[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 185 (Friday, September 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57369-57370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-24358]


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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 Mills 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

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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 Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota.
    In 1984, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from site 13ML176, Mills County, IA, by the Office of State 
Archaeologist, University of Iowa, during the salvage excavation of an 
earthlodge. No known individuals were identified. There are no 
associated funerary objects.
    This earthlodge was occupied by people of the Nebraska phase (A.D. 
1050-1250) of the Central Plains tradition based on the material 
culture, art style, architecture, and geographical location of the 
site. Archeological evidence, especially continuities and similarities 
in material culture, and Pawnee tribal history indicate that the 
historic Pawnee and Arikara tribes may have their origins among the 
late prehistoric Nebraska phase people of the Missouri River area of 
southwestern Iowa and eastern Nebraska. The Arikara today are members 
of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota.
    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 one individual 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 Pawnee 
Nation of Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota. This notice has been sent to officials of 
the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the 
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 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 23, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort 
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.

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