Notice2026-11711
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
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Published
June 11, 2026
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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35543-35544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11711]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7210; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042952; 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 associated funerary objects and
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
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Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to 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#eca0859a858dc2adc2b88d9580839eac999f8d8f89c28d9e8195c2818580"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b6fadfc0dfd798f798e2d7cfdad9c4f6c3c5d7d5d398d7c4dbcf98dbdfda">[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
A total of five associated funerary objects were removed from a
site in Lyman County, SD in 1983. Archaeological, geographical, and
historical evidence for the funerary objects described in this notice
are consistent with cultural affiliation to the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota. No known substances were
used to treat the associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has determined
that:
<bullet> The five 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 associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 13, 2026. 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
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: June 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-11711 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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