[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71390-71391]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19686]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038630; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth 
College, Hanover, NH

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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between 
the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jami C. Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & 
Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum of Art, 6 East Wheelock Street, 
Hanover, NH 03755, telephone (603) 646-2822, 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 
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, 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

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual were removed 
from Campbell County, SD.
    The human remains include one individual that was removed from the 
Anton Rygh site (39CA4). During the

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summers of 1965, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1970, and 1973, human remains were 
removed from site 39CA4 under the direction of William Bass. Site 39CA4 
is a large, multi-component earth lodge village, part of the Plains 
Village Tradition. It is a fortified village site covering around 11-12 
acres. At least two occupations are suggested by archeological 
evidence. The first occupation dates to the Extended Middle Missouri 
period (A.D. 1000-1500), while the second occupation dates to the 
Extended Coalescent (A.D. 1500-1675), and Post Contact Coalescent (A.D. 
1675-1780) periods. No known individuals were identified. The four lots 
of associated funerary objects are one lot of faunal remains, one lot 
of ceramic sherds, one lot of stone chips, and one round stone tool.
    Human remains, representing, at minimum seven individuals were 
likely removed the Sully site (39SL4) from Sully County, SD, the Truman 
site (39BF224) and the McBride II Mounds site (39BF270) from Buffalo 
County, SD, and/or the Anton Rygh site (39CA4) Campbell County, SD. The 
human remains include three adults and four juveniles. Previously 
housed in the Physical Anthropology Lab on the campus of Dartmouth 
College, these remains were located and identified during a 2022 
reinventory conducted by the Hood Museum NAGPRA Office. While there is 
no direct documentation linking these human remains to these sites, 
they share a unique color and patina with other human remains which are 
known to have been removed from these sites. Through tribal 
consultation, it has been determined that these human remains should be 
associated with these specific sites. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    No known substances were used to treat the Ancestors described in 
this notice.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical 
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects described in this notice.

Determinations

    The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of eight individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The four objects described in this notice are reasonably 
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual 
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite 
or ceremony.
     There is a connection between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. 
Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice 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.
    Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 
3, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hood 
Museum of Art, Dartmouth College must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single 
request and not competing requests. The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth 
College is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian 
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: August 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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