[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 165 (Thursday, August 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46716]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-22165]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Harper County, KS 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 from Harper County, 
KS 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 (KSHS) professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
    In 1988, human remains representing four individuals were recovered 
from the Hallman site (14HP524), Harper County, KS during excavations 
directed by KSHS archeologists. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects were present.
    Based on archeological context, these individuals have been 
identified as Native American. Based on material culture, geographic 
location, and radiocarbon dates, the Hallman site has been identified 
as a Bluff Creek Complex occupation dating from c. 1020 A.D. Based on 
temporal position, geographic location, and general character of 
material culture, the Bluff Creek Complex has been identified as 
possibly being ancestral to the Wichita tribe.
    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 four individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
Kansas State Historical Society 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 Wichita and Affiliated Tribes.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Wichita and 
Affiliated Tribes. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Randall Thies, Archeologist, Kansas State Historical 
Society, 6425 SW Sixth Avenue, Topeka, KS 66606-1099; telephone: (913) 
272-8681, ext. 267, before September 27, 1999. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: August 17, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-22165 Filed 8-25-99; 8:45 am]
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