[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65416-65417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-25733]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029193; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The Wistar Institute, 
Philadelphia, PA, and the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Wistar Institute and the University of Pennsylvania Museum 
of Archaeology and Anthropology have 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 University of Pennsylvania 
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. 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 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at 
the address in this notice by December 27, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Julian Siggers, University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050.

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 Wistar Institute, Philadelphia, PA, and in the 
physical custody of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA. The human remains were 
removed from the Fort Peck Reservation, Valley County, MT.
    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 the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
professional staff on behalf of the Wistar Institute in consultation 
with representatives of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

History and Description of the Remains

    Sometime between July 6 and July 15, 1900, human remains 
representing, at minimum, two individuals (37946 and 37947) were 
removed from box graves on the prairie outside of the Fort Peck Indian 
Reservation in Valley County, MT, by Robert Stewart Culin, Curator of 
the American and General Ethnology Section of the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (1899-1903). Culin 
was leading a collecting expedition to the American West for the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 
funded by John Wanamaker, a Philadelphia businessman and 
philanthropist. From 1900 to 1915, the human remains were housed at the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology

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and Anthropology. On January 11, 1915, the human remains were donated 
to the Wistar Institute of Philadelphia (15525 and 15526). The human 
remains were transferred to the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology on a long-term loan in 1956 (L-1011-54 and 
L-1011-211), where they are currently housed. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The physical condition of the human remains and the collector's 
description about the circumstance surrounding their removal indicate 
that the remains were of relatively recent historical origin at the 
time of removal. The human remains have been identified as Native 
American based on the specific cultural and geographic attribution 
identified in Museum records. Museum documentation and collector 
records identify the two sets of human remains as ``Dakota, Sioux.'' 
The Dakota, Sioux descendants in Montana are represented by the 
present-day Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, 
Montana.

Determinations Made by the Wistar Institute and the University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

    Officials of the Wistar Institute, through its agent the University 
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals 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 Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort 
Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

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 Dr. 
Julian Siggers, Williams Director, University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, Philadelphia, PA 
19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050, by December 27, 2019. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the 
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana may proceed.
    The Wistar Institute, through its agent 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 that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 24, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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