81 FR 19625 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE and State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19625-19626] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07770] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20582; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of Defense Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE and State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha District), in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Omaha District. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the Omaha District at the address in this notice by May 5, 2016. ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 995-2674, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the control of the Omaha District, Omaha, NE., that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. History and Description of the Cultural Item(s) Cultural items consisting of 64 unassociated funerary objects were removed from site 39CA4, the Anton Rygh Site, in Campbell County, SD. They are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC) and are under the control of the Omaha District. The Anton Rygh site was a large fortified village on the east bank of the Missouri River and first reported by W.H. Over Museum in the 1920s. Excavations at the site began in 1932, and over the course of the next 50 years, over 100 individuals have reportedly been removed from the site. A minimum of 66 of these individuals were removed between 1957 and 1959 during excavations sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution River Basic Survey (RBS). A total of 15 individuals from the 1957 to 1959 excavations are stored at SARC and reported in a separate Notice of Inventory Completion. SARC currently has 64 funerary objects from the RBS collections that are not associated with any individuals currently held by SARC and under control of the Omaha District. The excavation records clearly show these items as having been removed from the burial of a specific individual. These 64 unassociated funerary objects are 13 scapula bone hoes and knives, 1 bone awl, 1 bone whistle, 1 lithic biface, 1 lithic projectile point, 1 dog cranium, and 46 ceramic sherds. The Anton Rygh site is a Plains Village Tradition multi-component earth lodge village. House structures, burials, cache pits, fortification features, and artifact types suggest at least two levels of occupation. The levels represent an extended Middle Missouri (A.D. 1000-1500) variant while the upper levels represent Extended (A.D. 1500-1675) and Post Contact (A.D. 1675-1780) Coalescent variants. Funerary objects were removed from burials throughout all levels of the site, but their temporal differentiation cannot be determined based on current records. Archeological, anthropological, and physical anthropological evidence indicate the Extended Middle Missouri are ancestral Mandan, and the Extended Coalescent and Post Contact Coalescent are ancestral Arikara. Both the Mandan and Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Consultation with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation indicates that these objects represent the kinds of objects that are placed with individuals at the time of death. Determinations Made by the Omaha District Officials of the Omaha District have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 64 cultural items described 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native American individual. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated funerary objects and Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Additional Requestors and Disposition Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 995-2674, email [email protected], by May 5, 2016. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. The Omaha District is responsible for notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that this notice has been published. [[Page 19626]] Dated: March 10, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-07770 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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Street, Springfield, IL 62701, telephone 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ represent an extended Middle Missouri
(217) 558–8950, email Ryan.Prehn@ usace.army.mil. (A.D. 1000–1500) variant while the
Illinois.gov, by May 5, 2016. After that SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is upper levels represent Extended (A.D.
date, if no additional claimants have hereby given in accordance with the 1500–1675) and Post Contact (A.D.
come forward, transfer of control of the Native American Graves Protection and 1675–1780) Coalescent variants.
object of cultural patrimony to Sac & Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Funerary objects were removed from
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural burials throughout all levels of the site,
may proceed. but their temporal differentiation cannot
items under the control of the Omaha
The Illinois Historic Preservation be determined based on current records.
District, Omaha, NE., that meet the
Agency is responsible for notifying the Archeological, anthropological, and
definition of unassociated funerary
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in physical anthropological evidence
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
Iowa that this notice has been indicate the Extended Middle Missouri
This notice is published as part of the
published. are ancestral Mandan, and the Extended
National Park Service’s administrative
Dated: March 11, 2016.
Coalescent and Post Contact Coalescent
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
are ancestral Arikara. Both the Mandan
Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
and Arikara are represented today by
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. this notice are the sole responsibility of
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
[FR Doc. 2016–07773 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] the museum, institution, or Federal
Berthold Reservation. Consultation with
agency that has control of the Native
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
American cultural items. The National
Berthold Reservation indicates that
Park Service is not responsible for the
these objects represent the kinds of
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR determinations in this notice.
objects that are placed with individuals
History and Description of the Cultural at the time of death.
National Park Service
Item(s)
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20582;
Determinations Made by the Omaha
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Cultural items consisting of 64 District
unassociated funerary objects were Officials of the Omaha District have
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural removed from site 39CA4, the Anton determined that:
Items: U.S. Department of Defense Rygh Site, in Campbell County, SD. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha They are presently located at the South the 64 cultural items described above
District, Omaha, NE and State Dakota State Archaeological Research are reasonably believed to have been
Archaeological Research Center, Center (SARC) and are under the control placed with or near individual human
Rapid City, SD of the Omaha District. remains at the time of death or later as
The Anton Rygh site was a large part of the death rite or ceremony and
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. fortified village on the east bank of the are believed, by a preponderance of the
ACTION: Notice. Missouri River and first reported by evidence, to have been removed from a
W.H. Over Museum in the 1920s. specific burial site of a Native American
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Excavations at the site began in 1932,
Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha individual.
and over the course of the next 50 years, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
District), in consultation with the over 100 individuals have reportedly
appropriate Indian tribes or Native is a relationship of shared group
been removed from the site. A minimum identity that can be reasonably traced
Hawaiian organizations, has determined of 66 of these individuals were removed
that the cultural items listed in this between the unassociated funerary
between 1957 and 1959 during objects and Three Affiliated Tribes of
notice meet the definition of excavations sponsored by the
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Smithsonian Institution River Basic Dakota.
descendants or representatives of any Survey (RBS). A total of 15 individuals
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian from the 1957 to 1959 excavations are Additional Requestors and Disposition
organization not identified in this notice stored at SARC and reported in a Lineal descendants or representatives
that wish to claim these cultural items separate Notice of Inventory of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
should submit a written request to the Completion. organization not identified in this notice
Omaha District. If no additional SARC currently has 64 funerary that wish to claim these cultural items
claimants come forward, transfer of objects from the RBS collections that are should submit a written request with
control of the cultural items to the lineal not associated with any individuals information in support of the claim to
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native currently held by SARC and under Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army
Hawaiian organizations stated in this control of the Omaha District. The Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
notice may proceed. excavation records clearly show these CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
DATES: Lineal descendants or items as having been removed from the Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
representatives of any Indian tribe or burial of a specific individual. These 64 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
Native Hawaiian organization not unassociated funerary objects are 13 usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After
identified in this notice that wish to scapula bone hoes and knives, 1 bone that date, if no additional claimants
claim these cultural items should awl, 1 bone whistle, 1 lithic biface, 1 have come forward, transfer of control
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
submit a written request with lithic projectile point, 1 dog cranium, of the unassociated funerary objects to
information in support of the claim to and 46 ceramic sherds. the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
the Omaha District at the address in this The Anton Rygh site is a Plains Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
notice by May 5, 2016. Village Tradition multi-component The Omaha District is responsible for
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. earth lodge village. House structures, notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: burials, cache pits, fortification features, the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, and artifact types suggest at least two Dakota, that this notice has been
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) levels of occupation. The levels published.
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Dated: March 10, 2016. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 circular earth lodges, community plan,
Melanie O’Brien, U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in physical location, and ceramic types
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. this notice are the sole responsibility of support the association of the site to the
[FR Doc. 2016–07770 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] the museum, institution, or Federal late 1700s. It is possible that the site was
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agency that has control of the Native first documented in William Clark’s
American cultural items. The National journal on October 6, 1804, as well as
Park Service is not responsible for the being mentioned in journals of members
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR determinations in this notice. of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The
History and Description of the Cultural journals mention that the ‘‘Ricara’’ had
National Park Service left the village the prior spring.
Items
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20586]; Populations associated with the
Cultural items consisting of 1,045 Coalescent tradition within this area
[PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
unassociated funerary objects were and time frame, as evidenced by the
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural removed from 39DW2, the Four Bear ethnographic and archeological record,
Items: U.S. Department of Defense, site, Dewey County, SD. They are are believed to be ancestral to the
Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha presently located at the South Dakota Arikara. The Arikara are represented
District, Omaha, NE., and State SARC and are under the control of the today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of
Archaeological Research Center, Omaha District. the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
The Four Bear site, 39DW2 was an Dakota. Consultation with the Three
Rapid City, SD
earthlodge village on the west bank of Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. the Missouri River. It was first visited in Reservation, North Dakota, indicates
ACTION: Notice. the 1930s by Alfred Bowers of the that these objects represent the kinds of
Smithsonian Institution. Between 1958
objects that are placed with individuals
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of and 1959, salvage excavations were
at the time of death.
Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha conducted at the site prior to inundation
District), in consultation with the by flood waters of the Oahe Reservoir. Determinations Made by the Omaha
appropriate Indian tribes or Native At least 100 sets of human remains were District
Hawaiian organizations, has determined recovered. Twelve sets of human
Officials of the Omaha District have
that the cultural items listed in this remains are currently housed at SARC
determined that:
notice meet the definition of and have been reported under a separate
Notice of Inventory Completion. In • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
addition, a total of 64 sets of human the 1,045 cultural items described above
descendants or representatives of any
remains were reburied either on Four are reasonably believed to have been
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Bear site or at site 39ST15. The placed with or near individual human
organization not identified in this notice
whereabouts of the remaining 24 sets of remains at the time of death or later as
that wish to claim these cultural items
human remains is currently unknown. part of the death rite or ceremony and
should submit a written request to the
SARC currently has physical custody are believed, by a preponderance of the
Omaha District. If no additional
of 1,045 funerary objects that were evidence, to have been removed from
claimants come forward, transfer of
originally removed with individuals the specific burial sites of Native
control of the cultural items to the lineal
whose remains were either reburied or American individuals.
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this whose present location is unknown. The • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
notice may proceed. excavation records clearly show that all is a relationship of shared group
these items were removed from the identity that can be reasonably traced
DATES: Lineal descendants or
burials of specific individuals. The between the unassociated funerary
representatives of any Indian tribe or
1,045 unassociated funerary objects are objects and Three Affiliated Tribes of
Native Hawaiian organization not
572 shell and glass beads, 4 bone tools, the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
identified in this notice that wish to
34 ceramic sherds, 1 ceramic vessel, 333 Dakota.
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with copper sleeves crimped on leather, 1 Additional Requestors and Disposition
information in support of the claim to bundle of copper sleeves with hide, 7
cooper and brass tubes, 2 metal knife Lineal descendants or representatives
the Omaha District at the address in this of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
notice by May 5, 2016. blades, 1 iron wire bracelet, 20 copper
ornaments, 2 leather earrings, 1 dog organization not identified in this notice
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. that wish to claim these cultural items
cranium, 23 faunal fragments, 1 mussel
Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: shell, 3 chert endscrapers, 1 lot of plant should submit a written request with
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, fiber, 2 lots of wood fragments, 7 information in support of the claim to
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) individual wood fragments, 13 pieces of Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ soil with red ochre, and 17 seeds. Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
usace.army.mil. The Four Bear site, 39 DW2 was CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is probably occupied during the last two Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
hereby given in accordance with the decades of the 1700s, which falls into 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
Native American Graves Protection and the Disorganized Coalescent variant usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. (A.D. 1780–1862) of the Plains Village that date, if no additional claimants
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural Tradition. At least 36 circular lodges have come forward, transfer of control
items under the control of the Omaha were identified. The excavators located of the unassociated funerary objects to
District, Omaha, NE., that meet the a cemetery associated with the village a the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
definition of unassociated funerary short distance to the southwest of the Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. village site. In addition to the mortuary The Omaha District is responsible for
This notice is published as part of the practices and types of funerary objects notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
National Park Service’s administrative in evidence, the architecture of the the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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