Notice2024-03797
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
February 26, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
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 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 Adams, Allamakee, Clay, Lyon, Polk, and Warren Counties, IA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14096-14098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03797]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037442; 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 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 Adams, Allamakee, Clay, Lyon, Polk, and Warren Counties,
IA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 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#d8b4b9aab9f5b6b7b4bcb6bdaa98adb1b7afb9f6bdbcad"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb7baa9baf6b5b4b7bfb5bea99baeb2b4acbaf5bebfae">[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.
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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
In 1965 and 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, 43
individuals were removed from the Howard Goodhue Site (13PK1) in Polk
County, IA. The human remains were recovered during excavations
conducted by the Iowa State University Archaeology Laboratory (ISUAL)
under contract with the National Park Service in the area of the Red
Rock Reservoir. In 1991, the ISUAL transferred the human remains to the
OSA-BP. Additional human remains were later discovered in the ISUAL
collections and were transferred to the OSA-BP in 1996, 1997, and 2005.
The transferred human remains were labeled with the following ISUAL
catalog numbers: 16a, 1715, 2383, 2925, 3518, 5712, 6318, 6534, 9225,
10209, 13118, 13120, 13154-5, 13344-5, 13701, 14601, 16804, 16342,
16797, 20489, 20737-9, 21659-64, 21723-46, 21753-7, 21758-65, 23060a,
23106-12, 23539-40, 23545-60, 23562-4, 23566-9, 23577-9, 23585, 23638-
9, 23641-4, 23893-23914, 23970-2, 23975-6, 24048-59. Among the 43
individuals, 24 adults and 18 juveniles were identified. The adults
include four possible males and eight possible females. Young and
middle-aged adults are represented, as well as one old adult. Four of
the juveniles are infants ranging from newborn to 2.5 years. Two
juveniles fall in the two- to four-year-old range, and two in the four-
to six-year-old range. Two juveniles fall in the six- to ten-year-old
range, and five were aged somewhere between 10 and 16 years. The
remaining three juveniles were roughly estimated to be between eight
and 21 years old (Burial Project 521, 990, 1141, 1825). The associated
funerary objects were transferred to the OSA-BP in 1996 (Catalog #s
23640, 23645a, 23892). The 27 associated funerary objects are 16 small
copper beads, eight cylindrical copper beads and fragments, one portion
of a reconstructed vessel, and two ceramic sherds.
In 1966, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Clarkson Site (13WA2) in Warren County, IA. The
human remains were recovered during excavations conducted by the ISUAL
under contract with the National Park Service as part of the
interagency river basin salvage program at the Red Rock Reservoir. In
1991, the human remains were transferred from the ISUAL to the OSA-BP.
The transferred human remains were labeled with the following ISUAL
catalog numbers: 3837-3952, 3954-3967, 3969-3997. A child aged 2.5 to
3.5 years is represented by the human remains (Burial Project 519). No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from site 13WA105 in Warren County, IA. The human remains
were recovered during salvage excavations conducted by the ISUAL after
the land was acquired by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The ISUAL
transferred the human remains to the OSA-BP in 1991. The transferred
human remains were labeled with the following ISUAL catalog numbers:
2013, 2275, 3980, 4937a. Two young to middle-aged adults are
represented by the human remains, as well as a child approximately
three months to one year old (Burial Project 520). No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 2008, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from Adams County, IA. The culturally modified human
cranium was discovered on a sand bar (find spot 13AA106) in the East
Nodoway River by a private citizen. No Native American habitation or
burial sites have been recorded in the vicinity of the findspot, so the
original location of the cranium is unknown. The human remains were
transferred to the Iowa OSA-BP. A young adult female is represented by
the cranial remains, which exhibit pictorial incising including a
``birdman'' figure and a four-pointed star (Burial Project 2300). The
design motifs have been documented on other culturally modified cranial
fragments from other archaeologically defined Oneota sites. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Blood Run Site (13LO2) in Lyon County,
IA. The human remains were collected from the site by a private citizen
before being transferred to the OSA with faunal remains from the site
in April 2022. The human remains were initially thought to be faunal
before being properly identified by OSA staff. The human remains are a
single fragmented ilium representing a single juvenile individual aged
between 8 and 10 years. The fragment exhibits green staining from
contact with copper (Burial Project 3685). No associated funerary
objects are present.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Blood Run Site (13LO2) in Lyon County,
IA. The human remains were collected by a private citizen before being
transferred to the OSA with other artifacts collected from the site in
July of 2023. The human remains are a single fragmented adult right
ulna and a right mandible fragment from a juvenile individual aged
between 8 and 11 years old (BP3812). No associated funerary objects are
present.
In May of 2023, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Fort Des Moines site (13PK61) in Polk
County, IA. The human remains were excavated by Wapsi Valley
Archaeology Inc. during a Phase III excavation for a new watermain.
Tribal monitors were contacted to observe the rest of the Phase III,
and the human remains were transferred to the OSA. They represent one
adult individual of unknown sex and age (BP3798). No associated
funerary objects are present.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from site 13CY2 in Clay County IA. The human
remains were collected by a private collector and then donated to the
OSA. In July of 2023 the human remains were identified in the donated
materials by OSA staff. The human remains are a left second mandibular
molar from an adult individual (BP 3817). No associated funerary
objects are present.
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 information, archeological information,
geographical information, historical information, linguistics, and oral
tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the OSA-BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 53 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 27 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or
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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 Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe
of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Winnebago Tribe
of Nebraska.
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 March 27, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the OSA-BP 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 OSA-BP is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03797 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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