[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43713-43714]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20643]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
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 in the 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 in 
consultation with representatives of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 
Rosebud Indian Reservation and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower 
Brule Reservation.
    Around 1870, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered in eastern Montana by B.C. Coleman of Spearfish, SD. In 1995, 
these human remains were discovered in the collections of the Adams 
Memorial Museum, Deadwood, SD and were transferred that same year to 
the South Dakota State Archaeological Research Center. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on cranial morphology and dentition, this individual has been 
identified as Native American. Extensive copper staining on the cranium 
indicates a post-1700 AD date for this burial. Based on crainometric 
measurements, oral tradition, and historical evidence, the cultural 
affiliation of this individual from eastern Montana is most likely with 
the Brule division of the Lakota tribe. The Brule currently reside and 
are represented by the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 
Reservation.
    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 (e), there is 
a relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these Native American human remains and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe 
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe 
of the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule 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,

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Curator, State Archaeological Center, South Dakota Historical Society, 
P.O. Box 1257, Rapid City, SD 57709-1257; telephone: (605) 394-1936, 
before September 10, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation and the Lower 
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 3, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-20643 Filed 8-10-99; 8:45 am]
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