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10.2 (c). The determinations within this Archaeologist, University of Iowa, in Dakota, may begin after that date if no notice are the sole responsibility of the 1994. No known individuals were additional claimants come forward. museum, institution, or Federal agency identified. The one associated funerary Dated: August 16, 2000. that has control of these Native object is a Mill Creek pottery vessel. John Robbins, American human remains and Sites 13CK21 and 13PM172 both date associated funerary objects. The to the Mill Creek period, circa A.D. Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships National Park Service is not responsible 1000–1200. Mill Creek manifestations for the determinations within this have long been grouped within the [FR Doc. 00–21977 Filed 8–28–00; 8:45 am] notice. Initial variant of the Middle Missouri BILLING CODE 4310±70±F A detailed assessment of the human Tradition. Mill Creek settlement remains was made by the Office of the organization, subsistence economy, and State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, artifact assemblages are similar to those DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR professional staff in consultation with of other Initial Middle Missouri National Park Service representatives of the Three Affiliated components in South Dakota. The Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, Mandan and Hidatsa are thought to be Notice of Inventory Completion for North Dakota. the long-term residents of the Middle Native American Human Remains and Around 1900, human remains Missouri region, and some archeologists Associated Funerary Objects from Des representing one individual were have suggested the Initial variant of the Moines County, IA in the Possession removed from an unknown site by an Middle Missouri tradition is possibly of the Office of the State unknown collector and donated to the ancestral to the Mandan and Hidatsa Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and Davenport Academy of Sciences, now tribes. Archeological and the State Historical Society of Iowa, the Putnam Museum of History and ethnohistorical evidence linking later Iowa City, IA Natural Science. In 1986, these human Middle Missouri groups with these remains were transferred to the Office of tribes, presently members of the Three AGENCY: National Park Service. the State Archaeologist, University of Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold ACTION: Notice. Iowa. No known individuals were Reservation, North Dakota, is much identified. No associated funerary stronger than evidence available for the Notice is hereby given in accordance objects are present. earlier Initial variant groups. with provisions of the Native American Physical anthropological evidence, Based on the above-mentioned Graves Protection and Repatriation Act especially the shape and measurements information, officials of the Office of the (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the of the skull, indicates that this State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, completion of an inventory of human individual is Native American, and is have determined that, pursuant to 43 remains in the possession of the Office consistent with ancestral Arikara CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains of the State Archaeologist, University of populations of the Bad River I phase of listed above represent the physical Iowa, Iowa City, IA, and associated the Post-Contact Coalescent variant. The remains of eight individuals of Native funerary objects in the possession of the records of the Putnam Museum of American ancestry. Officials of the State Historical Society of Iowa, Keyes History and Natural Science indicate Office of the State Archeologist, Collection, Iowa City, IA. that these remains may have come from University of Iowa, also have This notice is published as part of the the Dakotas. In the absence of additional determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR National Park Service’s administrative evidence, geographical and physical 10.2 (d)(2), the one object listed above responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR anthropology information has been used is reasonably believed to have been 10.2 (c). The determinations within this to determine the cultural affiliation placed with or near individual human notice are the sole responsibility of the between these human remains and the remains at the time of death or later as museum, institution, or Federal agency Arikara, who today are members of the part of the death rite or ceremony. that has control of these Native Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Lastly, officials of the Office of the State American human remains and Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Archeologist, University of Iowa, have associated funerary objects. The In the 1950’s, human remains determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR National Park Service is not responsible representing one individual were 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared for the determinations within this removed from site 13CK21, Cherokee group identity that can be reasonably notice. County, IA, by Reynold Ruppe under traced between these Native American A detailed assessment of the human the auspices of the Northwest Chapter of human remains and associated funerary remains and the associated funerary the Iowa Archaeological Society, and object and the Three Affiliated Tribes of objects was made by the Office of the transferred to the Office of the State the Fort Berthold Reservation, North State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Archaeologist, University of Iowa, in Dakota. This notice has been sent to professional staff in consultation with 1989. In 1993, human remains officials of the Three Affiliated Tribes of representatives of the Iowa Tribe of representing three individuals were the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of removed from this site by the Office of Dakota. Representatives of any other Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of the State Archaeologist during a salvage Indian tribe that believes itself to be Oklahoma, Sac and Fox Tribe of the excavation of a flood-damaged portion culturally affiliated with these human Mississippi in Iowa, Sac and Fox Nation of the site. No known individuals were remains and associated funerary object of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, identified. No associated funerary should contact Shirley Schermer, and the Sac and Fox Nation of objects are present. Burials Program Director, Office of the Oklahoma. In 1964, human remains representing State Archaeologist, Eastlawn, At an unknown date, human remains three individuals were removed from University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA 52242, representing two individuals were site 13PM172, Plymouth County, IA, telephone (319) 335–2400, before recovered from a burial site at North during excavations by David Lilly and September 28, 2000. Repatriation of the Hill, Burlington, Des Moines County, Roger Banks. These remains were human remains and associated funerary IA, by an unknown person. At an transferred from the Sioux City Public object to the Three Affiliated Tribes of unknown date, Charles Buettner, a local Museum to the Office of the State the Fort Berthold Reservation, North collector who lived in Burlington from
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1869 to 1920, transferred the human Based on the above-mentioned Dated: August 16, 2000. remains to a local high school. The information, officials of the Office of the John Robbins, school later donated the remains to the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Des Moines County Historical Museum, and the State Historical Society of Iowa Stewardship and Partnerships. Burlington, IA, which transferred the have determined that, pursuant to 43 [FR Doc. 00–21978 Filed 8–28–00; 8:45 am] remains to the Office of the State CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains BILLING CODE 4310±70±F Archaeologist in 1994. No known listed above represent the physical individuals were identified. remains of two individuals of Native The 24 associated funerary objects American ancestry. Officials of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR include an abrader, 2 probable bone Office of the State Archaeologist, shaft straighteners, a clay fife, an iron National Park Service stirrup fragment, a horse bit, an iron University of Iowa, and the State spoon handle, an iron file, an iron rat Historical Society of Iowa also have Notice of Inventory Completion for tail file, 2 silver-plated arm bands, 2 sea determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR Native American Human Remains and urchin quill beads, a Chinese coin, a 10.2 (d)(2), the 24 objects listed above Associated Funerary Objects from bronze trade ring, 5 copper-alloy coils, are reasonably believed to have been Iowa in the Possession of the State 3 brass coils, and a hook-shaped flat placed with or near individual human Historical Society of Iowa, Iowa City, IA metal fragment. At an unknown date, remains at the time of death or later as AGENCY: National Park Service. part of the death rite or ceremony. Charles R. Keyes obtained these ACTION: Notice. funerary objects, which were Lastly, officials of the Office of the State subsequently donated to the State Archaeologist, University of Iowa, and Notice is hereby given in accordance Historical Society of Iowa, where they the State Historical Society of Iowa have with provisions of the Native American are today. The description of the determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR Graves Protection and Repatriation Act artifacts, their provenience, and 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), of the matching handwriting on the labels of group identity that can be reasonably completion of an inventory of human the human remains and the objects traced between these Native American remains and associated funerary objects confirm that these are the associated human remains and associated funerary in the possession of the State Historical funerary objects from the North Hill site. objects and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas Society of Iowa, Keyes Collection, Iowa The labels accompanying the human and Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of City, IA. remains and funerary objects are the This notice is published as part of the Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of only documentary information National Park Service’s administrative available. The labels state that the Oklahoma, Sac and Fox Tribe of the responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR remains and objects came from a burial Mississippi in Iowa, Sac and Fox Nation 10.2 (c). The determinations within this located ‘‘on the edge of North Hill of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska, notice are the sole responsibility of the Cliffs,’’ but have no further information and the Sac and Fox Nation of museum, institution, or Federal agency on the origin or cultural affiliation of the Oklahoma. This notice has been sent to that has control of these Native remains and objects. The labels further officials of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and American human remains and note that, when found, the burials Nebraska, the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, associated funerary objects. The included an iron spear and arrowheads, the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, National Park Service is not responsible a ‘‘stone bullet mode,’’ a stone pipe, and Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in for the determinations within this a bead necklace, none of which are Iowa, Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in notice. among the objects held by the State Kansas and Nebraska, and the Sac and A detailed assessment of the human Historical Society of Iowa. The Chinese Fox Nation of Oklahoma. remains was made by the Office of the coin was minted during the reign of Representatives of any other Indian tribe State Archaeologist of Iowa professional Emperor Kao Tsung (A.D. 1736-1796), that believes itself to be culturally staff in consultation with and its presence helps establish the affiliated with these human remains and representatives of the Omaha Tribe of maximum age of the burial. associated funerary objects should Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, Euroamerican settlement of the contact Shirley Schermer, Burials the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, Burlington area was underway by the Program Director, Office of the State the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma, and the 1830’s and proceeded rapidly over the Archaeologist, 700 Clinton Street Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma In 1926, human remains representing next few decades. It seems unlikely, Building, University of Iowa, Iowa City, one individual and the associated given the growth of the city, that the IA 52242, telephone (319) 384-0740, or funerary objects were excavated from burial would have taken place after Jerome Thompson, State Historical site 13LO2, Blood Run National Historic about the middle of the 19th century. Society of Iowa, New Historical The nature of the burial assemblage Landmark, Lyon County, northwestern indicates that these remains and objects Building, 600 East Locust, Des Moines, Iowa, by Charles R. Keyes and now form came from a Native American grave. IA 50319-0290, telephone (515) 281- part of the Charles R. Keyes Throughout the 18th century and the 4221, before September 28, 2000. Archaeological Collection. Sometime early part of the 19th century, many Repatriation of the human remains and around 1929, one of the site’s different native groups either resided associated funerary objects to the Iowa landowners, Martin Johnson, found periodically in the southeastern part of Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska, the Iowa human remains representing a second the state or passed through the area. Tribe of Oklahoma, the Otoe-Missouria individual while plowing his field; These groups included the Meskwaki, Tribe of Oklahoma, Sac and Fox Tribe human remains from this site Sauk, Iowa, and Otoe-Missouria, among of the Mississippi in Iowa, Sac and Fox representing a third individual are also others. In the absence of distinctive Nation of Missouri in Kansas and in the Keyes Collection. No information artifacts of native manufacture, Nebraska, and the Sac and Fox Nation is available as to who collected the however, definitive cultural of Oklahoma may begin after that date remains of this third individual nor identification of the individuals from if no additional claimants come when they were donated to the Keyes this burial cannot be made. forward. Collection. No known individuals were
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