[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 155 (Friday, August 11, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 41111]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19927]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic 
Site, National Park Service, Stanton, 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), 25 U.S.C. 
3003(d), of the completion of the inventory of human remains in the 
possession of the National Park Service at Knife River Indian Villages 
National Historic Site, Stanton, ND.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of these remains has been made 
by the staff of Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site in 
consultation with representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of 
North Dakota.
    The human remains represent at least nine individuals from nine 
sites recovered within the Knife River Indian Villages National 
Historic Site during excavations conducted by the University of North 
Dakota during 1976-1981. No associated funerary objects were 
identified. Five bone fragments representing one individual were 
recovered from Hidatsa Site (32ME10). Two partial human teeth 
representing one individual were recovered from Sakakawea Site 
(32ME11). One bone fragment representing 1 individual was recovered 
from Scovill site (32ME409). Two bone fragments representing one 
individual were recovered from Long Ridge Cemetery Site (32ME479). 
Three bone fragments, 1 tooth fragment, and 1 molar tooth representing 
one individual were recovered from Soni Site (32ME492). One bone 
fragment representing one individual was recovered from Ramble Site 
(32ME496). Two concentrations of bone fragments and 1 tooth 
representing one individual were recovered from Small Site (32ME498). 
Three bone fragments, two teeth fragments, and one molar tooth 
representing one individual were recovered from Sakakawea Cemetery Site 
(32ME493). Four bone fragments and one tooth surface representing one 
individual were recovered from Buchfink Burial Area (32ME411). No known 
individuals were identified.
    Each of these nine sites has been identified as being within the 
Hidatsa's traditional occupation area based on cultural continuities, 
historic written records, and consultation with the Three Affiliated 
Tribes. Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
National Park Service have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 
(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between the Native American human remains and the 
Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated 
Tribes. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact 
Chas Cartwright, Superintendent, Knife River Indian Villages National 
Historic Site, PO Box 9, Stanton, ND 58571, telephone--(701)745-3309, 
before September 11, 1995. Repatriation of the human remains the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota will begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 7, 1995
Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-19927 Filed 8-10-95; 8:45 am]
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