83 FR 19106 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE; Correction

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 84 (May 1, 2018)

The Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) has corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on May 3, 2017. This notice corrects the cultural affiliation determined in that notice. 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 NSHS. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 1, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19106-19107]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-09176]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025389; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Nebraska State Historical 
Society, Lincoln, NE; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Nebraska State Historical Society (NSHS) has corrected an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on May 3, 
2017. This notice corrects the cultural affiliation determined in that 
notice. 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 NSHS. 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 NSHS at the address in this notice by May 
31, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Rob Bozell, Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O. Box 
82554, Lincoln, NE 68501, telephone (402) 525-1624, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Nebraska State 
Historical Society, Lincoln, NE. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Custer and Franklin Counties, NE.
    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.
    This notice corrects the cultural affiliation determination 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(82 FR 20618-20619, May 3, 2017). Additional information and 
consultation resulted in a change to the previous determination that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 20618, May 3, 2017), column 1, 
paragraph 2, sentence 1, under the heading ``Summary,'' is corrected by 
replacing the words ``no cultural affiliation'' with the words ``a 
cultural affiliation.''
    In the Federal Register (82 FR 20618, May 3, 2017), column 2, 
paragraph 4, under the heading ``Consultation,'' is corrected by 
substituting the following two paragraphs:

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the NSHS 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River

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Reservation, Wyoming; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Kiowa 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; 
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Santee Sioux 
Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 
Reservation, South Dakota; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
    The following tribes were invited to consult but did not 
participate: Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho 
Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes 
of Oklahoma); Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 
Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe 
of Montana; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, 
South Dakota; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala 
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of 
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & 
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; 
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco & Tawakonie), 
Oklahoma; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 20618, May 3, 2017), column 3, under 
the heading ``History and Description of the Remains,'' is corrected by 
inserting the following paragraph after paragraph 2:

    The human remains listed in this notice were determined to be 
Native American based on archeological context, burial patterns, 
osteology, or associated diagnostic artifacts. Based on oral 
tradition and archeological evidence, the Nebraska State Historical 
Society has determined there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects listed in this notice and the Native 
American people that are represented today by 37 Indian tribes.

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 20618, May 3, 2017), column 3, 
paragraph 7, under the heading ``Determinations Made by the Nebraska 
State Historical Society,'' is corrected by substituting the following 
paragraph:

     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 
the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 
Reservation, South Dakota; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe 
of Montana; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 
Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Northern Cheyenne Tribe 
of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux 
Tribe; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouri Tribe of Indians, 
Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Ponca 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Band of Potawattamie of 
Kansas; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac 
and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in 
Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Oyate 
of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Sioux 
Tribe of North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North and South 
Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation of 
North Dakota; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes; Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Culturally Affiliated Tribes'').

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 20619, May 3, 2017), column 1, under 
the heading ``Determinations Made by the Nebraska State Historical 
Society,'' is corrected by deleting paragraphs 1 and 2.

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 should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to Rob Bozell, Nebraska State Historical Society, P.O. Box 
82554, Lincoln, NE 68501, telephone (402) 525-1624, email 
[email protected], by May 31, 2018. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Culturally 
Affiliated Tribes may proceed.
    The NSHS is responsible for notifying The Culturally Affiliated 
Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: April 9, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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