FR Doc E8-13594[Federal Register: June 17, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 117)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Rochester Museum & Science
Center, Rochester, NY
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 possession of the
Rochester Museum & Science Center, Rochester, NY. The human remains
were removed from Walworth County, SD.
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 the
Rochester Museum & Science Center professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
In the 1920s, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from the Mobridge site (39WW1), Walworth
County, SD, by W.H. Over. Mr. Over sold the human remains to the museum
in 1927. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Osteological examination of the human remains indicates that they
are of likely Native American ancestry. In Mobridge Site Cemeteries:
Controversy Concerning the Location of the Over and Stirling Burials,
Douglas W. Owsley identified a number of human remains from the
Mobridge site as Arikara based on morphological traits (1981).
Diagnostic architecture and artifacts found at the Mobridge site,
including circular, semi-subterranean structures and Native-made glass
pendants, indicate that the human remains were probably buried by the
Arikara during the post-contact Coalescent Traditional period (A.D.
1675-1780). In 1870, the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan tribes were moved
to the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota. Descendants of
the Arikara, Hidatsa, and Mandan are members of the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Officials of the Rochester Museum & Science Center have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Rochester Museum & Science Center
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 Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Gian
Carlo Cervone, Rochester Museum & Science Center, 657 East Avenue,
Rochester, NY 14607-2177, telephone (585) 271-4552, ext. 310, before
July 17, 2008. Repatriation of the human remains to the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Rochester Museum & Science Center is responsible for notifying
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
Dakota that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 12, 2008.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-13594 Filed 6-16-08; 8:45 am]
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