82 FR 20612 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 84 (May 3, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 84 (Wednesday, May 3, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 20612-20615] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-08868] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23117: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed. DATES: 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 Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, at the address in this notice by June 2, 2017. ADDRESSES: Dr. Rick L. Weathermon, Curator, Human Remains Repository, Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 East University Avenue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, telephone (307) 314-2035, 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 and associated funerary objects under the control of the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from multiple locations in multiple counties in Wyoming. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 was made by the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY, professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. The following tribes were invited to consult but did not participate in consultation: Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. [[Page 20613]] History and Description of the Remains In 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48AB6, located east of Laramie in Albany County, WY, near the City Springs wells, by members of the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The human remains represent a Native American female 21-25 years old. No known individual was identified. The human remains and associated funerary objects are recorded together as HR006 in the Human Remains Repository records. Sediment samples from the grave area are also present. The 8 associated funerary objects include one lot of brass wire bracelet fragments; one lot of rusted metal fragments; one lot of blue glass seed trade beads; one lot of white glass seed trade beads; one lump of red ocher; one lot of small disintegrating leather fragments; one lot of debitage; and one lot of decaying wood fragments that may represent a grave cover or collapsed scaffold. In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Bell Cave site (48AB304), located 18 miles north- northeast of Laramie in Albany County, WY, by members of the Wyoming State Archaeology Survey Office. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American individual 21-24 years old, of undetermined sex. No known individual was identified. The human remains and associated funerary objects are recorded together as HR011 in the Human Remains Repository records. The 2 associated funerary objects include one lot of small blue and white glass seed trade beads and one lot of larger red, blue, and white lamp-wound glass trade beads. In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals, were removed from an unknown site, located southwest of Laramie, Albany County, WY, by members of the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The fragmentary human remains represent two Native American adults, one male (HR021) and one female (HR022), each approximately 50 years old. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, were removed from an unknown site, located near Rock River in Albany County, WY. They have been housed at the Human Remains Repository since the mid-1980s. The human remains (HR096), which represent a Native American male, 35-40 years old, were found covered with a red pigment, possibly ocher. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1959, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48AB5, located approximately three miles southwest of Laramie, Albany County, WY, by personnel of the Wyoming Archaeological Survey Office. The human remains (HR097) were initially taken to the Wyoming State Museum and, in 1983, they were transferred to the Human Remains Repository. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male over the age of 50. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on fluorine dating performed in the 1960s, the individual probably dates to the Late Plains Archaic (3,000-2,000 years before present). In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48AB458, located approximately 10 miles south- southwest of Laramie, Albany County, WY, by personnel of the Wyoming Archaeological Survey Office and the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The fragmentary human remains (HR115) represent a Native American male 19-24 years old. No known individual was identified. The 9 associated funerary objects include nine shell beads. In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48AB459, located about three miles northeast of Woods Landing, Albany County, WY, by personnel of the Wyoming Archaeological Survey Office and the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The site had been disturbed in 1984 by looters, who reportedly collected corner notched arrow points, bone beads, and a shell pendant from the site. The fragmentary human remains (HR136) represent a Native American female 50-69 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At some time in the 1960s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, were removed from an unknown site, located approximately 25 miles southwest of Laramie, Albany County, WY, near Jelm Mountain, by the landowner. The human remains (HR197) were given to the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology in 1996. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American child between the ages of two and three. No known individual was identified. The 4 associated funerary objects include one lot of black, blue, white and red glass seed trade beads; one lot of white lamp-wound glass trade beads; one large abalone shell pendant; and one small abalone shell pendant. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48AB458, located approximately 24 miles north-northeast of Laramie, Albany County, WY. In 2010, the human remains were recovered by law enforcement from the individual who had excavated them illegally. The human remains (HR318) were released to the Human Remains Repository in 2016. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male approximately 45 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Additional remains belonging to the individual were later recovered by personnel of the Albany County Coroner's Office and the University of Wyoming Anthropology Department and the presence of other Native American graves in the vicinity was noted. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48CR105, located southeast of Saratoga, Carbon County, WY. The individuals who removed the human remains also reported finding glass trade beads and projectile points at the site. In approximately 1978, the human remains (HR009) were given to the Human Remains Repository. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male over the age of 50. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1977, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48CR933, located approximately 16 miles northeast of Sinclair, Carbon County, WY, by the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist and relatives of the landowner. The human remains (HR057), within a bundle burial, were given to the Human Remains Repository by the landowner in 2004. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American female over the age of 24. No known individual was identified. The 2 associated funerary objects include one lot of debitage and one lot of bone beads and bone bead fragments. Between 1960 and 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown site, located near the town of McFadden, Carbon County, WY. The human remains (HR133) were given to the Human Remains Repository in 1986. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male 24-35 [[Page 20614]] years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48CR5718, located approximately 10.5 miles northwest of the town of Medicine Bow, Carbon County, WY, by personnel of the Office of the Wyoming State Archaeologist and the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The human remains (HR213) have been housed at the Human Remains Repository since that time. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male 45-55 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 2012, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown site, located approximately three miles northwest of the town of Sinclair, Carbon County, WY, by the Carbon County Coroner's Office and the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The human remains, probably belonging to a secondary bundle burial under a small cairn, washed out of the site where they had been interred when a flash flood caused an arroyo wall to collapse. The human remains (HR319) have been housed at the Human Remains Repository since that time. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male approximately 50 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1986, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 8CO1829, located approximately 11 miles due south of Douglas, Converse County, WY. The human remains and associated funerary objects were given to the Pioneer Museum in Douglas, which transferred them to the Human Remains Repository in 1992. The fragmentary human remains (HR188) represent a Native American female 30-40 years old. No known individual was identified. The 83 funerary objects include 1 lot of thousands of blue, white, black, light yellow and red-white heart glass trade seed beads; 2 blue glass pony beads; 20 white opaque lamp-wound glass beads; 4 shell beads and shell fragments; 2 gilded metal buttons; 1 broken glass bottle stopper; 4 spring-like coils of brass or copper wire; 19 brass or copper wire bracelets; 1 metal circular trade mirror back; 3 drilled and incised deer/antelope phalanges; 4 elk canine teeth; 1 fragmentary bison tooth; 3 baculite `buffalo stone' fossils; 1 elk horn hide scraper with metal bit; 1 abalone shell pendant; 3 fragmentary metal knife blades; 1 complete metal knife without scales; 1 metal arrow point; 1 metal bridle buckle; 1 metal bridle ring; 1 brass tube; 1 brass decorative metal piece; 1 bone spatula; 2 flat hide burnishing stones; 1 metaquartzite hammer stone; 1 small ball-shaped stone; 1 lot broken bifaces and debitage; and 1 small lot of red, yellow, white, and black ocher. In 1974, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48PL57, near the community of Shawnee in Platte County, WY, by personnel of the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The human remains were at the Glendo Museum until 1996, when they were transferred to the Human Remains Repository. The fragmentary human remains (FC005) represent a Native American female 60-70 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In the 1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48GO6, located on the south side of the North Platte River near the town of Lingle, Goshen County, WY. At that time, some of the remains of the individual were sent to the Wyoming State Museum, and the remainder were sent to the University of Wyoming Geology Department. In 1963, the Geology Department sent the remains of the individual under its control to the Anthropology Department and, in 1996, the Wyoming State Museum transferred the remains of the individual under its control to the Human Remains Repository. In 2006, the remains of the individual were reunited. The fragmentary human remains (HR004) represent a Native American female 16-24 years old. No known individual was identified. The 15 funerary objects include 1 lot of blue, turquoise, red, white, green and red- white heart glass trade seed beads; 1 lot of olivella shell beads; 1 lot of dentalia shell beads; 2 abalone shell fragments; 1 glass button; 1 lot of fabric and leather fragments; 1 lot of wood fragments; 1 iron buckle; 1 lot of rusted iron fragments; 2 black leather strap fragments; 1 lot of wire bracelets and bracelet fragments; 1 lot of copper or brass plate fragments; and 1 of lot brass buttons. In the 1970s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a crevasse burial site located approximately one half mile southeast of Crimson Dawn Butte on Casper Mountain, Natrona County, WY, by personnel of the Wyoming Archaeological Society. The human remains were transferred to the Human Remains Repository in the 1980s. The fragmentary human remains (HR200) represent a Native American female approximately 50 years old. No known individual was identified. The 2 funerary objects include 1 lot of slate heishi-style beads and 1 lot of bone beads. In 1972 or 1973, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown site located on the south side of the North Platte River in Natrona County, WY, by personnel of the Natrona County Sheriff's Office. The human remains (FC002) were transferred to the University of Wyoming Anthropology Department Human Remains Repository in 1973. The human remains represent a Native American male 40-50 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1978 or 1979, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from site 48PL66, located approximately one half mile east of Gray Rocks Reservoir in Platte County, WY, by personnel of the Wyoming State Archaeologist's Office. The fragmentary human remains were transferred to the Human Remains Repository in the early 1980s. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American male adult of indeterminate age. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In the 1920s, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a cairn site located on the south side of the Platte River in Platte or Converse County, WY. The human remains (HR139) were housed at the Wyoming State Museum and, in 1992, were transferred to the Human Remains Repository. The human remains represent a Native American female 2.5 to 3.5 years old. No known individual was identified. The 1 funerary object includes one cotton print dress with a beaded neckline of white glass trade seed beads. In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a rock shelter located on the North Platte River in Platte County, WY, by personnel of the University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology. The fragmentary human remains (FC071) represent a Native American female approximately 50 years old. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an [[Page 20615]] unknown location near Castle Rock in Platte County, WY. The human remains (HR216) were transferred to the Human Remains Repository in the late 1980s. The human remains represent a Native American adult of indeterminate sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In the 1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from an unknown location near Torrington, Goshen County, WY. The human remains were given to the North Platte Police Department in Nebraska in 1994. The human remains were transferred to the Human Remains Repository in 1995 by the Lincoln County, NE., Coroner's office. The fragmentary human remains represent a Native American female 28-35 years old (DB145a); a Native American male, 28-35 years old (DB145b); a Native American child of indeterminate sex 3.5-6.5 years old (DB145c); and a Native American adult of indeterminate sex and age (DB145d). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Determinations Made by the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming Officials of the Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice are Native American based on features of the skeletal elements or their archeological contexts. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 28 individuals of Native American ancestry. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 126 funerary 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), a relationship of shared group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribe. According to final judgments of the Indian Claims Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming. Additional Requestors and Disposition 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 Dr. Rick L. Weathermon, Curator, Human Remains Repository, Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 East University Avenue, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, telephone (307) 314-2035, email [email protected], by June 2, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, may proceed. The Human Remains Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, is responsible for notifying the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, that this notice has been published. Dated: March 20, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-08868 Filed 5-2-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Park Service is not responsible for the Additional Requestors and Disposition objects to the Indian tribes or Native
determinations in this notice. Lineal descendants or representatives Hawaiian organizations stated in this
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian notice may proceed.
Consultation
organization not identified in this notice DATES: Representatives of any Indian
A detailed assessment of the human that wish to request transfer of control
remains was made by the Peabody tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
of these human remains should submit not identified in this notice that wish to
Museum of Natural History professional a written request with information in
staff in consultation with a request transfer of control of these
support of the request to Professor human remains and associated funerary
representative of the Three Affiliated David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, objects should submit a written request
Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box with information in support of the
North Dakota (hereafter the ‘‘Three 208118, New Haven, CT 06520–8118,
Affiliated Tribes’’). request to the Human Remains
telephone (203) 432–3752, by June 2, Repository, Department of
History and Description of the Remains 2017. After that date, if no additional Anthropology, University of Wyoming,
requestors have come forward, transfer at the address in this notice by June 2,
In 1904, human remains representing, of control of the human remains to the
at minimum, one individual were 2017.
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
removed from the On-A-Slant Village Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may ADDRESSES: Dr. Rick L. Weathermon,
site (32-Mo-0026) in Morton County, proceed. Curator, Human Remains Repository,
ND, by a private individual. In 1915, the The Peabody Museum of Natural Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000
human remains were donated to the History is responsible for notifying the East University Avenue, University of
Peabody Museum of Natural History. Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071,
The human remains represent one adult, Berthold Reservation, North Dakota that telephone (307) 314–2035, email rikw@
probably male. No known individual this notice has been published. uwyo.edu.
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. Dated: March 22, 2017. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Between 1903 and 1906, human Melanie O’Brien, here given in accordance with the
remains representing, at minimum, one Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Native American Graves Protection and
individual were removed from the [FR Doc. 2017–08875 Filed 5–2–17; 8:45 am] Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Scattered Village site (32-Mo-0031) in BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Morton County, ND, by a private of human remains and associated
individual. In 1915, the human remains funerary objects under the control of the
were donated to the Peabody Museum. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Human Remains Repository,
The human remains represent one Department of Anthropology, University
subadult 12–15 years old, sex National Park Service
of Wyoming, Laramie, WY. The human
indeterminate. No known individual [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23117: remains and associated funerary objects
was identified. No associated funerary PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] were removed from multiple locations
objects are present. in multiple counties in Wyoming.
Located near the mouth of the Heart Notice of Inventory Completion:
Human Remains Repository, This notice is published as part of the
River, On-A-Slant Village is recognized National Park Service’s administrative
as a late prehistoric and protohistoric Department of Anthropology,
University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
earth lodge village of the Mandan whose
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
descendants are today members of the AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. The determinations in this notice are
Three Affiliated Tribes. Scattered ACTION: Notice. the sole responsibility of the museum,
Village was a large prehistoric and
institution, or Federal agency that has
historic settlement located on the north SUMMARY: The Human Remains control of the Native American human
side of the Heart River on the eastern Repository, Department of
side of the modern city of Mandan, ND. remains and associated funerary objects.
Anthropology, University of Wyoming,
The inhabitants of Scattered Village The National Park Service is not
has completed an inventory of human
have been identified as either Hidatsa or responsible for the determinations in
remains and associated funerary objects,
Mandan whose descendants are today this notice.
in consultation with the appropriate
members of the Three Affiliated Tribes. Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Consultation
Determinations Made by the Peabody organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between A detailed assessment of the human
Museum of Natural History remains was made by the Human
the human remains and associated
Officials of the Peabody Museum of funerary objects and any present-day Remains Repository, Department of
Natural History have determined that: Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Anthropology, University of Wyoming,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the organizations. Representatives of any Laramie, WY, professional staff in
human remains described in this notice Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian consultation with representatives of the
represent the physical remains of two organization not identified in this notice Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
individuals of Native American that wish to request transfer of control Reservation, Wyoming. The following
ancestry. of these human remains and associated tribes were invited to consult but did
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there funerary objects should submit a written not participate in consultation:
is a relationship of shared group request to the Human Remains Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
identity that can be reasonably traced Repository, Department of Oklahoma (previously listed as the
between the Native American human Anthropology, University of Wyoming. Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes If no additional requestors come Oklahoma); and Northern Cheyenne
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North forward, transfer of control of the Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian
Dakota. human remains and associated funerary Reservation, Montana.
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unknown location near Castle Rock in • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Platte County, WY. The human remains Executive Orders, indicate that the land organization not identified in this notice
(HR216) were transferred to the Human from which the Native American human that wish to claim these cultural items
Remains Repository in the late 1980s. remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
The human remains represent a Native were removed is the aboriginal land of Robert S. Peabody Museum of
American adult of indeterminate sex. the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Archaeology. If no additional claimants
No known individual was identified. No Reservation, Wyoming. come forward, transfer of control of the
associated funerary objects are present. • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the cultural items to the lineal descendants,
In the 1930s, human remains disposition of the human remains and Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian
representing, at minimum, four associated funerary objects may be to organizations stated in this notice may
individuals were removed from an the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River proceed.
unknown location near Torrington, Reservation, Wyoming. DATES: Lineal descendants or
Goshen County, WY. The human Additional Requestors and Disposition representatives of any Indian tribe or
remains were given to the North Platte Native Hawaiian organization not
Police Department in Nebraska in 1994. Representatives of any Indian tribe or identified in this notice that wish to
The human remains were transferred to Native Hawaiian organization not claim these cultural items should
the Human Remains Repository in 1995 identified in this notice that wish to submit a written request with
by the Lincoln County, NE., Coroner’s request transfer of control of these information in support of the claim to
office. The fragmentary human remains human remains and associated funerary the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
represent a Native American female 28– objects should submit a written request Archaeology at the address in this
35 years old (DB145a); a Native with information in support of the notice by June 2, 2017.
American male, 28–35 years old request to Dr. Rick L. Weathermon,
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ryan J. Wheeler,
(DB145b); a Native American child of Curator, Human Remains Repository,
Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000 Director, The Robert S. Peabody
indeterminate sex 3.5–6.5 years old Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
(DB145c); and a Native American adult East University Avenue, University of
Wyoming, Laramie, WY 82071, Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover,
of indeterminate sex and age (DB145d). MA 01810, (978) 749–4494, email
No known individuals were identified. telephone (307) 314–2035, email rikw@
uwyo.edu, by June 2, 2017. After that rwheeler@andover.edu.
No associated funerary objects are SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
present. date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the here given in accordance with the
Determinations Made by the Human human remains and associated funerary Native American Graves Protection and
Remains Repository, Department of objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Anthropology, University of Wyoming Wind River Reservation, Wyoming, may 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
proceed. items under the control of the Robert S.
Officials of the Human Remains Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Repository, Department of The Human Remains Repository,
Department of Anthropology, University Andover, MA, that meet the definition
Anthropology, University of Wyoming of sacred objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
have determined that: of Wyoming, is responsible for notifying
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River This notice is published as part of the
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the National Park Service’s administrative
human remains described in this notice Reservation, Wyoming, that this notice
has been published. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
are Native American based on features U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
of the skeletal elements or their Dated: March 20, 2017.
this notice are the sole responsibility of
archeological contexts. Melanie O’Brien, the museum, institution, or Federal
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Manager, National NAGPRA Program. agency that has control of the Native
human remains described in this notice [FR Doc. 2017–08868 Filed 5–2–17; 8:45 am] American cultural items. The National
represent the physical remains of 28 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Park Service is not responsible for the
individuals of Native American determinations in this notice.
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR History and Description of the Cultural
the 126 funerary objects described in Items
this notice are reasonably believed to National Park Service About August 1909, seven items of
have been placed with or near [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23159; cultural and spiritual significance were
individual human remains at the time of PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] removed from the White Earth
death or later as part of the death rite Reservation in Becker County, MN, by
or ceremony. Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Warren K. Moorehead, Curator of the
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Items: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Robert S. Peabody Museum of
relationship of shared group identity Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Archaeology. The seven sacred objects
cannot be reasonably traced between the Andover, MA are one owl feather war flag (144/18739)
Native American human remains and AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. made by Ne-gah-ne-bin-ace in the mid-
associated funerary objects and any ACTION: Notice. nineteenth century and presented to
present-day Indian tribe. Moorehead by Me-shuck-ke-gee-shig
• According to final judgments of the SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody and Mah-in-gonce; one beaded altar
nlaroche on DSK30NT082PROD with NOTICES
Indian Claims Commission or the Court Museum of Archaeology, in cloth (144/18737); one circular
of Federal Claims, the land from which consultation with the appropriate soapstone pipe and associated wooden
the Native American human remains Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian stem (42293) that had been smoked by
and associated funerary objects were organizations, has determined that the Way-ge-chaw-bow-e-quay; two beaded
removed is the aboriginal land of the cultural items listed in this notice meet buckskin bags (144/18722 and 144/
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River the definition of sacred objects. Lineal 18721); and one pipe stem with pileated
Reservation, Wyoming. descendants or representatives of any woodpecker skull and feathers (144/
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| Category | Regulatory Information | |
| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Action | Notice. | |
| Dates | 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 Human Remains Repository, Department of | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 20612 |
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