[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2000)] [Notices] [Page 2426] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 00-903] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains from Oregon in the Possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI AGENCY: National Park Service ACTION: Notice ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Oregon in the possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Milwaukee Public Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon, and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon. At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were collected from an unknown location in Oregon by an unknown person who transferred these human remains to Thomas M.N. Lewis. In 1946, Mr. Lewis donated these human remains to the Milwaukee Public Museum. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on cranial morphology and dentition, this individual has been identified as Native American. The reported geographic location of this individual is consistent with the pre-contact and historic Northern Paiute people. Evidence of metal knife marks on the cranium indicate an historic date which is consistent with a Northern Paiute affiliation. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Burns Paiute Tribe and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation indicate that the Oregon Plains are part of the Paiute's traditional and historic occupation area and that descendants of the Paiute from this part of Paiute territory now are included in the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada. Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Milwaukee Public 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 Milwaukee Public Museum 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 Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada. This notice has been sent to officials of the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon; the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon, the Fort Bidwell Indian Community of the Fort Bidwell Reservation of California; the Fort McDermitt Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fort McDermitt Reservation, Nevada and Oregon; and the Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Ann McMullen, Ph.D., Curator of North American Ethnology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233; telephone: (414) 278-2786; fax: (414) 278-6100, before February 14, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Burns Paiute Tribe of the Burns Paiute Indian Colony of Oregon may begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward. Dated: January 3, 1999. Francis P. McManamon, Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program. [FR Doc. 00-903 Filed 1-13-00; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4310-70-F