[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10009-10010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5851]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Control of the Fruitlands Museums, Harvard, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003(d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the 
control of the Fruitlands Museums, Harvard, MA.
    A detailed inventory and assessment of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects has been made by Fruitlands Museums and 
University of Massachusetts professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe.
    Museum records indicate these finger bones were purchased in 1929 
from Mr. Henry T. Newman of Cedar Rapids, IA. Mr. Newman purchased 
these finger bones from a unnamed person in Nebraska and identified the 
provenance as ``Nebraska-Sioux'' . No morphological features on these 
human remains indicate or suggest biological or cultural affinity. The 
human remains consist of a minimum of three individuals. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on the above mentioned information, Fruitlands Museums 
officials have determined, pursuant to 43 CFR 10 (d)(1), that the human

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remains listed above represent the physical remains of at least three 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Fruitlands 
Museums have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between the human remains and the Santee Sioux Tribe 
of Nebraska.
    On January 12, 1996, the human remains were transferred to Mr. 
Sebastian LeBeau on behalf of the Santee Sioux Tribe of Nebraska. This 
notice has been sent to officials of the Santee Sioux Tribe of 
Nebraska, the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, the Omaha Tribe, the 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska, the Pawnee 
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, the Sisseton-
Wahpeton Dakota Nation, the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe, the Yankton Sioux 
Tribe, the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and the 
Oglala Sioux Tribe. Any Indian tribe with questions or concerns related 
to the repatriation of these human remains listed in this notice should 
contact Mr. Sebastian LeBeau, Cultural Preservation Officer, Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe, P.O. Box 590, Eagle Butte, SD 57625, phone (605) 
964-4155.
Dated: March 6, 1996
Michele C. Aubry
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist
Archeology and Ethnography Program
[FR Doc. 96-5851 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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