FR Doc E8-15906[Federal Register: July 14, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 135)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry,
IA
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 and associated funerary
object in the possession of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Effigy Mounds National Monument, Harpers Ferry,
IA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Allamakee and Clayton Counties, IA.
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
superintendent, Effigy Mounds National Monument.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
object was made by Effigy Mounds National Monument professional staff
and Iowa Office of the State Archeologist professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
In the early 1970s, human remains representing a minimum of six
individuals were removed from HWY 76 Rockshelter in Clayton County, IA,
by National Park Service archeologist Wilfred Logan. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The HWY 76 Rockshelter site was described by Logan as a Late
Woodland Period site representing a partial village complex of people
who used effigy mounds for burial purposes.
In 1951 and 1952, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from Spike Hollow Rockshelter in Allamakee
County, IA, by National Park Service archeologist Wilfred Logan. No
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Spike Hollow Rockshelter is a multicomponent site that contained
both Oneota and Woodland artifacts.
In 1960, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from Marquette-Yellow River Mound Group No. 9 in Clayton
County, IA, during restoration work on Mound 66 by monument personnel.
No known individual was identified. The one associated funerary object
is a finely worked biface with one notch.
The site consists of a bear effigy mound, a bird effigy mound, and
a compound mound of seven conjoined conicals and is presumed to be of
the Woodland Period based on other cultural material from the site.
On the basis of archeological context, material culture, and
geographic location, the mounds at Effigy Mounds National Monument have
been identified as belonging to the Late Woodland Period culture (1700-
750 B.P.). The Oneota culture (800-300 B.P.), which replaced the Effigy
Mounds culture, occupied the area surrounding Effigy Mounds National
Monument and is identified as being clearly ancestral to the Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska. Linguistic, oral tradition, temporal and geographic
evidence reasonably indicates that the following Sioux Indian tribes
possess ancestral ties to the Effigy Mounds National Monument region
and the human remains and associated funerary object described above:
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; and Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota.
The Treaty of September 21, 1832 (Stat. L. VII, 374) between the
Sauk and Fox and the United States, a cession required of the Sauk and
Fox as indemnity for the expenses of the Black Hawk War, demonstrates
that the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation of Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa are
the aboriginal occupants of the lands encompassing the present-day
Effigy Mounds National Monument. Based upon an examination of the
historical and geographical information, officials of Effigy Mounds
National Monument determined that the Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma; and Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa share a historic and continuing affiliation
with Effigy Mounds National Monument lands, but do not possess a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
object described above.
Officials of Effigy Mounds National Monument have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of eight individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Effigy Mounds National Monument also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the one object
described above is 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 Effigy Mounds National
Monument 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
object and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
object should contact Phyllis Ewing, superintendent, Effigy Mounds
National Monument, 151 HWY 76, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146, telephone (563)
873-3491, before August 13, 2008. Repatriation of the
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human remains and associated funerary object to the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Effigy Mounds National Monument is responsible for notifying the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
of Minnesota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of
Nebraska that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 30, 2008
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E8-15906 Filed 7-11-08; 8:45 am]
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