[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 3, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17735-17736]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8172]


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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, 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 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 Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota.
    In 1879, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by Alexander Agassiz. 
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Museum records indicate that these human remains were collected by 
Brevet Colonel Coppinger at an unknown date. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology accession records indicate that the remains 
are those of a ``Siouan, Ogallaga'' individual from the ``Plains 
region.'' The specific site from which the remains were collected is 
unknown. The attribution of such a specific cultural affiliation to the 
human remains indicates that, at the time that the remains were 
acquired, the collector probably had direct knowledge of the 
individual's cultural affiliation. This information indicates that the 
remains probably date to the historic period and are the remains of an 
Oglala Sioux individual. The Oglala Sioux are represented by the 
present-day Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
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 represent 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 
Native American human remains and the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota.

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    This notice has been sent to officials of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of 
the Pine Ridge Reservation, 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, Harvard 
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 
495-2254, before May 3, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 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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