18648 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 73 / Wednesday, April 16, 1997 / Notices the physical remains of at least one consultation with representatives of the the Missouri Historical Society have individual of Native American ancestry. Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho also determined that, pursuant to 25 Officials of the national Park Service Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship have also determined that, pursuant to Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, of shared group identity which can be 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau reasonably traced between these Native listed above are reasonably believed to Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck American human remains and the have been placed with or near Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho individual human remains at the time of Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River death or later as part of the death rite Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Otoe- Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, Rosebud Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota National Park Service have also Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower 3005(a)(5)(A) Mr. Billie can trace his Yankton Sioux Tribe. Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne ancestry directly and without During 1906–1907, human remains Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud interruption by means of the traditional representing one individual was kinship system of the Independent recovered from the Utz site, Saline Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Seminole Nation of Florida to the County, MO, during an American Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and individual whose remains and funerary Bureau of Ethnology survey. Mr. Gerard Yankton Sioux Tribe. objects are being claimed. Fowke, project director of the survey, This notice has been sent to officials This notice has been sent to Mr.. donated these remains to the Missouri of the Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne- Bobby C. Billie, the Miccosukee Tribe of Historical Society during this time. No Arapaho Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne Indians of Florida, the Seminole Nation known individuals were identified. No River Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux of Oklahoma, and the Seminole Tribe of associated funerary objects are present. Tribe, Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, The Utz site has been identified as a Florida. Representatives of any other Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Missouria village occupied between Indian tribe that believes itself to be Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower culturally affiliated with these human 1450–1712 AD based on continuous occupation, continuity of material Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne remains and associated funerary objects Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Otoe- should contact Wallace Hibbard, culture, and historical documents. Based on the above mentioned Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma, Rosebud Superintendent, Big Cypress National Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Preserve, HCR 61, Box 110, Ochopee, FL information, officials of the Missouri Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and 34141; telephone: (941) 695–2000 ext. Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the Yankton Sioux Tribe. Representatives of 10, before May 16, 1997. Repatriation of human remains listed above represent any other Indian tribe that believes itself the human remains and associated the physical remains of one individual funerary objects to Mr. Bobby C. Billie to be culturally affiliated with these of Native American ancestry. Officials of may begin after that date if no human remains and associated funerary the Missouri Historical Society have additional claimants come forward. objects should contact Patti Wright, also determined that, pursuant to 25 Associate Curator of Native American Dated: April 3, 1997. U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship Ethnology, Missouri Historical Society, Muriel Crespi, of shared group identity which can be 225 S. Skinker, P.O. Box 11940, St. Acting Departmental Consulting reasonably traced between these Native Louis, MO 63112–0040; telephone: (314) Archaeologist, Archeology and Ethnography American human remains and the Otoe- 746–4537, before May 16, 1997. Program. Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma. Repatriation of the human remains to [FR Doc. 97–9837 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am] In 1911, human remains representing the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Oklahoma; BILLING CODE 4310±70±F one individual were donated to the Missouri Historical Society by Mrs. and Arapaho Tribe, Cheyenne-Arapaho Louis Tesson of St. Louis, MO. No Tribe of Oklahoma, Cheyenne River DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR known individual was identified. No Sioux Tribe, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, associated funerary objects are present. Devil’s Lake Sioux Tribe, Flandreau National Park Service According to accession documents, Santee Sioux Tribe, Fort Peck Dr. Louis Tesson made a riding quirt Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes, Lower Notice of Inventory Completion for from the radius of a ‘‘Sioux Indian’’ Brule Sioux Tribe, Northern Cheyenne Native American Human Remains from whose body lay on the Little Big Horn Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Rosebud Missouri and Montana in the Battlefield at an unspecified time Sioux Tribe, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Possession of the Missouri Historical following the battle. U.S. Army records Nation, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and Society, St. Louis, MO indicate Dr. Tesson was in the field with Yankton Sioux Tribe may begin after AGENCY: National Park Service the 5th Infantry at Cantonment, Tongue that date if no additional claimants ACTION: Notice River, WY during the summer of 1876, come forward. and was posted at Fort Custer, MT near The National Park Service is not Notice is hereby given in accordance the site of the Little Bighorn Battlefield responsible for the determinations with provisions of the Native American from April 1877 to April 1880. within this notice. Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Morphological evidence indicates this is (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d), of the a human radius. Dated: April 9, 1997. completion of an inventory of human Based on the above mentioned Francis P. McManamon, remains from Missouri and Montana in information, officials of the Missouri Departmental Consulting Archeologist, the possession of the Missouri Historical Historical Society have determined that, Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Society, St. Louis, MO. pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the Program. A detailed assessment of the human human remains listed above represent [FR Doc. 97–9834 Filed 4–15–97; 8:45 am] remains was made by Missouri the physical remains of one individual Historical Society professional staff in of Native American ancestry. Officials of BILLING CODE 4310±70±F