80_FR_23655 80 FR 23574 - Notice of Inventory Completion: State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

80 FR 23574 - Notice of Inventory Completion: State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 81 (April 28, 2015)

Page Range23574-23576
FR Document2015-09890

The State Historical Society of Iowa has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes. 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 the State Historical Society of Iowa. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Inventory Completion: State Historical Society of Iowa, 
Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of Iowa has completed an 
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes. 
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 the State 
Historical Society of Iowa. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the

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human remains to the Indian tribes stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 the State 
Historical Society of Iowa at the address in this notice by May 28, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Jerome Thompson or NAGPRA Coordinator, State Historical 
Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319, telephone (515) 
281-4221, 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 the State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA. The 
human remains were removed from unknown locations.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the State 
Historical Society of Iowa professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne 
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South 
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala 
Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community in 
the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of 
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux 
Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date before 1901, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown location. The 
human remains consist of a scalp lock found in the collection of the 
State Historical Society of Iowa in 1988. Catalog #2274 is attributed 
to William McMillan and the record indicates the human remains possibly 
came from Wounded Knee, SD. The McMillan collection of firearms, Native 
American objects, and other objects was loaned to the State Historical 
Society of Iowa in 1901 and purchased in 1902. There is no additional 
information available on the human remains. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date before 1905, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown location. The 
human remains consist of a scalp lock with a short thin braid on a 
leather patch or tanned skin patch found in the collection of the State 
Historical Society of Iowa in 1988. Catalog #2456 is attributed to 
Wallace R. Lesser who was an Indian Agent to the Sac and Fox in Iowa 
from 1890-1894 and also served in the Dakota Territories. The Lesser 
collection of Native American objects (mostly Sac and Meskwaki) was 
purchased by the State Historical Society of Iowa before 1905. A report 
on the collections in 1905 describes the Lesser collection as ``69 
pieces of bead work by the Musqaukie Indians of the Tama reservation.'' 
There is no additional information available on the human remains. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date before 1937, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown location. The 
human remains consist of a scalp lock with one black braid and an 
animal fur streamer attached to a leather cylinder found in the 
collection of the State Historical Society of Iowa in 1988. Catalog 
#243 does not match any collection record, but does appear on a 1937 
inventory of objects displayed in a room of the state museum. There is 
no additional information available on the human remains. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from an unknown location. The human remains 
consist of one scalp lock of long brownish braids sewn on a leather 
patch with painted dots on the braids and each braid decorated with 
quilled ornaments and one scalp lock of seven hair strands with quilled 
keepers linked together on leather throngs. No catalog numbers are 
available and both scalp locks were found in the collection of the 
State Historical Society of Iowa in 1988. There is no additional 
information available on the human remains. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Archival records of the State Historical Society of Iowa describe 
the donation of scalps in 1920 by Mrs. S. D. Ryan. The scalps were 
acquired by Mrs. Ryan's father, Colonel David S. Wilson, of the 6th 
Iowa Cavalry, at the battle of Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory, in 
September 1863. According to records, the scalps were taken from the 
possession of a captured Dakota woman. It is likely these scalps are 
those listed above as the two unnumbered scalp locks and catalog #243.

Determinations Made by the State Historical Society of Iowa

    Officials of the State Historical Society of Iowa have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on catalog records and 
collection practices of the State Historical Society of Iowa.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii) and the Iowa NAGPRA 
Process, transfer of control of the human remains will occur according 
to Iowa law (Code of Iowa 263B.8).
    The Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa 
administers the provisions in the Code of Iowa that provide for any 
human remains over 150 years old to be reburied in a state cemetery. 
The Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and the 
State Historical Society of Iowa have under their control the human 
remains of five Native American individuals whose cultural affiliation 
is unknown. These human remains are considered ``culturally 
unidentifiable'' under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.10 (g). In 2004, the Iowa 
Office of the State Archaeologist started to develop a process, in 
consultation with tribes with a historic interest in Iowa, for the 
disposition of

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culturally unidentifiable human remains. The Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) is 
responsible for recommending specific actions for disposition of 
culturally unidentifiable human remains.
    In October 2004, the Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist, 
University of Iowa, the State Historical Society of Iowa, and the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Indian Advisory Council (a group 
composed of representatives of Native American tribes in and from Iowa) 
hosted a tribal conference where 21 federally-recognized tribes and 1 
non-federally recognized tribe were invited to develop the process for 
disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains and associated 
funerary objects in possession of the Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and the State Historical Society of 
Iowa, in accordance with Iowa law (Code of Iowa 263B.8). Final drafting 
of the process was conducted through on-going tribal consultation 
involving phone calls, mail, and email.
    On May 30-31, 2006, the process developed through consultation was 
considered by the Review Committee. A June 14, 2006, letter on behalf 
of the Review Committee from the Designated Federal Officer 
provisionally authorized the Iowa Office of State Archaeologist to 
proceed with the development of the process for disposition. In 2007, 
the Iowa Office of State Archaeologist and the tribes completed the 
NAGPRA process document. A March 25, 2008, letter from the Assistant 
Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, as the designee for the 
Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the authorization for the 
transfer of control according to provisions of the Code of Iowa 263B.8 
and the NAGPRA process document, subject to publication of a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that 
requirement.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Jerome Thompson or NAGPRA Coordinator, 
State Historical Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 
50319, telephone (515) 281-4221, email [email protected], by May 
28, 2015. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains will occur according 
to Iowa law (Code of Iowa 263B.8).
    The State Historical Society of Iowa is responsible for notifying 
the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, 
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, 
South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, 
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule 
Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux 
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe 
(previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community in the 
State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of 
the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux 
Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 2, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-09890 Filed 4-27-15; 8:45 am]
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                                                      This notice is published as part of the               Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona;                     later as part of the death rite or
                                                    National Park Service’s administrative                  Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; and                    ceremony.
                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                    U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona                     is a relationship of shared group
                                                    this notice are the sole responsibility of              (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited               identity that can be reasonably traced
                                                    the Superintendent, Petrified Forest                    Tribes’’).                                            between the Native American human
                                                    National Park.                                                                                                remains and associated funerary objects
                                                                                                            History and Description of the Remains                and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and Zuni
                                                    Consultation                                               In 1953, human remains representing,               Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
                                                       A detailed assessment of the human                   at minimum, four individuals were                     Mexico.
                                                    remains was made by Petrified Forest                    removed from AZ Q:1:3 in Apache
                                                    National Park professional staff in                     County, AZ, by Fred Wendorf as part of                Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                    consultation with representatives of the                his doctoral research at Harvard                        Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                    Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation,                           University. The human remains and                     of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                    Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona;                         associated funerary objects are in the                organization not identified in this notice
                                                    Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai                   physical custody of the Museum of                     that wish to request transfer of control
                                                    Indian Reservation, Arizona; Kewa                       Northern Arizona (MNA) in Flagstaff,                  of these human remains and associated
                                                    Pueblo, New Mexico (previously listed                   AZ. No known individuals were                         funerary objects should submit a written
                                                    as the Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Navajo                 identified. The 2,107 associated                      request with information in support of
                                                    Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & Utah;                     funerary objects are 13 pottery bowls, 1              the request to Brad Traver,
                                                    Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo                     mineral (galena), 6 pottery jars (some                Superintendent, Petrified Forest
                                                    of Santa Ana, New Mexico; and Zuni                      fragmentary), 2,057 shell beads, 1 stone              National Park, Box 2217, Petrified
                                                    Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New                      pendant, 2 stone scrapers, 1 shell                    Forest, AZ 86028, telephone (928) 524–
                                                    Mexico (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The                  pendant, 25 basket fragments, and 1                   6228 x225, email brad_traver@nps.gov,
                                                    Consulted Tribes’’).                                    blanket.                                              by May 28, 2015. After that date, if no
                                                       The following tribes were invited to                    In 1985, human remains representing,               additional requestors have come
                                                    consult, but did not participate:                       at minimum, one individual were                       forward, transfer of control of the
                                                    Colorado River Indian Tribes of the                     removed from AZ Q:1:58 in Apache                      human remains and associated funerary
                                                    Colorado River Indian Reservation,                      County, AZ during legally authorized                  objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and
                                                    Arizona and California; Fort Mojave                     excavations. No known individuals                     Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
                                                    Indian Tribe of Arizona, California &                   were identified. The one associated                   Mexico may proceed.
                                                    Nevada; Gila River Indian Community                     funerary object is a pottery bowl.                      Petrified Forest National Park is
                                                    of the Gila River Indian Reservation,                      In 1988, human remains representing,               responsible for notifying The Consulted
                                                    Arizona; Havasupai Tribe of the                         at minimum, two individuals were                      Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this
                                                    Havasupai Reservation, Arizona; Kaibab                  removed from AZ Q:1:226 in Navajo                     notice has been published.
                                                    Band of Paiute Indians of the Kaibab                    County, AZ, during legally authorized                  Dated: March 26, 2015.
                                                    Indian Reservation, Arizona; Las Vegas                  archeological survey and site                         Mariah Soriano,
                                                    Tribe of Paiute Indians of the Las Vegas                recordation. No known individuals were
                                                    Indian Colony, Nevada; Moapa Band of                                                                          Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                            identified. The 11 associated funerary
                                                    Paiute Indians of the Moapa River                                                                             [FR Doc. 2015–09939 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                            objects are 2 pottery bowls, 3 pottery
                                                    Indian Reservation, Nevada; Ohkay                       jars, and 6 shell beads.                              BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
                                                    Owingeh, New Mexico (previously                            Archeological site context and types
                                                    listed as the Pueblo of San Juan); Paiute               of funerary objects suggest that all three
                                                    Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of                                                                           DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                            sites were occupied by ancestral
                                                    Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,                        Puebloan peoples. Ethnographic and                    National Park Service
                                                    Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian                       archeological evidence, including burial
                                                    Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits                     orientation, body position, and the type              [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–
                                                    Band of Paiutes) (formerly Paiute Indian                                                                      18035;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                                                                            and placement of the associated
                                                    Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band of                       funerary objects, indicates that the
                                                    Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,                                                                              Notice of Inventory Completion: State
                                                                                                            mortuary practices of these ancestral                 Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
                                                    Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian                       Puebloan peoples correspond closely
                                                    Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits                     with those of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona               AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                    Band of Paiutes)); Pascua Yaqui Tribe of                and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni                        ACTION:   Notice.
                                                    Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;                   Reservation, New Mexico.
                                                    Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo                                                                         SUMMARY:    The State Historical Society of
                                                    of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,                 Determinations Made by Petrified                      Iowa has completed an inventory of
                                                    New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New                       Forest National Park                                  human remains, in consultation with
                                                    Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;                      Officials of Petrified Forest National              the appropriate Indian tribes, and has
                                                    Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo                   Park have determined that:                            determined that there is no cultural
                                                    of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San                    • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the                affiliation between the human remains
                                                    Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San                       human remains described in this notice                and present-day Indian tribes.
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                                                    Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of                        represent the physical remains of seven               Representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa                     individuals of Native American                        Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,                      ancestry.                                             identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),                 request transfer of control of these
                                                    Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; San                  the 2,119 objects described in this                   human remains should submit a written
                                                    Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos                   notice are reasonably believed to have                request to the State Historical Society of
                                                    Reservation, Arizona; San Juan                          been placed with or near individual                   Iowa. If no additional requestors come
                                                    Southern Paiute Tribe of Arizona;                       human remains at the time of death or                 forward, transfer of control of the


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                                                    human remains to the Indian tribes                      and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South                  consist of one scalp lock of long
                                                    stated in this notice may proceed.                      Dakota.                                               brownish braids sewn on a leather patch
                                                    DATES: Representatives of any Indian                                                                          with painted dots on the braids and
                                                                                                            History and Description of the Remains
                                                    tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                                                                         each braid decorated with quilled
                                                    not identified in this notice that wish to                 At an unknown date before 1901,                    ornaments and one scalp lock of seven
                                                    request transfer of control of these                    human remains representing, at                        hair strands with quilled keepers linked
                                                    human remains should submit a written                   minimum, one individual were removed                  together on leather throngs. No catalog
                                                    request with information in support of                  from an unknown location. The human                   numbers are available and both scalp
                                                    the request to the State Historical                     remains consist of a scalp lock found in              locks were found in the collection of the
                                                    Society of Iowa at the address in this                  the collection of the State Historical                State Historical Society of Iowa in 1988.
                                                    notice by May 28, 2015.                                 Society of Iowa in 1988. Catalog #2274                There is no additional information
                                                                                                            is attributed to William McMillan and                 available on the human remains. No
                                                    ADDRESSES: Jerome Thompson or
                                                                                                            the record indicates the human remains                known individual was identified. No
                                                    NAGPRA Coordinator, State Historical                    possibly came from Wounded Knee, SD.
                                                    Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des                                                                         associated funerary objects are present.
                                                                                                            The McMillan collection of firearms,                     Archival records of the State
                                                    Moines, IA 50319, telephone (515) 281–                  Native American objects, and other                    Historical Society of Iowa describe the
                                                    4221, email jerome.thompson@iowa.gov.                   objects was loaned to the State                       donation of scalps in 1920 by Mrs. S. D.
                                                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                    Historical Society of Iowa in 1901 and                Ryan. The scalps were acquired by Mrs.
                                                    here given in accordance with the                       purchased in 1902. There is no                        Ryan’s father, Colonel David S. Wilson,
                                                    Native American Graves Protection and                   additional information available on the               of the 6th Iowa Cavalry, at the battle of
                                                    Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    human remains. No known individual                    Whitestone Hill, Dakota Territory, in
                                                    3003, of the completion of an inventory                 was identified. No associated funerary                September 1863. According to records,
                                                    of human remains under the control of                   objects are present.                                  the scalps were taken from the
                                                    the State Historical Society of Iowa,                      At an unknown date before 1905,                    possession of a captured Dakota woman.
                                                    Iowa City, IA. The human remains were                   human remains representing, at                        It is likely these scalps are those listed
                                                    removed from unknown locations.                         minimum, one individual were removed                  above as the two unnumbered scalp
                                                       This notice is published as part of the              from an unknown location. The human                   locks and catalog #243.
                                                    National Park Service’s administrative                  remains consist of a scalp lock with a
                                                    responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       short thin braid on a leather patch or                Determinations Made by the State
                                                    U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                  tanned skin patch found in the                        Historical Society of Iowa
                                                    The determinations in this notice are                   collection of the State Historical Society               Officials of the State Historical
                                                    the sole responsibility of the museum,                  of Iowa in 1988. Catalog #2456 is                     Society of Iowa have determined that:
                                                    institution, or Federal agency that has                 attributed to Wallace R. Lesser who was                  • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                    control of the Native American human                    an Indian Agent to the Sac and Fox in                 human remains described in this notice
                                                    remains. The National Park Service is                   Iowa from 1890–1894 and also served in                are Native American based on catalog
                                                    not responsible for the determinations                  the Dakota Territories. The Lesser                    records and collection practices of the
                                                    in this notice.                                         collection of Native American objects                 State Historical Society of Iowa.
                                                    Consultation
                                                                                                            (mostly Sac and Meskwaki) was                            • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                                                                            purchased by the State Historical                     human remains described in this notice
                                                      A detailed assessment of the human                    Society of Iowa before 1905. A report on              represent the physical remains of five
                                                    remains was made by the State                           the collections in 1905 describes the                 individual of Native American ancestry.
                                                    Historical Society of Iowa professional                 Lesser collection as ‘‘69 pieces of bead                 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
                                                    staff in consultation with                              work by the Musqaukie Indians of the                  relationship of shared group identity
                                                    representatives of the Assiniboine and                  Tama reservation.’’ There is no                       cannot be reasonably traced between the
                                                    Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian                    additional information available on the               Native American human remains and
                                                    Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River                    human remains. No known individual                    any present-day Indian tribe.
                                                    Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River                       was identified. No associated funerary                   • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(2)(ii)
                                                    Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek                   objects are present.                                  and the Iowa NAGPRA Process, transfer
                                                    Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek                              At an unknown date before 1937,                    of control of the human remains will
                                                    Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau                    human remains representing, at                        occur according to Iowa law (Code of
                                                    Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;                     minimum, one individual were removed                  Iowa 263B.8).
                                                    Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower                    from an unknown location. The human                      The Office of the State Archaeologist,
                                                    Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower                  remains consist of a scalp lock with one              University of Iowa administers the
                                                    Sioux Indian Community in the State of                  black braid and an animal fur streamer                provisions in the Code of Iowa that
                                                    Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe                           attached to a leather cylinder found in               provide for any human remains over
                                                    (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux                  the collection of the State Historical                150 years old to be reburied in a state
                                                    Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,                    Society of Iowa in 1988. Catalog #243                 cemetery. The Office of the State
                                                    South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian                    does not match any collection record,                 Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and
                                                    Community in the State of Minnesota;                    but does appear on a 1937 inventory of                the State Historical Society of Iowa have
                                                    Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud                      objects displayed in a room of the state              under their control the human remains
                                                    Indian Reservation, South Dakota;                       museum. There is no additional                        of five Native American individuals
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                                                    Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;                          information available on the human                    whose cultural affiliation is unknown.
                                                    Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux                              remains. No known individual was                      These human remains are considered
                                                    Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-                       identified. No associated funerary                    ‘‘culturally unidentifiable’’ under
                                                    Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse                     objects are present.                                  NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.10 (g). In 2004, the
                                                    Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake                     At an unknown date, human remains                  Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist
                                                    Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock                      representing, at minimum, two                         started to develop a process, in
                                                    Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;                    individuals were removed from an                      consultation with tribes with a historic
                                                    Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;                       unknown location. The human remains                   interest in Iowa, for the disposition of


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                                                    culturally unidentifiable human                           The State Historical Society of Iowa is             additional requestors come forward,
                                                    remains. The Native American Graves                     responsible for notifying the                         transfer of control of the human remains
                                                    Protection and Repatriation Review                      Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort              and associated funerary objects to the
                                                    Committee (Review Committee) is                         Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;                     lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
                                                    responsible for recommending specific                   Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the                     Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
                                                    actions for disposition of culturally                   Cheyenne River Reservation, South                     this notice may proceed.
                                                    unidentifiable human remains.                           Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
                                                       In October 2004, the Iowa Office of                  Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;                 DATES:  Lineal descendants or
                                                    the State Archaeologist, University of                  Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South                 representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                    Iowa, the State Historical Society of                   Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the                Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                    Iowa, and the Office of the State                       Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota;                identified in this notice that wish to
                                                    Archaeologist Indian Advisory Council                   Lower Sioux Indian Community in the                   request transfer of control of these
                                                    (a group composed of representatives of                 State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe                human remains and associated funerary
                                                    Native American tribes in and from                      (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux                objects should submit a written request
                                                    Iowa) hosted a tribal conference where                  Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,                  with information in support of the
                                                    21 federally-recognized tribes and 1                    South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian                  request to the Wisconsin Historical
                                                    non-federally recognized tribe were                     Community in the State of Minnesota;                  Society, Museum Division, at the
                                                    invited to develop the process for                      Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud                    address in this notice by May 28, 2015.
                                                    disposition of culturally unidentifiable                Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
                                                    human remains and associated funerary                                                                         ADDRESSES:  Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
                                                                                                            Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
                                                    objects in possession of the Office of the              Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux                            Historical Society, Museum Division,
                                                    State Archaeologist, University of Iowa,                Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-                     Madison, WI 53703–2707, telephone
                                                    and the State Historical Society of Iowa,               Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse                   (608) 264–6434, email jennifer.kolb@
                                                    in accordance with Iowa law (Code of                    Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake                wisconsinhistory.org.
                                                    Iowa 263B.8). Final drafting of the                     Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:     Notice is
                                                    process was conducted through on-                       Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;                  here given in accordance with the
                                                    going tribal consultation involving                     Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota;                     Native American Graves Protection and
                                                    phone calls, mail, and email.                           and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
                                                       On May 30–31, 2006, the process                                                                            Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
                                                                                                            Dakota that this notice has been
                                                    developed through consultation was                                                                            3003, of the completion of an inventory
                                                                                                            published.
                                                    considered by the Review Committee. A                                                                         of human remains and associated
                                                                                                             Dated: April 2, 2015.                                funerary objects under the control of the
                                                    June 14, 2006, letter on behalf of the
                                                                                                            Mariah Soriano,                                       Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum
                                                    Review Committee from the Designated
                                                    Federal Officer provisionally authorized                Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.              Division, Madison, WI. The human
                                                    the Iowa Office of State Archaeologist to               [FR Doc. 2015–09890 Filed 4–27–15; 8:45 am]           remains and associated funerary objects
                                                    proceed with the development of the                     BILLING CODE 4312–50–P                                were removed from Grant’s Point
                                                    process for disposition. In 2007, the                                                                         Chippewa Cemetery on Madeline
                                                    Iowa Office of State Archaeologist and                                                                        Island, Ashland County, WI.
                                                    the tribes completed the NAGPRA                         DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                                                                                     This notice is published as part of the
                                                    process document. A March 25, 2008,                                                                           National Park Service’s administrative
                                                                                                            National Park Service
                                                    letter from the Assistant Secretary for                                                                       responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
                                                    Fish and Wildlife and Parks, as the                     [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–17920;                               U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
                                                    designee for the Secretary of the                       PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                                                                                                                                  this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                    Interior, transmitted the authorization                                                                       the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                    for the transfer of control according to                Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                                                                            Wisconsin Historical Society, Museum                  agency that has control of the Native
                                                    provisions of the Code of Iowa 263B.8                                                                         American human remains and
                                                    and the NAGPRA process document,                        Division, Madison, WI
                                                                                                                                                                  associated funerary objects. The
                                                    subject to publication of a Notice of                   AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            National Park Service is not responsible
                                                    Inventory Completion in the Federal                     ACTION:   Notice.                                     for the determinations in this notice.
                                                    Register. This notice fulfills that
                                                    requirement.                                        The Wisconsin Historical
                                                                                                            SUMMARY:                                              Consultation
                                                                                             Society, Museum Division, has
                                                    Additional Requestors and Disposition    completed an inventory of human                                        A detailed assessment of the human
                                                      Representatives of any Indian tribe or remains and associated funerary objects,                             remains was made by the Wisconsin
                                                    Native Hawaiian organization not         in consultation with the appropriate                                 Historical Society, Museum Division,
                                                    identified in this notice that wish to   Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                                     professional staff in consultation with
                                                    request transfer of control of these     organizations, and has determined that                               representatives of the Bad River Band of
                                                    human remains should submit a written there is a cultural affiliation between the                             the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
                                                    request with information in support of   human remains and associated funerary                                Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
                                                    the request to Jerome Thompson or        objects and present-day Indian tribes or                             Wisconsin; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of
                                                    NAGPRA Coordinator, State Historical     Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal                                Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
asabaliauskas on DSK5VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES




                                                    Society of Iowa, 600 East Locust, Des    descendants or representatives of any                                Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
                                                    Moines, IA 50319, telephone (515) 281– Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                                        Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
                                                    4221, email jerome.thompson@iowa.gov, organization not identified in this notice                              Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
                                                    by May 28, 2015. After that date, if no  that wish to request transfer of control                             Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake
                                                    additional requestors have come          of these human remains and associated                                Superior Chippewa Indians of
                                                    forward, transfer of control of the      funerary objects should submit a written                             Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa
                                                    human remains will occur according to    request to the Wisconsin Historical                                  Community, Wisconsin; and the St.
                                                    Iowa law (Code of Iowa 263B.8).          Society, Museum Division. If no                                      Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.


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Document Created: 2015-12-16 08:35:50
Document Modified: 2015-12-16 08:35:50
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesRepresentatives 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 the State
FR Citation80 FR 23574 

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