[Federal Register: September 29, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 188)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

 
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
from Sarpy County, NE in the Possession of the Human Osteology 
Repository, Department of Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, 
WY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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 from Sarpy County, 
NE in the possession of the Human Osteology Repository, Department of 
Anthropology, University of Wyoming, Laramie, WY.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Human 
Osteology Repository professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
    In 1908, human remains representing two individuals were reportedly 
recovered from Wallace Mound (25SY67), Sarpy County, NE by person(s) 
unknown. In 1955, these human remains were donated to the Wyoming State 
Museum by Mrs. J. Hughes Eddington. In 1986, these human remains were 
transferred to the Human Osteology Repository. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Based on skeletal morphology and reported site location, these 
individuals have been identified as Native American. Based on published 
literature relating to the Wallace Mound site (25SY67), these 
individuals are most likely from the Central Plains Tradition, Nebraska 
Phase, c. 950-1250 A.D. Continuities of material culture and locations 
strongly suggest the Nebraska Phase of the Central Plains Tradition is 
ancestral to the present-day Pawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the 
University of Wyoming Department of Anthropology Human Osteology 
Repository have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the 
human remains listed above represent the physical remains of two 
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the University of 
Wyoming Department of Anthropology Human Osteology Repository have 
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 Rick L. Weathermon, NAGPRA Contact, University of Wyoming 
Department of Anthropology Human Osteology Repository, University of 
Wyoming, P.O. Box 3431, Laramie, WY 82071-3431; telephone: (307) 766-
5136, before October 29, 1999. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that

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date if no additional claimants come forward.
Dated: September 24, 1999.

    Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-25367 Filed 9-28-99; 8:45 am]
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