[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 71 (Thursday, April 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18975-18976]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-8987]


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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 Mabee-Gerrer 
Museum of Art, Shawnee, OK

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 Mabee-Gerrer Museum of Art, 
Shawnee, OK.
    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 Mabee-Gerrer 
Museum of Art professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
recovered near Ft. Sill, OK, by Father Gerrer. These human remains have 
been in the museum's collections since before 1933. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum records state ``Head of a Comanche child. Found near Fort 
Sill, Oklahoma. It was found in a sort of cradle. The skin was colored 
red with hematite.'' The cradle is not part of the museum's collection. 
Based on museum documentation and reported manner of interment, this 
individual has been identified as Native American affiliated

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with the Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Mabee-
Gerrer Museum of Art 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 Mabee-
Gerrer Museum of Art 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 
Comanche Indian Tribe, Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Comanche Indian 
Tribe, Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that 
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains 
should contact Chris Owens, Collections Manager, Mabee-Gerrer Museum of 
Art, 1900 West MacArthur, Shawnee, OK 74804, telephone (405) 878-5300, 
before May 14, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Comanche 
Indian Tribe, Oklahoma may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 23, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 01-8987 Filed 4-11-01; 8:45 am]
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