Notice2024-19685
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Published
September 3, 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 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 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71393-71394]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19685]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038629; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, and Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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 October 3, 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#0965607f60682768277d687065667b497c7a686a6c27687b647027646065"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fd91948b949cd39cd3899c8491928fbd888e9c9e98d39c8f9084d3909491">[email protected]</span></a> and Dr.
Jami C. Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of
Indigenous Art, Hood Museum of Art, 6 East Wheelock Street Hanover, NH
03755, telephone (603) 646-2822, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70381f1f145e3e313720223130141102041d1f0504185e151405"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d29abdbdb6fc9c939582809392b6b3a0a6bfbda7a6bafcb7b6a7">[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 its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed
from Buffalo County, SD. The human remains include one individual that
was removed from the Truman site (39BF224). The site was first
documented in 1956 by Harold Huscher in 1956 as part of the Smithsonian
Institution's River Basin Survey project and is part of the Fort
Thompson Mounds Archaeological District. Site 39BF224 consists of at
least six mounds
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that were located in two groups and dates to the Woodland period (1500
B.C.-A.D. 900). No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals were removed
from Buffalo County, SD. The human remains include two individuals that
were removed from the McBride II Mounds site (39BF270). The site was
first documented in 1958 by Robert Neuman during the Smithsonian
Institution's River Basin Survey project and is part of the Fort
Thompson Mounds Archaeological District. Site 39BF270 consists of three
circular mounds and dates to the Woodland period (1500 B.C.-A.D. 900).
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Human remains representing, at least, two individuals were removed
from Campbell County, SD. The human remains include two individuals
that were removed from the Anton Rygh site (39CA4). During the summers
of 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1973, human remains were removed
from site 39CA4 under the direction of William Bass. Site 39CA4 is a
large, multi-component earth lodge village, part of the Plains Village
Tradition. It is a fortified village site covering around 11-12 acres.
At least two occupations are suggested by archeological evidence. The
first occupation dates to the Extended Middle Missouri period (A.D.
1000-1500), while the second occupation dates to the Extended
Coalescent (A.D. 1500-1675), and Post Contact Coalescent (A.D. 1675-
1780) periods. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains, representing, at minimum five individuals were
removed from Sully County, SD. The human remains include two adults and
three infants. The Sully site was excavated in by William Bass and
crews from the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys (in 1957,
1958, and 1961) and KU (in 1962). Following excavation, the burial
remains were transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and examined by
Bass, who served as physical anthropologist for the Smithsonian
Institution River Basin Surveys. The Sully site was one of the largest
identified Arikara villages and contained four distinct cemeteries. The
site dates to A.D. 1477-1678. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
No known substances were used to treat the Ancestors described in
this notice.
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 described in this
notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 3, 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 human remains 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-19685 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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