[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5362-5363]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1291]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum 
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

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 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
Philadelphia, PA. The human remains were removed from an unknown 
location in Wisconsin.
    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. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of 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; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe 
of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota;

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Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux 
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island 
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, 
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit 
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South 
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one 
individual were removed from an unknown site in Wisconsin (UPM 
L-606-0605), by Dr. William C. Poole. At an unknown date, probably 
between 1830 and 1839, Dr. Poole sent the remains to Dr. Samuel George 
Morton, President of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia as 
a contribution to his collection of human crania. No known individual 
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    From about 1830, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia 
provided storage space for much of Dr. Morton's collection, including 
the human remains, until his death in 1852. In 1853, the collection was 
purchased from Dr. Morton's estate and formally presented to the 
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. In 1966, Dr. Morton's 
collection, including the human remains, were loaned to the University 
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology until 1997, when 
the collection was formally gifted to the museum.
    The human remains have been identified as Native American based on 
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in the museum records. 
Collector's records, museum documentation, and published sources 
(Morton 1839, 1840, and 1849; Meigs 1857) identify the human remains as 
those of a female ``Dacota'' Sioux warrior of Wisconsin and date them 
to the Historic period, probably to the early 19th century. Scholarly 
publications indicate that Wisconsin was an area settled by the Dakota 
groups during the early 19th century. The Dakota are the eastern group 
of the Sioux, and comprised of the Sisseton, the Wahpeton, and the 
Santee, who in turn are composed of the Wahpekute and Mdewakanton. 
Dakota descendants are members of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux 
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota.
    Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 
and Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains 
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 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 Flandreau Santee 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State 
of Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of 
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper 
Sioux Community, Minnesota.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr. 
Richard M. Leventhal, The Williams Director, University of Pennsylvania 
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050, before March 3, 
2006. Repatriation of the human remains to the Flandreau Santee Sioux 
Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of 
Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of 
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, 
South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper Sioux 
Community, Minnesota may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and 
Anthropology is responsible for notifying 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; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the 
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in 
the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 
Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State 
of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, 
South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux 
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse 
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing 
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, 
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: January 11, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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