[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 135 (Thursday, July 14, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45531-45532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-16608]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-21370]; [PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Indianapolis Field Office, Indianapolis, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has completed an 
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Federal Bureau of Investigation at the 
address in this notice by August 15, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Indianapolis Field Office, 
Attn: Special Agent Timothy Carpenter, 8825 Nelson B. Klein Parkway, 
Indianapolis, IN 46250, telephone (317) 845-2413, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with 
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation (FBI), Indianapolis Field Office. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Lyman County, SD.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the FBI in 
consultation with representatives of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the 
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of 
the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; and the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota, hereafter 
referred to as ``The Tribes''.

History and Description of the Remains

    In July 1961, human remains representing, at minimum, 9 individuals 
were removed from at or near site 39LM0047 in Lyman County, SD. The 
human remains were later transported to Indiana, where they remained as 
part of a private collection of Native American antiquities and 
cultural heritage. In April 2014, the human remains were seized by the 
FBI as part of a criminal investigation.
    The human remains represent one adolescent male, one adolescent 
female, two adolescents of unknown sex, two adults of unknown sex, one 
female aged approximately 75 years at time of death, and two 
individuals of unknown age or sex. No known individuals were 
identified. The 21 associated funerary objects are 2 lots of glass 
trade beads; 2 pipestone/Catalinite pipes; 1 unidentified metal stake 
or nail; 1 metal knife with wooden handle; 1 black metal pendant; 1 
drilled metal pendant; 2 stone projectile points; 1 ceramic ink well; 1 
ground stone (possibly a pestle); and 1 hammer stone.
    Site 39LM0047 is located at the convergence of the White River and 
the Missouri River. The area is currently under the control, and 
managed by, the South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (SDGFD), pursuant to 
a 1999 transfer of property by the United States Army Corps of 
Engineers (USACE). However, at the time of the excavation of these 
human remains and associated funerary objects, the land at the site in 
question was under the control, and managed by, the USACE.
    Site analysis, along with oral history from local tribal nations, 
indicates that this area was historically inhabited by several 
populations. Archeologists believe that Siouan-speaking people 
ancestral to the Mandan lived in this locale from at least A.D. 800 
until they were displaced by Caddoan-speaking ancestors of the Arikara. 
Ancestral Arikara remained in the area until the mid-to-late 1800s, 
when they moved upstream to join the Mandan and Hidatsa as part of the 
Three Affiliated tribes. Siouan-speaking peoples ancestral to the 
Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota hunted across the Plains and often traded 
with the ancestral Arikara, Mandan, and Hidatsa well ahead of European 
contact and into the historic period. This particular locale was 
dominated by the Dakota and Lakota by the early 1700s.
    Based upon historical record, site analysis, evidence obtained 
through criminal investigation, osteological analysis, and tribal 
consultation, the FBI believes that there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains, and associated funerary objects, and The 
Tribes.

Determinations Made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Officials of the FBI have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 9 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 21 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of a 
death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to Federal Bureau of Investigation, Indianapolis Field 
Office, Attn: Special Agent Timothy Carpenter, 8825 Nelson B. Klein 
Parkway, Indianapolis, IN 46250, telephone (317) 845-2413, email 
[email protected], by August 15, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the

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human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The FBI is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: July 7, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-16608 Filed 7-13-16; 8:45 am]
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