[Federal Register: April 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 75)]
[Notices]
[Page 20947-20948]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 human remains in the control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Stutsman County, ND.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes
of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.
On an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from Indian Mounds in Jamestown, Stutsman
County, ND. The human remains, consisting of two skulls, were donated
to the Department of Anthropology by Dr. T. Tillman of the Oregon State
University Physical Education Department upon his retirement. Dr.
Tillman received the human remains from the widow of an unknown
collector between 1940 and 1978. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
The collection records state that both individuals are ``Indian,''
and the Department of Anthropology's physical anthropology faculty
confirms that the skulls have cranial morphology consistent with Native
American ancestry. According to collection records and tribal
consultation, the human remains were removed from the traditional
territory of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota. Consultation with the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana supports the origins of the
individuals from the Stutsman County area.
Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology also have determined that,
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
human remains and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne
River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of
North & South Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
David McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238
Waldo Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before May
19, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South
Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; and Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota that this notice has been published.
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Dated: March 18, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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