Notice2024-15899
Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
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Published
July 19, 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 has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58762-58763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15899]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038305; 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 lineal descendant and no
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after August 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#3854594a59155657545c565d4a784d51574f59165d5c4d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cea2afbcafe3a0a1a2aaa0abbc8ebba7a1b9afe0abaabb">[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
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, and
additional information on the determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
At an unknown date, sometime after 1920, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were removed from an unknown location. The
human remains, a human cranium and mandible, were kept in the
possession of a private citizen who travelled and did construction in
several states, including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and
Wisconsin. The skull was passed on to a grandchild who lived in Keokuk,
Iowa. In 2002, the descendant transferred the remains to the OSA BP. A
probable male, aged 25 to 35 years, is represented by the cranial
remains. Cranial metrics and dental morphology support the
identification of this individual as Native American (Burial Project
1558). No associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous
substances were used to treat any of the human remains.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from an unknown location. The human remains
were kept in the collections of the Historical Society of Marshall
County in Marshalltown, Iowa. Little is known of the history of the
collection, but archival information suggests they had been acquired
around the turn of the 20th century from mound locations, possibly
along the Mississippi in Wisconsin and Iowa. The human remains were
transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program in April of 1988. The human remains represent four adult males,
one adult female, and one adult of indeterminate sex (BP 250). No
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances
were used to treat any of the human remains.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were removed from unknown locations. The human remains were
in the possession of the Grand Meadows Heritage Center in Washta, IA,
Cherokee County. Upon their discovery they were transferred to the OSA
in November 2020 accompanied by two inventory sheets. The descriptions
declared there was a skull from Illinois ``possibly Sioux'', a skull
from a ``stone grave'' in Illinois, and a ``Moundbuilder's skull'' from
an unknown location. A fourth skull with no provenience information was
also determined to be of Native American ancestry. Three adults, two
males and one female, and one juvenile are represented (BP 3542). No
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances
were used to treat any of the human remains.
In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from an unknown location somewhere near Chicago, IL by
private collector, Bill Borden. They were transferred to the University
of Northern Iowa (UNI) at an unknown date (UNI acc #: 70.74.0482F) and
when found in their collections, were transferred to the OSA BP in
2023. A singular right parietal fragment represents a juvenile of
unknown age (BP 3775). No associated funerary objects are present. No
known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains.
At an unknown time prior to 1964, human remains representing a
minimum of one individual were removed from a mound in southern
Illinois by an unknown individual. The human remains were transferred
to UNI at an unknown date (UNI acc #: 00.4.11.280.0003), and when found
in their collections, were transferred to the OSA BP in 2023. A partial
cranium represents an adult male individual of unknown age (BP3775). No
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances
were used to treat any of the human remains.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte and (Nett Lake); Fond
du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band;
White Earth Band); Oglala Sioux Tribe; 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; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw Nation; Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
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Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota;
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Osage Nation;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota;
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are
available: biological and geographical. The information, including the
results of consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated
funerary objects.
2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the
human remains or associated funerary objects.
Determinations
The OSA BP has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been
identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after August 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 any consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15899 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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