[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45960-45961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-18317]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-13324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, Jefferson City, MO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants
or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
at the address in this notice by August 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Judith Deel, Missouri Department of Natural Resources, P.O.
Box 179, Jefferson City, MO 65101, telephone (573) 751-7862.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 objects under the control of the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources, Jefferson City, MO. The human remains
were removed from Clarksville, in Pike County, MO.
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
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Missouri
Department of Natural Resources professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa.
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1962 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, 29
individuals were removed from the Clarksville Mound Group (site 23PI6)
in Pike County, MO. The Clarksville Mound Group was originally recorded
in 1952 and described as a group of six mounds. In 1962, the site was
bulldozed in order to develop a sky-ride and tourist attraction, and
five of the six mounds were destroyed. One accretion mound survived,
under the sky-ride platform, and was incorporated into the commercial
operation. Verbal and newspaper accounts report large numbers of human
remains were removed or destroyed at the time, and some human remains
were displayed as a part of the tourist attraction.
In 1995 and 1996, the City of Clarksville, the owner of the site,
contacted the Missouri Department of Natural Resources, State Historic
Preservation Office (SHPO) for assistance after terminating the lease
to the tourist attraction. Human remains were eroding out of the
damaged mound, and due to the severity of the erosion problem, the SHPO
and the City of Clarksville decided to undertake excavations to remove
the threatened burials. The excavations were expanded as more burials
were discovered. During the excavation, human remains representing, at
minimum, 22 individuals were removed from the site. No known
individuals were identified. The two associated funerary objects are
one lot of ancalusa shell beads and one Scallorn point. In 2002,
additional human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals
were transferred to the SHPO by a local collector who had been on the
site in 1962. In 2006, additional human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were transferred to the SHPO by the
University of Missouri-Columbia.
The area of Pike County, MO, was ceded by the Sauk and Fox in a
series of treaties with the United States between 1804 and 1816. The
Sauk and Fox are represented by the present day Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and the Sac &
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Cultural affiliation was
determined based on tribal history and the historical association of
these tribes to the counties bordering the Mississippi River, including
Pike County, MO.
Determinations Made by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Officials of the Missouri Department of Natural Resources have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 29 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the two objects
described in this notice are 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.
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 the Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Judith Deel, Missouri Department of Natural
Resources, P.O. Box 179, Jefferson City, MO 65101, telephone (573) 751-
7862, by August 29, 2013. After that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects the Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox
of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa may proceed.
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The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is responsible for
notifying the Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 17, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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