FR Doc 04-20653
[Federal Register: September 14, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 177)]
[Notices]
[Page 55456-55457]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the
Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL. The human remains were
removed from Boundary County, ID.
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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Field Museum
of Natural History professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Kootenai Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated
Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation, Montana.
In 1897, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were obtained in Bonner's Ferry, Boundary County, ID, by George A.
Dorsey for the Field Museum of Natural History. The 1896-1897 Annual
Report of the Director to the Board of Trustees describes a four-month
trip that assistant curator of anthropology George A. Dorsey and museum
photographer Edward Allen made ``among the Indians of the far West,''
that included a visit to the ``Kootenay'' tribe. The report states that
``two complete skeletons, a male and a female, were also secured from
the Kootenay near Bonner's Ferry.'' No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have been identified as Native American, based on
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in Field Museum of
Natural History records. The records identify the human remains as
``Kootenay'' from Bonner's Ferry, ID. ``Kootenay'' descendents in Idaho
are represented by the present-day Kootenai Tribe of Idaho.
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described
above represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History
also have determined that, 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 Kootenai Tribe of
Idaho.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Helen
Robbins, Repatriation Specialist, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400
South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, telephone (312) 665-
7317, before October 14, 2004. Repatriation of the human remains to the
Kootenai Tribe of Idaho may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Kootenai
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Tribe of Idaho and the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the
Flathead Reservation, Montana that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 3, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 04-20653 Filed 9-13-04; 8:45 am]
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