FR Doc E6-1291
[Federal Register: February 1, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 21)]
[Notices]
[Page 5362-5363]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Pennsylvania Museum
of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA
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
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA. The human remains were removed from an unknown
location in Wisconsin.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with representatives of Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota;
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Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux
Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown site in Wisconsin (UPM
L-606-0605), by Dr. William C. Poole. At an unknown date, probably
between 1830 and 1839, Dr. Poole sent the remains to Dr. Samuel George
Morton, President of the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia as
a contribution to his collection of human crania. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
From about 1830, the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia
provided storage space for much of Dr. Morton's collection, including
the human remains, until his death in 1852. In 1853, the collection was
purchased from Dr. Morton's estate and formally presented to the
Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. In 1966, Dr. Morton's
collection, including the human remains, were loaned to the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology until 1997, when
the collection was formally gifted to the museum.
The human remains have been identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic attribution in the museum records.
Collector's records, museum documentation, and published sources
(Morton 1839, 1840, and 1849; Meigs 1857) identify the human remains as
those of a female ``Dacota'' Sioux warrior of Wisconsin and date them
to the Historic period, probably to the early 19th century. Scholarly
publications indicate that Wisconsin was an area settled by the Dakota
groups during the early 19th century. The Dakota are the eastern group
of the Sioux, and comprised of the Sisseton, the Wahpeton, and the
Santee, who in turn are composed of the Wahpekute and Mdewakanton.
Dakota descendants are members of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota.
Officials of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains
of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology 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 Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State
of Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Dr.
Richard M. Leventhal, The Williams Director, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6324, telephone (215) 898-4050, before March 3,
2006. Repatriation of the human remains to the Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation,
South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for notifying the Assiniboine and Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the
Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State
of Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,
South Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that this notice has
been published.
Dated: January 11, 2006.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E6-1291 Filed 1-31-06; 8:45 am]
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