82 FR 44459 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
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Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 183 (September 22, 2017)
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[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 183 (Friday, September 22, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 44459-44460] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-20307] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0023919; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Kentucky Historical Society has completed an inventory of human remains 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 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 should submit a written request to the Kentucky Historical Society. If no additional requestors [[Page 44460]] come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to the Kentucky Historical Society at the address in this notice by October 23, 2017. ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502) 564-1792, email [email protected]. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under the control of the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, KY. The human remains were removed from Fox Field, Mason County, KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County, OH. 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. 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 Kentucky Historical Society professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The Chickasaw Nation responded by letter and deferred to the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The following Indian Tribes and groups were invited to consult but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, a non- federally recognized Indian group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation Committee, representing federally recognized Indian Tribes. History and Description of the Remains At some time prior to 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 individuals were removed from Fox Field in Mason County, KY, and Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. The human remains were loaned and then donated to the Kentucky Historical Society by Charles Johnson. The Kentucky Historical Society has no other information about the excavation of these human remains. The human remains include a skull of an adult female from the Fox Field site in Mason County, KY, and a skull of an adult male from Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. No known individuals were identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. Determinations Made by the Kentucky Historical Society Officials of the Kentucky Historical Society have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice are Native American based on the minimal provenance that came in with them. Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals of Native American ancestry. 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 any present-day Indian Tribe. Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the human remains may be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. 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 should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Beth Caffery Carter, Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, telephone (502) 564- 1792, email [email protected], by October 23, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more of the Indian Tribes above, the following non-federally recognized Indian groups: The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation Committee may proceed. The Kentucky Historical Society is responsible for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation Committee that this notice has been published. Dated: July 31, 2017. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2017-20307 Filed 9-21-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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This notice is published as part of the the South Dakota State Archaeological evidence, to have been removed from a
National Park Service’s administrative Research Center (SARC), under the specific burial site of a Native American
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 managerial control of the Omaha individual.
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in District. The Fort Thompson Burials II • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
this notice are the sole responsibility of site (39BF10) has six mound groups is a relationship of shared group
the museum, institution, or Federal spread out along the left bank of the identity that can be reasonably traced
agency that has control of the Native Missouri River on a terrace in the Big between the unassociated funerary
American cultural items. The National Bend area, downstream from Fort objects and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
Park Service is not responsible for the Thompson. Early in the 1960s, several South Dakota.
determinations in this notice. burials were disturbed during
Additional Requestors and Disposition
construction of the Big Bend Dam. In
History and Description of the Cultural Lineal descendants or representatives
December of 1962, Robert Grant and
Items of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
Joseph B. Brandon, State Archaeological
In 1953, two cultural items were Commission-Vermillion, SD, recovered organization not identified in this notice
removed from the Cottonwood site the human remains and funerary that wish to claim these cultural items
(39HU43) in Hughes County, SD, and objects. At least 4 sets of human remains should submit a written request with
are presently located at the South were recovered. The human remains information in support of the claim to
Dakota State Archaeological Research were stored at the W.H. Over Museum Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army
Center (SARC), under the managerial until 1974, when they were moved to Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN:
control of the Omaha District. The the Office of the State Archaeologist CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue,
Cottonwood site was excavated in 1953 (OSA) at Fort Meade. In 1979, the Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402)
by Wesley R. Hurt and Todd G. Willy. University of Tennessee-Knoxville 995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@
The excavation was a joint effort received the human remains and usace.army.mil, by October 23, 2017.
between the W.H. Over Museum- conducted an inventory before returning After that date, if no additional
Vermillion, the South Dakota them to the OSA. The human remains claimants have come forward, transfer
Archaeological Commission, and the were then repatriated in 1982 to the of control of the unassociated funerary
U.S. National Park Service. At least two Sioux. SARC currently holds six objects to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
sets of human remains were recovered funerary objects that excavation records South Dakota.
and stored at the W.H. Over Museum show as having been removed from the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
until 1974, when they were moved to burial of a specific individual from site Omaha District, is responsible for
SARC. In 1987, the University of 39BF10. The six unassociated funerary notifying the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
Tennessee-Knoxville received the objects are 2 linen textiles; 2 brass South Dakota that this notice has been
human remains and conducted an buttons; 1 wrought-iron coffin nail; and published.
inventory before returning them to 1 bison femur fragment. Dated: August 2, 2017.
SARC in 1988. The human remains The Fort Thompson Burials II site Melanie O’Brien,
were then housed at SARC until May (39BF10) was most likely occupied post-
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
20, 1994, when they were repatriated to 1860, which falls into the Early
the Sioux. SARC currently has two [FR Doc. 2017–20295 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am]
Reservation Period and is associated
funerary objects that excavation records with the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
show as having been removed from the inhabited by the Santee and Winnebago,
burial of a specific individual from site who were moved to Nebraska in the
39HU43. The two unassociated funerary DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
mid-1860s. In the 1870s, the reservation
objects are 1 unmodified wolf canine was inhabited by the Yanktonai. The National Park Service
tooth and 1 ceramic body sherd. unassociated funerary objects and
The Cottonwood site (39HU43) is a manner of burial are most likely [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023919;
farm settlement on a low terrace above PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
affiliated with the Yanktonai, who
the Missouri River that was probably occupied the reservation for a longer
occupied between 1870 and 1880, Notice of Inventory Completion:
period of time post-1860, than the Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort,
which falls into the Historic Sioux Santee and Winnebago.
(Teton/Lakota) (1867–1900). Peoria KY
The Yanktonai today are represented
Bottom was occupied in the early 1870s by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
by 200 to 300 Native Americans, as well Dakota. Consultation with the Yankton ACTION: Notice.
as by the first Protestant mission in the Sioux Tribe of South Dakota indicates
area, which included a boarding school that these kinds of funerary objects are SUMMARY: The Kentucky Historical
for the Lakota Sioux. The Cottonwood placed with individuals at the time of Society has completed an inventory of
site included 15 circular houses and death. human remains in consultation with the
several outdoor cache pit depressions. appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Three houses and one outdoor cache pit Determinations Made by the U.S. Army Hawaiian organizations, and has
were excavated. The houses had basin- Corps of Engineers, Omaha District determined that there is no cultural
shaped tipi floors, in common with late- Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of affiliation between the human remains
nineteenth century Lakota farm Engineers, Omaha District, have and any present-day Indian Tribes or
settlements. Gun cartridges were also determined that: Native Hawaiian organizations.
recovered at the site, not in association • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
with the burials, but which support the the 8 cultural items described above are Native Hawaiian organization not
Historic Sioux occupation. reasonably believed to have been placed identified in this notice that wish to
In 1962, six cultural items were with or near individual human remains request transfer of control of these
removed from the Fort Thompson at the time of death or later as part of human remains should submit a written
Burials II site (39BF10) in Buffalo the death rite or ceremony and are request to the Kentucky Historical
County, SD, and are presently located at believed, by a preponderance of the Society. If no additional requestors
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come forward, transfer of control of the individuals were removed from Fox Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
human remains to the Indian Tribes or Field in Mason County, KY, and Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. telephone (502) 564–1792, email
this notice may proceed. The human remains were loaned and bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23,
DATES: Representatives of any Indian then donated to the Kentucky Historical 2017. After that date, if no additional
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization Society by Charles Johnson. The requestors have come forward, transfer
not identified in this notice that wish to Kentucky Historical Society has no of control of the human remains to
request transfer of control of these other information about the excavation Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
human remains should submit a written of these human remains. The human Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux
request with information in support of remains include a skull of an adult Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
the request to the Kentucky Historical female from the Fox Field site in Mason Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
Society at the address in this notice by County, KY, and a skull of an adult male Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
October 23, 2017. from Steubenville in Jefferson County, Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
OH. No known individuals were The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United
ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter,
identified. There are no associated Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West
funerary objects present. Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more
Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601,
of the Indian Tribes above, the following
telephone (502) 564–1792, email Determinations Made by the Kentucky non-federally recognized Indian groups:
bethc.carter@ky.gov. Historical Society The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama;
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Officials of the Kentucky Historical Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee;
here given in accordance with the Society have determined that: and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal
Native American Graves Protection and • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Repatriation Committee may proceed.
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. human remains described in this notice The Kentucky Historical Society is
3003, of the completion of an inventory are Native American based on the responsible for notifying the Absentee-
of human remains under the control of minimal provenance that came in with Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
the Kentucky Historical Society, them. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort
Frankfort, KY. The human remains were • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Peck Indian Reservation, Montana;
removed from Fox Field, Mason County, human remains described in this notice Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County, represent the physical remains of 2 Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The
OH. individuals of Native American Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of
This notice is published as part of the ancestry. Indians; United Keetoowah Band of
National Park Service’s administrative • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 relationship of shared group identity Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). cannot be reasonably traced between the Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the
The determinations in this notice are Native American human remains and Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation
the sole responsibility of the museum, any present-day Indian Tribe. Committee that this notice has been
institution, or Federal agency that has • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or published.
control of the Native American human Executive Orders, indicate that the land Dated: July 31, 2017.
remains. The National Park Service is from which the Native American human
Melanie O’Brien,
not responsible for the determinations remains were removed is the aboriginal
in this notice. Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and [FR Doc. 2017–20307 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am]
Consultation
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
A detailed assessment of the human Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation;
remains was made by the Kentucky Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Historical Society professional staff in Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
consultation with representatives of the The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the National Park Service
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Chickasaw Nation responded by letter Indians in Oklahoma. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024037;
and deferred to the Eastern Band of • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Cherokee Indians. The following Indian disposition of the human remains may
Tribes and groups were invited to Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
consult but did not participate: S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Andover, MA
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; ACTION: Notice.
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody
a non-federally recognized Indian United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Museum of Archaeology has completed
group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw Indians in Oklahoma. an inventory of associated funerary
Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah objects, in consultation with the
Additional Requestors and Disposition appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma;
and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Hawaiian organizations, and has
Repatriation Committee, representing Native Hawaiian organization not determined that there is a cultural
federally recognized Indian Tribes. identified in this notice that wish to affiliation between the associated
request transfer of control of these funerary objects and present-day Indian
History and Description of the Remains human remains should submit a written tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
At some time prior to 1964, human request with information in support of Lineal descendants or representatives of
remains representing, at minimum, 2 the request to Beth Caffery Carter, any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
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