[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39294-39295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19538]
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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 South Dakota
State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
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), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects in the possession of the South Dakota
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State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by South Dakota
State Archaeological Research Center and Office of the State
Archeologist of Iowa professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Reservation.
In 1934, human remains representing one individual likely to have
been recovered from the Evart's Village site (39WW204), Walworth
County, SD during Works Project Administration road construction. No
known individual was identified. The two associated funerary objects
consist of a white glass pony bead and a rifle bullet, identified as
possibly a .44-60 calibre Peabody, Remington, or Sharps.
In 1990, these human remains were found in the collections of the
Conger House Museum in Washington, IA and transferred to the Office of
the State Archeologist of Iowa. Museum documentation suggests these
remains were recovered from the Evart's Village site on Fred Brazel's
land near Evart, SD and given to his brother-in-law, Thomas Royster of
Muscatine, IA. Mr. Royster may have donated these remains to the Conger
House Museum, as Washington, IA is near Muscatine. In 1952, an
interview with Mrs. Fred Brazel revealed that these human remains were
possibly interred as a primary flexed or secondary bundle burial,
placed face up on top of a layer of cut willow twigs.
Based on skeletal morphology and associated funerary objects, these
individuals have been determined to be Native American. Based on the
associated funerary objects, manner of interment, and geographical
location, the Evart's Village site has been identified as a post-1770
Arikara or Mandan village. Consultation with representatives of the
Three Affiliated Tribes indicates there were Arikara and Mandan
villages in this area of South Dakota during the post contact period.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the South
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center 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 South Dakota State Archaeological Research
Center have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the
two objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the South
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), 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
Renee Boen, Curator, South Dakota State Archaeological Reserch Center,
P.O. Box 1257, Rapid City, SD 57709-1257; telephone: (605) 394-1936,
before August 22, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation may begin after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Dated: July 6, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-19538 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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