[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 70 (Monday, April 13, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18033-18034]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-9660]


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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 South Dakota 
State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD

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 South Dakota State 
Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by South Dakota 
State Archaeological Research Center (SARC) professional staff and 
contract specialists in physical anthropology and archeology in 
consultation with representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the 
Lower Brule Reservation, Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota, Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, and Upper Sioux Indian 
Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation.

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    In 1923, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from the Dougherty Mounds (39RO10) at the south end of Lake Traverse, 
Roberts County, SD during excavations conducted by W.H. Over, Director 
of the then-Dakota Museum, University of South Dakota-Vermillion (now 
known as the W.H. Over Museum). No known individual was identified. The 
12 associated funerary objects include silver earbobs, an unidentified 
animal bone, cloth fragments, and elm bark fragments.
    Based on the associated funerary objects and manner of interment, 
this individual has been identified as a Native American. The 
associated funerary objects indicate the burial dates from the post-
1875 era. This site is within the original Sisseton-Wahpeton 1867 
reservation boundaries, and Sisseton-Wahpeton band had been documented 
as using this area of Lake Traverse as early as 1804-1806. The 1923 
excavations at this site originally recovered 24 individuals, ten of 
whom were re-interred following the conclusion of the excavations. 
During the 1980s, the remaining 14 individuals were repatriated and 
reburied prior to the enactment of NAGPRA. These human remains and 
associated funerary objects were discovered in the SARC collections in 
1993 during the NAGPRA inventory.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the South 
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American 
ancestry. Officials of the South Dakota State Archaeological Research 
Center have also determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 
12 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. Lastly, officials of the South 
Dakota State Archaeological Research Center have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation, Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota, Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, and Upper Sioux Indian 
Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact 
Renee Boen, Curator, State Archaeological Center, South Dakota 
Historical Society, P.O. Box 1257, Rapid City, SD 57709-1257; 
telephone: (605) 394-1936, before May 13, 1998. Repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Sisseton-Wahpeton 
Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation may begin after that date 
if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: April 2, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-9660 Filed 4-10-98; 8:45 am]
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