[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 13652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-7010]


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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 Milwaukee 
Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI

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 Milwaukee Public Museum, 
Milwaukee, WI.
    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 Milwaukee 
Public Museum professional staff and contract specialists in physical 
anthropology in consultation with representatives of the Zuni Tribe of 
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from a grave in an unknown location near Frisco, Catron County, 
NM, by an unknown person. These human remains were donated to the 
Milwaukee Public Museum by Mary E. Stewart in 1899. Ms. Stewart also 
donated human hair, believed to be from the same individual, to the 
Milwaukee Public Museum in 1901. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    While the exact age of the remains cannot be determined from 
existing evidence, cranial deformation associated with the use of hard 
cradleboards was noted and suggests a post-AD 700 date.
    Based on cranial morphology and dental traits, these human remains 
are identified as Native American. Consultation evidence provided by 
representatives of the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, 
and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona indicates that the geographical location 
of the burial is consistent with the traditional territories of the 
Zuni and Hopi peoples. Both groups claim descent from the 
archeologically defined Anasazi culture in Catron County, NM.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
Milwaukee Public Museum 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 
Milwaukee Public Museum 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 
Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Zuni Tribe of the 
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact Dr. Alex 
Barker, Anthropology Section Head, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West 
Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 278-2786, before 
April 24, 2002. Repatriation of the human remains to the Zuni Tribe of 
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico, and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may 
begin after that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 7, 2002.
Robert Stearns,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 02-7010 Filed 3-22-02; 8:45 am]
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