[Federal Register: July 23, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 141)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of 
Archaeology and Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 
PA

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by University 
of Pennsylvania Museum professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were 
removed from an unknown site by person(s) unknown. At an unknown date, 
these human remains were donated to the University of

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Pennsylvania Museum by person(s) unknown. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on the label on this skull, this individual has been 
identified as Native American of Pawnee affiliation. The skull is 
incised with symbols or pictures, and two man-made holes are present at 
either side of its base. The cranium also exhibits parietal flattening 
(artificial deformation). No further information exists for this 
individual.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the 
University of Pennsylvania Museum have also determined that, pursuant 
to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity 
which can be reasonably traced between these Native American human 
remains and the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Pawnee Indian Tribe 
of Oklahoma. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should 
contact Dr. Jeremy Sabloff, the Williams Director, University of 
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 33rd and Spruce 
Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324; telephone: (215) 898-4051, fax 
(215) 898-0657, before August 23, 1999. Repatriation of the human 
remains to the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that 
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: July 12, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-18888 Filed 7-22-99; 8:45 am]
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