[Federal Register: August 29, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 168)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects from Iowa in the Possession of the
State Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in the possession of the State Historical
Society of Iowa, Keyes Collection, Iowa City, IA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Office
of the State Archaeologist of Iowa professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma, and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
    In 1926, human remains representing one individual and the
associated funerary objects were excavated from site 13LO2, Blood Run
National Historic Landmark, Lyon County, northwestern Iowa, by Charles
R. Keyes and now form part of the Charles R. Keyes Archaeological
Collection. Sometime around 1929, one of the site's landowners, Martin
Johnson, found human remains representing a second individual while
plowing his field; human remains from this site representing a third
individual are also in the Keyes Collection. No information is
available as to who collected the remains of this third individual nor
when they were donated to the Keyes Collection. No known individuals
were

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identified. The 26 associated funerary objects include metal ear
ornaments, fragments of ear ornaments, and a bison scapula hoe.
    Based on ethnohistorical and biological evidence, historical maps,
and similarities in material culture and manner of interment, the site
and remains have been identified as belonging to the Oneota and date to
the 13th to 17th centuries. The Oneota are believed to be culturally
affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma, and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma based on
continuities of material culture and historical documents. Oral history
evidence presented by representatives of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska,
the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma
further indicates affiliation with these present-day tribes.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the State
Historical Society of Iowa have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of
the State Historical Society of Iowa also have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 26 objects listed above 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. Lastly, officials of the State Historical Society of Iowa
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a
relationship of shared group identity that can reasonably be traced
between these Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska,
the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and
the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma This notice has been sent to
officials of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska,
the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and
the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with
these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact
Jerome Thompson, State Historical Society of Iowa, New Historical
Building, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, IA 50319-0290, telephone (515)
281-4221, before September 28, 2000. Repatriation of these human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska,
the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the
Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma may
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: August 9, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships
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