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the physical remains of at least one

individual of Native American ancestry.

Officials of the national Park Service

have also determined that, pursuant to

25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects

listed 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. Lastly, officials of the

National Park Service have also

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.

3005(a)(5)(A) Mr. Billie can trace his

ancestry directly and without

interruption by means of the traditional

kinship system of the Independent

Seminole Nation of Florida to the

individual whose remains and funerary

objects are being claimed.

This notice has been sent to Mr..

Bobby C. Billie, the Miccosukee Tribe of

Indians of Florida, the Seminole Nation

of Oklahoma, and the Seminole Tribe of

Florida. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects

should contact Wallace Hibbard,

Superintendent, Big Cypress National

Preserve, HCR 61, Box 110, Ochopee, FL

34141; telephone: (941) 695–2000 ext.

10, before May 16, 1997. Repatriation of

the human remains and associated

funerary objects to Mr. Bobby C. Billie

may begin after that date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: April 3, 1997.

Muriel Crespi,

Acting Departmental Consulting

Archaeologist, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains from

Missouri and Montana in the

Possession of the Missouri Historical

Society, St. Louis, MO

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

Notice is hereby given in accordance

with provisions of the Native American

Graves Protection and Repatriation Act

(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the

completion of an inventory of human

remains from Missouri and Montana in

the possession of the Missouri Historical

Society, St. Louis, MO.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Missouri

Historical Society professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho

Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River

Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower

Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, OtoeMissouria Tribe of Oklahoma, Rosebud

Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota

Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and

Yankton Sioux Tribe.

During 1906–1907, human remains

representing one individual was

recovered from the Utz site, Saline

County, MO, during an American

Bureau of Ethnology survey. Mr. Gerard

Fowke, project director of the survey,

donated these remains to the Missouri

Historical Society during this time. No

known individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

The Utz site has been identified as a

Missouria village occupied between

1450–1712 AD based on continuous

occupation, continuity of material

culture, and historical documents.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Missouri

Historical Society have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Missouri Historical Society have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and the OtoeMissouria Tribe of Oklahoma.

In 1911, human remains representing

one individual were donated to the

Missouri Historical Society by Mrs.

Louis Tesson of St. Louis, MO. No

known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

According to accession documents,

Dr. Louis Tesson made a riding quirt

from the radius of a ‘‘Sioux Indian’’

whose body lay on the Little Big Horn

Battlefield at an unspecified time

following the battle. U.S. Army records

indicate Dr. Tesson was in the field with

the 5th Infantry at Cantonment, Tongue

River, WY during the summer of 1876,

and was posted at Fort Custer, MT near

the site of the Little Bighorn Battlefield

from April 1877 to April 1880.

Morphological evidence indicates this is

a human radius.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Missouri

Historical Society have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of one individual

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the Missouri Historical Society have

also determined that, pursuant to 25

U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship

of shared group identity which can be

reasonably traced between these Native

American human remains and the

Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho

Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River

Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower

Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud

Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota

Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and

Yankton Sioux Tribe.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Arapaho Tribe, CheyenneArapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne

River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux

Tribe, Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe,

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower

Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, OtoeMissouria Tribe of Oklahoma, Rosebud

Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota

Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and

Yankton Sioux Tribe. Representatives of

any other Indian tribe that believes itself

to be culturally affiliated with these

human remains and associated funerary

objects should contact Patti Wright,

Associate Curator of Native American

Ethnology, Missouri Historical Society,

225 S. Skinker, P.O. Box 11940, St.

Louis, MO 63112–0040; telephone: (314)

746–4537, before May 16, 1997.

Repatriation of the human remains to

the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma;

and Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho

Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River

Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe,

Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower

Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud

Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota

Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and

Yankton Sioux Tribe may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

Dated: April 9, 1997.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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