[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58762-58763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15899]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038305; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office of the State Archaeologist 
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA-BP) has completed an inventory of human 
remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after August 19, 2024.

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: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program, and 
additional information on the determinations in this notice, including 
the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related 
records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    At an unknown date, sometime after 1920, human remains representing 
a minimum of one individual were removed from an unknown location. The 
human remains, a human cranium and mandible, were kept in the 
possession of a private citizen who travelled and did construction in 
several states, including Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, and 
Wisconsin. The skull was passed on to a grandchild who lived in Keokuk, 
Iowa. In 2002, the descendant transferred the remains to the OSA BP. A 
probable male, aged 25 to 35 years, is represented by the cranial 
remains. Cranial metrics and dental morphology support the 
identification of this individual as Native American (Burial Project 
1558). No associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous 
substances were used to treat any of the human remains.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of six 
individuals were removed from an unknown location. The human remains 
were kept in the collections of the Historical Society of Marshall 
County in Marshalltown, Iowa. Little is known of the history of the 
collection, but archival information suggests they had been acquired 
around the turn of the 20th century from mound locations, possibly 
along the Mississippi in Wisconsin and Iowa. The human remains were 
transferred to the Office of the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology 
Program in April of 1988. The human remains represent four adult males, 
one adult female, and one adult of indeterminate sex (BP 250). No 
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances 
were used to treat any of the human remains.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of four 
individuals were removed from unknown locations. The human remains were 
in the possession of the Grand Meadows Heritage Center in Washta, IA, 
Cherokee County. Upon their discovery they were transferred to the OSA 
in November 2020 accompanied by two inventory sheets. The descriptions 
declared there was a skull from Illinois ``possibly Sioux'', a skull 
from a ``stone grave'' in Illinois, and a ``Moundbuilder's skull'' from 
an unknown location. A fourth skull with no provenience information was 
also determined to be of Native American ancestry. Three adults, two 
males and one female, and one juvenile are represented (BP 3542). No 
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances 
were used to treat any of the human remains.
    In 1965, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from an unknown location somewhere near Chicago, IL by 
private collector, Bill Borden. They were transferred to the University 
of Northern Iowa (UNI) at an unknown date (UNI acc #: 70.74.0482F) and 
when found in their collections, were transferred to the OSA BP in 
2023. A singular right parietal fragment represents a juvenile of 
unknown age (BP 3775). No associated funerary objects are present. No 
known hazardous substances were used to treat any of the human remains.
    At an unknown time prior to 1964, human remains representing a 
minimum of one individual were removed from a mound in southern 
Illinois by an unknown individual. The human remains were transferred 
to UNI at an unknown date (UNI acc #: 00.4.11.280.0003), and when found 
in their collections, were transferred to the OSA BP in 2023. A partial 
cranium represents an adult male individual of unknown age (BP3775). No 
associated funerary objects are present. No known hazardous substances 
were used to treat any of the human remains.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe 
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 
Michigan; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in 
Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac 
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the 
State of Minnesota; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte and (Nett Lake); Fond 
du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; 
White Earth Band); Oglala Sioux Tribe; 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; Prairie Island 
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw Nation; Red Cliff 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;

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Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Nation, 
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon 
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; 
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Osage Nation; 
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; 
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper Sioux 
Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice are 
available: biological and geographical. The information, including the 
results of consultation, identified:
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains or associated 
funerary objects.
    2. No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the 
human remains or associated funerary objects.

Determinations

    The OSA BP has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice has been 
identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization 
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a 
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
with cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after August 19, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the OSA BP must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The OSA BP is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 
Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15899 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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