FR Doc E6-12009
[Federal Register: July 27, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 144)]
[Notices]
[Page 42672-42673]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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Notice is here given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003 (5), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in the possession of the University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Dakota,
Douglas, and Stanton Counties, NE.
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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the number of human remains and associated
funerary objects in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on November 18, 1998 (FR Doc. 98-30683, page 64100).
After publication, human remains and associated funerary objects were
found in museum collections. This notice supercedes the previously
published notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University
of Nebraska professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
In 1939, human remains representing an unknown number of
individuals were removed from a historic Omaha cemetery (25DK2a) in
Dakota County, NE, during excavations under the direction of Stanley
Bartos, Jr. Prior to November 16, 1990, the University of Nebraska
State Museum and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska agreed to repatriate all
individuals and associated funerary objects from site 25DK2a. On
October 3, 1991, human remains and associated funerary objects were
repatriated to the Omaha Tribe. In 1994-1995, during NAGPRA inventory
activity, five individuals from this site were found in the museum
collections. In 1999, two additional individuals and nine associated
funerary objects from site 25DK2a were found in collections. No known
individuals were identified. The nine associated funerary objects are 4
thimbles; 1 glass jar of strung black, glass, tube-type trade beads; 2
strands of strung white mixed shell and glass, tube-type trade beads; 1
bag of strung black, glass, tube-type trade beads; and 1 fragment of
sewn white and black, tube-type trade beads.
In 1940, human remains representing an unknown number of
individuals were removed from a historic Omaha cemetery (25DK10) in
Dakota County, NE, during excavations under the direction of John
Champe. Prior to November 16, 1990, the University of Nebraska State
Museum and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska agreed to repatriate all
individuals and associated funerary objects from sites 25DK10. On
October 3, 1991, human remains and associated funerary objects were
repatriated to the Omaha Tribe. In 1994-1995, and 1998, during NAGPRA
inventory activity, three individuals from site 25DK10 were found in
the museum collections. In 1999, one additional individual was found in
the collections. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Consultations with representatives of the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
identified sites 25DK2a and 25DK10 as historic Omaha cemeteries.
In 1940, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Emil Entenmann's cornfield (25ST0) in Stanton County,
NE, and acquired by the museum. No known individual was identified. In
1999, additional cultural items were identified as funerary objects
associated with this individual. The eight associated funerary objects
are seed, tube, glass, and bone beads.
Based on the presence of glass beads associated with the burial,
the human remains have been determined to be Native American from the
historic period. During the historic period, the Omaha occupied the
immediate vicinity of this burial. Consultation with representatives of
the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska confirms this information and attributes
this burial to the Omaha people.
In 1941, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from the Maxwell site (25DK13) near Homer, NE, during
excavations conducted by S. Bartos, Jr. under the direction of John L.
Champe and Paul Cooper. No known individuals were identified. In 1999,
during NAGPRA inventory activity, one cultural item was identified as
an associated funerary object. The one associated funerary object is a
tin cup.
Based on the degree of preservation and skeletal morphology, the
individuals from site 25DK13 have been determined to be Native American
from the historic period. Based on the apparent age of the human
remains and the location of the burials, the individuals have been
determined to be affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
During the 1910s, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed during construction activity at 13th and I
Streets in Omaha, NE, by Robert Gilder who donated the human remains to
the
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University of Nebraska State Museum. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the condition of the human remains and copper staining on
a hand phalanx, this individual has been determined to be Native
American. A historic Omaha village site is located several miles to the
south of the burial site. Based on the apparent age of the human
remains and the location of the burial, this individual has been
determined to be affiliated with the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
Officials of the University of Nebraska have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 15 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the University of Nebraska also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 18 objects described 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 University of Nebraska 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 associated funerary objects and the
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Priscilla Grew, NAGPRA Coordinator, University
of Nebraska State Museum, 307 Morrill Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0338,
telephone (402) 472-3779 before August 28, 2006. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The University of Nebraska is responsible for notifying the Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-12009 Filed 7-26-06; 8:45 am]
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