[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2322]


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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 Nebraska State 
Historical Society, Lincoln, NE

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 Nebraska State Historical 
Society, Lincoln, NE.
    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 and associated funerary 
objects was made by Nebraska State Historical Society professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma; the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
    In 1992, human remains representing one individual were recovered 
from site 25DW211, Dawes County, NE, by Nebraska State Historical 
Society staff archeologist Terry Steinacher at the request of the 
landowner. No known individual was identified. The 636 associated 
funerary objects are glass beads, leather fragments, buttons, tin can 
fragments, and a comb.
    From archeological evidence and skeletal morphology, the Nebraska 
State Historical Society has determined that the individual is Native 
American from the 19th century. Cranial measurements of the individual, 
which are consistent with known Cheyenne populations, and historical 
documents and tribal traditions, which place the Cheyenne tribe in this 
territory during the mid- and late 19th century, indicate that the 
human remains are culturally affiliated with the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Nebraska 
State Historical Society 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 
Nebraska State Historical Society also have determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 636 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 Nebraska State Historical Society 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 associated funerary objects and the 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of 
the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Cheyenne-Arapaho 
Tribes of Oklahoma; the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern 
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; and the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Rob Bozell, Associate Director, 
Nebraska State Historical Society, 1500 R Street, P.O. Box 82554, 
Lincoln, NE 68501-2554, telephone (402) 471-4789, before February 26, 
2001. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
to the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and the Northern Cheyenne 
Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: January 19, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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