[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 11046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4303]


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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, Interior.

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 Pawnee Nation 
of Oklahoma.
    In 1927, A.M. Brooking, founder of the Hastings Museum, Hastings, 
NE, removed human remains representing one individual from a Skidi 
Pawnee village four miles east of Cushing, Howard County, NE. In 1928, 
the Hastings Museum donated these remains to the Milwaukee Public 
Museum as part of a collection exchange. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on cranial morphology and dental characteristics, these human 
remains are identified as Native American. Milwaukee Public Museum 
records state that these remains were removed from a Pawnee village. 
Consultation evidence indicates that the location of the village is 
within the traditional territory of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
    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 
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pawnee Nation of 
Oklahoma. 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 March 23, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to 
the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 5, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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