Notice2024-25178
Notice of Intended Repatriation: South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, and South Dakota State Historical Society Pierre, SD
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Published
October 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the South Dakota State Historical Society's divisions of the Archaeological Research Center (ARC) and the State's Museum (SDSHSM) intend to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86360-86361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-25178]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038953; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: South Dakota State
Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, and South Dakota State
Historical Society Pierre, 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 South Dakota State Historical Society's
divisions of the Archaeological Research Center (ARC) and the State's
Museum (SDSHSM) intend to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dustin Lloyd, South Dakota State Historical Society
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#26425355524f48084a4a495f42665552475243085542085355"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="64001117100d0a4a08080b1d002417100510014a17004a1117">[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
South Dakota State Historical Society (SDSHS), 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
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a political peace medal, a
Jefferson Peace Medal.
Based on the information available from both the SDSHS donor
records, collector's notes, historical accounts, and oral tradition,
this Jefferson Peace medal was removed from its burial context in a
Sahnish (Arikara) village in 1935 by a teenager. The political medal in
question is reasonably believed to have been presented to the Arikara
chief Lightning Crow in 1804 by Lewis and Clark. Upon their return to
the village in 1806, the medal had been transferred to another Arikara
chief, Grey Eyes. Chief Grey Eyes was known to have the medal in his
possession at or around the time of this death.
The medal was retained by the family of the teenage boy until its
donation to the SDSHS on September 17, 2004. Recently, the family
provided additional information on the medal's origins, which confirmed
its original provenience from a burial context.
Despite establishing a reasonable owner of the unassociated
funerary object, no lineal descendant was located. At this time, SDSHS
staff have not identified any known lineal descendant(s).
Additionally, the above-described unassociated funerary object was
not
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treated with any type of hazardous chemicals/substances nor treated
with any type of preservation agent or chemical while in the care and
custody of the SDSHS. It is reasonably believed that the previously
mentioned private citizens did not treat the medal with any type of
hazardous or preservative chemical, substance, or agent.
Determinations
The SDSHS have determined that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or
near human remains, and is 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 object has 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 item
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 item
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 item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after November 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the SDSHS must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The SDSHS ais 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.
Dated: October 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-25178 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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