[Federal Register: February 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 35)]
[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, 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 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 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 Seneca Nation
of New York and the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules
and Regulations.
    At an unknown date, human remains representing one individual were
removed from the Reed Site, Richmond, Ontario County, NY, by A. H.
Dewey of Rochester, NY. Mr. Dewey donated the remains to the Milwaukee
Public Museum in 1923. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
    The remains were reportedly removed from a refuse pit at the Reed
Site. Historical evidence identifies the Reed Site as a Seneca
settlement, occupied circa A.D. 1000-1500.
    Based on dental traits and site associations, these human remains
are identified as Native American. Historical documentation and
consultation evidence provided by representatives of the Seneca Nation
of New York and the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules
and Regulations have identified the Reed Site as part of the Seneca's
traditional territory.
    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 one individual 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
Seneca Nation of New York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Seneca Nation of New
York, the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules and
Regulations, and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma. 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 March 23,
2001. Repatriation of the human remains to the Seneca Nation of New
York and the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma may begin after that date
if no additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: February 5, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship, and Partnerships.
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