Notice2024-17877
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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Published
August 12, 2024
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65667-65669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17877]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038464; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, and the University of Tennessee, Knoxville intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after September 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ms. Livia Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102,
telephone (402) 995-2434, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3d51544b545c135c13495c4451524f7d484e5c5e58135c4f504413505451"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c0aca9b6a9a1eea1eeb4a1b9acafb280b5b3a1a3a5eea1b2adb9eeada9ac">[email protected]</span></a> and Dr.
Ellen Lofaro, University of Tennessee, Office of Repatriation, 5723
Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37921-6053, telephone (865) 974-3370,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f59b9492858794b580819edb909180"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="026c6365727063427776692c676677">[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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
North Dakota
A total of 53 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 53 unassociated funerary objects are one dentalium shell, one
charcoal fragment, and 51 faunal remains. The unassociated funerary
objects were removed from the Boundary Mounds site (32SI1) in Sioux
County, ND in 1960 by Robert W. Neuman as part of a Smithsonian River
Basin Survey project. The unassociated funerary objects were then sent
by the State Historical Society of North Dakota to William Bass. It is
likely this occurred while Bass was at the University of Kansas and he
later brought the unassociated funerary objects with him to University
of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Boundary Mounds site is a Middle Woodland
site with four burial mounds that has been identified as a Sonota
Complex site dating between A.D. 1-600.
South Dakota
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a faunal
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remain. The unassociated funerary object was removed from the Pasco
site (39AR8) in Armstrong County, SD. Little information on this site
exists, but it is likely the object was removed during investigations
in the 1950s. Site 39AR8 has been identified as an Extended Middle
Missouri site (A.D. 1150-1550).
A total of eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The eight unassociated funerary objects are faunal
remains. The unassociated funerary objects were removed from the
McKensey Village site (39AR201) in Armstrong County, SD. The objects
were likely removed in during excavations in 1960 that were directed by
Warren. W. Caldwell. Site 39AR201 has been identified as an Extended
Middle Missouri site (A.D. 1150-1550).
A total of 127 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 127 unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Potts Village site
(39CO19) in Corson County, SD. The objects were likely removed in the
late 1980s and subsequently stored at South Dakota's State
Archaeological Research Center (SARC). In 1988, these objects were
transferred by SARC to UTK and were retained by UTK. The site is a
fortified earthlodge village dating to the Extended Coalescent Period
(A.D. 1550-1675).
A total of 67 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 67 unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Swift Bird Mounds
site (39DW233). The site was first investigated in 1952 as part of the
Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys and was later excavated
between 1960-1962. The site consists of two burial mounds and an
earthlodge village with several temporal components including Woodland
(1500 B.C.-A.D. 900) and Extended Middle Missouri (A.D. 900-1700).
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Bleached Bone site
(39HU48) in Hughes County, SD. Investigations at the site occurred in
1931 when Alfred Bowers removed eleven burials from a previously looted
mound at 39HU48 and in 1962 by the Missouri River Basin Project (MRBP)
in 1962, during which field crew 10, directed by William Bass, removed
an additional 13 burials. The site included stone circles, mounds, and
other configurations. Woodland Period (500 B.C.-A.D. 1000) pottery was
reportedly found during the 1962 season. In addition, the presence of a
metallic projectile point suggested possible occupation during the
Historic Period.
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a faunal remain. The
unassociated funerary object was removed from the Hickey Brothers site
(39LM4) in Lyman County, SD. The object was likely removed during 1958
excavations directed by Bernard Golden and crews from the Smithsonian
Institution's River Basin Surveys. The site was fortified with evidence
of an earthlodge and has been identified as a possible Extended Middle
Missouri site (A.D. 1150-1550).
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the C.B. Smith site
(39SL29) in Sully County, SD. The site was excavated in 1957 by Charles
H. McNutt and crews from the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin
Surveys. The site was a large earthlodge village that has been
identified as being occupied during the Extended Middle Missouri (A.D.
1150-1550).
A total of 49 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 49 unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Zimmerman site
(39SL41) in Sully County, SD. The site was excavated in 1958 by Charles
H. McNutt and crews from the Smithsonian Institution's River Basin
Surveys. The site had several long, rectangular houses and has been
identified as an Extended Middle Missouri site (A.D. 1150-1550).
A total of 72 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 72 unassociated funerary objects are faunal remains. The
unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Larson site
(39WW2). This site was investigated several times throughout the 1960s
and it is unknown at what time the objects were removed from the site.
The site was a fortified village site that has been identified as being
occupied in the Post-Contact Coalescent period (A.D. 1675-1780).
A total of 12 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 12 unassociated funerary objects are five lithics and seven faunal
remains. The unassociated funerary objects were removed from the Walth
Bay site (39WW203) in Walworth County, SD. The site was excavated
between 1970 and 1972 with W. Raymond Wood as the Principal
Investigator. The site has been dated to the Extended Coalescent period
(A.D. 1350-1620).
No known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the
cultural items described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has determined
that:
<bullet> The 394 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after September 11, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
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Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17877 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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