[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11077-11078]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4825]


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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 Peabody Museum of Natural History, 
Yale University, New Haven, CT

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 Kansas in the 
possession of the Peabody Museum of Natural History (Yale Peabody 
Museum), Yale University, New Haven, CT.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Yale Peabody 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    In 1873, human remains representing two individuals recovered from 
the upper fork of the Solomon River, Kansas, were donated to the Yale 
Peabody Museum by Joseph Savage. No known individuals were identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on documentary evidence and consultation with representatives 
of the Pawnee Indian Tribe, these individuals have been determined to 
be Native American. Based on geographic origin of these human remains, 
published accounts of the traditional territory of the Pawnee, and 
historical information provided by the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma, 
the preponderance of the evidence for cultural affiliation of these 
human remains has been determined to be with the Pawnee Indian Tribe of 
Oklahoma.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Yale 
Peabody Museum 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 Yale Peabody 
Museum 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 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 and 
associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Richard Burger, 
Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, 170 Whitney Avenue, 
P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118; telephone: (203) 432-3752, 
before March 31, 2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Pawnee 
Indian Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations 
within this notice.


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    Dated: February 9, 2000.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist, Manager, Archeology and 
Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 00-4825 Filed 2-29-00; 8:45 am]
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