[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 232 (Friday, December 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67933-67934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-31365]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

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 (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
Philadelphia, PA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology professional 
staff in consultation with representatives of the Sac and Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and 
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska; the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in 
Kansas, and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma. The Forest County 
Potawatami Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron 
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the 
Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of 
Michigan; the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; and the Kickapoo 
Tribe of Oklahoma were invited to consult, but did not participate.
    At an unkown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown location by person(s) unknown. Prior to 1915, 
these human remains were received by the University of Pennsylvania 
Museum, transferred to the Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA in 1915, 
and transferred back to the University of Pennsylvania Museum in 1961. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Accession information from the Wistar Institute identifies this 
individual as ``Native American shot in the Black Hawk War, 1905.'' No 
further documentation is present to identify the recovery location, the 
collector, or the cultural affiliation of this individual. While many 
Sac and Fox people were killed during the Black Hawk War, groups of 
Potawatomi, Winnebago, and Kickapoo allied themselves with the Sac and 
Fox during this four-month conflict. No evidence exists to the contrary 
of the Wistar Institute's accession information.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Musuem 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 the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and Fox Nation in Kansas and Nebraska; the 
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 
Oklahoma; the Forest County Potawatami Community of Wisconsin 
Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the 
Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the

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Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Hannahville Indian 
Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan; the Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Sac and Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and 
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska; the Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in 
Kansas, the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; the Forest County 
Potawatami Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron 
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the 
Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of 
Michigan; the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; the Kickapoo Tribe 
of Oklahoma, and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin. Representatives of 
any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains should contact Dr. Jeremy Sabloff, the 
Williams Director, University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology, 33rd and Spruce Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324; 
telephone: (215) 898-4051, fax (215) 898-0657, before January 3, 2000. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 
the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Sac and Fox 
Nation in Kansas and Nebraska; the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; the 
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas, the 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; the Forest County Potawatami 
Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; Huron Potawatomi, 
Inc., Michigan; the Pokagan Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Hannahville Indian 
Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan; the Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; and the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: November 24, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-31365 Filed 12-2-99; 8:45 am]
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