82 FR 11638 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and State Archeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 36 (February 24, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-03610 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 36 (Friday, February 24, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 11638-11640] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-03610] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22701: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and State Archeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. [[Page 11639]] ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District at the address in this notice by March 27, 2017. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from multiple counties in the state of South Dakota. 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 the South Dakota State Archeological Research Center and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District professional staff in consultation with representatives of Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. History and Description of the Remains In 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were removed from site 39CH206 in Charles Mix County, SD. The human remains are presently located at the South Dakota State Archeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In August 1973, the University of Arkansas conducted an archeological survey of 36 sites along the Fort Randall shoreline under a contract with the National Park Service. The purpose was to assess damage to sites and make recommendations on site protection. A partial cranium was discovered eroding out of the cutbank at 39CH206. The collection was originally stored at the National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, NE, and transferred to SARC in the 1980s. The human remains were sent to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1988 for documentation by a physical anthropologist and returned to SARC in 1995. Based on morphological characteristics and the site's artifact assemblage, the human remains are determined to be Native American. Site 39CH206 is located on the east bank of the Missouri River and represents a small occupation. Archeologists have suggested an association between site 39CH206 and a nearby site, 39CH205. 39CH205 is a village whose artifacts indicate an Initial Middle Missouri Tradition (A.D. 900-1350) of the Plains Village Period. The Initial Middle Missouri Tradition is believed to be ancestral Mandan. The Mandan are represented today by Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1965, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual were removed from site 39HU7 in Hughes County, SD. The human remains are presently located at the South Dakota State Archeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. McClure's Ranch, site 39HU7, was excavated in 1965 by Richard B. Johnson for the Smithsonian Institution River Basin Surveys. The site collection originally stayed with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers until Johnson took a sabbatical in 1978/1979 from Trent University in order to complete the site report. The collection was then transferred to SARC in 1982. The human remains were sent to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for inventory in 1986 and returned to SARC in 1995. Based on morphological characteristics and the site's artifact assemblage, the human remains are determined to be Native American. Site 39HU7 is a single component earth lodge village site located on the north shore of Lake Sharpe in Hughes County, SD. Based on evidence from archeological excavations, including house structure and the presence of Iona and Talking Crow ceramic wares, the site dates to the Felicia phase of the Post-Contact Coalescent variant (A.D. 1690- 1700) of the Plains Village Tradition. Based on archeological, physical anthropological, oral tradition, historic evidence, and geography, Post-Contact populations are believed to be ancestral Arikara. The Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 individual was removed from site 39LM34 in Lyman County, SD. The human remains are presently located at the South Dakota State Archeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. No known individual was identified. The 12 associated funerary objects are 7 ceramic body sherds, 1 incomplete sandstone grinding stone, 1 modified faunal fragment, 1 faunal knife, and 2 charred corn kernels. In 1964, Dr. O.L. Mallory re-examined a number of sites after the flooding of the Fort Randall Reservoir. At site 39LM34, bank slumping exposed a single nearly complete adult male burial and 12 funerary objects which were collected and stored at the National Park Service Midwest Archeological Center, Lincoln, NE, until 1986. At that time, both the human remains and object were transferred to SARC. SARC sent the remains of the nearly complete adult male to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, for documentation by a physical anthropologist that same year. The majority of the individual was returned to SARC and reburied along the Missouri River north of Ft. Pierre in 1991. The tibiae and ribs, which had been kept by the University of Tennessee for further analysis, were returned to SARC in 1995, and are accounted for in this notice. Based on [[Page 11640]] morphological characteristics and the site's artifact assemblage, the human remains are determined to be Native American. Site 39LM34 is an earth lodge village situated on a low terrace of the right bank of the Missouri River in central South Dakota. Based on the ceramic types (Talking Crow Straight Rim, Iona Indented, and Cloistered Rims), and brass and copper ornaments, the site is dated to the Post-Contact Coalescent variant (A.D. 1675-1780) of the Plains Village Tradition. Based on archeological, physical anthropological, oral tradition, historic evidence, and geography, Post-Contact populations are believed to be ancestral Arikara. The Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. In 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, 4 individuals were removed from site 39WW301 in Walworth County, SD. The human remains are presently located at the South Dakota State Archeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Site 39WW301 was excavated by Wesley R. Hurt, University of South Dakota Museum (now known as the W.H. Over Museum) in conjunction with the South Dakota Archeological Commission as part of the Smithsonian Institute River Basin Surveys in 1955. The human remains of three infants and one subadult were collected. Two infants and one subadult were found together in a secondary burial. One infant was found in a refuse mound. Following excavation, the collection became part of the W.H. Over Museum collections in Vermillion, SD. The collection was transferred to SARC in 1974. In 1978, an infant skull, probably belonging to Individual 1, was inventoried at SARC and by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, after which it was reburied in 1986 at site 39ST15. During a collection review at SARC in 1993, additional human remains from Individual 1, as well as remains from Individuals 2, 3, and 4 were located. Based on morphological characteristics and the site's artifact assemblage, the human remains are determined to be Native American. Site 39WW301 is a multi-component site on a high terrace above the confluence of Swan Creek and the Missouri River in Walworth County, north central South Dakota. Based on ceramics, projectile points, architectural features, and feature typologies, two components are represented--the Akaska Focus of the Extended Coalescent variant (A.D. 1500-1675) and the LeBeau Phase of the Post-Contact Coalescent variant (A.D. 1675-1780). Based on archeological, physical anthropological, oral tradition, historic evidence, and geography, Extended and Post- Contact populations are believed to be ancestral Arikara, but in some cases may also represent the Mandan populations. The Mandan and Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation. Determinations Made by the Omaha District Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 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 7 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 12 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 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 March 27, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, may proceed. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is responsible for notifying Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that this notice has been published. Dated: January 6, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-03610 Filed 2-23-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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a written request to the Arkansas State buried during the Mississippian period • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
Highway and Transportation (A.D. 1100 to 1600). human remains described in this notice
Department. If no additional requestors In 1988, human remains representing, represent the physical remains of 12
come forward, transfer of control of the at minimum, one individual were individuals of Native American
human remains to the lineal recovered from site 3LW15 in Lawrence ancestry.
descendants, Indian tribes, or Native County, AR, during preliminary analysis • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
Hawaiian organizations stated in this of the U.S. Highway 67 relocation in is a relationship of shared group
notice may proceed. northeast Arkansas. No further work identity that can be reasonably traced
DATES: Lineal descendants or was done at this site because it was not between the Native American human
representatives of any Indian tribe or within the project’s footprint. The remains and the Caddo Nation of
Native Hawaiian organization not human remains have remained in the Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation, The Osage
identified in this notice that wish to AAS’s collections since the time of their Nation (previously listed as the Osage
request transfer of control of these removal. The gender and age of the Tribe), The Quapaw Tribe of Indians,
human remains should submit a written human remains were undetermined. No Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, and United
request with information in support of known individuals were identified. No Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
the request to the Arkansas State associated funerary objects are present. Oklahoma.
Highway and Transportation Diagnostic artifacts found at site 3LW15
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Department at the address in this notice indicate that these human remains were
probably buried during the Lineal descendants or representatives
by March 27, 2017. of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to 1500).
ADDRESSES: Kristina Boykin, Arkansas organization not identified in this notice
In 1995, human remains representing,
State Highway and Transportation at minimum, two individuals were that wish to request transfer of control
Department, P.O. Box 2261, Little Rock, recovered from site 3CG1059 in of these human remains should submit
AR 72203, telephone (501) 569–2079, Craighead County, AR. The burials were a written request with information in
email Kristina.Boykin@ahtd.AR.gov. discovered during Phase II excavation support of the request to Kristina
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is for the construction of Cash Bypass. The Boykin, Arkansas State Highway and
here given in accordance with the AHTD contracted the excavations out to Transportation Department, P.O. Box
Native American Graves Protection and the Center of Archaeological Research at 2261, Little Rock, AR 72203, telephone
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Southwest Missouri State University. (501) 569–2079, email Kristina.Boykin@
3003, of the completion of an inventory The human remains were transferred to ahtd.AR.gov, by March 27, 2017. After
of human remains under the control of the AAS for curation. The human that date, if no additional requestors
the Arkansas State Highway and remains were identified as two adults. have come forward, transfer of control
Transportation Department. The human The gender of the human remains was of the human remains to the Caddo
remains were removed from multiple undetermined. No known individuals Nation of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation,
counties in Arkansas. were identified. No associated funerary the Osage Nation (previously listed as
This notice is published as part of the objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts the Osage Tribe), the Quapaw Tribe of
National Park Service’s administrative found at site 3CG1059 indicate that Indians, Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe, and
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 these human remains were probably the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in buried possibly during the Indians in Oklahoma may proceed.
this notice are the sole responsibility of Mississippian period (A.D. 900 to 1500). The Arkansas State Highway and
the museum, institution, or Federal In 1996, human remains representing, Transportation Department is
agency that has control of the Native a minimum, six individuals were responsible for notifying the Caddo
American human remains. The National recovered from the Holden-Conner site Nation of Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation of
Park Service is not responsible for the (3JA632) in Jackson County, AR, during Oklahoma, the Osage Nation (previously
determinations in this notice. Phase III mitigation for the expansion listed as the Osage Tribe), the Quapaw
and relocation of U.S. Highway 67. The Tribe of Indians, Tunica-Biloxi Indian,
History and Description of the Remains
AHTD contracted the excavations out to and the United Keetoowah Band of
In 1974, human remains representing, the Center of Archaeological Research at Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
at minimum, three individuals were Southwest Missouri State University. notice has been published.
recovered from Sylamore Ferry site The human remains were transferred to Dated: January 24, 2017.
(3ST26) in Stone County, AR. A portion the AAS for curation. The human Melanie O’Brien,
of the Sylamore Ferry site was going to remains were identified as one infant
be impacted by Arkansas State Highway Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
(1–4 years), three children (4–8 years),
and Transportation Department (AHTD) [FR Doc. 2017–03635 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
and two young adults (16 to 21 years).
construction. The excavations were The gender of the human remains was BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
undertaken by the AHTD, and the undetermined. No known individuals
human remains were stored at Texas were identified. No associated funerary
A&M University. In 1985, the human DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
objects are present. Diagnostic artifacts
remains were returned to the AHTD and found at site 3JA632 indicate that these National Park Service
then eventually were taken for human remains were probably buried
permanent storage to the Arkansas [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22701:
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
during the Late Mississippian period
Archeological Survey (AAS). The PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
(A.D. 1400 to 1650).
gender and age of the human remains
Determinations Made by the Arkansas Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
were undetermined. No known
State Highway and Transportation Department of Defense, Army Corps of
individuals were identified. No
Department Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE,
associated funerary objects are present.
and State Archeological Research
Diagnostic artifacts found at the Officials of the Arkansas State
Center, Rapid City, SD
Sylamore Ferry site (3ST26) indicate Highway and Transportation
that the human remains were probably Department have determined that: AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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morphological characteristics and the Akaska Focus of the Extended Dated: January 6, 2017.
site’s artifact assemblage, the human Coalescent variant (A.D. 1500–1675) Melanie O’Brien,
remains are determined to be Native and the LeBeau Phase of the Post- Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
American. Contact Coalescent variant (A.D. 1675– [FR Doc. 2017–03610 Filed 2–23–17; 8:45 am]
Site 39LM34 is an earth lodge village 1780). Based on archeological, physical BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
situated on a low terrace of the right anthropological, oral tradition, historic
bank of the Missouri River in central evidence, and geography, Extended and
South Dakota. Based on the ceramic Post-Contact populations are believed to DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
types (Talking Crow Straight Rim, Iona be ancestral Arikara, but in some cases
Indented, and Cloistered Rims), and may also represent the Mandan National Park Service
brass and copper ornaments, the site is populations. The Mandan and Arikara [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22600;
dated to the Post-Contact Coalescent are represented today by the Three PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
variant (A.D. 1675–1780) of the Plains Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold
Village Tradition. Based on Reservation. Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
archeological, physical anthropological, Items: American Museum of Natural
oral tradition, historic evidence, and Determinations Made by the Omaha History, New York, NY
geography, Post-Contact populations are District
believed to be ancestral Arikara. The AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Arikara are represented today by the Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of ACTION: Notice.
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Engineers, Omaha District have
Berthold Reservation. determined that: SUMMARY: The American Museum of
In 1955, human remains representing, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Natural History, in consultation with
at minimum, 4 individuals were human remains described in this notice the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
removed from site 39WW301 in represent the physical remains of 7 Hawaiian organizations, has determined
Walworth County, SD. The human individuals of Native American that the cultural item listed in this
remains are presently located at the ancestry. notice meets the definition of object of
South Dakota State Archeological cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
Research Center (SARC), under the or representatives of any Indian tribe or
managerial control of the Omaha the 12 objects described in this notice
Native Hawaiian organization not
District. No known individuals were are reasonably believed to have been identified in this notice that wish to
identified. No associated funerary placed with or near individual human claim this cultural item should submit
objects are present. remains at the time of death or later as a written request to the American
Site 39WW301 was excavated by part of the death rite or ceremony. Museum of Natural History. If no
Wesley R. Hurt, University of South • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there additional claimants come forward,
Dakota Museum (now known as the is a relationship of shared group transfer of control of the cultural item to
W.H. Over Museum) in conjunction identity that can be reasonably traced the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
with the South Dakota Archeological between the Native American human Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
Commission as part of the Smithsonian remains and associated funerary objects this notice may proceed.
Institute River Basin Surveys in 1955. and Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort DATES: Lineal descendants or
The human remains of three infants and Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. representatives of any Indian tribe or
one subadult were collected. Two Native Hawaiian organization not
infants and one subadult were found Additional Requestors and Disposition
identified in this notice that wish to
together in a secondary burial. One claim these cultural items should
Lineal descendants or representatives
infant was found in a refuse mound. submit a written request with
Following excavation, the collection of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice information in support of the claim to
became part of the W.H. Over Museum
that wish to request transfer of control the American Museum of Natural
collections in Vermillion, SD. The
of these human remains and associated History at the address in this notice by
collection was transferred to SARC in
funerary objects should submit a written March 27, 2017.
1974. In 1978, an infant skull, probably
belonging to Individual 1, was request with information in support of ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of
inventoried at SARC and by the the request to Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Cultural Resources, American Museum
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: of Natural History, Central Park West at
after which it was reburied in 1986 at CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, 79th Street, New York, NY 10024–5192,
site 39ST15. During a collection review Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) telephone (212) 769–5837, email
at SARC in 1993, additional human 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ nmurphy@amnh.org.
remains from Individual 1, as well as usace.army.mil, by March 27, 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
remains from Individuals 2, 3, and 4 After that date, if no additional here given in accordance with the
were located. Based on morphological requestors have come forward, transfer Native American Graves Protection and
characteristics and the site’s artifact of control of the human remains and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
assemblage, the human remains are associated funerary objects to Three 3005, of the intent to repatriate a
determined to be Native American. Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold cultural item under the control of the
asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES
Site 39WW301 is a multi-component Reservation, North Dakota, may American Museum of Natural History,
site on a high terrace above the proceed. New York, NY, that meets the definition
confluence of Swan Creek and the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, of an object of cultural patrimony under
Missouri River in Walworth County, Omaha District is responsible for 25 U.S.C. 3001.
north central South Dakota. Based on notifying Three Affiliated Tribes of the This notice is published as part of the
ceramics, projectile points, architectural Fort Berthold Reservation, North National Park Service’s administrative
features, and feature typologies, two Dakota, that this notice has been responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
components are represented—the published. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
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