[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18982-18983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8986]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

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.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

    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 1877, human remains representing one individual were donated to 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology by the Army Medical 
Museum, Washington, D.C. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records indicate that these remains were collected in 1857 
from a scaffold burial near Seven Mile Creek, between Fort Randall and 
the Yankton Agency, SD, by Acting Assistant Surgeon George P. 
Hachenberg. In March 1869, the remains were sent to the Army Medical 
Museum, and in 1877, they were accessioned into the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology. Museum records also indicate that the 
remains are those of a ``Yankton warrior.''
    Based on the specific cultural attribution in museum records, and 
geographical and historic evidence, these human remains are considered 
to be affiliated with the Yankton Sioux tribe, which is represented by 
the present-day Yankton Sioux Tribe of 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 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 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

[[Page 18983]]

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 14, 2001. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota may begin 
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 30, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-8986 Filed 4-11-01; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4310-70-F