Notice2024-19686
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has 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 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71390-71391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19686]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038630; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects and has 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 October 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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#99f1f6f6fdb7d7d8dec9cbd8d9fdf8ebedf4f6ecedf1b7fcfdec"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ea8285858ec4a4abadbab8abaa8e8b989e87859f9e82c48f8e9f">[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
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 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 Campbell County, SD.
The human remains include one individual that was removed from the
Anton Rygh site (39CA4). During the
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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. The four lots
of associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal remains, one lot
of ceramic sherds, one lot of stone chips, and one round stone tool.
Human remains, representing, at minimum seven individuals were
likely removed the Sully site (39SL4) from Sully County, SD, the Truman
site (39BF224) and the McBride II Mounds site (39BF270) from Buffalo
County, SD, and/or the Anton Rygh site (39CA4) Campbell County, SD. The
human remains include three adults and four juveniles. Previously
housed in the Physical Anthropology Lab on the campus of Dartmouth
College, these remains were located and identified during a 2022
reinventory conducted by the Hood Museum NAGPRA Office. While there is
no direct documentation linking these human remains to these sites,
they share a unique color and patina with other human remains which are
known to have been removed from these sites. Through tribal
consultation, it has been determined that these human remains should be
associated with these specific sites. 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 and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of eight 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 death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
3, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hood
Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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. The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth
College 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. 2024-19686 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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