Notice2024-07715
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
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Published
April 11, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK) and the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (ARC) have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25661-25662]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07715]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037716; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee,
Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and South Dakota State
Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
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 Tennessee, Department of
Anthropology (UTK) and the South Dakota State Archaeological Research
Center (ARC) have completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and have 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ozlem Kilic, University of Tennessee, Office of the
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865)
974-2454, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b4dbdfddd8ddd7f4c1c0df9ad1d0c1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="442b2f2d282d270431302f6a212031">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ea9c9a8b8baa9f9e81c48f8e9f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91e7e1f0f0d1e4e5fabff4f5e4">[email protected]</span></a> and Dustin Lloyd, South
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center, 937 East North Street,
Suite 201, Rapid City, SD 57701, telephone (605) 391-2928, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#197d6c6a6d707737757576607d596a6d786d7c376a7d376c6a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="72160701061b1c5c1e1e1d0b163201061306175c01165c0701">[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 UTK
and the ARC, 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, two individuals from two distinct sites have been reasonably
identified. The four associated funerary objects are one lot of two
lots of faunal remains, one lot of ceramics, and one lot of lithics.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from site 39BK101, near Lake Campbell in Brookings County, South
Dakota. These remains were exposed by animal activity in 1954 and
removed from the site by a homeowner named Searles. They were taken to
``State College'' (possibly South Dakota State University), after which
they were presumably transferred to the South Dakota State
Archaeological Research Center (ARC). The ARC sent the remains to UTK
for inventory in 1987. After the inventory project was completed, most
of the remains were returned to the ARC and repatriated under South
Dakota state law; however, a few bone fragments retained by UTK were
found in the Department of Anthropology collections in 2021. No
associated funerary objects are present at UTK; however, the ARC
retained three lots of associated funerary objects. These are one lot
of faunal remains, one lot of ceramics, and one lot of lithics. The
associated funerary objects were not treated with any type of hazardous
chemicals/substances nor treated with any type of preservation agent or
chemical; however, the ceramic and lithic lots are marked with the site
number and accession number.
In 1981, human remains were removed from the Hilde Gravel Pit
(39LK7) in Lake County, South Dakota. The remains were found falling to
the bottom of a gravel pit and reported to local law enforcement. They
were removed from the site by Adrian Hannus of the Center for Western
Studies at Augustana College and sent to John B. Gregg at the
University of South Dakota School of Medicine for inventory. Gregg
likely transferred the remains back to Hannus after analysis. Hannus
probably transferred the individual to the ARC. The ARC sent the
remains to the UTK Department of Anthropology for inventory in 1987.
Most of the remains were returned to the ARC after completion of the
inventory project and repatriated under South Dakota state law;
however, bone fragments and teeth representing 1 individual were
retained by UTK and were found in the Department of Anthropology
collections in 2021. No associated funerary objects are present at UTK:
however, the ARC retained one lot of associated funerary objects. This
is one lot of faunal remains. The associated funerary objects were not
treated with any type of hazardous chemicals/substances nor treated
with any type of preservation agent or chemical.
These human remains and objects come from Brookings County and Lake
County, SD. These counties are part of the treaty lands of the Santee
Sioux (today both the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, and
the Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska), as established in Executive Orders
in 1867 and 1869. The human remains were not treated with any type of
hazardous chemicals/substances, nor treated with any type of
preservation agent or chemical.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The UTK and the ARC have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The four objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of
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death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 13, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, UTK and the ARC 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. UTK and the ARC are 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: April 2, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07715 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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