Notice2025-17489
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Dakota State Historical Society Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
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Published
September 11, 2025
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 Archaeological Research Center (ARC) and United States Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District have 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 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44101-44102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17489]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6475; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040983; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: South Dakota State Historical
Society Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD, and 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 South Dakota State Historical Society
Archaeological Research Center (ARC) and United States Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District have 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after October 14, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Dustin Lloyd, South Dakota State Historical Society
Archaeological Research Center, P.O. Box 1257, Rapid City, SD 57709,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5014252324393e7e1c3c3f29341023243124357e23347e2523"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66221315120f08482a0a091f02261512071203481502481315">[email protected]</span></a>, and 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#b0fcd9c6d9d19ef19ee4d1c9dcdfc2f0c5c3d1d3d59ed1c2ddc99eddd9dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="80cce9f6e9e1aec1aed4e1f9eceff2c0f5f3e1e3e5aee1f2edf9aeede9ec">[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
ARC and USACE, 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 was removed
from a site in Walworth County, South Dakota. No known associated
funerary objects are present. Based upon a preponderance of the
evidence, including Tribal oral history, archeological and geographical
information, and previous repatriations from this site, the Ancestor
described in this Notice is consistent with cultural affiliation of the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
No known substances were used to treat the Ancestor 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, Tribal oral histories, and archaeological evidence of the
human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The ARC and USACE have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical
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remains of one individual 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 October 14, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the ARC and USACE 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 ARC and USACE are responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17489 Filed 9-10-25; 8:45 am]
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