81 FR 19629 - Notice of Inventory Completion: 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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National Park Service Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 65 (April 5, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 19629-19631] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-07771] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20581; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: 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), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Omaha District. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request 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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of the Omaha District. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from four sites in South Dakota--site 39SL45 (Ft. Sully II) in Sully County; site 39ST15 in Stanley County; site 39WW89, Walworth County; and an unidentified site in Potter County. 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 and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Consultation A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary objects was made by State Archaeological Research Center and Omaha District professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. History and Description of the Remains In 1971 or 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 39SL45, Fort Sully II in Sully County, SD. They are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC) and are under the control of the Omaha District. A human cranium and mammal bones were discovered in a storage unit in Hughes County, SD, in September 2001, and turned over to the County Sheriff's office. The human remains were determined to be of archeological origin and transported to SARC. It was established that the human remains were removed by a private citizen while diving in the Missouri River near Old Fort Sully (39SL45) in 1971 or 1972. Fort Sully II was an active U.S. Army post between 1866 and 1894, and just south of the post were two multicomponent village sites, Fort Sully Village (36SL4) and the Glasshoff site (39SL42). It is possible the skull originated from one of the two village sites. Based on morphological characteristics consistent with a Plain Village population, the human remains are determined to be Native American. No known individual was identified. The 6 associated funerary objects are mammal bone fragments. Site 39SL4 was occupied during the Extended (A.D. 1500-1675) and Post Contact (A.D. 1675-1780) Coalescent [[Page 19630]] variants of the Plans Village tradition. Site 39SL42 was occupied during the Extended Middle Missouri variant (A.D. 1000-1500). Archeological, physical anthropological, geographical, and ethnographic evidence indicates that the Extended Coalescent and Post Contact Traditions are ancestral Arikara. Archeological, geographical, and physical anthropological evidence suggests that the Extended Middle Missouri variant is ancestral to the Mandan. Both the Arikara and Mandan are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1984 and 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from site 39ST15, Indian Creek Village in Stanley County, SD. They are presently located at the SARC and are under the control of the Omaha District. During excavation, three isolated teeth, representing three individuals, were removed from the Indian Creek Village Site, 39ST15, but were not identified as human at that time. The collections from the site were at the Archeology Laboratory, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, until 1995, when they were transferred to SARC. In 1997, the teeth were identified as human. Associated records indicate that teeth were found in features within two separate houses at the site. Based on the archeological context, the human remains are determined to be Native American. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Three variants of the Plains Village Tradition are represented at the multicomponent earth lodge village site 39ST15--Extended Middle Missouri (A.D. 1000-1500), Extended (A.D. 1500-1675), and Post Contact Coalescent (A.D. 1675-1780). Individual 1 is mostly likely associated with the Extended Middle Missouri component, and Individuals 2 and 3 are most likely associated with the Post Contact Coalescent component. Archeological, physical anthropological, historical, ethnographic, and geographical evidence support that Middle Missouri as being ancestral to the Mandan, and the Post Contact Coalescent as being ancestral to the Arikara. Both the Arikara and Mandan are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1979 and 1982, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from site 39WW89 in Walworth County, SD. They are presently located at the SARC and are under the control of the Omaha District. The human remains were removed during two separate investigations. In 1979, the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, surveyed the east shore of Lake Oahe and removed human bone fragments representing two individuals, along with a single lithic flake from the surface. In 1982, Augustana College, Sioux Falls, conducted test excavations at the site and removed the human remains of three individuals and two associated funerary objects; human remains from two of the individuals removed in 1982 were determined to be portions of the individuals removed in 1979. The collection was transferred to SARC in 1984, and the human remains were inventoried by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and then reburied in 1991, near Ft. Pierre, SD. In 1999, the human remains from the Augustana College investigation and all the associated funerary objects were located by SARC in their collections. Based on the archeological context and associated funerary objects, the human remains are determined to be Native American. No known individuals were identified. The 3 associated funerary objects are 1 lithic tool and 2 lithic flakes. Based on radiometric dating, the site was used between A.D. 1400- 1560, a time period that includes two archeologically defined components, the Extended Middle Missouri (A.D. 1000-1500) and the Extended Coalescent (A.D. 1500-1675) variants of the Plan Village Tradition. Based on architecture, artifact types, geographical location, and physical anthropological data, the Extended Middle Missouri populations are ancestral Mandan and the Extended Coalescent are ancestral Arikara. Both the Mandan and the Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were removed from an unidentified site in Potter County, SD. They are presently located at the SARC and are under the control of the Omaha District. In April 1999, a human skull was donated to the Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln. The skull was reported to be removed along the Missouri River near Gettysburg, SD. After transfer to SARC in 1999, and review of the documentation and topographic maps, the human remains were determined to have originated from Omaha District property. Based on morphological characteristics the skull is determined to be Native American. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The morphological characteristics of the cranium are indicative of Arikara ancestry. Additionally, the Arikara generally practiced primary inhumation and the crania exhibits evidence of such a burial method (soil adherence and root etchings, along with lack of weathering). Ethnographic and historic records indicate Arikara villages were located in Potts County during the Extended (A.D. 1500-1675) and Post Contact Coalescent (A.D. 1675-1780). Based on the archeological, physical anthropological, and geographic evidence, the skull is affiliated with the Arikara. The Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Determinations Made by the Omaha District Officials of the Omaha District have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the nine objects described in this notice 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. 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 associated funerary objects and the 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 request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request 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 requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, may proceed. 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 19631]] Dated: March 10, 2016. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2016-07771 Filed 4-4-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-50-P
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historical accounts. Anthropological Dated: March 3, 2016. of human remains and associated
examination of the physical human Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects under the control of the
remains also reflects expected physical Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Omaha District. The human remains
characteristics, trauma, and injuries as [FR Doc. 2016–07765 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] and associated funerary objects were
described in the historical accounts. BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
removed from four sites in South
Linguistic and folkloric evidence for Dakota—site 39SL45 (Ft. Sully II) in
settlements in the area reflect a Creek Sully County; site 39ST15 in Stanley
occupation of the central Chattahoochee DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR County; site 39WW89, Walworth
River Valley, including the area of the County; and an unidentified site in
Burnt Village site. National Park Service Potter County.
Historic accounts indicate that the This notice is published as part of the
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20581;
survivors of Creek Town of National Park Service’s administrative
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Okfuskeneena fled and were welcomed responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
into neighboring Creek polities, which Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
eventually became part of the Creek Department of Defense, Army Corps of this notice are the sole responsibility of
Confederations. Oral tradition provided Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, the museum, institution, or Federal
by tribal members further clarify that NE., and State Archaeological agency that has control of the Native
the descendents of the Town of Research Center, Rapid City, SD American human remains and
Okfuskeneena currently reside within, associated funerary objects. The
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. National Park Service is not responsible
and are part of, The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation. ACTION: Notice. for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Consultation
Determinations Made by the Mobile
District Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha A detailed assessment of the human
District), has completed an inventory of remains and associated funerary objects
Officials of the Mobile District have human remains and associated funerary was made by State Archaeological
determined that: objects, in consultation with the Research Center and Omaha District
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the appropriate Indian tribes or Native professional staff in consultation with
human remains described in this notice Hawaiian organizations, and has representatives of the Three Affiliated
represent the physical remains of 21 determined that there is a cultural Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
individuals of Native American affiliation between the human remains North Dakota.
ancestry. and associated funerary objects and
History and Description of the Remains
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), present-day Indian tribes or Native
the 5,281 associated funerary objects Hawaiian organizations. Lineal In 1971 or 1972, human remains
described above are reasonably believed descendants or representatives of any representing, at minimum, one
to have been placed with or near Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian individual were removed from site
individual human remains at the time of organization not identified in this notice 39SL45, Fort Sully II in Sully County,
death or later as part of the death rite that wish to request transfer of control SD. They are presently located at the
or ceremony. of these human remains and associated South Dakota State Archaeological
funerary objects should submit a written Research Center (SARC) and are under
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
request to the Omaha District. If no the control of the Omaha District.
is a relationship of shared group A human cranium and mammal bones
identity that can be reasonably traced additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains were discovered in a storage unit in
between the Native American human Hughes County, SD, in September 2001,
remains and associated funerary objects and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or and turned over to the County Sheriff’s
and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. office. The human remains were
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Additional Requestors and Disposition this notice may proceed. determined to be of archeological origin
DATES: Lineal descendants or
and transported to SARC. It was
Representatives of any Indian tribe or established that the human remains
Native Hawaiian organization not representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not were removed by a private citizen while
identified in this notice that wish to diving in the Missouri River near Old
request transfer of control of these identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these Fort Sully (39SL45) in 1971 or 1972.
human remains and funerary objects Fort Sully II was an active U.S. Army
should submit a written request with human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request post between 1866 and 1894, and just
information in support of the request to south of the post were two
Mr. Michael Fedoroff, U.S. Army Corps with information in support of the
request to the Omaha District at the multicomponent village sites, Fort Sully
of Engineers, Mobile District, 109 St. Village (36SL4) and the Glasshoff site
Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, address in this notice by May 5, 2016.
(39SL42). It is possible the skull
Alabama 36628–0001, telephone (251) ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
originated from one of the two village
694–4114, email Michael.P.Fedoroff@ Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: sites. Based on morphological
usace.army.mil, by May 5, 2016. After CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, characteristics consistent with a Plain
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
that date, if no additional requestors Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) Village population, the human remains
have come forward, transfer of control 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ are determined to be Native American.
of the human remains and associated usace.army.mil. No known individual was identified.
funerary objects to The Muscogee SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is The 6 associated funerary objects are
(Creek) Nation may proceed. hereby given in accordance with the mammal bone fragments.
The Mobile District is responsible for Native American Graves Protection and Site 39SL4 was occupied during the
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Extended (A.D. 1500–1675) and Post
notice has published. 3003, of the completion of an inventory Contact (A.D. 1675–1780) Coalescent
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Dated: March 10, 2016. of human remains and associated Based on burial type, archeological
Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects under the control of the context, and physical anthropological
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Omaha District. The human remains review, the individuals from the site are
[FR Doc. 2016–07771 Filed 4–4–16; 8:45 am] and associated funerary objects were Native American. Potts Village, site
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removed from four sites in South 39CO19, is an earth lodge village
Dakota—site 39CO19 in Corson County; consisting of 35–50 house depressions,
39CA117 (Stranded Squirrel) in some of which are enclosed by a
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Campbell County; site 39CA208 (Helb) fortification ditch. Based on house types
in Campbell County; and site 39CA4 and artifacts, particularly the presence
National Park Service (Anton Rygh) in Campbell County. of LaRoche Ware ceramics, the village
This notice is published as part of the has been dated to the Extended
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–20583:
National Park Service’s administrative Coalescent Tradition (A.D. 1500–1675).
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Both archeological and physical
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in anthropological evidence indicates that
Department of Defense, Army Corps of this notice are the sole responsibility of the Extended Coalescent Tradition is
Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, the museum, institution, or Federal ancestral Arikara. The Arikara are
NE., and State Archaeological agency that has control of the Native represented today by the Three
Research Center, Rapid City, SD American human remains and Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
associated funerary objects. The Reservation.
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. National Park Service is not responsible In 1979, human remains representing,
ACTION: Notice. for the determinations in this notice. at minimum, two individuals and 14
associated funerary objects that were
SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Consultation
removed from site 39CA117 in
Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha A detailed assessment of the human Campbell County, SD. They are
District), has completed an inventory of remains and associated funerary objects presently located at the SARC and are
human remains and associated funerary was made by State Archaeological under the control of the Omaha District.
objects, in consultation with the Research Center and Omaha District The site was located in June 1979,
appropriate Indian tribes or Native professional staff in consultation with during a survey of the east shore of Lake
Hawaiian organizations, and has representatives of the Three Affiliated Oahe. Robert E. Pepperl, University of
determined that there is a cultural Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Nebraska, Department of Anthropology,
affiliation between the human remains North Dakota. mapped and tested the site in July 1979.
and associated funerary objects and Two individuals and 14 funerary objects
History and Description of the Remains
present-day Indian tribes or Native were recovered from a burial pit
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal On an unknown date, human remains slumping from the cutbank onto the
descendants or representatives of any representing, at minimum, one lakeshore. The human remains,
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian individual were removed from site originally held at the University of
organization not identified in this notice 39CO19 in Corson County, SD. They are Nebraska, were transferred to SARC in
that wish to request transfer of control presently located at the South Dakota 1986, and then submitted to the
of these human remains and associated State Archaeological Research Center University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for
funerary objects should submit a written (SARC) and are under the control of the inventory. These individuals were
request to the Omaha District. If no Omaha District. Human remains of five returned to SARC in 1987 and the
additional requestors come forward, co-mingled individuals and one majority of the human remains were
transfer of control of the human remains associated funerary object were located reburied at site 39ST15.
and associated funerary objects to the by SARC between 1987 and 1988, but it During a review of the collection in
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or is not clear if the human remains were 2001, additional human remains from
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in removed in that time frame or if they both individuals were found with the
this notice may proceed. were from a previously made collection funerary objects at SARC. The human
DATES: Lineal descendants or that had been sent to SARC in the mid- remains represent two adult males.
representatives of any Indian tribe or 1980s. SARC transferred the human Based on burial type and associated
Native Hawaiian organization not remains to the University of Tennessee, artifacts, archeological context, and
identified in this notice that wish to Knoxville, where an inventory was original physical anthropological
request transfer of control of these completed. After return to SARC, the review, the individuals from the site are
human remains and associated funerary human remains were reburied at site Native American. No known individuals
objects should submit a written request 39ST15. A portion of Individual 5 was were identified. The 14 associated
with information in support of the among the human remains reburied, but funerary objects are 1 lot of charcoal
request to the Omaha District at the the pelvis was retained at the University fragments, 4 freshwater gastropod
address in this notice by May 5, 2016. of Tennessee on loan until 1995, when shells, and 9 ceramic body sherds.
it was returned to SARC. The Stranded Squirrel site, 39CA117,
ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
The current collection at SARC is a multicomponent occupation on the
Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: consists of the pelvis from Individual 5, left bank of the Missouri River. The
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, a female over 45 years of age. No known ceramic funerary objects associated with
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) individuals were identified. The one the burials indicate that the burials were
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ associated funerary object is a single associated with the later site
usace.army.mil. fragment of mammal cranium, which occupation, the Extended Coalescent
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is was found stored with the human Variant (A.D. 1500–1675) of the Plains
hereby given in accordance with the remains. Village Tradition. The geographical
Native American Graves Protection and The original co-mingling of the five location, physical characteristics of the
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. incomplete individuals suggests a human remains, and ceramics materials
3003, of the completion of an inventory secondary burial, possibly an ossuary. support an affiliation of the Extended
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