[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7935-7936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2342]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum, 
Milwaukee, WI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Milwaukee 
Public Museum professional staff and contract specialists in physical 
anthropology, in consultation with representatives of the Confederated 
Tribes of the Colville Reservation.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing two individuals were 
removed from an unknown site in the Okanogan Valley, WA, by Harry 
Brainerd. Mr. Brainerd donated the remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1952. No known individuals 
were identified. The 158 associated funerary objects are 81 copper tube 
beads, 35 blue and white glass beads, 10 shell beads, 24 dentalia shell 
beads, 2 fragmented beaver incisors, 1 seal tooth, 1 perforated elk's 
tooth, 1 bone tube bead, 1 metal button, 1 copper alloy ring, and 1 
rectangular piece of copper alloy with a perforation at one end.
    Based on dental traits and funerary associations, these individuals 
have been identified as Native American. The associated funerary 
objects date the burial to circa 1800-1830. The

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geographical location of the burial is consistent with the prehistoric 
and historic territory of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation. Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the 
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation indicates that the 
Okanogan Valley is part of the Okanogan people's traditional and 
historically known occupation territory, and that descendents of the 
Okanogan now reside on the Colville Reservation.
    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 two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
Milwaukee Public Museum also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (d)(2), the 158 objects listed above are reasonably believed to 
have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of 
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials 
of the Milwaukee Public Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 
10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Confederated Tribes of the Colville 
Reservation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Confederated Tribes 
of the Colville Reservation. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains and associated funerary objects should contact Dr. Alex Barker, 
Anthropology Section Head, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells 
Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 278-2786, before February 
26, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: January 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-2342 Filed 1-25-01; 8:45 am]
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