[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 145 (Thursday, July 29, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41136-41137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-19451]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Kansas in the Possession of the Department of Anthropology, 
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

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 in the possession of 
the Department of Anthropology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Department 
of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing two individuals were 
recovered from the Kansas Monument site (14RP1), Republic County, KS by 
person(s) unknown. At an unknown date, these human remains were donated 
to the Department of Anthropology by person(s) unknown. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on material culture and village organization, the Kansas 
Monument site has been identified as an historic Pawnee cemetery and 
village (c. 1820-1830s AD). Based on this information,

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these human remains are believed to be affiliated with the Pawnee 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Tennessee have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains 
of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
University of Tennessee have also 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 the 
Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pawnee Indian Tribe 
of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Dr. Jan Simek, Department of Anthropology, University of 
Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996-0720; telephone: (423) 974-4408, before 
August 30, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the Pawnee Indian 
Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.
Dated: July 21, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-19451 Filed 7-28-99; 8:45 am]
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