[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63154-63156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25869]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, and
in the Control of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects
[[Page 63155]]
in the possession of the University of Nebraska State Museum,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, and in the control of the
U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha
District, Omaha, NE.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this
notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
professional staff and University of Nebraska-Lincoln professional
staff in consultation with representatives of the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1956, human remains representing seven individuals were
excavated by David Baerreis of the University of Wisconsin for the
Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations
at the Bamble site (39CA6), Campbell County, SD. The repository for
these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Bamble
site has been identified as an earthlodge village site belonging to the
postcontact Coalescent period (circa A.D. 1675-1780). Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites dating to
the Coalescent cultural period are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and
Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
found by Paul Cooper of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during
legally authorized excavations at the White Swan Mound site (39CH9),
Charles Mix County, SD, during construction of the Fort Randall dam by
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The repository for
these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University
of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological evidence, the White Swan site has occupation
components dating to the Woodland period (500 B.C.-A.D. 900) and the
Coalescent period (A.D. 1400-1780). Archeological investigations and
ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the
Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the
Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the
Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1962, human remains representing two individuals were excavated
by P. Holder of the University of Nebraska during legally authorized
excavations at the Leavenworth site (39CO9), Corson County, SD. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the
Leavenworth site is an earthlodge village site attributed to the
Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1969, human remains representing one individual were removed by
A. Osborn of the University of Nebraska during legally authorized
excavations at the Norvald site (39CO32), Corson County, SD. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Norvald
site is identified as an earthlodge village and cemetery belonging to
the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). On the basis of
physical anthropological data, the human remains were identified as
Arikara. Archeological and ethnohistorical data also have shown that
sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and
Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great
Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes,
today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
found by an unknown individual on the surface of site 39GR5, near Old
Fort Randall, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Randall project
land in Gregory County, SD. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains consist of a poorly preserved foot phalange
collected from the surface of site 39GR5. On the basis of ceramic
evidence, the site has a component belonging to the Plains Woodland
period (500 B.C.-A.D. 900). Archeological investigations and
ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the
Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the
Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the
Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1962, human remains representing one individual were found by
Warren Caldwell of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally
authorized operations at the Medicine Creek Village site (39LM2), Lyman
County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Medicine
Creek Village site has both Initial period (A.D. 900-1400) and Extended
Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675) components. Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1967, human remains representing one individual were excavated
by Donald J. Lehmer of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during
legally authorized excavations at site 39LM222, Lyman County, SD. The
repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological evidence, site 39LM222 is identified as an
Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675) site. Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
[[Page 63156]]
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Between 1956 and 1962, human remains representing one individual
were excavated by Robert Stephenson and William Bass of the Smithsonian
River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Sully
site (39SL4), Sully County, SD. The repository for these materials is
the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Based on archeological evidence, the Sully site is an earthlodge
village of the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). The human
remains consist of a fragmentary second metatarsal. Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1963, human remains representing one individual were excavated
by J.J. Hoffman of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally
authorized excavations at the La Roche site (also known as Over's)
(39ST9), Stanley County, SD. The repository for these materials is the
University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Based on archeological evidence, the La Roche site contains Plains
Woodland (500 B.C.-A.D. 900), Initial Middle Missouri (A.D. 900-1400),
and Extended Coalescent (A.D. 1550-1675) components. Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
Between 1964 to 1966, human remains representing a minimum of four
individuals were excavated by David T. Jones of the Smithsonian River
Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Ketchen site
(39ST223), Stanley County, SD. The repository for these materials is
the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Based on archeological evidence, the Ketchen site was occupied
during the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). Archeological
investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are
variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent
cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are
ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today
represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
In 1956, human remains representing one individual were excavated
by David Baerreis of the University of Wisconsin for the Smithsonian
River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Spiry-
Eklo site (39WW3), Walworth County, SD. The repository for these
materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Spiry-Eklo
site is identified as a postcontact Coalescent period (A.D. 1675-1780)
village. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have
shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle
Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea
of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan
(north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the U.S.
Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains
listed above represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District also have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American
human remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation, North Dakota.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Representatives
of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these human remains should contact Sandra Barnum,
Cultural Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215
North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 221-4895, before
November 12, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 28, 2002
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-25869 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-S
