[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 14, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55456-55457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-20653]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, 
Chicago, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of the 
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. The human remains were 
removed from Boundary County, ID.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Field Museum 
of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated 
Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana.
    In 1897, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals 
were obtained in Bonner's Ferry, Boundary County, ID, by George A. 
Dorsey for the Field Museum of Natural History. The 1896-1897 Annual 
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees describes a four-month 
trip that assistant curator of anthropology George A. Dorsey and museum 
photographer Edward Allen made ``among the Indians of the far West,'' 
that included a visit to the ``Kootenay'' tribe. The report states that 
``two complete skeletons, a male and a female, were also secured from 
the Kootenay near Bonner's Ferry.'' No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The human remains have been identified as Native American, based on 
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in Field Museum of 
Natural History records. The records identify the human remains as 
``Kootenay'' from Bonner's Ferry, ID. ``Kootenay'' descendents in Idaho 
are represented by the present-day Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.
    Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described 
above represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native 
American ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History 
also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced 
between the Native American human remains and the Kootenai Tribe of 
Idaho.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Helen 
Robbins, Repatriation Specialist, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 
South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, telephone (312) 665-
7317, before October 14, 2004. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Kootenai

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Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the 
Flathead Reservation, Montana that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 3, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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