[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15744-15745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6844]


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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 Santa Ynez 
Band of Mission Indians.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown location .25 miles inland on the west end of 
Santa Rosa Island, Santa Barbara County, CA, by Milwaukee Public Museum 
director Henry L. Ward. Mr. Ward donated these human remains to the 
Milwaukee Public Museum in 1903. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Following donation to the Milwaukee Public Museum, elements from 
this individual were combined with elements of another individual, not 
known to be of Native American origin, to form a complete skeleton.
    Based on cranial morphology and dental traits, the remains donated 
by Mr. Ward in 1903 have been identified as Native American. Evidence 
of the effects of syphilis on the remains suggests that the burial can 
be dated to a post-Euro-American contact period. The geographical 
location of the burial is consistent with the historically known 
territory of the Chumash, represented today by the Santa Ynez Band of 
Mission Indians.
    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 
Santa Ynez Band of Mission Indians.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Santa Ynez Band of 
Mission Indians. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be

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culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Alex 
Barker, Ph.D., Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells Street, 
Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 278-2786, before April 19, 2001. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Santa Ynez Band of Mission 
Indians may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: February 23, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-6844 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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