Notice2024-05861
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
March 20, 2024
Issuing agencies
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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[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: 2024-05861]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037607; 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 a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 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#d9b5b8abb8f4b7b6b5bdb7bcab99acb0b6aeb8f7bcbdac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="036f6271622e6d6c6f676d667143766a6c74622d666776">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The
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determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the OSA-
BP, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. In 1931, the human remains were removed
from an unknown location, possibly near Yucatan, Houston County, MN. A
single rib fragment is believed to be part of a skeleton that was
discovered during road work near Yucatan, MN, the same year. This grave
was excavated by two students from Luther College, but a site number
was not assigned or recorded. The Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist has no record of a site in the general area. The skeleton
was encased in plaster and kept at the Vesterheim Norwegian American
Museum in Decorah, IA. At an unknown date, the human remains were
transferred to Luther College. The skeleton was reburied in the 1970s
in an unknown location by a student affiliated with Luther College. In
2001, a rib fragment believed to belong to this set of remains was
discovered in the Luther College Archaeological Laboratory and was
transferred to the OSA-BP. An adult of indeterminate age and sex is
represented by this fragment (BP 1473).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location and acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The OSA-BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection 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; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton
Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake
Tribe, North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after April 19, 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 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05861 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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