[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 104 (Tuesday, May 31, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32439-32440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11635]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033969; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, Lincoln, NE

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Nebraska State Museum (UNSM) has completed 
an inventory of 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 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 associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the University of Nebraska 
State Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the 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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the University of Nebraska State Museum at the address in this notice 
by June 30, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Priscilla C. Grew, NAGPRA 
Coordinator, University of Nebraska State Museum, Nebraska Hall W436, 
Lincoln, NE 68588-0550, telephone (402) 472-2095, 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 associated funerary 
objects under the control of the University of Nebraska State Museum, 
Lincoln, NE. The associated funerary objects were removed from Dakota 
and Stanton Counties, NE.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25

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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 associated funerary objects. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made 
by the University of Nebraska State Museum professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.

History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects

    In December of 1998, a box containing 23 objects was discovered on 
the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Nine of the objects 
were labeled ``25DK2A.'' UNSM determined that these items were funerary 
objects associated with the human remains and other associated funerary 
objects removed in 1939 from site 25DK2A, a historic cemetery dating to 
A.D. 1780-1820, in Dakota County, NE, during excavations conducted 
under the direction of Stanley Bartos, Jr. All the human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of UNSM that are clearly 
from site 25DK2A have been repatriated to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
    In 2017, the box containing the other 14 objects was discovered at 
UNSM. Consultations conducted in 2017 and 2022 with representatives of 
the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska resulted in the determination that these 14 
items are funerary objects that either are associated with the human 
remains and other associated funerary objects from site 25DK2A or are 
associated with the human remains and other associated funerary objects 
removed in 1940 from site 25DK10, a historic cemetery dating to A.D. 
1780-1820, in Dakota County, NE, during excavations conducted under the 
direction of John Champe. All the human remains and associated funerary 
objects under the control of UNSM that are clearly from site 25DK10 
have been repatriated to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska. The 14 associated 
funerary objects are three lots of black glass beads, one lot of 
turquoise-blue glass beads, one lot of red wire-wrapped glass beads, 
four lots of mixed-color glass beads, one lot of white glass beads, one 
lot of black and white glass beads, one bone core of a bear claw, one 
bison bone rattle, and one brass crucifix pendant.
    In May of 2017, one pottery sherd was discovered in the UNSM 
collections in an envelope labelled ``Nov. 3, '40 Stanton, Nebr. Emil 
Entenmann's cornfield in fallow on the hill. Central ridge on way to 
cemetery near bead location found sherd.'' Consultations conducted in 
2017 and 2022 with representatives of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska 
resulted in the determination that this item is a funerary object that 
is associated with the human remains and other associated funerary 
objects removed in 1940 from site 25ST0, a Native American burial from 
the historic period discovered in Emil Entenmann's cornfield. All the 
human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of UNSM 
that are clearly from site 25ST0 have been repatriated to the Omaha 
Tribe of Nebraska. The associated funerary object is a small gray body 
sherd decorated with four parallel, incised lines.

Determinations Made by the University of Nebraska State Museum

    Officials of the University of Nebraska State Museum have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 15 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 associated funerary objects and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.

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 associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Dr. Priscilla C. Grew, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Nebraska State 
Museum, Nebraska Hall W436, Lincoln, NE 68588-0550, telephone (402) 
472-2095, email [email protected], by June 30, 2022. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the associated funerary objects to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska may 
proceed.
    The University of Nebraska State Museum is responsible for 
notifying the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 18, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-11635 Filed 5-27-22; 8:45 am]
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