44452 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

NAGPRA Specialist/Physical 

Anthropologist, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Mid-Pacific Office, MP–153, 2800 

Cottage Way, Sacramento, CA 95825, 

telephone (916) 978–5526, email 

emryan@usbr.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 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; 

Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of 

the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

and Wilton Rancheria may proceed. 

The Bureau of Reclamation, MidPacific Region, is responsible for 

notifying The Invited and Consulted 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 1, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–20299 Filed 9–21–17; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024070; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha 

District, Omaha, NE, and State 

Archaeological Research Center, 

Rapid City, SD 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Omaha District, 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Omaha District. 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. Army Corps of 

Engineers, 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 

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 the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha 

District. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from site 39BF231, Buffalo 

County, SD. 

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 and associated funerary objects 

was made by the State Archaeological 

Research Center and the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Yankton Sioux 

Tribe of South Dakota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1961, human remains representing, 

at minimum, two individuals were 

removed from site 39BF231 in Buffalo 

County, SD. The human remains were 

collected by Robert W. Neuman of the 

Smithsonian Institution, when thirteen 

coffin burials were excavated prior to 

construction of a new Highway 47. The 

human remains are determined to be 

Native American based on the location 

of the site, which is near the Crow Creek 

Indian Reservation. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

stored at the Midwest Archeological 

Center (MWAC). The human remains 

were transferred from MWAC in 1964 to 

the University of Kansas, then to the 

University of Tennessee-Knoxville in 

1971, and then to the Smithsonian 

Institution in 1979. The human remains 

are currently at the Smithsonian 

Institution and are not included in the 

Notice. MWAC did not transfer the 

funerary objects and the human remains 

together. Instead, MWAC transferred the 

funerary objects to the South Dakota 

State Archaeological Research Center 

(SARC) in 1987. In 1999 and 2000, 

SARC found human remains— 

mummified skin and hair—among the 

funerary objects. The mummified skin 

and hair are from two individual burials 

collected by Neuman in 1961. These 

human remains are currently housed at 

SARC. No known individuals were 

identified. The 1,351 associated 

funerary objects are 1,046 glass beads, 

141 shell beads, 81 brass beads, 1 brass 

button, 16 glass buttons, 4 silver 

earrings, 1 vial of seeds, 2 wood 

fragments, 1 antler and brass handle, 1 

chipped stone, 1 mirror with brass 

frame, 2 iron nails, 1 brass pendant, 3 

pipe preforms, 38 iron pot fragments, 1 

iron ring, 1 spoon, 2 brass tacks, 3 linen 

fragments, 3 wool fragments, and 2 brass 

thimbles. 

The use of coffins for Native 

American burials and the alignment of 

the burials in rows are representative of 

the post-1870s, Early Reservation Period 

at the nearby Crow Creek Indian 

Reservation. By the 1870s, the 

reservation was inhabited by the 

Yanktonai. The associated funerary 

objects are consistent with Yanktonai 

historic burials. The Yanktonai today 

are represented by the Yankton Sioux 

Tribe of South Dakota. Consultation 

with the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South 

Dakota indicates that the associated 

funerary objects listed in this notice are 

the kinds of objects that were typically 

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(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 1,351 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

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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 Yankton Sioux Tribe of South 

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 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 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 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota 

may proceed. 

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Omaha District is responsible for 

notifying the Yankton Sioux Tribe of 

South Dakota that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 29, 2017. 

Sarah Glass, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023884; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources, Jefferson City, MO; 

Correction 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice; correction. 

SUMMARY: The Missouri Department of 

Natural Resources has corrected an 

inventory of human remains and 

associated funerary objects, published 

in a Notice of Inventory Completion in 

the Federal Register on July 30, 2013. 

This notice corrects the cultural 

affiliation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects. 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 to the Missouri Department of 

Natural Resources. 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 Missouri Department of 

Natural Resources at the address in this 

notice by October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Heather Gibb, Missouri 

Department of Natural Resources, P.O. 

Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 

telephone (573) 751–7858, email 

heather.gibb@dnr.mo.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

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

3003, of the correction of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources, Jefferson City, MO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from the 

Clarksville Mound Group site (23PI6) in 

Pike County, MO. 

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 Missouri Department of Natural 

Resources, which has control of the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects to which this 

notice pertains. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

This notice corrects the cultural 

affiliation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects published in 

a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 

Federal Register (78 FR 45960, July 30, 

2013). The correction is based on 

evidence of cultural affiliation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects with The Osage Nation 

(previously listed as the Osage Tribe) 

that was provided after the Notice of 

Inventory Completion was published. 

Transfer of control of the items in this 

correction notice has not occurred. 

Correction 

In the Federal Register (78 FR 45960, 

July 30, 2013), column 2, full paragraph 

2, under the heading ‘‘Consultation,’’ is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by professional staff of the 

Missouri Department of Natural Resources in 

consultation with representatives of the Sac 

& Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation 

of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 

Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and The 

Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe). 

In the Federal Register (78 FR 45960, 

July 30, 2013), column 3, full paragraph 

1, under the heading ‘‘History and 

Description of the Remains,’’ is 

corrected by substituting the following 

paragraph: 

The area of Pike County, MO, was 

occupied by The Osage Nation (previously 

listed as the Osage Tribe) at various points 

in prehistory and was ceded by the Sauk and 

Fox in a series of treaties with the United 

States between 1804 and 1816. The Sauk and 

Fox are represented by the present-day Sac 

& Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation 

of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and Sac 

& Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. 

Cultural affiliation was determined based on 

tribal history, oral history, and the historical 

association of these tribes to the counties 

bordering the Mississippi River, including 

Pike County, MO. 

In the Federal Register (78 FR 45960, 

July 30, 2013), column 3, full paragraph 

5, under the heading ‘‘Determinations 

Made by the Missouri Department of 

Natural Resources,’’ is corrected by 

substituting the following paragraph: 

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 the Sac & Fox 

Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Nation of 

Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; and The 

Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage 

Tribe). 

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 Heather Gibb, Missouri 

Department of Natural Resources, P.O. 

Box 176, Jefferson City, MO 65102, 

telephone (573) 751–7858, email 

heather.gibb@dnr.mo.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