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for examination. Based on

morphological characteristics, FBI

examiners have determined that the

head hairs on the scalp exhibit

mongoloid characteristics, a

classification which encompasses

Native American hair.

Butterfield and Butterfield’s auction

catalog for this collection states that this

scalp was taken at the Battle of Ute, c.

1879, and a contemporary letter

accompanying this scalp states: ‘‘This

scalp was taken near Rawlings, Indian

territory, USA, September 26, 1879. It

belonged to the Chief Little-Bear, a Ute

Indian, who assisted at the massacre of

U.S. Troops under Captain Tomlinson,

near that place. The feather plaited into

the hair, (sic) indicates that he was a

chief of the first rank. Presented to (?)

Cooke by Capt. A.N. Cheney, 7th U.S.

Cavalry.’’

Historic records provided by the

National Park Service with the

assistance of the U.S. Army Center of

Military History supports this letter of

provenance. According to historic

documents, the U.S. Army and Ute

bands did have military engagements

near Rawlings, WY in September of

1879. Nothing in historic documents,

analysis, or consultation indicates these

human remains are those of any other

individual than Little Bear.

Authorities of the United States Fish

and Wildlife Service have been

contacted regarding applicability of

Federal endangered species statutes to

this transfer and have concurred in the

conclusion that the object is not covered

due to its age.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Federal

Bureau of Investigation 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 Federal Bureau of Investigation have

also 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 Ute

Indian Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray

Reservation, Utah.

The eagle feather present with these

human remains is believed to have been

the personal property of Little Bear.

While the eagle feather does not appear

to meet the statutory definition of

‘‘associated funerary object’’, officials of

the Federal Bureau of Investigation have

determined that, pursuant to standard

practice regarding personal property,

Manual of Administrative Operations

and Procedures, Sect. 2–4.4.1(5), the one

object listed above is subject to return to

the next of kin, in this case the Ute

Indian Tribe of the Unitah and Ouray

Reservation, Utah.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Ute Indian Tribe of the Unitah

and Ouray Reservation, Utah.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains

should contact Special Agent Brian J.

Guy, FBI, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San

Francisco, CA 94102; telephone: (415)

553–7400, before May 26, 2000.

Repatriation of the human remains to

the Ute Indian Tribe of the Unitah and

Ouray Reservation, Utah may begin after

that date if no additional claimants

come forward.

The National Park Service is not

responsible for the determinations

within this notice.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 00–10317 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains,

Associated Funerary Objects, and

Unassociated Funerary Objects in the

Control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior,

Washington, DC and in the Possession

of the Milwaukee Public Museum,

Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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, associated funerary objects,

and unassociated funerary objects in the

control of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,

Department of the Interior, Washington,

DC and in the possession of the

Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee,

WI.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by Milwaukee Public

Museum professional staff in

consultation with representatives of the

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

In 1919, human remains representing

a minimum of three individuals were

recovered from the Five Islands Mound

Group (47–ME–11) within the exterior

boundaries of the Menominee

reservation during non-legally authorize

excavations conducted by Samuel A.

Barrett, MPM Curator of Anthropology,

Milwaukee, WI, and Alanson B.

Skinner, Museum of the American

Indian, Heye Foundation, New York,

NY. No known individuals were

identified. The 198 associated funerary

objects consist of grit-tempered,

cordmarked sherds and a chert point

fragment.

The Five Islands Mound Group site

consists of eight mounds and a village

occupation. Based on cultural material,

this site has been dated to the Woodland

period.

The 28 cultural items consist of grittempered, cordmarked sherds. In 1919,

these cultural items were recovered

from a mound at an unnamed site in

Keshena, WI during non-legally

authorized excavations within the

exterior boundaries of the Menominee

reservation by Samuel A. Barrett, MPM

Curator of Anthropology, Milwaukee,

WI and Alanson B. Skinner, Museum of

the American Indian, Heye Foundation,

New York, NY.

In 1921, human remains representing

a minimum of seven individuals were

recovered from an unnamed site near

Five Islands (47–ME–12) within the

exterior boundaries of the Menominee

reservation during non-legally

authorized excavations conducted by

Alanson B. Skinner, Museum of the

American Indian, Heye Foundation,

New York, NY. No known individuals

were identified. No associated funerary

objects are present.

This unnamed site near Five Islands

has not been completely described in

excavation records.

In 1921, human remains representing

a minimum of seven individuals from

the Kakwatch Mound Group (47–ME–6)

within the exterior boundaries of the

Menominee reservation during

unauthorized excavations conducted by

Samuel A. Barrett, MPM Curator of

Anthropology, Milwaukee, WI, and

Alanson B. Skinner, Museum of the

American Indian, Heye Foundation,

New York, NY. No known individuals

were identified. The two associated

funerary objects include a bear jaw and

sherds from a grit-tempered,

cordmarked ceramic pot.

The 184 cultural items include 169

grit-tempered, cordmarked sherds, a

reconstructed grit-tempered,

cordmarked pot, charcoal, bear jaw

fragments, faunal remains, a

hammerstone, a sandstone abrader, a

small pitted hammer, a small celt, two

stone mortars, two lithic projectile

points, charred walnut fragments, and

lithic debitage. These cultural items

were excavated from burials from which

the human remains were not collected

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at the Kakwatch Mound Group (47–ME–

6) within the exterior boundaries of the

Menominee reservation during

unauthorized excavations conducted by

Samuel A. Barrett, MPM Curator of

Anthropology, Milwaukee, WI, and

Alanson B. Skinner, Museum of the

American Indian, Heye Foundation,

New York, NY.

The Kakwatch Mound Group consists

of two mound groups (nine mounds

total), a village occupation, and

numerous refuse pits. Based on material

culture, the Kakwatch Mound Group

has been identified as a Woodland

occupation.

In 1921, human remains representing

a minimum of five individuals were

recovered from the Nakuti’s Berry Patch

Mound Group (47–ME–5) within the

exterior boundaries of the Menominee

reservation during non-legally

authorized excavations conducted by

Alanson B. Skinner, MPM Curator of

Anthropology, Milwaukee, WI. No

known individuals were identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

In 1921, human remains representing

one individual were recovered from the

Paiawisit Mound Group (47–ME–58)

within the exterior boundaries of the

Menominee reservation during nonlegally authorized excavations

conducted by Alanson B. Skinner, MPM

Curator of Anthropology, Milwaukee,

WI. No known individual was

identified. The 16 associated funerary

objects consist of grit-tempered,

cordmarked sherds.

Before 1920, human remains

representing one individual were

recovered from the South Branch

Chapel site (47–ME–58) within the

exterior boundaries of the Menominee

reservation during non-legally

authorized excavations conducted by

Charles H. Koonz, Clerk of the Indian

Agency at Keshena, WI. No known

individual was identified. The ten

associated funerary objects include one

conch shell columnella and nine shell

fragments.

All human remains from the abovelisted sites have been identified as

Native American. Based on analysis of

mound types, site descriptions, and

stylistic analysis of material culture, the

sites listed above have been identified

as part of the Keshena Focus, which has

been linked with both the Late

Woodland Period Effigy Mound Culture

and the more general Woodland Period

focus.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the Bureau of

Indian Affairs and 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 a minimum of

24 individuals of Native American

ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of

Indian Affairs and the Milwaukee

Public Museum have also determined

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2), the

227 objects listed above are reasonably

believed to have been placed with or

near individual human remains at the

time of death or later as part of the death

rite or ceremony. Officials of the Bureau

of Indian Affairs and the Milwaukee

Public Museum have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(2)(ii), these

212 cultural items are reasonably

believed to have been placed with or

near individual human remains at the

time of death or later as part of the death

rite or ceremony and are believed, by a

preponderance of the evidence, to have

been removed from a specific burial site

of an Native American individual.

Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Indian

Affairs and the Milwaukee Public

Museum 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,

associated funerary objects,

unassociated funerary objects and the

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Menominee Indian Tribe of

Wisconsin, the Bad River Band of the

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa

Indians of the Bad River Reservation,

the Forest County Potawatomi

Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi

Indians, the Ho-Chunk Nation of

Wisconsin, the Lac Courte Oreilles Band

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of

the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation, the

Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior

Chippewa Indians of the Lac du

Flambeau Reservation, the Oneida Tribe

of Wisconsin, the Red Cliff Band of Lake

Superior Chippewa Indians, the

Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the

Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,

the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of

Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation, and

the Stockbridge-Munsee Community of

Mohican Indians of Wisconsin.

Representatives of any other Indian tribe

that believes itself to be culturally

affiliated with these human remains,

associated funerary objects, and

unassociated funerary objects should

contact Ann McMullen, Ph.D., Curator

of North American Ethnology,

Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 West

Wells Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233;

telephone: (414) 278–2786; fax (414)

278–6100, before May 26, 2000.

Repatriation of the human remains,

associated funerary objects to the

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

may begin after the date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: April 10, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

[FR Doc. 00–10314 Filed 4–25–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4310–70–M

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains,

Associated Funerary Objects, and

Unassociated Funerary Objects From

Yukon Island, AK in the Possession of

the University of Pennsylvania

Museum of Archeology and

Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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, associated funerary objects,

and unassociated funerary objects from

Yukon Island, AK in the possession of

the University of Pennsylvania Museum

of Archeology and Anthropology,

Philadelphia, PA.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by University of

Pennsylvania Museum professional staff

in consultation with representatives of

the Chugach Alaska Corporation, the

Chugach Heritage Foundation, the Cook

Inlet Regional Corporation, Koniag

Incorporated, the Village of Salamatoff,

the Seldovia Village Tribe, the Native

Village of Port Graham. The Kenaitze

Indian Tribe, the Native Village of

Nanwalek (aka English Bay), and the

Kodiak Tribal Council were invited to

consult but did not participate.

In 1931 and 1932, human remains

representing four individuals were

excavated from the Fox Farm site on

Yukon Island, Kachemak Bay, in southcentral Alaska by Frederica De Laguna

under the auspices of the University of

Pennsylvania Museum. No known

individuals were identified. The 24

associated funerary objects include

antler and bone tools and a stone lamp.

In 1931 and 1932, human remains

representing nine individuals were

excavated from a midden on Yukon

Island, Kachemak Bay, AK by Frederica

De Laguna under the auspices of the

University of Pennsylvania Museum. No