[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17733-17735]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8170]


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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 Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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, 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

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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 1934, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by the Museum of 
Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records indicate that these remains were collected in 1883 
from Fort Pierre, SD, by an unknown person. These human remains were 
accessioned by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 1939. 
Museum records also indicate that the remains are those of a ``Sioux'' 
individual, indicating that the collector was aware of the culture of 
the individual.
    Based on the specific cultural attribution in museum records, 
geographic evidence, and the historical association of the Sioux with 
this locale, these human remains are considered to be affiliated to the 
Sioux tribes. The Sioux tribes are represented by the present-day 
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; 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; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian 
Reservation, South Dakota; 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; Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Upper Sioux 
Reservation, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. 
Consultation with representatives of the Prairie Island Indian 
Community of Minnesota Mdewakanton Sioux Indians of the Prairie Island 
Reservation, Minnesota indicated that they do not feel that their group 
is affiliated with the human remains described here.
    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 one individual 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 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; 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; 
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Rosebud 
Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 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; Upper Sioux Indian 
Community of the Upper Sioux Reservation, Minnesota; and the Yankton 
Sioux Tribe of South 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 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; 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; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; 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; Standing 
Rock Sioux Tribe of

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North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Indian Community of the Upper Sioux 
Reservation, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South 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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