[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 7936]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2343]


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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 Central Council 
of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown location in Rudyerd Bay, AK, by Walter Pelzer. 
Mr. Pelzer donated the human remains to the Milwaukee Public Museum in 
1946. At the time of donation, Mr. Pelzer identified the context of 
removal as a burial. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on cranial morphology and dental traits, this individual is 
identified as Native American. The geographical location of the grave 
is consistent with the historic territory of the Tlingit people. 
Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Central 
Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska indicates that the 
Rudyerd, AK, area is part of the aboriginal territory of the Tlingit 
and Haida peoples.
    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 also 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 the 
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Central Council of 
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe, 
Douglas Indian Association, Angoon Community Association, Hoonah Indian 
Association, the Organized Village of Kake, Chilkat Indian Village 
(Klukwan), Craig Community Association, Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Hydaburg 
Cooperative Association, Organized Village of Kasaan, Sealaska Heritage 
Foundation, Cape Fox Corporation, Ketchikan Indian Corporation, and the 
Organized Village of Saxman. Representatives of any other Indian tribe 
that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human 
remains 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 to the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes 
of Alaska may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: January 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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