[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 140 (Wednesday, July 22, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39294-39295]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-19538]


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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

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

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State Archaeological Research Center, Rapid City, SD.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by South Dakota 
State Archaeological Research Center and Office of the State 
Archeologist of Iowa professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation.
    In 1934, human remains representing one individual likely to have 
been recovered from the Evart's Village site (39WW204), Walworth 
County, SD during Works Project Administration road construction. No 
known individual was identified. The two associated funerary objects 
consist of a white glass pony bead and a rifle bullet, identified as 
possibly a .44-60 calibre Peabody, Remington, or Sharps.
    In 1990, these human remains were found in the collections of the 
Conger House Museum in Washington, IA and transferred to the Office of 
the State Archeologist of Iowa. Museum documentation suggests these 
remains were recovered from the Evart's Village site on Fred Brazel's 
land near Evart, SD and given to his brother-in-law, Thomas Royster of 
Muscatine, IA. Mr. Royster may have donated these remains to the Conger 
House Museum, as Washington, IA is near Muscatine. In 1952, an 
interview with Mrs. Fred Brazel revealed that these human remains were 
possibly interred as a primary flexed or secondary bundle burial, 
placed face up on top of a layer of cut willow twigs.
    Based on skeletal morphology and associated funerary objects, these 
individuals have been determined to be Native American. Based on the 
associated funerary objects, manner of interment, and geographical 
location, the Evart's Village site has been identified as a post-1770 
Arikara or Mandan village. Consultation with representatives of the 
Three Affiliated Tribes indicates there were Arikara and Mandan 
villages in this area of South Dakota during the post contact period.
    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 
two 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 Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold 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, South Dakota State Archaeological Reserch Center, 
P.O. Box 1257, Rapid City, SD 57709-1257; telephone: (605) 394-1936, 
before August 22, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 
Berthold Reservation may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
Dated: July 6, 1998.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 98-19538 Filed 7-21-98; 8:45 am]
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