[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 2 (Friday, January 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 338-339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-28381]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029321; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Office of the State Archaeologist, Bioarchaeology Program, 
previously listed as the Office of the State Archaeologist, Burials 
Program, has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should 
submit a written request to the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains 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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Office of the State Archaeologist, Bioarchaeology Program at the 
address in this notice by February 3, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program, University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa 
City, IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, 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 under 
the control of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program, Iowa City, IA. The human remains were removed from Mississippi 
County, MO.
    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. 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 Office 
of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes 
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux 
Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Lower Sioux 
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band 
Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band of Potawatomi 
Nation, Kansas); Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; 
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; 
The Osage Nation (previously listed as the Osage Tribe); The Quapaw 
Tribe of Indians; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago 
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota 
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in Mississippi County, 
MO. The human remains were reportedly kept in an unspecified museum 
before ending up in the

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possession of a private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the 
collector's death in 1994, the human remains were transferred to the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. A young adult 
female is represented by the cranial and dental remains (Burial Project 
785). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    The biological affinity of this individual is uncertain, due to the 
presence of both Native American and European morphological traits. 
Cranial metric analysis was confounded by congenital malformation. 
However, given the presence of some Native American traits, this 
individual is considered to be Native American.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from an unknown location in Charleston, 
Mississippi County, MO. At some point, the human remains came into the 
possession of a private collector in Fort Madison, IA. After the 
collector's death in 1994, the human remains were transferred to the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. A middle-aged 
female, an adult male, and a male of indeterminate age are represented 
by the cranial and dental remains (Burial Project 785). No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Cranial morphology and cranial metrics analysis indicate these 
individuals were Native American.
    The general locations from which all above mentioned individuals 
were removed is considered the ancestral homeland of The Osage Nation.

Determinations Made by the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program

    Officials of the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 The Osage Nation (previously listed as the 
Osage Tribe).

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 should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Dr. Lara 
Noldner, Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, 
University of Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, 
telephone (319) 384-0740, email [email protected], by February 3, 
2020. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to The Osage Nation 
(previously listed as the Osage Tribe) may proceed.
    The Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program is 
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: November 14, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-28381 Filed 1-2-20; 8:45 am]
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