81 FR 38734 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 114 (June 14, 2016)

The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 114 (Tuesday, June 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38734-38735]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-14014]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21094; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist Burials 
Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian 
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice 
that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should 
submit a written request to the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program at the address 
in this notice by July 14, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 South Clinton Street, 
Iowa City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, 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 Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program, Iowa City, IA. The human remains were removed from the Blood 
Run National Historic Landmark, Lyon County, IA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Office 
of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 
the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 
the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; 
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the Blood Run National Historic Landmark, site number 
13LO2, in Lyon County, IA. Several small skeletal elements were 
collected from the surface of the mounds during an archeological 
survey. These human remains were transferred to the Office of the State 
Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. The human remains were identified 
as one juvenile and one adult, both of indeterminate sex. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two 
individuals were removed from the Blood Run National Historic Landmark, 
site number 13LO2, in Lyon County, IA. The human remains were part of 
the

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Amy Harvey collection. Amy Harvey collected Oneota materials while 
doing doctoral research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the 
early 1960s, and retained the materials when she began teaching at 
Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri, in 1965. The human remains were 
transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program in 2010. The human remains were identified as one subadult, 
approximately two years old, and one adult. Sex could not be 
determined. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    The Blood Run National Historic Landmark (site 13LO2) is a large 
Oneota tradition village site located in Iowa and South Dakota, 
straddling the Big Sioux River southeast of Sioux Falls, SD. 
Archeological evidence, including radiocarbon dates and trade 
artifacts, suggests that the site was most intensively occupied from 
A.D. 1500-1700. Tribal histories, supported by French historical maps 
and documents, strongly suggest that the Omaha (possibly including the 
Ponca at this time), Iowa, and Oto tribes were present in the area at 
that time and were the probable residents of the site. The Ho-Chunk and 
Winnebago are also ethnohistorically linked to these tribes. Based on 
this contextual information, it has been determined that there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and the Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Determinations Made by the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program

    Officials of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; the Iowa 
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; the 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and 
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Lara 
Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
University of Iowa, 700 South Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 
telephone (319) 384-0740, email [email protected], by July 14, 
2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, may proceed.
    The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is 
responsible for notifying the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; the Iowa 
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; the 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and 
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 16, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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