[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]


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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

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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 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]
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