[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8731-8732]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-3684]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d), of 
completion of the inventory of human remains in the possession of the 
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of these human remains has been 
made by the Field Museum and representatives of the Pawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma.
    The cranium and mandible of a single individual was acquired by The 
Field Museum in 1894 from Ward's Natural Science Establishment, 
Rochester, NY. Information from Ward's identifies that remains as a 
Pawnee woman killed in Nebraska in September, 1875. There are no 
associated funerary objects. Inventory of the human remains and review 
of the accompanying documentation failed to establish the individual's 
identity.
    Based on the abovementioned information, officials of The Field 
Museum has determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these human remains and the Pawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma. [[Page 8732]] 
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe which believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Jonathan Haas, MacArthur Curator of North American 
Anthropology, The Field Museum of Natural History, Roosevelt Road at 
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone: (312) 922-9410, 
extension 641, before March 17, 1995. Repatriation of these human 
remains may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
Dated: February 9, 1995
Francis P. McManamon
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Chief, Archeological Assistance Division
[FR Doc. 95-3684 Filed 2-14-95; 8:45 am]
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