[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 4 (Thursday, January 7, 2016)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19931; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural 
History, Yale University, New Haven, CT

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History has completed an 
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian 
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there 
is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of 
these human remains should submit a written request to the Peabody 
Museum of Natural History. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, 
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to the 
Peabody Museum of Natural History at the address in this notice by 
February 8, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of 
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone 
(203) 432-3752.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under 
the control of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, CT. 
The human remains were removed from the Blue Earth Village Site (14-Po-
0024), near Manhattan, Pottawatomie County, KS.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma, the 
Delaware Tribe of Indians, the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, and the Pokagon 
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1868, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from a cemetery at the Blue Earth Village Site (14-Po-
0024), near Manhattan, Pottawatomie County, KS. The human remains were 
removed by Benjamin Mudge (the first state geologist of Kansas) who, in 
the same year, donated the human remains to the Peabody Museum of 
Natural History. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    According to historical documentation and archaeological evidence, 
the Kaw (Kanza) people lived at the Blue Earth Village from 
approximately 1757 to 1825. In 1846, the Kaw moved to Council Grove, 
Kansas and in 1873, the group was forcibly removed to Kay County, OK 
where they reside today as the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.

Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Kaw Nation, Oklahoma.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Professor 
David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. 
Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone (203) 432-3752 by 
February 8, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Kaw 
Nation, Oklahoma may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma, the Delaware Tribe of Indians, 
Oklahoma, the Kaw Nation, Oklahoma, and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 
Indians, Michigan and Indiana, and that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 8, 2015.
Amberleigh Malone,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-00057 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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