[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 232 (Friday, December 2, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 87062]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28946]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22418; 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 January 3, 
2017.

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, Yale University, 
New Haven, CT. The human remains were removed from a mound near Fort 
Sisseton, Marshall County, SD.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 the Peabody 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Lower Sioux Indian Community, Minnesota and the 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota. 
During consultation it was determined there is insufficient evidence to 
make a determination of cultural affiliation.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime prior to 1916, human remains representing, at minimum, 
five individuals were removed from a mound near Fort Sisseton in 
Marshall County, SD. The human remains were donated to the Peabody 
Museum of Natural History in 1916. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

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 are Native American based on the collection history as 
well as the biological/osteological markers.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of five individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 January 3, 2017. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake 
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 
Dakota that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 15, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-28946 Filed 12-1-16; 8:45 am]
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