[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 77 (Friday, April 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20330-20331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-9751]


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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 U.S. 
Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Badlands National 
Park, 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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the U.S. Department of the 
Interior, National Park Service, Badlands National Park, Interior, SD.
    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 
National Park Service unit that has control or possession of these 
Native American human remains and

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associated funerary objects. The Assistant Director, Cultural Resources 
Stewardship and Partnerships is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of the human remains has been 
made by professional staff of the National Park Service in consultation 
with representatives of the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River 
Reservation; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian 
Reservation, Montana; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne 
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Devils Lake 
Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota; 
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
of the Lower Brule Cheyenne Tribe; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of 
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe 
of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
    In November 1958, human remains representing one individual were 
discovered eroding out of a cut bank on park property. Evidence of a 
hearth was noticed adjacent to where the remains were discovered. A 
partial skull with five intact maxillary teeth and a fragmentary 
vertebra were removed by the park's chief ranger and formally 
accessioned into the park's museum collection on June 28, 1959. The 
rest of the remains were left in place.
    The skull exhibits retreating zygomatics, a canine fossa, lack of 
keeling, and rapid occlusal attrition, all traits common in American 
Indian populations. Though the oval window is also visible, the remains 
are most likely Native American. This individual was probably between 
16-22 years old at the time of death, based on the eruptions of the 
third molars, molar root development, dental attrition, and basilar 
suture closure. The orbital margin, mastoid process, nuchal area, and 
tooth size indicate that the individual may have been male. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Human occupation of the Badlands National Park area is believed to 
date back approximately 11,000 years. The archeological record and oral 
traditions indicate that the Arikara people camped in the secluded 
valleys of Badlands National Park year round. Eroding out of the stream 
banks today are the rocks and charcoal of their campfires. About 150 
years ago, the Great Sioux Nation displaced many of the other tribes 
from the northern prairie.
    Based on the above mentioned information, the superintendent of 
Badlands National Park has 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. The 
superintendent of Badlands National Park also has 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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne 
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of the Devils 
Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Cheyenne 
Tribe; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; and Yankton 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Arapaho Tribe of the 
Wind River Reservation; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne 
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana; Devils Lake 
Sioux Tribe of the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota; 
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
of the Lower Brule Cheyenne Tribe; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of 
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe 
of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact William 
R. Supernaugh, Superintendent, Badlands National Park, P.O. Box 6, 
Route 240, Interior, SD 57750, telephone (605) 433-5280, before. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the 
Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of 
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of 
the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Devils Lake Sioux Tribe of 
the Devils Lake Sioux Reservation, North Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux 
Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 
Cheyenne Tribe; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, 
South Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; and 
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 27, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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