[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 181 (Monday, September 18, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56327-56328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-23871]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects from Lyon County, IA in the Possession 
of the Office of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa 
City, IA

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 Office of State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Office 
of the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 
Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of 
Nebraska; and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    In 1989, human remains representing eight individuals were 
collected from the surface of site 13LO2, Blood Run National Historic 
Landmark, Lyon County, IA, by Bear Creek Archaeology, Inc., during an 
archeological survey. Also in 1989, human remains representing four 
individuals were collected from the site by unknown local residents. 
The remains subsequently were transferred to the Office of State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa. No known individuals were 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects.
    Blood Run National Historic Landmark site is a large Oneota village 
site located in Iowa and South Dakota, straddling the Big Sioux River 
southeast of Sioux Falls, SD. Archeological evidence, including 
radiocarbon dates and trade artifacts, suggests that the site was most 
intensively occupied from A.D. 1500-1700. Tribal histories, supported 
by French historical maps and documents, strongly suggest that the 
Omaha (possibly including the Ponca at this time), Iowa, and Oto tribes 
were present in this area at that time and were the probable residents 
of the site.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Office 
of State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above 
represent the physical remains of 12 individuals of Native American 
ancestry. Also, officials of the Office of State Archaeologist, 
University of Iowa, have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably 
traced between these Native American human remains and the Iowa Tribe 
of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Otoe-Missouria 
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca 
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas 
and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of 
Nebraska; and the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Representatives 
of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally 
affiliated with these human remains should contact Shirley Schermer, 
Burials Program Director, Office of the State Archaeologist, 700 
Clinton Street Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, 
telephone (319) 384-0740, before October 18, 2000. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; the Iowa Tribe 
of Oklahoma; the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska; the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; and the Ponca Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.


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    Dated: September 5, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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