Notice2025-11151
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
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Published
June 17, 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 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 90, Number 115 (Tuesday, June 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25640-25641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11151]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040405; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and Nebraska State Historical Society,
Lincoln, 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 has determined
that
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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 July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Ms. Livia Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#274b4e514e4609460953465e4b48556752544644420946554a5e094a4e4b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1ada8b7a8a0efa0efb5a0b8adaeb381b4b2a0a2a4efa0b3acb8efaca8ad">[email protected]</span></a> and Trisha Nelson, Curator of
Archeological Collections, Nebraska State Historical Society, 5050
North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68404, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c181e051f040d420209001f03022c02090e1e0d1f070d420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dca8aeb5afb4bdf2b2b9b0afb3b29cb2b9beaebdafb7bdf2bbb3aa">[email protected]</span></a>
and Dave Williams, State Archeologist, Nebraska State Historical
Society, 5050 North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68404, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ce8edfae9a2fbe5e0e0e5ede1ffcce2e9eefeedffe7eda2ebe3fa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b4b1a6b5fea7b9bcbcb9b1bda390beb5b2a2b1a3bbb1feb7bfa6">[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 Nebraska State
Historical Society, 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, 15 individuals were removed
from a site in Buffalo County, South Dakota. 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. 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 clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and Nebraska State
Historical Society have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 15 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 July 17, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District and Nebraska State Historical Society 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 and Nebraska State Historical Society 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: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11151 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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