[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 73 (Wednesday, April 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 18648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9834]


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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

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    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, Otoe-Missouria 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material culture, and historical documents.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 Otoe-Missouria 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, 
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, Otoe-Missouria 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.
[FR Doc. 97-9834 Filed 4-15-97; 8:45 am]
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