89 FR 155 pgs. 65661-65662 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
Type: NOTICEVolume: 89Number: 155Pages: 65661 - 65662
Pages: 65661, 65662Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038463; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2024-17876 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038463; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after September 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES:
Ms. Livia Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, telephone (402) 995-2434, email livia.a.taylor@usace.army.mil.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Ancestral remains representing at minimum one individual were removed from site 25KX71 in Knox County, Nebraska. The Ancestor was discovered during a 1982 survey of the Gavins Point Dam and Lewis & Clark Lake that was conducted by Wichita State University with Donald Blakeslee as the Principal Investigator. The 38 associated funerary objects are one snail shell, one chert flake, one chalcedony stone fragment, five sandstone fragments, two nodules of brown pigment, and 28 faunal bone fragments. The Ancestor and associated funerary objects are currently housed at the History Nebraska curation facility in Lincoln, Nebraska. No known potentially hazardous substances have been used to treat the Ancestor or associated funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• The 38 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Omaha Tribe of Nebraska and the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 11, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17876 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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