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No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

In 1940, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from the Medwin Knoll site, 

Sussex County, NJ, by W.B. Wilson, an 

amateur archeologist, who donated 

them to the New Jersey State Museum. 

The human remains include a 

fragmentary skull and infracranial 

remains. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In 1980, human remains representing, 

at minimum, seven individuals were 

removed from a site in Gloucester City, 

Camden County, NJ, by a salvage crew 

during the construction of a building. 

The human remains were transferred to 

the New Jersey State Museum in 1980. 

The human remains include the 

fragmentary remains of at least seven 

individuals. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In the 1980s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 28- 

Mi-72, in Monroe Township, Middlesex 

County, NJ, by a school group who 

discovered them eroding out of a bank. 

The human remains include skull 

fragments, limb fragments, and six teeth. 

No known individual was identified. 

The 27 associated funerary objects are 4 

pieces of fire cracked rock, 22 flakes, 

and 1 piece of glass. 

In 1995, State Archaeologist Dr. 

Lorraine Williams identified all of the 

human remains listed in this notice as 

dating from the Woodland Period to the 

Contact Period, a time during which 

Delaware-speaking groups occupied this 

area of New Jersey. Consultation with 

the Western Delaware Nation, the 

Stockbridge Munsee, and the Delaware 

Tribe of Indians occurred in 1995, and 

all representatives agreed that the 

locations from which these human 

remains were removed was traditionally 

occupied by the Delaware until 

progressive removals westward began in 

the early 1700s. It was noted during 

consultation that the presence of the 

Shawnee in the northern portion of the 

Delaware River Valley in the late 17th 

and early 18th centuries has been 

historically documented. Based on the 

analysis of the human remains, site 

information, and consultation, the New 

Jersey State Museum has determined a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Delaware (Lenape) people. 

Determinations Made by the New Jersey 

State Museum 

Officials of the New Jersey State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 161 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 137 objects described in this notice 

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. 

• 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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

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 objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, 

Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnology, 

New Jersey State Museum, 205 West 

State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, 

telephone (609) 984–9327, email 

gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov, by October 

23, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin, may proceed. 

The New Jersey State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 

Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin, that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: July 28, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20305 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023936; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District, Omaha, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha 

District), in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of 

unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request to the 

Omaha District. If no additional 

claimants come forward, transfer of 

control of the cultural items 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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the Omaha District at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. 

Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: 

CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, 

Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 

995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the Omaha 

District, Omaha, NE., that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

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History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

Between 1965 and 1968, two cultural 

items were removed from the Fort 

Manuel site (39CO5), Corson County, 

SD, and are presently located at the 

South Dakota State Archaeological 

Research Center (SARC), under the 

managerial control of the Omaha 

District. Between 1965 and 1966, G. 

Hubert Smith recovered human remains 

(Individual 2) and associated funerary 

objects. In 1968, J.J. Hoffman and R.B. 

Johnson, SIRBS, recovered the human 

remains of two other individuals 

(Individuals 1 and 3) and associated 

funerary objects consisting of wood 

fragments. The human remains were 

stored at the University of NebraskaLincoln until 1986, when they were 

moved to SARC. In 1987, the University 

of Tennessee-Knoxville received the 

human remains and conducted an 

inventory before returning them to 

SARC in 1988. The human remains 

were housed at SARC until May 20, 

1994, when they were repatriated to the 

Cheyenne River Sioux with the wood 

fragments. The remaining two 

unassociated funerary objects are two 

bear proximal phalanges that records 

show were originally collected with 

Individual 2. 

The Fort Manuel site (39CO5) is a 

multi-component site on a narrow 

terrace above the confluence of the 

Missouri River and Hunkpapa Creek, 

and was most likely occupied during 

the Middle Missouri Tradition (900– 

1500), Extended (1500–1675), Postcontact Coalescent (1675–1780), and 

Historic period (post-1800). Fort Manuel 

was established at the location as a 

trading post by the Missouri Fur 

Company in 1812 and abandoned in 

1813. A journal kept by a Company 

clerk at Fort Manuel states that two 

Company men, one Native American 

man, and two Native American women 

died during the winter of 1812–1813, 

indicating a Historic period occupation. 

None of the individuals recovered from 

the site can be tied to the journal with 

any certainty. Individual 1 was found 

with wood fragments, possibly either 

coffin or wood slab fragments, which 

indicates either a Lakota affiliation 

(post-1868) or an Arikara affiliation 

(1500–1780). Individual 2 was placed 

on a scaffold then later buried, 

indicating an Arikara affiliation. 

Individual 3 was found on the surface 

of the site indicating a Historic period 

occupation and affiliated with the 

Lakota or Arikara. Mortuary practices of 

the Individual 2 as well as historic 

documentation indicate the human 

remains are most likely affiliated with 

the Arikara. 

In August of 1979, 24 cultural items 

were removed from the Bergner site 

(39BR36), Brule County, SD, and are 

presently located at the South Dakota 

State Archaeological Research Center 

(SARC), under the managerial control of 

the Omaha District. The Bergner site is 

a burial site on a flat terrace above Lake 

Francis Case, south of Chamberlain, SD, 

and was discovered in August of 1979 

by Mr. Lawrence Bergner. The human 

remains were eroding out of the bank 

and Mr. Bergner reported it to local 

authorities, who collected the human 

remains and 24 funerary objects. The 

human remains were then released to 

Timothy R. Nowak, Corp of Engineers 

field archeologist, who assessed the site 

but did no further excavations. At least 

4 sets of human remains were 

recovered. The funerary objects were 

turned over to SARC in 1981. The 

human remains remained with the 

Corps of Engineers until some time prior 

to 1990, when they were reburied at site 

39ST15 on the Missouri River. The 

excavation records show the funerary 

items as having been removed from the 

burial of a specific individual from site 

39BR36. The 24 unassociated funerary 

objects are 16 burned clay fragments; 4 

ceramic rim sherds (Iona Indented and 

La Roche, Wheeler); 2 bison horn cores; 

1 skunk humerus; and 1 lot of wood 

fragments. 

The Bergner site (39BR36) is a burial 

site that was most likely occupied 

between 1550 and 1675, dating to the 

Extended Variant of the Coalescent 

tradition. The archeological community 

associates the pottery types with the 

Extended Variant of the Coalescent 

tradition. Populations associated with 

the Coalescent tradition within this area 

and time frame are believed to be 

ancestral to the Arikara, therefore the 

unassociated funerary objects are most 

likely affiliated with the Arikara. 

In approximately 1975, 31 cultural 

items were collected from the Oacoma 

Village site (39LM26), Lyman County, 

SD, and are presently located at the 

South Dakota State Archaeological 

Research Center (SARC), under the 

managerial control of the Omaha 

District. The Oacoma Village site is a 

large village on a low terrace above the 

Missouri River and was excavated 

around 1975 by an unknown individual. 

At least two sets of human remains were 

recovered. In 1978, the human remains 

were discovered during an inventory at 

SARC in 1978. It is unclear how the 

remains came to be at SARC. In the 

same year, the University of TennesseeKnoxville received the human remains 

and conducted an inventory before 

returning them to South Dakota in 1986. 

The human remains were then reburied 

at site 39ST15 on the Missouri River. 

SARC records show the funerary items 

as having been removed from the burial 

of a specific individual from site 

39LM26. The 31 unassociated funerary 

objects are 13 ceramic rim sherds; 10 

ceramic body sherds; 1 bison mandible; 

1 modified bison rib tool; 1 biface knife; 

1 biface core; 1 plate chalcedony knife; 

1 utilized chert flake; 1 thinning flake; 

and 1 spokeshave. 

The Oacoma Village site (39LM26) is 

a large village that was most likely 

occupied during several components 

between 1500 and 1862, all variants of 

the Coalescent tradition. The entire 

Oacoma Village site encompasses a large 

area that was previously three sites, 

Oacoma Village I (39LM24), Oacoma 

Village II (39LM26), and Oacoma Village 

III (39LM27). The three sites were later 

combined and considered Oacoma 

Village (39LM26) when excavated by 

Marvin F. Kivett, Smithsonian Institute 

River Basin Survey, between 1951 and 

1952, and prior to the discovery of the 

burials in 1975. The village was 

comprised of 40–50 houses. The 

Oacoma Village site that was excavated 

by Kivett included ceramic pottery 

types that are associated with a Post 

Contact Coalescent tradition (1675– 

1780) occupation. The rim sherds found 

with the burials in 1975 represent 

pottery types found in three different 

periods, Extended Coalescent tradition, 

Post Contact Coalescent tradition, and 

the Disorganized Coalescent tradition. 

These three periods are known for 

primary inhumations, which researchers 

believe was done for the two sets of 

human remains. Populations associated 

with the Coalescent tradition within this 

area and time frame are believed to be 

ancestral to the Arikara, therefore the 

unassociated funerary objects are likely 

affiliated with the Arikara. 

The Arikara are represented today by 

the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 

Consultation with the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota, indicates that these kinds 

of funerary objects are placed with 

individuals at the time of death. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Omaha District 

Officials of the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Omaha District, have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the 57 cultural items described 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 and 

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are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the unassociated funerary 

objects and the Three Affiliated Tribes 

of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army 

Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: 

CENWO–PM–AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, 

Omaha, NE 68102, telephone, (402) 

995–2674, email sandra.v.barnum@

usace.army.mil, by October 23, 2017. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the unassociated funerary 

objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota, may proceed. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District, is responsible for 

notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of 

the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 

Dakota, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 2, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20294 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023846; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Region, 

Sacramento, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation), Mid-Pacific Regional 

Office, has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. 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 should submit 

a written request to Reclamation, MidPacific Regional Office. 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 U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Reclamation, MidPacific Regional Office, at the address in 

this notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Melanie Ryan, NAGPRA 

Specialist/Physical Anthropologist, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Regional Office, MP–153, 2800 Cottage 

Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone 

(916) 978–5526, email emryan@

usbr.gov. 

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 completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of 

Reclamation, Mid-Pacific Regional 

Office, Sacramento, CA. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Calaveras and 

Tuolumne Counties, CA. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Reclamation, MidPacific Regional Office, professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Bishop Paiute 

Tribe (previously listed as the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California) and the Tuolumne Band of 

Me-Wuk Indians of the Tuolumne 

Rancheria of California. The following 

Indian Tribes were invited to consult 

but did not participate in consultation: 

The Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians; California Valley Miwok Tribe; 

Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk 

Indians; Ione Band of Miwok Indians; 

Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians; 

Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians; 

and Wilton Rancheria (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted 

Tribes’’) 

History and Description of the Remains 

In August of 1975, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual, were inadvertently removed 

from the Texas Charley Gulch site (CA– 

CAL–0338, original site number 4–CAL– 

S–286) in Calaveras County, CA. The 

site was first excavated in 1975 by San 

Francisco State University under the 

direction of Dr. Michael Moratto. Three 

burials were encountered in two of the 

units, but the human remains were left 

in situ. In 2013, SFSU notified 

Reclamation of the existence of an 

isolated left mandibular second 

premolar in the CA–CAL–0338 

collection. Physical custody was 

transferred to Reclamation, Mid-Pacific, 

on March 31, 2013. Subsequent 

reanalysis of the site CA–CAL–0338 

faunal assemblage by Reclamation, MidPacific, professional staff resulted in the 

identification of an additional 97 pieces 

of human bone. The fragmentary nature 

of the remains precluded determination 

of age or sex. No known individual was 

identified. The five associated funerary 

objects include four Olivella shell beads 

and one Haliotis disc. A sixth grave 

item, a bone awl fragment was not 

among the items transferred by San 

Francisco State University to 

Reclamation, Mid-Pacific, in 2013. 

Age estimates of CA–CAL–0338 are 

based on temporally-diagnostic artifacts 

and radiocarbon dates. Uncalibrated 14C 

dates of 320 ±80 BP (Unit I–100–N, I– 

9040) and 405 ±80 BP (Unit G–100–S, I– 

9039) suggest a Late Horizon occupation 

for all three burials. However, the 

carbon samples were not directly 

associated with the remains; rather they 

were extracted from undifferentiated 

midden deposits in the general vicinity 

of the burials. The single Type M1a 

Olivella bead found in association with 

Burial 3 suggests that this individual 

was interred sometime between the 

beginning of the Middle Period (circa 

200 B.C.) and the end of Phase 1 of the 

Late Period (circa A.D. 1500). The Type 

G2b Olivella beads, while not 

definitively associated with Burials 2 

and 5, are temporally diagnostic for the 

timespan between the Early/Middle