97-8214. Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Unassociated Funerary Objects from South Dakota in the Possession of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 62 (Tuesday, April 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15536-15537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-8214]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Unassociated Funerary Objects from South Dakota in the Possession 
of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human

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remains and unassociated funerary objects from South Dakota in the 
possession of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas, 
Lawrence, KS.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Museum of 
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
    During 1950-1952, human remains representing four individuals were 
recovered from the Talking Crow site (39BF3), SD, by University of 
Kansas Museum of Anthropology staff during legally authorized 
excavations associated with a River Basin Survey. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. During 
these same excavations, 23 cultural items consisting of ceramic sherds 
and a bone awl were recovered from burials at the Talking Crow site 
(39BF3), SD.
    The Talking Crow site has been identified as an Arikara village 
occupied between 1500-1600 AD and 1725-1750 AD based on continuities of 
ceramics, village arrangement, earthlodge construction, and manner of 
internment consistent with traditional Arikara practice.  
    During the early 1960s, human remains representing four individuals 
were recovered from sites 39ST216, 39CA4 (Anton Rygh site), and 39SL4 
(Sully site) during legally authorized excavations by the University of 
Kansas Department of Anthropology. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Sites 39ST216, 39CA4 (Anton Rygh site), and 39SL4 (Sully site) have 
been identified as early 18th century Arikara based on village 
arrangement, earthlodge construction, manner of internment consistent 
with traditional Arikara practice, and geographic location.  
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Museum 
of Anthropology, University of Kansas have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), these 23 cultural 
items are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of an Native 
American individual. Lastly, officials of the Museum of Anthropology, 
University of Kansas have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 
(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 
Berthold Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact Mary 
Adair, Museum of Anthropology, University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS 
66045; telephone: [phone] before May 1, 1997. Repatriation of 
the human remains and unassociated funerary objects to the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: March 26, 1997.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Assistant Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-8214 Filed 3-31-97; 8:45 am]
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