[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 17 (Thursday, January 28, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7409-7410]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01901]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031392; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University, Bloomington, 
IN; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: Indiana University has corrected an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register on December 2, 2016. This notice 
corrects the minimum number of individuals and the number of associated 
funerary objects. 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 March 1, 2021.

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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of Indiana University, 
Bloomington, IN. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from North Dakota.
    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 and number 
of associated funerary objects published in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion in the Federal Register (81 FR 87064-87065, December 2, 
2016). The correction is being made due to a reassessment of the human 
remains and the discovery of additional human remains and funerary 
objects. Transfer of control of the items in this correction notice has 
not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87064, December, 2, 2016), column 2, 
paragraph 4, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Human remains, representing a minimum of 69 individuals, were 
recovered from this site.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87064, December 2, 2016), column 2, 
paragraph 5, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:
    Human remains, representing a minimum of 35 individuals, were 
recovered.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87064, December 2, 2016{time} ), 
column 2, paragraph 5, sentence 6 is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    The 11 associated funerary objects are 10 blue glass beads and 
one mammal bone.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87064, December 2, 2016{time} ), 
column 3, paragraph 3, inserting the following sentences at the end 
of the paragraph:
    Notes indicate that this collection is likely from North Dakota, 
with ID designations of Ar-34, Ar-3, and Ar-37. Four of these 
individuals are specifically labeled `Arikara' or `Mandan'. It is 
interpreted that the `Ar' is indicative of `Arikara'.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87064, December 2, 2016), column 
3, paragraph 4, the following sentences are added to the beginning 
of the paragraph:
    Found with these collections were four additional boxes 
containing human remains representing four individuals. Three of the 
boxes were labeled as `Arikara' and the fourth was labeled `Ar-6', 
which is interpreted as `Arikara'.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87065, December 2, 2016), column 
1, paragraph 1, sentence 1 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 157 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
    In the Federal Register (81 FR 87065, December 2, 2016), column 
1, paragraph 1, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:
    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 94 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.

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 March 1, 2021. 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.
    Indiana University is responsible for notifying the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota that 
this notice has been published.


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    Dated: January 14, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-01901 Filed 1-27-21; 8:45 am]
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