80 FR 13606 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, New York, NY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
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Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 50 (March 16, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 50 (Monday, March 16, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 13606-13607] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-05987] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17720; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, New York, NY AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to Columbia University. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Columbia University at the address in this notice by April 15, 2015. ADDRESSES: Dr. Nan Rothschild, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854-4977, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the control of Columbia University. The human remains were removed from Sheyenne-Cheyenne Site, Ransom County, ND. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation The detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. History and Description of the Remains In 1938, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Sheyenne-Cheyenne site in Ransom County, ND. The excavation was led by William Duncan Strong and jointly sponsored by Columbia University and the State Historical Society of North Dakota. Strong brought the human remains to the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH), where they were placed on ``permanent loan.'' The cranium had suffered extensive postmortem damage and was partially restored at the AMNH by Kenneth Mowbray at some date prior to 2002. In January 2002, a detailed assessment of the human remains was made by researchers at Columbia University, and in August 2011, the AMNH transferred the human remains to the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. The remains consist of a cranium representing one adult individual. This individual was identified as Native American based on Strong's documentation and non-invasive assessment of cranial features. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Strong, in his expedition field notes (National Anthropological Archives, Strong Papers, Box 21, Field Work 1938), refers to beginning excavations at Sheyenne-Cheyenne site on July 8, 1938 (p.19a). He writes of the discovery of a [[Page 13607]] partial bundle burial just beyond the edge of the house. It is initially identified as Burial #12, and later as Burial 1 #12 at House 23. W. Raymond Wood in his 1955 publication refers to this site as the ``Biesterfeldt or Sheyenne-Cheyenne Site (32RM1)'' (Plains Anthropological Society 1955 3:3-12) and describes it as ``the remains of a village of the formerly semi-sedentary Cheyenne Indians.'' Strong writes in his field notes that the site was historically Cheyenne and was abandoned after a Chippewa attack in 1790, citing Libby, Swanton, Thompson, and others. Two years later, in Strong's 1940 work (Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, 100:353-394), he provides the date of 1770 for the abandonment of the site. He explained that Swanton (1930), drawing on Thompson, believed that the village had been burned not much before 1790, while Henry (1897) ``refers to the same event as occurring about 1740.'' At this point, Strong ``assumed 1770 as a median date'' (p. 371). Today, the Cheyenne are represented by the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. Determinations Made by Columbia University, Department of Anthropology Officials of Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Nan Rothschild, Department of Anthropology, Columbia University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854-4977, email [email protected], by April 15, 2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the Cheyenne- Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, may proceed. The Columbia University, Department of Anthropology, is responsible for notifying the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana, that this notice has been published. Dated: February 23, 2015. Melanie O'Brien, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2015-05987 Filed 3-13-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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be made publicly available at any time. Applicant: Cooper Ribman, Dallas, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
While you can ask us in your comment TX; PRT–56756B. here given in accordance with the
to withhold your personal identifying Applicant: Donald McNeeley, Native American Graves Protection and
information from public review, we Romeoville, IL; PRT–55106B. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
cannot guarantee that we will be able to Applicant: Gregory Loman, Edmond, 3003, of the completion of an inventory
do so. OK; PRT–56486B. of human remains under the control of
Applicant: Sarah Sackman, Port Columbia University. The human
II. Background remains were removed from Sheyenne-
Washington, NY; PRT–55182B.
To help us carry out our conservation Applicant: Mathew Lavender, Alvord, Cheyenne Site, Ransom County, ND.
responsibilities for affected species, and TX; PRT–54091B. This notice is published as part of the
in consideration of section 10(a)(1)(A) of National Park Service’s administrative
Brenda Tapia, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), along Program Analyst/Data Administrator, Branch U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
of Permits, Division of Management this notice are the sole responsibility of
with Executive Order 13576,
Authority.
‘‘Delivering an Efficient, Effective, and the museum, institution, or Federal
[FR Doc. 2015–05909 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native
Accountable Government,’’ and the
President’s Memorandum for the Heads BILLING CODE 4310–55–P American human remains. The National
of Executive Departments and Agencies Park Service is not responsible for the
of January 21, 2009—Transparency and determinations in this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Open Government (74 FR 4685; January Consultation
26, 2009), which call on all Federal National Park Service
agencies to promote openness and The detailed assessment of the human
transparency in Government by [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17720; remains was made by the Columbia
disclosing information to the public, we PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] University, Department of
invite public comment on these permit Anthropology, professional staff in
Notice of Inventory Completion: consultation with representatives of the
applications before final action is taken.
Columbia University, Department of Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes
III. Permit Applications Anthropology, New York, NY (previously listed as the Cheyenne-
A. Endangered Species AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Applicant: Lincoln Children’s Zoo, ACTION: Notice. Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Lincoln, NE; PRT–839363 Montana.
SUMMARY: The Columbia University,
The applicant requests renewal of Department of Anthropology, has History and Description of the Remains
their captive-bred wildlife registration completed an inventory of human
under 50 CFR 17.21(g) for the following In 1938, human remains representing,
remains, in consultation with the
family and species, to enhance the at minimum, one individual were
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
species’ propagation or survival. This removed from Sheyenne-Cheyenne site
Hawaiian organizations, and has
notification covers activities to be in Ransom County, ND. The excavation
determined that there is a cultural
conducted by the applicant over a 5- was led by William Duncan Strong and
affiliation between the human remains
year period. jointly sponsored by Columbia
and present-day Indian tribes or Native
Families University and the State Historical
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Lemuridae Society of North Dakota. Strong brought
descendants or representatives of any
Species the human remains to the American
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Leontopithecus species Museum of Natural History (AMNH),
organization not identified in this notice
Snow leopard (Uncia uncia) where they were placed on ‘‘permanent
that wish to request transfer of control
Amur leopard (Panthera pardus loan.’’ The cranium had suffered
of these human remains should submit
orientalis) extensive postmortem damage and was
a written request to Columbia
Lar gibbon (Hylobates lar) partially restored at the AMNH by
University. If no additional requestors
Rodrigues flying fox (Pteropus Kenneth Mowbray at some date prior to
come forward, transfer of control of the
rodricensis) 2002. In January 2002, a detailed
human remains to the lineal
African dwarf crocodile (Osteolaemus assessment of the human remains was
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
tetraspis tetraspis) made by researchers at Columbia
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
Galapagos giant tortoise (Chelonoidis University, and in August 2011, the
notice may proceed.
nigra) AMNH transferred the human remains
DATES: Lineal descendants or to the Department of Anthropology at
Multiple Applicants representatives of any Indian tribe or Columbia University. The remains
The following applicants each request Native Hawaiian organization not consist of a cranium representing one
a permit to import the sport-hunted identified in this notice that wish to adult individual. This individual was
trophy of one male bontebok request transfer of control of these identified as Native American based on
(Damaliscus pygargus pygargus) culled human remains should submit a written Strong’s documentation and non-
from a captive herd maintained under request with information in support of invasive assessment of cranial features.
the management program of the the request to Columbia University at No known individual was identified. No
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Republic of South Africa, for the the address in this notice by April 15, associated funerary objects are present.
purpose of enhancement of the survival 2015. Strong, in his expedition field notes
of the species. ADDRESSES: Dr. Nan Rothschild, (National Anthropological Archives,
Applicant: Carl Pennella, Ringwood, Department of Anthropology, Columbia Strong Papers, Box 21, Field Work
NJ; PRT–55131B. University, 1200 Amsterdam Ave., New 1938), refers to beginning excavations at
Applicant: John Holz, Fairbanks, AK; York, NY 10027, telephone (212) 854– Sheyenne-Cheyenne site on July 8, 1938
PRT–55885B. 4977, email roth@columbia.edu. (p.19a). He writes of the discovery of a
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partial bundle burial just beyond the requestors have come forward, transfer ADDRESSES: Jerome Thompson or
edge of the house. It is initially of control of the human remains to the NAGPRA Coordinator, State Historical
identified as Burial #12, and later as Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des
Burial 1 #12 at House 23. W. Raymond (previously listed as the Cheyenne- Moines, IA 50319, telephone (515) 281–
Wood in his 1955 publication refers to Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) and the 4221, email jerome.thompson@iowa.gov.
this site as the ‘‘Biesterfeldt or Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Sheyenne-Cheyenne Site (32RM1)’’ Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, here given in accordance with the
(Plains Anthropological Society 1955 Montana, may proceed. Native American Graves Protection and
3:3–12) and describes it as ‘‘the remains The Columbia University, Department Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
of a village of the formerly semi- of Anthropology, is responsible for 3003, of the completion of an inventory
sedentary Cheyenne Indians.’’ Strong notifying the Cheyenne and Arapaho of human remains under the control of
writes in his field notes that the site was Tribes (previously listed as the the State Historical Society of Iowa,
historically Cheyenne and was Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) Iowa City, IA. The human remains were
abandoned after a Chippewa attack in and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the removed from the vicinity of Little
1790, citing Libby, Swanton, Thompson, Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Cheyenne River, ND.
and others. Two years later, in Strong’s Montana, that this notice has been This notice is published as part of the
1940 work (Smithsonian Miscellaneous published. National Park Service’s administrative
Collections, 100:353–394), he provides responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
Dated: February 23, 2015.
the date of 1770 for the abandonment of U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
the site. He explained that Swanton Melanie O’Brien,
this notice are the sole responsibility of
(1930), drawing on Thompson, believed Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the museum, institution, or Federal
that the village had been burned not [FR Doc. 2015–05987 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] agency that has control of the Native
much before 1790, while Henry (1897) BILLING CODE 4312–50–P American human remains. The National
‘‘refers to the same event as occurring Park Service is not responsible for the
about 1740.’’ At this point, Strong determinations in this notice.
‘‘assumed 1770 as a median date’’ (p. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Consultation
371). Today, the Cheyenne are
represented by the Cheyenne and National Park Service A detailed assessment of the human
Arapaho Tribes (previously listed as the remains was made by the State
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17719; Historical Society of Iowa professional
and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] staff in consultation with
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, representatives of the Assiniboine and
Montana. Notice of Inventory Completion: State Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Determinations Made by Columbia Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
University, Department of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Anthropology ACTION: Notice. Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Officials of Columbia University, SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Department of Anthropology, have Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Iowa has completed an inventory of
determined that: Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
human remains, in consultation with
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
human remains described in this notice Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Hawaiian organizations, and has
represent the physical remains of one Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
determined that there is a cultural
individual of Native American ancestry. (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there affiliation between the human remains
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
is a relationship of shared group and present-day Indian tribes or Native
South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian
identity that can be reasonably traced Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
Community in the State of Minnesota;
between the Native American human descendants or representatives of any
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
remains and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Tribes (previously listed as the organization not identified in this notice Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) that wish to request transfer of control Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the of these human remains should submit Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, a written request to the State Historical Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Montana. Society of Iowa. If no additional Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake
requestors come forward, transfer of Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock
Additional Requestors and Disposition control of the human remains to the Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Lineal descendants or representatives lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Native Hawaiian organizations stated in and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
organization not identified in this notice this notice may proceed. Dakota.
that wish to request transfer of control DATES: Lineal descendants or
of these human remains should submit representatives of any Indian tribe or History and Description of the Remains
a written request with information in Native Hawaiian organization not At an unknown date, human remains
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support of the request to Dr. Nan identified in this notice that wish to representing, at minimum, one
Rothschild, Department of request transfer of control of these individual were placed in an envelope
Anthropology, Columbia University, human remains should submit a written in a manuscript collection at the State
1200 Amsterdam Ave., New York, NY request with information in support of Historical Society of Iowa research
10027, telephone (212) 854–4977, email the request to the State Historical facility in Iowa City. The envelope
roth@columbia.edu, by April 15, 2015. Society of Iowa at the address in this contains human hair and on the outside
After that date, if no additional notice by April 15, 2015. has the following written description:
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