[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 86 (Thursday, May 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22255-22256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-11143]



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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 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, and in the 
Control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Dakotas Area Office, Bismarck, ND

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    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 in the possession of the University of North Dakota 
Hariman Research Center, Grand Forks, ND, and in the control of the 
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area 
Office, Bismarck, ND.
    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 was made by Bureau of 
Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the North Dakota Intertribal Reinterment 
Committee; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South 
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux 
Indians of the Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe 
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community of the 
Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, 
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of 
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 
North Dakota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota.
    On November 9, 2000, the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office 
and the North Dakota Intertribal Reinterment Committee submitted a 
request to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation 
Review Committee to make a recommendation on the disposition of a 
minimum of 14 culturally unidentifiable human remains and 4 associated 
funerary objects from North Dakota and in the control of the Bureau of 
Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office. The North Dakota Intertribal 
Reinterment Committee was established by North Dakota State statute for 
the reinterment of human remains in the State of North Dakota and is 
composed of representatives of the following Native American tribes in 
and from North Dakota: the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; the Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and the Turtle 
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota. The Bureau of 
Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office had previously received a resolution 
supporting repatriation to the North Dakota Intertribal Reinterment 
Committee from the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association, an 
association that represents 17 Federally recognized tribes within the 
Great Plains region of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
    The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review 
Committee considered the request at its December 11-13, 2000, meeting. 
The review committee concurred with the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas 
Area Office's proposal to repatriate these culturally unidentifiable 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the North Dakota 
Intertribal Reinterment Committee representing the Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and 
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota. A January 11, 
2001, letter from the Assistant Director, Cultural Resources 
Stewardship and Partnerships to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area 
Office confirmed concurrence regarding the disposition of these 
culturally unidentifiable human remains and associated funerary 
objects.
    In 1974, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of three individuals from site 32LM104. No known 
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is a 
projectile point.
    The human remains (inventory records 32LM104-A, 32LM104-B, and 
32LM104-C) and associated funerary object (32LM104-AFO-A) were 
inventoried by the University of North Dakota Hariman Research Center 
in 1996. Based on site morphology, osteological evidence, and 
associated artifacts, these individuals have been identified as Native 
American and probably date to the Middle Plains Woodland period (100 
B.C.-A.D. 600).
    In 1974, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from a disturbed portion of site 
32LM228. No known individual was identified. The three associated 
funerary objects are two projectile points and one piece of worked, 
incised shell.
    The human remains (32LM228-A) and associated funerary objects 
(32LM228-AFO-A, 32LM228-AFO-B, and 32LM228-AFO-C) were inventoried by 
the University of North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based 
on site morphology, osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, 
this individual has been identified as Native American and probably 
dates to the Plains Woodland period (400 B.C.-A.D. 1000).
    In 1974, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of four individuals from site 32NE401. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The human remains (32NE401-A, 32NE401-B, 32NE401-C, and 32NE401-D) 
were inventoried by the University of North Dakota Hariman Research 
Center in 1996. Based on the site morphology, osteological evidence, 
and associated artifacts, these individuals have been identified as 
Native American and probably date to the Plains Woodland period (400 
B.C.-A.D. 1000).
    In 1990, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from excavations at site 32RY77. 
No known

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individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains (32RY77-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1990 and 1996. Based on site 
morphology, osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the 
individual has been identified as Native American and probably dates to 
the Early to Middle Woodland period (400 B.C.-A.D. 600).
    In 1982, Dakota Interactive Services professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from excavations at site 32SN72. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The human remains (32SN72-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based on site morphology, 
osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the individual has 
been identified as Native American of an unknown period.
    In 1982, Dakota Interactive Services professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from excavations at site 32SN88. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The human remains (32SN88-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based on site morphology, 
osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the individual has 
been identified as Native American of an unknown period.
    In 1982, Dakota Interactive Services professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from a survey of site 32SN93. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    The human remains (32SN93-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based on site morphology, 
osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the individual has 
been identified as Native American and probably dates to the Plains 
Woodland period (400 B.C.-A.D. 1000).
    In 1985, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from excavations at site 
32SN246. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The human remains (32SN246-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based on site morphology, 
osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the individual has 
been identified as Native American and probably dates to the Middle 
Woodland period (100 B.C.-A.D. 600).
    In 1976, University of North Dakota professionals, under contract 
to the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office, collected the 
remains of a minimum of one individual from excavations at site 
32SN403. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The human remains (32SN403-A) were inventoried by the University of 
North Dakota Hariman Research Center in 1996. Based on site morphology, 
osteological evidence, and associated artifacts, the individual has 
been identified as Native American and probably dates to the 
Northeastern Plains Complex period (early A.D. 1400s).
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of a minimum of 14 individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office 
also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the four 
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. In accordance with the recommendations 
of the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation and Review 
Committee, officials of the Bureau of Reclamation, Dakotas Area Office 
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is no 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between either these Native American human remains or the associated 
funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribe or group, and the 
disposition of these Native American human remains should be to the 
North Dakota Intertribal Reinterment Committee representing the 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, 
North Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 
North Dakota; and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to the North Dakota Intertribal 
Reinterment Committee; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne 
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South 
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux 
Indians of the Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe 
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; 
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community of the 
Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, 
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of 
North & South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 
North Dakota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Dr. Kimball Banks, NAGPRA Coordinator, Bureau of Reclamation, 
Dakotas Area Office, P.O. Box 1017, Bismarck, ND 58501, telephone (701) 
250-4242, extension 3602, before June 4, 2001. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the North Dakota 
Intertribal Reinterment Committee representing the Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North and South Dakota; the Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: April 13, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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