Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 44459 

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. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

In 1953, two cultural items were 

removed from the Cottonwood site 

(39HU43) in Hughes County, SD, and 

are presently located at the South 

Dakota State Archaeological Research 

Center (SARC), under the managerial 

control of the Omaha District. The 

Cottonwood site was excavated in 1953 

by Wesley R. Hurt and Todd G. Willy. 

The excavation was a joint effort 

between the W.H. Over MuseumVermillion, the South Dakota 

Archaeological Commission, and the 

U.S. National Park Service. At least two 

sets of human remains were recovered 

and stored at the W.H. Over Museum 

until 1974, 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 then housed at SARC until May 

20, 1994, when they were repatriated to 

the Sioux. SARC currently has two 

funerary objects that excavation records 

show as having been removed from the 

burial of a specific individual from site 

39HU43. The two unassociated funerary 

objects are 1 unmodified wolf canine 

tooth and 1 ceramic body sherd. 

The Cottonwood site (39HU43) is a 

farm settlement on a low terrace above 

the Missouri River that was probably 

occupied between 1870 and 1880, 

which falls into the Historic Sioux 

(Teton/Lakota) (1867–1900). Peoria 

Bottom was occupied in the early 1870s 

by 200 to 300 Native Americans, as well 

as by the first Protestant mission in the 

area, which included a boarding school 

for the Lakota Sioux. The Cottonwood 

site included 15 circular houses and 

several outdoor cache pit depressions. 

Three houses and one outdoor cache pit 

were excavated. The houses had basinshaped tipi floors, in common with latenineteenth century Lakota farm 

settlements. Gun cartridges were also 

recovered at the site, not in association 

with the burials, but which support the 

Historic Sioux occupation. 

In 1962, six cultural items were 

removed from the Fort Thompson 

Burials II site (39BF10) in Buffalo 

County, SD, and are presently located at 

the South Dakota State Archaeological 

Research Center (SARC), under the 

managerial control of the Omaha 

District. The Fort Thompson Burials II 

site (39BF10) has six mound groups 

spread out along the left bank of the 

Missouri River on a terrace in the Big 

Bend area, downstream from Fort 

Thompson. Early in the 1960s, several 

burials were disturbed during 

construction of the Big Bend Dam. In 

December of 1962, Robert Grant and 

Joseph B. Brandon, State Archaeological 

Commission-Vermillion, SD, recovered 

the human remains and funerary 

objects. At least 4 sets of human remains 

were recovered. The human remains 

were stored at the W.H. Over Museum 

until 1974, when they were moved to 

the Office of the State Archaeologist 

(OSA) at Fort Meade. In 1979, the 

University of Tennessee-Knoxville 

received the human remains and 

conducted an inventory before returning 

them to the OSA. The human remains 

were then repatriated in 1982 to the 

Sioux. SARC currently holds six 

funerary objects that excavation records 

show as having been removed from the 

burial of a specific individual from site 

39BF10. The six unassociated funerary 

objects are 2 linen textiles; 2 brass 

buttons; 1 wrought-iron coffin nail; and 

1 bison femur fragment. 

The Fort Thompson Burials II site 

(39BF10) was most likely occupied post1860, which falls into the Early 

Reservation Period and is associated 

with the Crow Creek Indian Reservation, 

inhabited by the Santee and Winnebago, 

who were moved to Nebraska in the 

mid-1860s. In the 1870s, the reservation 

was inhabited by the Yanktonai. The 

unassociated funerary objects and 

manner of burial are most likely 

affiliated with the Yanktonai, who 

occupied the reservation for a longer 

period of time post-1860, than the 

Santee and Winnebago. 

The Yanktonai today are represented 

by the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South 

Dakota. Consultation with the Yankton 

Sioux Tribe of South 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 8 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 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 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 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 Yankton Sioux Tribe of 

South Dakota. 

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 2, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Kentucky Historical Society, Frankfort, 

KY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Kentucky Historical 

Society has completed an inventory of 

human remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 the Kentucky Historical 

Society. If no additional requestors 

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come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 with information in support of 

the request to the Kentucky Historical 

Society at the address in this notice by 

October 23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Beth Caffery Carter, 

Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West 

Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 

telephone (502) 564–1792, email 

bethc.carter@ky.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 under the control of 

the Kentucky Historical Society, 

Frankfort, KY. The human remains were 

removed from Fox Field, Mason County, 

KY and Steubenville, Jefferson County, 

OH. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Kentucky 

Historical Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. The 

Chickasaw Nation responded by letter 

and deferred to the Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians. The following Indian 

Tribes and groups were invited to 

consult but did not participate: 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee, 

a non-federally recognized Indian 

group; Shawnee Tribe; The Quapaw 

Tribe of Indians; United Keetoowah 

Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; 

and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal 

Repatriation Committee, representing 

federally recognized Indian Tribes. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At some time prior to 1964, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 2 

individuals were removed from Fox 

Field in Mason County, KY, and 

Steubenville in Jefferson County, OH. 

The human remains were loaned and 

then donated to the Kentucky Historical 

Society by Charles Johnson. The 

Kentucky Historical Society has no 

other information about the excavation 

of these human remains. The human 

remains include a skull of an adult 

female from the Fox Field site in Mason 

County, KY, and a skull of an adult male 

from Steubenville in Jefferson County, 

OH. No known individuals were 

identified. There are no associated 

funerary objects present. 

Determinations Made by the Kentucky 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Kentucky Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on the 

minimal provenance that came in with 

them. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 2 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

any present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and 

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; and the 

United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 

Indians in Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 with information in support of 

the request to Beth Caffery Carter, 

Kentucky Historical Society, 100 West 

Broadway, Frankfort, KY 40601, 

telephone (502) 564–1792, email 

bethc.carter@ky.gov, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux 

Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 

Reservation, Montana; Cherokee Nation; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 

Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; 

The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; United 

Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 

Oklahoma; and, if joined to one or more 

of the Indian Tribes above, the following 

non-federally recognized Indian groups: 

The Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; 

Georgia Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; 

and the Wisconsin Inter-Tribal 

Repatriation Committee may proceed. 

The Kentucky Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 

Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; 

Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 

Cherokee Indians; Shawnee Tribe; The 

Chickasaw Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of 

Indians; United Keetoowah Band of 

Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Echota 

Cherokee Tribe of Alabama; Georgia 

Tribe of the Eastern Cherokee; and the 

Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriation 

Committee that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 31, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert 

S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 

Andover, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology has completed 

an inventory of 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 associated 

funerary objects and present-day Indian 

tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 

Lineal descendants or representatives of 

any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian