[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18979-18980]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8983]


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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 Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of 
the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of 
Oklahoma; Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; Crow Tribe of Montana; Iowa 
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
    Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kiowa Indian Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian 
Reservation,
    Montana; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Tribe, Oklahoma; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; Sac & Fox Nation of 
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox 
Tribe of the Mississippi in

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Iowa; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, Oklahoma.
    In 1915, human remains consisting of a single tooth representing 
one individual were donated to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology by Dr. N.L. Roberts. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records indicate that these human remains were collected by 
Dr. Roberts from the ``Kaw Village'' at the mouth of the Blue Earth 
River, Pottawatomie County, KS, sometime prior to 1914. The remains 
were transferred to Frederick H. Sterns of the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology during his excavations of the site in 1914 
and were accessioned into the museum in 1915.
    The site from which these remains originated was known at the time 
of Sterns' excavations as ``Kaw Village,'' and today is known as the 
Blue Earth Village site. It has been identified in historical documents 
as the village occupied by the Kansa between 1757 and 1825. 
Archeological evidence also supports an occupation of the site between 
the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Based on archeological and 
historical evidence, it is likely that these remains are those of an 
individual of the Kansa Tribe. The Kansa, or Kaw, are represented by 
the present-day Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.
    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 Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; 
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma; 
Crow Tribe of Montana; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; Northern 
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana; 
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Osage Tribe, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Prairie Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota; and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes, 
Oklahoma. 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 14, 2001. 
Repatriation of the human remains to the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 27, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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