90 FR 115 pgs. 25640-25641 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 115Pages: 25640 - 25641
Pages: 25640, 25641Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040405; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-11151 Filed 6-16-25; 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-NPS0040405; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, Omaha, NE, and Nebraska State Historical Society, Lincoln, NE
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
[top] 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 has determined that
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after July 17, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice to Ms. Livia Taylor, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District, ATTN: CENWO-PMA-C, 1616 Capitol Avenue, Omaha, NE 68102, email livia.a.taylor@usace.army.mil and Trisha Nelson, Curator of Archeological Collections, Nebraska State Historical Society, 5050 North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68404, email trisha.nelson@nebraska.gov and Dave Williams, State Archeologist, Nebraska State Historical Society, 5050 North 32nd Street, Lincoln, NE 68404, email dave.williams@nebraska.gov.
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 Nebraska State Historical Society, 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
Human remains representing, at minimum, 15 individuals were removed from a site in Buffalo County, South Dakota. No associated funerary objects are present. Based upon a preponderance of the evidence, including Tribal oral history, archeological and geographical information, the Ancestors described in this Notice are consistent with cultural affiliation of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. No known substances were used to treat the Ancestors described in this notice.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and Nebraska State Historical Society have determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 15 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 17, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and Nebraska State Historical Society must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Omaha District and Nebraska State Historical Society 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: June 11, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-11151 Filed 6-16-25; 8:45 am]
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