 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 University
of Montana.
Description
Sometime during the mid-20th century, human remains representing,
at minimum, four individuals were removed from McKenzie County, ND,
during the Smithsonian River Basin Survey, which preceded the
construction of dams in the Upper Missouri River Basin, including
Garrison Dam. One individual is represented by an upper jawbone (right
juvenile maxilla) with one ochre-stained tooth. Associated records
state ``PN-29/PN-31, Garrison Dam Survey'' (PN numbers appear to
represent a field inventory reference system). Two additional
individuals are represented by two foot bones whose distinctly
different discoloration indicates two different burial contexts. The
fourth individual is represented by a mandibular central incisor. Notes
associated with the latter three individuals use the same ``PN-29/PN-
31'' reference system. The notes also indicate these human remains had
been collected during the Garrison Dam Survey from site ``32MZ0001/Crow
Flies High'' and placed together in a specimen bag, and that a cultural
connection existed between the remains and the Hidatsa. 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: archeological and
geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Montana has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four 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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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
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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 November 22, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Montana 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 University of Montana 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: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23287 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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