[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 18 (Friday, January 26, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7936-7937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-2344]


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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

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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 Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    At an unknown date prior to 1921, human remains representing two 
individuals were removed from the Motsiff Farm Site (32-MO-29), Mandan, 
Morton County, ND, by Field Museum of Natural History staff L. L. 
Walters. Mr. Walters sold these human remains to the Milwaukee Public 
Museum in 1921. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date prior to 1921, human remains representing five 
individuals were removed from sites in the vicinity of Mandan, Morton 
County, ND, by Field Museum of Natural History staff L.L. Walters. Mr. 
Walters sold these human remains to the Milwaukee Public Museum in 
1921. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Other material culture from the sites from which the remains were 
removed date the occupations to circa A.D. 1500-1700.
    Based on cranial morphology, dental traits, and burial 
associations, these individuals are identified as Native American. The 
geographical location and dates of the burials are consistent with the 
traditional territory of the Mandan people during the same time period. 
Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota has 
identified the sites as part of the Mandan's traditional occupation 
area between A.D. 1500-1700.
    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 seven individuals 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 
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. 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 Three Affiliated 
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota 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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