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19510 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 1998 / Notices
survey in section 33, Township 20 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
South, Range 54 East, of the Mount
Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada, National Park Service National Park Service
under Group No. 771, was accepted
January 21, 1998. National Capital Area Parks East Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
This survey was executed to meet Mary McLeod Bethune Council House Associated Funerary Objects from
certain administrative needs of the National Historic Site Advisory Minnesota in the Control of the St. Paul
Bureau of Land Management. Commission; Public Meeting District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
2. The Plat of Survey of the following St. Paul, MN
described lands was officially filed at Notice is hereby given in accordance
the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada with the Federal Advisory Committee AGENCY: National Park Service
on January 30, 1998: Act, that a meeting of the Federal ACTION: Notice
The plat, representing the dependent Advisory Commission for the Mary
resurvey of a portion of the west Notice is hereby given in accordance
McLeod Bethune Council House
boundary and a portion of the with provisions of the Native American
National Historic Site will be held on
subdivisional lines, and the subdivision Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
April 30, 1998, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the
of section 20, and a metes-and-bounds at the Newberry Library, located at 6
survey in sections 19 and 20, Township completion of an inventory of human
West Walton Street, Chicago, IL 60610. remains and associated funerary objects
23 South, Range 62 East, of the Mount
Diablo Meridian, in the State of Nevada, The Commission was authorized on in the control of the St. Paul District,
under Group No. 770, was accepted December 11, 1991, by Pub. L. 102–211, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul,
January 28, 1998. for the purpose of advising the Secretary MN.
of the Interior in the development of a A detailed assessment of the human
This survey was executed to meet remains was made by U.S. Army Corps
certain administrative needs of the General Management Plan for the Mary
McLeod Bethune Council House of Engineers and Hamline University
Bureau of Land Management. Osteology Laboratory professional staff
National Historic Site.
3. The Plat of Survey of the following in consultation with representatives of
described lands was officially filed at The members of the Commission are
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of
the Nevada State Office, Reno, Nevada as follows: Dr. Dorothy I. Height; Ms. the Lake Traverse Reservation, the
on March 5, 1998: Barbara Van Blake; Ms. Brenda Girton- Upper Sioux Indian Community of the
The plat, in four (4) sheets, Mitchell; Dr. Savanna C. Jones; Dr. Upper Sioux Reservation, the Crow
representing the dependent resurvey of Bettye J. Gardner; Dr. Bettye Collier- Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
a portion of the west boundary (Reese Thomas; Mr. Eugene Morris; Dr. Rosalyn Reservation, Lower Sioux Mdewakanton
River Guide Meridian) of Township 12 Terborg-Penn; Mrs. Bertha S. Waters; Dr. Community, Shakopee Mdewakanton
North, Range 43 East; and the Frederick Stielow; Dr. Sheila Flemming; Sioux community, Prairie Island
dependent resurvey of portions of the Dr. Ramona Edelin; Mrs. Romaine B. Community, Flandreau Santee Sioux
south and north boundaries and Thomas; Ms. Brandi L. Creighton; and Tribe, and Santee Sioux Tribe of the
subdivisional lines, and the Dr. Janette Hoston Harris. Santee Reservation of Nebraska.
independent resurvey of portions of the The purpose of this meeting will be to In 1969, human remains representing
north boundary and subdivisional lines, continue planning and developing a a minimum of 35 individuals were
and the metes-and-bounds survey of general management plan for the Mary recovered from the Gull Lake dam site
Tracts 37 and 38, and the subdivision of McLeod Bethune Council House (12 CA37) near Brainerd, MN during
certain sections, Township 12 North, legally authorized archeological
National Historic Site. This meeting will
Range 42 East, of the Mount Diablo excavations by the University of
be open to the public. Any person may
Meridian, in the State of Nevada, under Minnesota and the Minnesota Historical
Group No. 764, was accepted March 3, file with the Commission a written
Society prior to improvements at the
1998. statement concerning the matters to be
Gull Lake dam. No known individuals
discussed. Persons who wish further were identified. The 1,060 associated
This survey was executed to meet
information concerning this meeting or funerary objects include ceramic
certain administrative needs of the
wish to file a written statement or testify vessels, ceramic sherds, pieces of lithic
Bureau of Land Management, U.S.
Forest Service and the Bureau of Indian at the meeting may contact the Federal debris, stone tools and tool fragments,
Affairs. Liaison Officer for the Commission, at two wood charcoal samples, and
(202) 673–2402. Minutes of this meeting fragments of canine, beaver, bear, avian,
4. The above-listed surveys are now
will be available for public inspection 4 and moose bone.
the basic records for describing the
lands for all authorized purposes. These weeks after the meeting at the Mary Based on continuities of material
surveys have been placed in the open McLeod Bethune Council House culture in ceramic styles and
files in the BLM Nevada State Office National Historic Site, located at 1318 construction, archeological evidence
and are available to the public as a Vermont Avenue, N.W., Washington, indicates long-term occupation of this
matter of information. Copies of the D.C. 20005. area by the same cultural group, from
surveys and related field notes may be Dated: April 13, 1998.
the archeologically-defined Brainerd to
furnished to the public upon payment of Kathio-Clam River-Blackduck to
John Hale,
the appropriate fees. Psinomani. The Psinomani, present
Acting Superintendent, National Capital during the Late Woodland and early
Dated: March 31, 1998. Parks East. Contact periods, are generally regarded
Robert H. Thompson, [FR Doc. 98–10073 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am] as the ancestors of the Dakota. Historic
Acting Chief Cadastral Surveyor, Nevada. BILLING CODE 4310–70–M documents indicate that Eastern Dakota
[FR Doc. 98–10269 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am] bands (Mdewakanton, Wahpekute,
BILLING CODE 4310–HC–P Sisseton, and Wahpeton), and related
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 75 / Monday, April 20, 1998 / Notices 19511
groups (Teton, Yankton, and remains and associated funerary objects Based on the cemetary location and
Yanktonai), occupied the headwaters to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of use, these human remains have been
area of the Mississippi into the contact the Lake Traverse Reservation, the identified as Native American. Based on
period. Archeological evidence, Dakota Upper Sioux Indian Community of the the associated funerary object, these
oral tradition, and the continuities of Upper Sioux Reservation, the Crow human remains are also estimated to
material culture, together with the well- Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek date from the late nineteenth century.
established and historically documented Reservation, Lower Sioux Mdewakanton This cemetery is known to have been
presence of these Eastern Dakota bands, Community, Shakopee Mdewakanton exclusively used by the Spirit Lake
particularly the Mdewakanton and Sioux community, Prairie Island Sioux Tribe during this time.
Wahpeton, in the Gull Lake area during Community, Flandreau Santee Sioux In 1946, human remains representing
the early contact period indicates the Tribe, and Santee Sioux Tribe of the four individuals were recovered from
Eastern Dakota are affiliated with the Santee Reservation of Nebraska may the Saienga Mound, Chippewa County,
burials in this particular mound group. begin after that date if no additional MN during excavations conducted by
Based on the above mentioned claimants come forward. L.A. Wilford of the University of
information, officials of the U.S. Army Dated: April 14, 1998. Minnesota. No known individuals were
Corps of Engineers, St. Paul District Francis P. McManamon,
identified. The eight associated funerary
have determined that, pursuant to 43 objects include a catlinite elbow pipe,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains iron nails, gunflints, a striking steel, a
listed above represent the physical Manager, Archeology and Ethnography coiled spring, a ring, a broken knife, and
Program.
remains of a minimum of 35 individuals a ‘‘washer’’ ornament.
of Native American ancestry. Officials of [FR Doc. 98–10355 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am] Based on the associated funerary
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. BILLING CODE 4310–70–F objects, these individuals have been
Paul District have also determined that, identified as Native American. These
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 1,060 burial are from the post contact period,
objects listed above are reasonably DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR and represent intrusive burials into a
believed to have been placed with or precontact mound. Based on the trade
National Park Service
near individual human remains at the goods present and manner of interment,
time of death or later as part of the death Notice of Inventory Completion for these individuals have been identified
rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Native American Human Remains and as Sisseton-Wahpeton.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Paul Associated Funerary Objects in the In 1963, human remains representing
District have determined that, pursuant Possession of the Minnesota Indian one individual were recovered from the
to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a Kemnitz site, Renville County, MN
Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN
relationship of shared group identity during excavations conducted by
which can be reasonably traced between AGENCY: National Park Service Anderson and Norquist of the
these Native American human remains ACTION: Notice University of Minnesota. No known
and associated funerary objects and the individual was identified. The ten
Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Notice is hereby given in accordance associated funerary objects include
Lake Traverse Reservation, the Upper with provisions of the Native American metal earrings, a coffin nail, a bone
Sioux Indian Community of the Upper Graves Protection and Repatriation Act comb, glass beads, human hair, a
Sioux Reservation, the Crow Creek (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, of the feather, iron scissors, fabric, fabric with
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek completion of an inventory of human feathers, and coffin wood fragments.
Reservation, Lower Sioux Mdewakanton remains and associated funerary objects Based on the associated funerary
Community, Shakopee Mdewakanton in the possession of the Minnesota objects, these individuals have been
Sioux community, Prairie Island Indain Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN. identified as Native American. The
Community, Flandreau Santee Sioux A detailed assessment of the human location, age of the associated funerary
Tribe, and Santee Sioux Tribe of the remains was made by Hamline objects, and manner of interment of
Santee Reservation of Nebraska. University professional staff in these individuals indicate affiliation
This notice has been sent to officials consultation with representatives of the with the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux
of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Tribe.
the Lake Traverse Reservation, the Dakota, Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska, In 1940, human remains representing
Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of six individuals were recovered from the
Upper Sioux Reservation, the Crow South Dakota, Lower Sioux Indian Huber Mound site, Scott County, MN
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Community of Minnesota, Spirit Lake during excavations conducted by L.A.
Reservation, Lower Sioux Mdewakanton Sioux Tribe of North Dakota, Prairie Wilford of the University of Minnesota.
Community, Shakopee Mdewakanton Island Mdewakanton Sioux Community No known individuals were identified.
Sioux community, Prairie Island of Minnesota, Yankton Sioux Tribe of The one associated funerary object is a
Community, Flandreau Santee Sioux South Dakota, Shakopee Dakota scraper.
Tribe, and Santee Sioux Tribe of the Community of Minnesota, and the Based on material culture, the Huber
Santee Reservation of Nebraska. Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Mound site has been identified at a Late
Representatives of any other Indian tribe Upper Sioux Reservation. Woodland—Kathio phase (900-1300
that believes itself to be culturally In 1938, human remains representing A.D.) occupation. Based on continuities
affiliated with these human remains and one individual were removed from a of material culture in ceramic styles and
associated funerary objects should Spirit Lake Sioux cemetery overlooking construction, archeological evidence
contact Ms. Sissel Johannessen, the river near Tokio, ND by unknown indicates long-term occupation of this
Environmental Resources Section, St. person(s) and ‘‘dropped off’’ at the area by the same cultural group, from
Paul District, Corps of Engineers, 190- University of Minnesota. No known the archeologically-defined Brainerd to
5th Street East, St. Paul, MN 55101; individual was identified. The one Kathio-Clam River-Blackduck to
telephone: (612) 290–5263 before May associated funerary object is a celluloid Psinomani. The Psinomani, present
20, 1998. Repatriation of the human pin. during the Late Woodland and early
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