[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
from Missouri and Montana in the Possession of the Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis, MO
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 remains from
Missouri and Montana in the possession of the Missouri Historical
Society, St. Louis, MO.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Missouri
Historical Society professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of
Oklahoma, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Devil's
Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe,
Oglala Sioux Tribe, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, Rosebud Sioux
Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and
Yankton Sioux Tribe.
During 1906-1907, human remains representing one individual was
recovered from the Utz site, Saline County, MO, during an American
Bureau of Ethnology survey. Mr. Gerard Fowke, project director of the
survey, donated these remains to the Missouri Historical Society during
this time. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The Utz site has been identified as a Missouria village occupied
between 1450-1712 AD based on continuous occupation, continuity of
material culture, and historical documents.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Missouri
Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Missouri Historical Society have also 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 the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma.
In 1911, human remains representing one individual were donated to
the Missouri Historical Society by Mrs. Louis Tesson of St. Louis, MO.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
According to accession documents, Dr. Louis Tesson made a riding
quirt from the radius of a ``Sioux Indian'' whose body lay on the
Little Big Horn Battlefield at an unspecified time following the
battle. U.S. Army records indicate Dr. Tesson was in the field with the
5th Infantry at Cantonment, Tongue River, WY during the summer of 1876,
and was posted at Fort Custer, MT near the site of the Little Bighorn
Battlefield from April 1877 to April 1880. Morphological evidence
indicates this is a human radius.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Missouri
Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Missouri Historical Society have also 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 the Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Devil's Lake Sioux Tribe,
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes,
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe,
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation, Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Arapaho Tribe,
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe, Devil's Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe,
Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Oklahoma, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation,
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe. Representatives of
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact
Patti Wright, Associate Curator of Native American Ethnology, Missouri
Historical Society, 225 S. Skinker, P.O. Box 11940, St. Louis, MO
63112-0040; telephone: (314) 746-4537, before May 16, 1997.
Repatriation of the human remains to the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Oklahoma; and Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma,
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, Devil's Lake Sioux
Tribe, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Oglala Sioux
Tribe, Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Nation, Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe, and Yankton Sioux Tribe may begin after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations
within this notice.
Dated: April 9, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-9834 Filed 4-15-97; 8:45 am]
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