Notice2025-10128
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
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Published
June 4, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 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 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23705-23706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10128]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040252; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE
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 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 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#375b5e415e5619561943564e5b58457742445654521956455a4e195a5e5b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="731f1a051a125d125d07120a1f1c013306001210165d12011e0a5d1e1a1f">[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 minimum, six individuals, along with
four associated funerary objects were removed from Brule County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Buffalo County, SD. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals, along with
three associated funerary objects were removed from Campbell County,
SD. Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, along with
one associated funerary object were removed from Charles Mix County,
SD. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, along with
33 associated funerary objects were removed from Corson County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed
from Gregory County, SD. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Hughes County, SD. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 15 individuals, along with
26 associated funerary objects were removed from Lyman County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, along with two
associated funerary objects were removed from Stanley County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals, along
with 99 associated funerary objects were removed from Sully County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 12 individuals, along with 43
associated funerary objects were removed from Walworth County, SD.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from an unknown provenience along the Missouri River. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based upon a preponderance of the evidence, including Tribal oral
history, archeological and geographical information, the Ancestors
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 has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 53 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 211 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.
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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. 2025-10128 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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