Notice2024-00834
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
January 18, 2024
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program (OSA-BP) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Clayton and Jasper Counties, IA, possibly Plymouth County, IA, and unknown locations in Iowa.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 12 (Thursday, January 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3421-3422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037266; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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 Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA-BP) has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were
removed from Clayton and Jasper Counties, IA, possibly Plymouth County,
IA, and unknown locations in Iowa.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e68a879487cb88898a82888394a6938f899187c8838293"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98f4f9eaf9b5f6f7f4fcf6fdead8edf1f7eff9b6fdfced">[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
OSA-BP. 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 OSA-BP.
Description
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown location. Dr. R. Summa donated
the human cranium to the University of Iowa College of Dentistry in
1918. The cranium became part of the Dental Museum collections (catalog
#116), and was described in museum records as a ``Mound builder's
skull.'' At an unknown date, a large part of the museum collection was
placed in storage. The collection was rediscovered in 2000, and the
Native American human remains were transferred to the OSA-BP. A 30- to
50-year-old adult is represented (Burial Project 1445). No associated
funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown location. A human metacarpal
was found in the Paul Sagers Collection reposed at the OSA. The
collection primarily includes materials from prehistoric archeological
sites in Jones and Jackson counties in Iowa, but the exact provenience
of the metacarpal is unknown. An adult or older juvenile of
indeterminate sex is represented by the human remains (Burial Project
2519). No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1916, human remains representing at minimum one individual were
removed from an unknown location in a pasture 12 miles northwest of
Sioux City, IA. In 2023, the Sanford Museum in Cherokee, IA received
the isolated femur representing an adult female of unknown age from a
local resident and transferred the human remains to the OSA-BP (BP
3594). A label on the bone indicates the limited provenience
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information. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from an unknown location, likely in Iowa. The
individuals were likely excavated from a mound context. One middle-aged
adult female, a middle-aged adult male, three adults of unknown sex and
age, an infant, a juvenile 6-8 years old, and a juvenile of unknown age
are represented (BP3623). No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown time, possibly around the 1930s and 40s, human
remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were removed from an
unknown location. The individuals were acquired by a private citizen
through unknown means. Upon his death, the family donated the human
remains as well as his artifact collection from known mound sites in
Iowa to the Iowa State Historical Society; the human remains were
transferred to the OSA-BP. Two adult males, one adult of unknown age
and sex, one juvenile aged 3-8 years, and one juvenile aged 12-16 years
are represented (BP 3758). No associated funerary objects are present.
In 2023, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from 13CY82 in Clayton County, IA. A partial cranium was
found on a sand bar in the Little Sioux River in Clay County, IA by
kayakers. The Clay County Sheriff's Department documented the find spot
(now designated site number 13CY82), and transferred the human remains
to the Iowa State Medical Examiner's Office (IOSME). The human remains
representing and adult female of unknown age were determined to be
ancient and not of medicolegal significance and were transferred to the
OSA-BP (BP3818). Their original burial location is unknown. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 2023, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from 13JP261 in Jasper County, IA. A partial cranium was
found on a sand bar in Indian Creek north of Mingo, IA by a local
resident. The Jasper County Sheriff transferred the human remains to
the IOSME. The human remains representing and adult male of unknown age
were determined to be ancient and not of medicolegal significance and
were transferred to the OSA-BP (BP3835). The find spot was designated
site number 13JP261. The individual's original burial location is
unknown. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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, treaties, oral history, and
consultation with 26 signatory Tribes to the Process for Reburial of
Culturally Unidentifiable Native American Human Remains and Associated
Funerary Objects originating from Iowa.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the OSA-BP has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<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
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee
Nation of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; The Osage
Nation; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska;
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after February 20, 2024. If competing
requests for disposition are received, the OSA-BP must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The OSA-BP 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: January 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00834 Filed 1-17-24; 8:45 am]
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