[Federal Register: January 26, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 18)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Milwaukee
Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI

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 and associated
funerary objects in the possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum,
Milwaukee, WI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this

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notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or
Federal agency that has control of these Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations within this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Milwaukee
Public Museum professional staff and contract specialists in physical
anthropology, in consultation with representatives of the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    At an unknown date prior to 1921, human remains representing two
individuals were removed from the Motsiff Farm Site (32-MO-29), Mandan,
Morton County, ND, by Field Museum of Natural History staff L. L.
Walters. Mr. Walters sold these human remains to the Milwaukee Public
Museum in 1921. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
    At an unknown date prior to 1921, human remains representing five
individuals were removed from sites in the vicinity of Mandan, Morton
County, ND, by Field Museum of Natural History staff L.L. Walters. Mr.
Walters sold these human remains to the Milwaukee Public Museum in
1921. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
    Other material culture from the sites from which the remains were
removed date the occupations to circa A.D. 1500-1700.
    Based on cranial morphology, dental traits, and burial
associations, these individuals are identified as Native American. The
geographical location and dates of the burials are consistent with the
traditional territory of the Mandan people during the same time period.
Consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Three
Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota has
identified the sites as part of the Mandan's traditional occupation
area between A.D. 1500-1700.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the
Milwaukee Public Museum have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2
(d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical remains
of seven individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Milwaukee Public Museum also have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and the
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota. Representatives
of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these human remains should contact Dr. Alex Barker,
Anthropology Section Head, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West Wells
Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 278-2786, before February
26, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North Dakota may begin after
that date if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: January 15, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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