[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 123 (Thursday, June 25, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38155-38156]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-13693]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030317; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Tennessee, 
Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and U.S. Army Corps of 
Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology (UTK) 
and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District (Omaha District) 
have corrected an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal 
Register on November 8, 2019. This notice corrects the minimum number 
of individuals. 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 UTK and 
Omaha District. 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 UTK and Omaha District at the address in this 
notice by July 27, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, Office of the 
Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, telephone (865) 
974-2445, email [email protected] and [email protected]. Ms. Sandra Barnum, 
U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-AB, 1616 Capital 
Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 995-2674, 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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
Tennessee, Department of Anthropology, Knoxville, TN, and the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Campbell, Corson, and 
Walworth Counties, SD.
    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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in 
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (84 FR 60443-
60447, November 8, 2019). Additional human remains were discovered 
after publication of the notice. Transfer of control of the items in 
this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (84 FR 60445, November 8, 2019), column 3, 
paragraph 1, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Between 1966 and 1969, human remains representing, at minimum, 
757 individuals were removed from 39WW2, the Larson site, in 
Walworth County, SD, by William Bass.

    In the Federal Register (84 FR 60445, November 8, 2019), column 3, 
paragraph 1, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:


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    The human remains belong to 411 infants and 100 children, all of 
indeterminate sex, 38 adolescents, and 208 adults.

    In the Federal Register (84 FR 60445, November 8, 2019), column 3, 
paragraph 1, sentence 5 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Of the adolescent individuals, nine are probably male, 16 are 
probably female, and 13 are of indeterminate sex.

    In the Federal Register (84 FR 60446, November 8, 2019), column 3, 
paragraph 1, sentence 1, under the heading ``Determinations Made by the 
University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology and the U.S. Army 
Corps of Engineers, Omaha District,'' is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in 
this notice represent the physical remains of 1,974 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.

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. Robert Hinde, University of Tennessee, 
Office of the Provost, 527 Andy Holt Tower, Knoxville, TN 37996-0152, 
telephone (865) 974-2445, email [email protected] and [email protected]; and 
Ms. Sandra Barnum, U.S. Army Engineer District, Omaha, ATTN: CENWO-PM-
AB, 1616 Capital Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 995-2674, 
email [email protected], by July 27, 2020. 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 
may proceed.
    The University of Tennessee, Department of Anthropology and the 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District are responsible for 
notifying the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 
North Dakota, that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 11, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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