82 FR 44448 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
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| FR Document | 2017-20294 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 44448-44450] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-20294] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0023936; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha District), in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. 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 Omaha District. 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 Omaha District at the address in this notice by October 23, 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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the control of the Omaha District, Omaha, NE., that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. [[Page 44449]] History and Description of the Cultural Items Between 1965 and 1968, two cultural items were removed from the Fort Manuel site (39CO5), Corson County, SD, and are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. Between 1965 and 1966, G. Hubert Smith recovered human remains (Individual 2) and associated funerary objects. In 1968, J.J. Hoffman and R.B. Johnson, SIRBS, recovered the human remains of two other individuals (Individuals 1 and 3) and associated funerary objects consisting of wood fragments. The human remains were stored at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln until 1986, when they were moved to SARC. In 1987, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville received the human remains and conducted an inventory before returning them to SARC in 1988. The human remains were housed at SARC until May 20, 1994, when they were repatriated to the Cheyenne River Sioux with the wood fragments. The remaining two unassociated funerary objects are two bear proximal phalanges that records show were originally collected with Individual 2. The Fort Manuel site (39CO5) is a multi-component site on a narrow terrace above the confluence of the Missouri River and Hunkpapa Creek, and was most likely occupied during the Middle Missouri Tradition (900- 1500), Extended (1500-1675), Post-contact Coalescent (1675-1780), and Historic period (post-1800). Fort Manuel was established at the location as a trading post by the Missouri Fur Company in 1812 and abandoned in 1813. A journal kept by a Company clerk at Fort Manuel states that two Company men, one Native American man, and two Native American women died during the winter of 1812-1813, indicating a Historic period occupation. None of the individuals recovered from the site can be tied to the journal with any certainty. Individual 1 was found with wood fragments, possibly either coffin or wood slab fragments, which indicates either a Lakota affiliation (post-1868) or an Arikara affiliation (1500-1780). Individual 2 was placed on a scaffold then later buried, indicating an Arikara affiliation. Individual 3 was found on the surface of the site indicating a Historic period occupation and affiliated with the Lakota or Arikara. Mortuary practices of the Individual 2 as well as historic documentation indicate the human remains are most likely affiliated with the Arikara. In August of 1979, 24 cultural items were removed from the Bergner site (39BR36), Brule County, SD, and are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. The Bergner site is a burial site on a flat terrace above Lake Francis Case, south of Chamberlain, SD, and was discovered in August of 1979 by Mr. Lawrence Bergner. The human remains were eroding out of the bank and Mr. Bergner reported it to local authorities, who collected the human remains and 24 funerary objects. The human remains were then released to Timothy R. Nowak, Corp of Engineers field archeologist, who assessed the site but did no further excavations. At least 4 sets of human remains were recovered. The funerary objects were turned over to SARC in 1981. The human remains remained with the Corps of Engineers until some time prior to 1990, when they were reburied at site 39ST15 on the Missouri River. The excavation records show the funerary items as having been removed from the burial of a specific individual from site 39BR36. The 24 unassociated funerary objects are 16 burned clay fragments; 4 ceramic rim sherds (Iona Indented and La Roche, Wheeler); 2 bison horn cores; 1 skunk humerus; and 1 lot of wood fragments. The Bergner site (39BR36) is a burial site that was most likely occupied between 1550 and 1675, dating to the Extended Variant of the Coalescent tradition. The archeological community associates the pottery types with the Extended Variant of the Coalescent tradition. Populations associated with the Coalescent tradition within this area and time frame are believed to be ancestral to the Arikara, therefore the unassociated funerary objects are most likely affiliated with the Arikara. In approximately 1975, 31 cultural items were collected from the Oacoma Village site (39LM26), Lyman County, SD, and are presently located at the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center (SARC), under the managerial control of the Omaha District. The Oacoma Village site is a large village on a low terrace above the Missouri River and was excavated around 1975 by an unknown individual. At least two sets of human remains were recovered. In 1978, the human remains were discovered during an inventory at SARC in 1978. It is unclear how the remains came to be at SARC. In the same year, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville received the human remains and conducted an inventory before returning them to South Dakota in 1986. The human remains were then reburied at site 39ST15 on the Missouri River. SARC records show the funerary items as having been removed from the burial of a specific individual from site 39LM26. The 31 unassociated funerary objects are 13 ceramic rim sherds; 10 ceramic body sherds; 1 bison mandible; 1 modified bison rib tool; 1 biface knife; 1 biface core; 1 plate chalcedony knife; 1 utilized chert flake; 1 thinning flake; and 1 spokeshave. The Oacoma Village site (39LM26) is a large village that was most likely occupied during several components between 1500 and 1862, all variants of the Coalescent tradition. The entire Oacoma Village site encompasses a large area that was previously three sites, Oacoma Village I (39LM24), Oacoma Village II (39LM26), and Oacoma Village III (39LM27). The three sites were later combined and considered Oacoma Village (39LM26) when excavated by Marvin F. Kivett, Smithsonian Institute River Basin Survey, between 1951 and 1952, and prior to the discovery of the burials in 1975. The village was comprised of 40-50 houses. The Oacoma Village site that was excavated by Kivett included ceramic pottery types that are associated with a Post Contact Coalescent tradition (1675-1780) occupation. The rim sherds found with the burials in 1975 represent pottery types found in three different periods, Extended Coalescent tradition, Post Contact Coalescent tradition, and the Disorganized Coalescent tradition. These three periods are known for primary inhumations, which researchers believe was done for the two sets of human remains. Populations associated with the Coalescent tradition within this area and time frame are believed to be ancestral to the Arikara, therefore the unassociated funerary objects are likely affiliated with the Arikara. The Arikara are represented today by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Consultation with the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, indicates that these kinds of funerary objects are placed with individuals at the time of death. Determinations Made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 57 cultural items described above 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 and [[Page 44450]] 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 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 claim these cultural items should submit a written request with information in support of the claim 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 October 23, 2017. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to the 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 the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, that this notice has been published. Dated: August 2, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 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No known individuals were identified. Determinations Made by the New Jersey DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
No associated funerary objects are State Museum
present. National Park Service
Officials of the New Jersey State
In 1940, human remains representing, Museum have determined that:
at minimum, one individual were [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023936;
removed from the Medwin Knoll site, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Sussex County, NJ, by W.B. Wilson, an human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 161 Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
amateur archeologist, who donated Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
them to the New Jersey State Museum. individuals of Native American
ancestry. Omaha District, Omaha, NE
The human remains include a
fragmentary skull and infracranial • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
remains. No known individual was the 137 objects described in this notice ACTION: Notice.
identified. No associated funerary are reasonably believed to have been
objects are present. placed with or near individual human SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of
In 1980, human remains representing, remains at the time of death or later as Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha
at minimum, seven individuals were part of the death rite or ceremony. District), in consultation with the
removed from a site in Gloucester City, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Camden County, NJ, by a salvage crew is a relationship of shared group Hawaiian organizations, has determined
during the construction of a building. identity that can be reasonably traced that the cultural items listed in this
between the Native American human notice meet the definition of
The human remains were transferred to
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal
the New Jersey State Museum in 1980. remains and associated funerary objects
descendants or representatives of any
The human remains include the and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
fragmentary remains of at least seven Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the
organization not identified in this notice
individuals. No known individuals were Stockbridge Munsee Community, that wish to claim these cultural items
identified. No associated funerary Wisconsin. should submit a written request to the
objects are present. Omaha District. If no additional
Additional Requestors and Disposition
In the 1980s, human remains claimants come forward, transfer of
representing, at minimum, one Lineal descendants or representatives control of the cultural items to the lineal
individual were removed from site 28- of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian descendants, Indian tribes, or Native
Mi-72, in Monroe Township, Middlesex organization not identified in this notice Hawaiian organizations stated in this
County, NJ, by a school group who that wish to request transfer of control notice may proceed.
discovered them eroding out of a bank. of these human remains and associated DATES: Lineal descendants or
The human remains include skull funerary objects should submit a written representatives of any Indian tribe or
fragments, limb fragments, and six teeth. request with information in support of Native Hawaiian organization not
No known individual was identified. the request to Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, identified in this notice that wish to
The 27 associated funerary objects are 4 Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnology, claim these cultural items should
pieces of fire cracked rock, 22 flakes, New Jersey State Museum, 205 West submit a written request with
and 1 piece of glass. State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, information in support of the claim to
In 1995, State Archaeologist Dr. telephone (609) 984–9327, email the Omaha District at the address in this
Lorraine Williams identified all of the gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov, by October notice by October 23, 2017.
human remains listed in this notice as 23, 2017. After that date, if no ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S.
dating from the Woodland Period to the additional requestors have come Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
Contact Period, a time during which forward, transfer of control of the CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
Delaware-speaking groups occupied this human remains and associated funerary Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
area of New Jersey. Consultation with objects to the Delaware Nation, 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
the Western Delaware Nation, the Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; usace.army.mil.
Stockbridge Munsee, and the Delaware and the Stockbridge Munsee
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Tribe of Indians occurred in 1995, and Community, Wisconsin, may proceed.
hereby given in accordance with the
all representatives agreed that the The New Jersey State Museum is Native American Graves Protection and
locations from which these human responsible for notifying the Delaware Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
remains were removed was traditionally Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
occupied by the Delaware until Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee items under the control of the Omaha
progressive removals westward began in Community, Wisconsin, that this notice District, Omaha, NE., that meet the
the early 1700s. It was noted during has been published. definition of unassociated funerary
consultation that the presence of the objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
Dated: July 28, 2017.
Shawnee in the northern portion of the This notice is published as part of the
Delaware River Valley in the late 17th Melanie O’Brien,
National Park Service’s administrative
and early 18th centuries has been Manager, National NAGPRA Program. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
historically documented. Based on the [FR Doc. 2017–20305 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
analysis of the human remains, site BILLING CODE 4312–52–P this notice are the sole responsibility of
information, and consultation, the New the museum, institution, or Federal
Jersey State Museum has determined a agency that has control of the Native
cultural affiliation between the human American cultural items. The National
remains and associated funerary objects Park Service is not responsible for the
and the Delaware (Lenape) people. determinations in this notice.
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are believed, by a preponderance of the present-day Indian Tribes or Native Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne
evidence, to have been removed from a Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Rancheria of California. The following
specific burial site of a Native American descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribes were invited to consult
individual. Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian but did not participate in consultation:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there organization not identified in this notice The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
is a relationship of shared group that wish to request transfer of control Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe;
identity that can be reasonably traced of these human remains should submit Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk
between the unassociated funerary a written request to Reclamation, Mid- Indians; Ione Band of Miwok Indians;
objects and the Three Affiliated Tribes Pacific Regional Office. If no additional Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians;
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North requestors come forward, transfer of Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians;
Dakota. control of the human remains and and Wilton Rancheria (hereafter referred
associated funerary objects to the lineal to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted
Additional Requestors and Disposition
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Tribes’’)
Lineal descendants or representatives Hawaiian organizations stated in this
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian History and Description of the Remains
notice may proceed.
organization not identified in this notice DATES: Lineal descendants or In August of 1975, human remains
that wish to claim these cultural items representatives of any Indian Tribe or representing, at minimum, one
should submit a written request with Native Hawaiian organization not individual, were inadvertently removed
information in support of the claim to identified in this notice that wish to from the Texas Charley Gulch site (CA–
Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army request transfer of control of these CAL–0338, original site number 4–CAL–
Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: human remains and associated funerary S–286) in Calaveras County, CA. The
CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, objects should submit a written request site was first excavated in 1975 by San
Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) with information in support of the Francisco State University under the
995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@ request to the U.S. Department of the direction of Dr. Michael Moratto. Three
usace.army.mil, by October 23, 2017. burials were encountered in two of the
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-
After that date, if no additional units, but the human remains were left
Pacific Regional Office, at the address in
claimants have come forward, transfer in situ. In 2013, SFSU notified
this notice by October 23, 2017.
of control of the unassociated funerary Reclamation of the existence of an
ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA
objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of isolated left mandibular second
Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, premolar in the CA–CAL–0338
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific collection. Physical custody was
Dakota, may proceed.
Regional Office, MP–153, 2800 Cottage transferred to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific,
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone on March 31, 2013. Subsequent
Omaha District, is responsible for
(916) 978–5526, email emryan@ reanalysis of the site CA–CAL–0338
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of
usbr.gov. faunal assemblage by Reclamation, Mid-
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota, that this notice has been SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Pacific, professional staff resulted in the
published. here given in accordance with the identification of an additional 97 pieces
Dated: August 2, 2017.
Native American Graves Protection and of human bone. The fragmentary nature
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. of the remains precluded determination
Melanie O’Brien,
3003, of the completion of an inventory of age or sex. No known individual was
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. identified. The five associated funerary
of human remains and associated
[FR Doc. 2017–20294 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] funerary objects under the control of objects include four Olivella shell beads
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional and one Haliotis disc. A sixth grave
Office, Sacramento, CA. The human item, a bone awl fragment was not
remains and associated funerary objects among the items transferred by San
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR were removed from Calaveras and Francisco State University to
Tuolumne Counties, CA. Reclamation, Mid-Pacific, in 2013.
National Park Service
This notice is published as part of the Age estimates of CA–CAL–0338 are
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023846; National Park Service’s administrative based on temporally-diagnostic artifacts
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 and radiocarbon dates. Uncalibrated 14C
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in dates of 320 ±80 BP (Unit I–100–N, I–
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 9040) and 405 ±80 BP (Unit G–100–S, I–
this notice are the sole responsibility of
Department of the Interior, Bureau of 9039) suggest a Late Horizon occupation
the museum, institution, or Federal
Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, for all three burials. However, the
agency that has control of the Native
Sacramento, CA carbon samples were not directly
American human remains and
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. associated funerary objects. The associated with the remains; rather they
ACTION: Notice. National Park Service is not responsible were extracted from undifferentiated
for the determinations in this notice. midden deposits in the general vicinity
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the of the burials. The single Type M1a
Interior, Bureau of Reclamation Consultation Olivella bead found in association with
(Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional A detailed assessment of the human Burial 3 suggests that this individual
Office, has completed an inventory of remains was made by Reclamation, Mid- was interred sometime between the
human remains and associated funerary Pacific Regional Office, professional beginning of the Middle Period (circa
objects, in consultation with the staff in consultation with 200 B.C.) and the end of Phase 1 of the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native representatives of the Bishop Paiute Late Period (circa A.D. 1500). The Type
Hawaiian organizations, and has Tribe (previously listed as the Paiute- G2b Olivella beads, while not
determined that there is a cultural Shoshone Indians of the Bishop definitively associated with Burials 2
affiliation between the human remains Community of the Bishop Colony, and 5, are temporally diagnostic for the
and associated funerary objects and California) and the Tuolumne Band of timespan between the Early/Middle
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