[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 40 (Tuesday, March 2, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10162-10163]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5097]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Kansas State 
Historical Society, Topeka, KS

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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Kansas State Historical 
Society, Topeka, KS.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Kansas State 
Historical Society professional staff and a forensic osteologist in 
consultation with representatives of the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri 
in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma, and the Sac 
and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.
    In 1968, human remains representing three individuals were 
recovered from site 14DP26, Doniphan County, KS during excavations 
conducted by members of the Great Plains Archeological Field School 
sponsored by the University of Kansas, Kansas State University, and 
Wichita State University. No known individuals were identified. The 103 
associated funerary objects include a brass bell, a gun barrel and 
pistol ramrod, a pocket knife, a strike-a-light, part of a metal 
tankard, shell and glass beads, glass, shell, textile and metal 
fragments, pieces of flint, and pottery sherds.
    Based on the types and style of the associated funerary objects, 
these burials are estimated to date to between 1840 to 1860 A.D. Based 
on manner of interment and burial location, these individuals have been 
identified as Native American, specifically of Sac and Fox affiliation. 
Consultation with representatives of the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri 
in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma, and the Sac 
and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa confirmed this information.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Kansas 
State Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of at least three individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Kansas State Historical Society have also determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the 103 objects listed above 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. 
Lastly, officials of the Kansas State Historical Society have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects and the 
Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox 
Nation, Oklahoma, and the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Sac and Fox Nation of 
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma, and 
the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact 
Randall Thies, Archeologist, Kansas State Historical Society, 6425 SW 
Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66606-1099; telephone: (913) 272-8681, ext. 
267, before April 1, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in 
Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma, and the Sac and 
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa may begin after

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that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 24, 1999.
Veletta Canouts,
Acting Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Deputy Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-5097 Filed 3-1-99; 8:45 am]
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