[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17732-17733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8169]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Human Remains and Associated 
Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Cambridge, MA

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 an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects in the 
possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, MA.
    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 the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the 
Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the 
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota; Fort Belknap Indian Community of the Fort Belknap 
Reservation of Montana; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, 
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton 
Sioux Indians of the Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota; Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria 
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca 
Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community of Minnesota 
Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, Minnesota; 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, 
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in 
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 
Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of Nebraska; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe 
of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, 
North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Three 
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; 
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Upper Sioux 
Indian Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota; White Earth 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux 
Tribe of South Dakota.
    In 1905, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by G.F. Will and H.J. 
Spinden. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Museum records indicate that these remains were collected by 
Messrs. Will and Spinden from the Mandan Village site (also known as 
the Burgois or Double Ditch site, 32BL8), Mandan, ND, in 1905 as part 
of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

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expedition and were accessioned into the museum that year.
    Archeological evidence indicates that the Mandan Village site dates 
to the Heart River complex (A.D. 1450-1780), which shows cultural 
continuity with sites occupied by the Mandan tribe in the postcontact 
period. Combined archeological, historical, and oral tradition evidence 
indicate that there is a shared group identity between the Heart River 
complex and the historic Mandan tribe. The Mandan tribe is represented 
by the present-day Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold, 
Reservation, North Dakota.
    In 1885, human remains representing two individuals were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by Henry W. Coe. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Museum records indicate that these remains were collected by Mr. 
Coe from the Mandan Village site in Mandan, ND, in 1885, and were 
accessioned into the museum the same year.
    Archeological evidence indicates that the Mandan Village site dates 
to the Heart River complex (A.D. 1450-1780), which shows cultural 
continuity with sites occupied by the Mandan tribe in the postcontact 
period. Combined archeological, historical, and oral tradition evidence 
indicates that there is a shared group identity between the Heart River 
complex and the historic Mandan tribe. The Mandan tribe is represented 
by the present-day Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold, 
Reservation, North Dakota.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above are reasonably 
believed to be the physical remains of three individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology 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 human remains and the Three Affiliated Tribes of 
the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Assiniboine and Sioux 
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River 
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Fort Belknap Indian Community of 
the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule 
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community of Minnesota 
Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Lower Sioux Reservation in Minnesota; 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Island Indian Community of 
Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island Reservation, 
Minnesota; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake 
Reservation, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac and Fox 
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac and Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee Reservation of 
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 
North Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 
Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota; 
White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and 
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains should contact Barbara Isaac, Repatriation 
Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity 
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 495-2254, before May 3, 
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: March 21, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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