[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87064-87065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28954]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22455; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, 
IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Anthropology at Indiana University 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 Indiana University 
NAGPRA Office. 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 Indiana University NAGPRA Office at the 
address in this notice by January 3, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana University, 
NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Avenue, 
Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-5315, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here 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 Department of 
Anthropology at Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 Indiana 
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1887, the Devil's Lake site in Ramsey County, ND, was excavated 
by Henry Montgomery. Human remains, representing a minimum of 24 
individuals, were recovered from this site. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    In 1948, G.W. Hewes excavated the Baldhill site in Barnes County, 
ND. Human remains, representing a minimum of 72 individuals, were 
recovered from this site. No known individuals were identified. The 67 
associated funerary objects are 1 rodent skull, 1 radius from a rodent, 
1 rib from a young deer, 1 tibia/fibula possibly from a rabbit, 9 
cranial fragments and 1 part of a mandible of a large mammal, 8 cranial 
fragments and 1 part of a mandible of a large mammal, 1 piece of 
unidentified bone from a large mammal, 1 auditory bulla from a medium-
sized mammal, 1 talus from a medium-sized mammal, 2 pieces of worked 
stone, 1 chert flake, 1 bifacial flake, 3 pieces of some kind of 
pigmented material, 1 phalange from an ungulate, possibly bison or elk, 
1 single incisor, probably from an elk, 8 pieces of ribs from a large 
mammal, 5 caudal vertebrae--tail--from a dog-sized animal, 1 large 
molar, 2 tarsals from a large mammal, 2 vertebral fragments from a 
large mammal, 1 piece of unidentified bone from a large mammal, 1 piece 
of scapula, 1 metatarsal or metacarpal and 1 piece of a humerus from a 
dog-sized mammal, 4 amphibian bones, 3 bird bones, 1 half of a mandible 
from either skunk or a mink, 1 calcaneus from either a skunk or a mink, 
and 1 humerus from large dog or wolf.
    On an unknown date, Alfred W. Bowers excavated the Greenshield site 
in Oliver County, ND. The collection was sent to Faye Cooper Cole at 
the University of Chicago in 1993. From 1950-1952, the collection was 
transferred to Indiana University. Human remains, representing a 
minimum of 34 individuals, were recovered. No known individuals were 
identified. The 2 associated funerary objects are rodent bones.
    On an unknown date, Alfred W. Bowers excavated the Larson site in 
Oliver County, ND. The collection was sent to Faye Cooper Cole at the 
University of Chicago in 1993. From 1950-1952, the collection was 
transferred to Indiana University. Human remains, representing 7 
individuals, were recovered. No known individuals were identified. 
There are no associated funerary objects.
    On an unknown date, Alfred W. Bowers excavated the Motsiff site in 
Morton County, ND. The collection was sent to Faye Cooper Cole at the 
University of Chicago in 1993. From 1950-1952, the collection was 
transferred to Indiana University. Human remains, representing 2 
individuals, were recovered. No known individuals were identified. 
There are no associated funerary objects.
    On an unknown date, Alfred W. Bowers excavated the Sanger Mound 
site in Oliver County, ND. The collection was sent to Faye Cooper Cole 
at the University of Chicago in 1993. From 1950-1952, the collection 
was transferred to Indiana University. Human remains, representing 5 
individuals, were recovered. No known individuals were identified. 
There are no associated funerary objects.
    On an unknown date, Alfred W. Bowers excavated site Ar34 in an 
unknown County, ND. The collection was sent to Faye Cooper Cole at the 
University of Chicago in 1993. From 1950-1952, the collection was 
transferred to Indiana University. Human remains, representing 11 
individuals, were recovered. No known individuals were identified. 
There are 16 associated funerary objects: 1 shell, 1 stone tool, 1 
sherd, 1 piece of sandstone, and 12 pieces of chert.
    Notes indicate that Sanger Mound, Greenshield, Larson, and Motsiff 
are culturally affiliated with the Mandan and Arikara tribes. Notes 
associated with site Ar34 indicate either Arikara or Mandan 
individuals, likely from Fort Abraham Lincoln. The Mandan had a large 
village located at the site of Fort Abraham Lincoln. The Baldhill and 
Devil's Lake sites are likely dated to the Extended Middle Missouri 
variant (1000-1500 AD). Archeological, geographical, and ethnographic 
evidence indicates that this period is

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ancestral to the Mandan. Today, the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan tribes 
are a part of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota.

Determinations Made by the Indiana University

    Officials of Indiana University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 155 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 85 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 the 
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 Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, NAGPRA Director, 
Indiana University, NAGPRA Office, Student Building 318, 701 E. 
Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 856-5315, email 
[email protected], by January 3, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    Indiana University is responsible for notifying the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.

    Dated: November 18, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28954 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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