82_FR_11641 82 FR 11605 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND

82 FR 11605 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)

Page Range11605-11606
FR Document2017-03624

The State Historical Society of North Dakota, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. 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 State Historical Society of North Dakota. 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.

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017) 
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22603; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical 
Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of North Dakota, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the 
definition of an unassociated funerary object. 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 State Historical Society of 
North Dakota. 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 State Historical Society of 
North Dakota at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Wendi Field Murray, State Historical Society of North 
Dakota, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505, telephone (701) 
328-3506, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the 
control of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, 
that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object 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

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Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)

    Sometime between 1850 and 1931, one cultural item was removed from 
a gravesite in Lincoln County, GA. Dr. James Grassick, a University of 
North Dakota physician, collected a stone pipe fragment from a ``grave 
in Lincoln, Georgia'' (according to records). Dr. Grassick donated more 
than 400 Native American items to the State Historical Society on 
October 26, 1931, from various states, including Georgia. The one 
unassociated funerary object is a pipe bowl fragment made of steatite. 
The pipe is likely of the handle or elbow type. Records do not provide 
any additional information regarding the object's archeological context 
or provenance.
    In consultation with Native American tribes, State Historical 
Society officials determined that the museum records actually refer to 
Lincoln County, GA, which is located on the state's eastern border. The 
pipe bowl was recovered from what were the traditional lands of the 
Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah Band 
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. The determination of cultural 
affiliation of the unassociated funerary object is based on 
geographical, archeological, anthropological, and historical evidence, 
as well as other expert opinions. The unassociated funerary object is 
consistent with cultural items typically found in the burial contexts 
among these three groups. Lincoln County, GA, falls within Creek and 
Cherokee aboriginal lands ceded in the Treaty of Augusta (1773). 
Archeological evidence indicates the presence of stone pipes in burials 
at Middle Mississippi site (Dallas phase), believed to be ancestral to 
contemporary Creek and Cherokee tribes. They are also found 
archeologically, associated with adult burials among the Creek and 
Cherokee. The manufacture of steatite was also known among the 
Cherokee, and is a practice that continues to the present day. The 
extant evidence narrows the possibilities for cultural affiliation to 
modern-day Creek and Cherokee groups, but the lack of information 
regarding the object's date or provenience does not allow for a more 
specific determination. The Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee (Creek) 
Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma have 
filed a joint claim for the object.

Determinations Made by the State Historical Society of North Dakota

    Officials of the State Historical Society of North Dakota have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 1 cultural item 
described above is 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 the Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee 
(Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma.

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 Wendi Field Murray, State Historical Society 
of North Dakota, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505, 
telephone (701) 328-3506, [email protected] by March 27, 2017. After that 
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control 
of the unassociated funerary object to the Cherokee Nation, The 
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 
in Oklahoma may proceed.
    The State Historical Society of North Dakota is responsible for 
notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Alabama-
Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-Coushatta 
Tribes of Texas), Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee Nation, 
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Kialegee 
Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw 
Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch Band of 
Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed 
as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), Shawnee Tribe, The Chickasaw Nation, 
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, 
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 
in Oklahoma that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 19, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-03624 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 36 / Friday, February 24, 2017 / Notices 11605 information, including the validity of Title: Land Use Application and structures are not incidental to the the methodology and assumptions used; Permit (43 CFR part 2920). mining operation; and water pipelines 3. The quality, utility and clarity of OMB Control Number: 1004–0009. and well pumps related to irrigation and the information to be collected; and non-irrigation facilities. The complexity 4. How to minimize the information Abstract: Section 302 of the Federal of the applications can vary widely. collection burden on those who are to Land Policy and Management Act of Therefore, the burdens to respondents respond, including the use of 1976 (FLPMA) (43 U.S.C. 1732) and also can vary widely. appropriate automated, electronic, regulations at 43 CFR part 2920 authorize the issuance of leases, Frequency of Collection: On occasion. mechanical, or other forms of information technology. permits, and easements for the use, Forms: Form 2920–1, Land Use Please send comments as directed occupancy, or development of public Application and Permit. under ADDRESSES and DATES. Please lands administered by the BLM. Description of Respondents: refer to OMB control number 1004–0009 Respondents include individuals, Individuals, private entities, and State in your correspondence. Before private entities, and State or local or local governments seeking leases, including your address, phone number, governments. A variety of land uses may permits, and easements for the use, email address, or other personal be authorized under FLPMA Section occupancy, or development of public identifying information in your 302 and 43 CFR part 2920: Commercial lands. comment, you should be aware that filming; advertising displays; Estimated Annual Responses your entire comment—including your commercial or noncommercial Annually: 407. personal identifying information—may croplands; apiaries; livestock holding or feeding areas not related to grazing Estimated Reporting and be made publicly available at any time. permits and leases; harvesting of native Recordkeeping and Hour Burden While you can ask us in your comment or introduced species; temporary or Annually: 1,597. to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we permanent facilities for commercial Estimated Reporting and cannot guarantee that we will be able to purposes (other than mining claims); ski Recordkeeping and Non-Hour Cost do so. resorts; construction equipment storage Burden Annually: $131,760. The following information pertains to sites; assembly yards; oil rig stacking The estimated burdens are itemized in this request: sites; mining claim occupancy if certain the following table: Total hours Number of Hours per Type of response and CFR citation (column B × responses response column C) A B C D Land Use Application and Permit, Individuals, 43 CFR part 2920, Form 2920–1 ......... 66 1 66 Land Use Application and Permit, State and Local Governments, 43 CFR part 2920, Form 2920–1 ................................................................................................................ 45 1 45 Land Use Application and Permit, Private Sector/Typical, 43 CFR part 2920, Form 2920–1 ......................................................................................................................... 286 1 286 Land Use Application and Permit, Private Sector/Complex, 43 CFR part 2920, Form 2920–1 ......................................................................................................................... 10 120 1,200 Totals ........................................................................................................................ 407 ............................ 1,597 Chandra Little, notice meets the definition of an ADDRESSES: Wendi Field Murray, State Acting, Information Collection Clearance unassociated funerary object. Lineal Historical Society of North Dakota, 612 Officer, Bureau of Land Management. descendants or representatives of any East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND [FR Doc. 2017–03603 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 58505, telephone (701) 328–3506, BILLING CODE 4310–84–P organization not identified in this notice wmurray@nd.gov. that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR State Historical Society of North Dakota. here given in accordance with the If no additional claimants come Native American Graves Protection and National Park Service forward, transfer of control of the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22603; cultural items to the lineal descendants, 3005, of the intent to repatriate a PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian cultural item under the control of the organizations stated in this notice may State Historical Society of North Dakota, Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural proceed. Bismarck, ND, that meets the definition Items: State Historical Society of North of an unassociated funerary object under DATES: Lineal descendants or Dakota, Bismarck, ND 25 U.S.C. 3001. representatives of any Indian tribe or asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Native Hawaiian organization not This notice is published as part of the ACTION: Notice. identified in this notice that wish to National Park Service’s administrative claim these cultural items should responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of submit a written request with U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in North Dakota, in consultation with the information in support of the claim to this notice are the sole responsibility of appropriate Indian tribes or Native the State Historical Society of North the museum, institution, or Federal Hawaiian organizations, has determined Dakota at the address in this notice by agency that has control of the Native that the cultural item listed in this March 27, 2017. American cultural items. The National VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Feb 23, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24FEN1.SGM 24FEN1

11606 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 36 / Friday, February 24, 2017 / Notices Park Service is not responsible for the Determinations Made by the State Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this determinations in this notice. Historical Society of North Dakota notice has been published. History and Description of the Cultural Officials of the State Historical Dated: December 19, 2016. Item(s) Society of North Dakota have Melanie O’Brien, determined that: Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Sometime between 1850 and 1931, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), [FR Doc. 2017–03624 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am] one cultural item was removed from a the 1 cultural item described above is BILLING CODE 4312–52–P gravesite in Lincoln County, GA. Dr. reasonably believed to have been placed James Grassick, a University of North with or near individual human remains Dakota physician, collected a stone pipe at the time of death or later as part of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR fragment from a ‘‘grave in Lincoln, the death rite or ceremony and are Georgia’’ (according to records). Dr. National Park Service believed, by a preponderance of the Grassick donated more than 400 Native evidence, to have been removed from a [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22774; American items to the State Historical specific burial site of a Native American PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Society on October 26, 1931, from individual. Notice of Inventory Completion: various states, including Georgia. The • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Arkansas State Highway and one unassociated funerary object is a is a relationship of shared group Transportation Department, Little pipe bowl fragment made of steatite. identity that can be reasonably traced Rock, AR The pipe is likely of the handle or elbow between the unassociated funerary type. Records do not provide any objects and the Cherokee Nation, The AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. additional information regarding the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United ACTION: Notice. object’s archeological context or Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in provenance. Oklahoma. SUMMARY: The Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department has In consultation with Native American Additional Requestors and Disposition completed an inventory of human tribes, State Historical Society officials remains and associated funerary objects, determined that the museum records Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian in consultation with the appropriate actually refer to Lincoln County, GA, Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice which is located on the state’s eastern organizations, and has determined that that wish to claim these cultural items border. The pipe bowl was recovered there is a cultural affiliation between the should submit a written request with from what were the traditional lands of information in support of the claim to human remains and associated funerary the Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee Wendi Field Murray, State Historical objects and present-day Indian tribes or (Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah Society of North Dakota, 612 East Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND descendants or representatives of any The determination of cultural affiliation 58505, telephone (701) 328–3506, Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian of the unassociated funerary object is wmurray@nd.gov by March 27, 2017. organization not identified in this notice based on geographical, archeological, After that date, if no additional that wish to request transfer of control anthropological, and historical claimants have come forward, transfer of these human remains and associated evidence, as well as other expert of control of the unassociated funerary funerary objects should submit a written opinions. The unassociated funerary object to the Cherokee Nation, The request to the Arkansas State Highway object is consistent with cultural items Muscogee (Creek) Nation, and United and Transportation Department. If no typically found in the burial contexts Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in additional requestors come forward, Oklahoma may proceed. transfer of control of the human remains among these three groups. Lincoln and associated funerary objects to the County, GA, falls within Creek and The State Historical Society of North lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Cherokee aboriginal lands ceded in the Dakota is responsible for notifying the Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Treaty of Augusta (1773). Archeological Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of this notice may proceed. evidence indicates the presence of stone Oklahoma, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of DATES: Lineal descendants or pipes in burials at Middle Mississippi Texas (previously listed as the Alabama- representatives of any Indian tribe or site (Dallas phase), believed to be Coushatta Tribes of Texas), Alabama- Native Hawaiian organization not ancestral to contemporary Creek and Quassarte Tribal Town, Cherokee identified in this notice that wish to Cherokee tribes. They are also found Nation, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana, request transfer of control of these archeologically, associated with adult Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, human remains and associated funerary burials among the Creek and Cherokee. Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, objects should submit a written request The manufacture of steatite was also Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Kialegee with information in support of the known among the Cherokee, and is a Tribal Town, Miccosukee Tribe of request to the Arkansas State Highway practice that continues to the present Indians, Mississippi Band of Choctaw and Transportation Department at the Indians, Poarch Band of Creeks day. The extant evidence narrows the address in this notice by March 27, (previously listed as the Poarch Band of possibilities for cultural affiliation to 2017. Creek Indians of Alabama), Seminole asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES modern-day Creek and Cherokee groups, ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the but the lack of information regarding the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big State Highway and Transportation object’s date or provenience does not Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, allow for a more specific determination. Reservations)), Shawnee Tribe, The AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, The Cherokee Nation, The Muscogee Chickasaw Nation, The Muscogee email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov. (Creek) Nation, and United Keetoowah (Creek) Nation, The Seminole Nation of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma Oklahoma, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, here given in accordance with the have filed a joint claim for the object. and United Keetoowah Band of Native American Graves Protection and VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:20 Feb 23, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00084 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\24FEN1.SGM 24FEN1


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
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ActionNotice.
DatesLineal 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 State Historical Society of
FR Citation82 FR 11605 
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