Notice2025-10127
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
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Published
June 4, 2025
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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 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND have 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 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23706-23707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10127]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040250; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and University of North Dakota, Grand Forks,
ND
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 University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND have 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 July 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Ms. Livia Taylor,
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-D, 1616
Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e727768777f307f306a7f6772716c5e6b6d7f7d7b307f6c736730737772"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="99f5f0eff0f8b7f8b7edf8e0f5f6ebd9eceaf8fafcb7f8ebf4e0b7f4f0f5">[email protected]</span></a>
and Dr. Crystal Alberts, University of North Dakota, 276 Centennial
Drive Stop 7209, Grand Forks, ND 58202, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e784959e9493868bc9868b8582959394a7928983c9828392"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcdfcec5cfc8ddd092ddd0ded9cec8cffcc9d2d892d9d8c9">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
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National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Omaha District and University of North Dakota, 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 minimum, one individual, along with
130 associated funerary objects, were removed from a site in Sioux
County, North Dakota; two associated funerary objects were removed from
sites in Morton County, North Dakota; 192 associated funerary objects
were removed from a site in Sioux County, North Dakota; three
associated funerary objects were removed from a site in Corson County,
South Dakota; 675 associated funerary objects were removed from a site
in Hughes County, South Dakota; and 1,645 associated funerary objects
were removed from a site in Walworth County, South Dakota.
Based upon a preponderance of the evidence, including Tribal oral
history, archeological and geographical information, the associated
funerary objects described in this Notice are consistent with cultural
affiliation of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and University of
North Dakota have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of a minimum of one individual of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The 2,647 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 July 7,
2025. 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 and associated funerary objects 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: May 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10127 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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