[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 197 (Thursday, October 10, 2002)] [Notices] [Pages 63154-63156] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 02-25869] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, and in the Control of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects [[Page 63155]] in the possession of the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, and in the control of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE. This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this notice. A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary objects was made by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District professional staff and University of Nebraska-Lincoln professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1956, human remains representing seven individuals were excavated by David Baerreis of the University of Wisconsin for the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Bamble site (39CA6), Campbell County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Bamble site has been identified as an earthlodge village site belonging to the postcontact Coalescent period (circa A.D. 1675-1780). Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites dating to the Coalescent cultural period are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were found by Paul Cooper of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the White Swan Mound site (39CH9), Charles Mix County, SD, during construction of the Fort Randall dam by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological evidence, the White Swan site has occupation components dating to the Woodland period (500 B.C.-A.D. 900) and the Coalescent period (A.D. 1400-1780). Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1962, human remains representing two individuals were excavated by P. Holder of the University of Nebraska during legally authorized excavations at the Leavenworth site (39CO9), Corson County, SD. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Leavenworth site is an earthlodge village site attributed to the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1969, human remains representing one individual were removed by A. Osborn of the University of Nebraska during legally authorized excavations at the Norvald site (39CO32), Corson County, SD. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Norvald site is identified as an earthlodge village and cemetery belonging to the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). On the basis of physical anthropological data, the human remains were identified as Arikara. Archeological and ethnohistorical data also have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were found by an unknown individual on the surface of site 39GR5, near Old Fort Randall, on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Randall project land in Gregory County, SD. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human remains consist of a poorly preserved foot phalange collected from the surface of site 39GR5. On the basis of ceramic evidence, the site has a component belonging to the Plains Woodland period (500 B.C.-A.D. 900). Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1962, human remains representing one individual were found by Warren Caldwell of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized operations at the Medicine Creek Village site (39LM2), Lyman County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Medicine Creek Village site has both Initial period (A.D. 900-1400) and Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675) components. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1967, human remains representing one individual were excavated by Donald J. Lehmer of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at site 39LM222, Lyman County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological evidence, site 39LM222 is identified as an Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675) site. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today [[Page 63156]] represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Between 1956 and 1962, human remains representing one individual were excavated by Robert Stephenson and William Bass of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Sully site (39SL4), Sully County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska- Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological evidence, the Sully site is an earthlodge village of the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). The human remains consist of a fragmentary second metatarsal. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1963, human remains representing one individual were excavated by J.J. Hoffman of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the La Roche site (also known as Over's) (39ST9), Stanley County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological evidence, the La Roche site contains Plains Woodland (500 B.C.-A.D. 900), Initial Middle Missouri (A.D. 900-1400), and Extended Coalescent (A.D. 1550-1675) components. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Between 1964 to 1966, human remains representing a minimum of four individuals were excavated by David T. Jones of the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Ketchen site (39ST223), Stanley County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska- Lincoln. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological evidence, the Ketchen site was occupied during the Extended Coalescent period (A.D. 1550-1675). Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. In 1956, human remains representing one individual were excavated by David Baerreis of the University of Wisconsin for the Smithsonian River Basin Surveys during legally authorized excavations at the Spiry- Eklo site (39WW3), Walworth County, SD. The repository for these materials is the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on archeological and ethnohistorical evidence, the Spiry-Eklo site is identified as a postcontact Coalescent period (A.D. 1675-1780) village. Archeological investigations and ethnohistorical data have shown that sites that are variants of the Plains Woodland, Middle Missouri, and Coalescent cultural phases in the Middle Missouri subarea of the Great Plains are ancestral to the Arikara (south) and Mandan (north) tribes, today represented by the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of 21 individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Sandra Barnum, Cultural Resources, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 215 North 17th Street, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 221-4895, before November 12, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward. Dated: August 28, 2002 Robert Stearns, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 02-25869 Filed 10-9-02; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-S