[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 15745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6845]


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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 Koniag, Inc., and 
the Alutiiq Museum, Kodiak, AK. The Alutiiq Museum is authorized by 
Alaska Native villages on Kodiak Island, AK, to act on behalf of these 
communities in matters of cultural resources preservation.
    At an unknown time, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown locality on Kodiak Island, AK, by Ken McQuin. 
Mr. McQuin sold the remains to the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1967. No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on cranial morphology and dental traits, these human remains 
are identified as Native American. Consultation evidence provided by 
representatives of Koniag, Inc., and by the Alutiiq Museum indicate 
that the location of the burial is consistent with the traditional pre- 
and post-European contact occupational territory of the peoples 
represented by the Koniag, Inc.
    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 
peoples represented by the Koniag, Inc.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Kodiak Area Native 
Association, the Native Village of Port Lions, the Native Village of 
Karluk, the Native Village of Akhiok, the Shoonaq' Tribe of Kodiak, the 
Native Village of Larsen Bay, the Village of Old Harbor, the Native 
Village of Ouzinkie, Koniag, Inc., the Alutiiq Museum, and the Council 
of Katmai Descendants. 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 April 19, 2001. Repatriation of the human 
remains to Koniag, Inc., and to the Alutiiq Museum 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. 01-6845 Filed 3-19-01; 8:45 am]
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