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objects to the Aleut Corporation may

begin after that date if no additional

claimants come forward.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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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 Agate Fossil Beds

National Monument, National Park

Service, Harrison, NE and Scotts Bluff

National Monument, National Park

Service, Gering, NE

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 and associated funerary objects

in the possession of Agate Fossil Beds

National Monument, Harrison,

Nebraska, and Scotts Bluff National

Monument, Gering, Nebraska.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains and associated funerary objects

was made by National Park Service

professional staff in consultation with

representatives of the Arapahoe Tribe of

the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;

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;

Crow Tribe of Montana; Lower Brule

Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule

Reservation, South Dakota; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux

Tribe of the Rosebud Indian

Reservation, South Dakota; Santee Sioux

Tribe of the Santee Reservation of

Nebraska; Shoshone Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Wyoming; ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

Reservation, Nevada; and the Three

Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold

Reservation, North Dakota. Several other

tribes, including the Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Blackfeet Tribe of the

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of

Montana; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of

Oklahoma; Comanche Indian Tribe,

Oklahoma; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the

Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation,

New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of

Oklahoma; Mescalero Apache Tribe of

the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;

Northwestern Band of Shoshoni Nation

of Utah (Washakie); Oglala Sioux Tribe

of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South

Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;

Pawnee Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;

Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of the Fort

Hall Reservation of Idaho; Spirit Lake

Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;

and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota were also invited to consult, but

did not participate to the extent of the

other Indian tribes.

In 1968, human remains representing

eight individuals were donated to Agate

Fossil Beds National Monument by

Margaret Cook. No known individuals

were identified. The 11 associated

funerary objects consist of one soil

burial matrix containing numerous glass

beads, six shell buttons and button

fragments, one brass bell, one collection

of cloth and leather fragments, one

collection of plant seeds, and one deer

bone.

Collection records indicate that all

eight sets of human remains were

recovered from the Nebraska panhandle

region. One individual is documented

as coming from a highway gravel borrow

pit north of Mitchell, Nebraska, in 1955.

The exact provenience of the other

seven individuals is not known. It is

assumed that all eight individuals were

excavated by or given to Margaret’s

husband Harold Cook, a paleontologist,

geologist, and archeologist who

operated a museum in the Cook home.

The remains of two individuals are

known to have been given to Cook

around 1921 by a local physician from

Harrison, Nebraska.

Between 1935 and 1945, human

remains representing four individuals

were donated to Scotts Bluff National

Monument by Edgar McKinley, F.J.

Strasbaugh, A.C.G. Kaempher, and R.E.

Sweet. Scotts Bluff National Monument

possesses an additional set of human

remains representing seven individuals.

No known individuals were identified.

The five associated funerary objects

consist of two bone awl tips, one jasper

rock flake, and two animal bones.

Collection records indicate that all

eleven sets of human remains, now held

at Scotts Bluff National Monument,

were recovered from the Nebraska

panhandle region. The four donated sets

of human remains came from generally

known localities: the McKinley farm, a

gravel pit along the North Platte River

near Gering Nebraska, the Greenwood

Ranch, and Luckenbill Place near

Bridgeport, Nebraska. The exact

provenience of the other seven

individuals and precise date of

acquisition is not known.

Through the application of physical

anthropological examinations,

conducted by Peer Moore-Jansen of

Wichita State University in March 1995,

and the presence of diagnostic

associated funerary objects, 18 of the

individuals describe above were

identified as Native American. The

physical anthropological examinations

also determined that one of the

individuals described above is likely

Native American. Oral history evidence,

presented by representatives of the

consulting tribes listed above, identified

a cultural affiliation to all of the above

described human remains held by Agate

Fossil Beds National Monument and

Scotts Bluff National Monument. This

oral history evidence addressed the

issue of a ‘‘shared group identity’’ of

ancient peoples of the Nebraska

panhandle region and their relationship

to modern tribal groups recognized by

the Unites States Federal government.

Utilizing expert opinion, collection

records, geographical, physical

anthropological, and oral tradition

evidence, it has been determined that

the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Assiniboine and Sioux

Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation, Cheyenne River Sioux

Tribe of the Cheyenne River

Reservation, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of

the Crow Creek Reservation, Crow Tribe

of Montana, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of

the Lower Brule Reservation, Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Ponca

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, Ponca

Tribe of Nebraska, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation, Shoshone Tribe of the

Wind River Reservation, ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley

Reservation, and the Three Affiliated

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,

as well as the Flandreau Santee Sioux

Tribe, Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine

Ridge Reservation and the Yankton

Sioux Tribe are culturally affiliated with

the human remains and associated

funerary objects described above.

Based on the above mentioned

information, officials of the National

Park Service have determined that,

pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2(d)(1), the

human remains listed above represent

the physical remains of 19 individuals

of Native American ancestry. Officials of

the National Park Service have also

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determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR

10.2(d)(2), the 16 associated funerary

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. Lastly, officials of the

National Park Service 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 associated funerary objects

and the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind

River Reservation, Wyoming;

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;

Crow Tribe of Montana; Flandreau

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;

Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower

Brule Reservation, South Dakota;

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,

Montana; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine

Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Ponca

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca

Tribe of Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux Tribe

of the Rosebud Indian Reservation,

South Dakota; Santee Sioux Tribe of the

Santee Reservation of Nebraska;

Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; Shoshone-Paiute

Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,

Nevada; and the Three Affiliated Tribes

of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North

Dakota; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of

South Dakota.

This notice has been sent to officials

of the Apache Tribe of Oklahoma;

Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; Assiniboine and

Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation, Montana; Blackfeet Tribe of

the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of

Montana; Cheyenne Arapaho Tribes of

Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

of the Cheyenne River Reservation,

South Dakota; Comanche Indian Tribe,

Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of

the Crow Creek Reservation, South

Dakota; Crow Tribe of Montana;

Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of

Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Tribe of the

Jicarilla Apache Indian Reservation,

New Mexico; Kiowa Indian Tribe of

Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of

the Lower Brule Reservation, South

Dakota; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the

Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico;

Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the

Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,

Montana; Northwestern Band of

Shoshoni Nation of Utah (Washakie);

Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe

of Nebraska; Pawnee Indian Tribe of

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of

Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;

Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud

Indian Reservation, South Dakota;

Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation of Nebraska; Shoshone

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,

Wyoming; Shoshone-Bannock Tribes of

the Fort Hall Reservation of Idaho;

Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of the Duck

Valley Reservation, Nevada; Spirit Lake

Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock

Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and

the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South

Dakota. Representatives of any other

Indian tribe that believes itself to be

culturally affiliated with these human

remains and associated funerary objects,

should contact Superintendent Ruthann

Knudson, Agate Fossil Beds National

Monument, 301 River Road, Harrison

Nebraska 69347-2734; telephone: (308)

668-2211, fax: (308) 668-2318,

ruthann—knudson@nps.gov, before

June 22, 2000. Repatriation of these

human remains and cultural items to

the Arapahoe Tribe of the Wind River

Reservation, Wyoming; 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; Crow Tribe

of Montana; Flandreau Santee Sioux

Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule

Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule

Reservation, South Dakota; Northern

Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern

Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana;

Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge

Reservation, South Dakota; Ponca Tribe

of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of

Nebraska; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the

Rosebud Indian Reservation, South

Dakota; Santee Sioux Tribe of the Santee

Reservation of Nebraska; Shoshone

Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,

Wyoming; Shoshone-Paiute Tribes of

the Duck Valley Reservation, Nevada;

Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort

Berthold Reservation, North Dakota; and

Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

may begin after the above date if no

additional claimants come forward.

Dated: April 3, 2000.

Francis P. McManamon,

Departmental Consulting Archeologist,

Manager, Archeology and Ethnography

Program.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for

Native American Human Remains from

Hawaii in the Possession of the

National Museum of Health and

Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of

Pathology, Washington, DC

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 from Hawaii in the possession

of the National Museum of Health and

Medicine [formerly the Army Medical

Museum (AMM)], Armed Forces

Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC.

A detailed assessment of the human

remains was made by National Museum

of Health and Medicine professional

staff in consultation with

representatives of Hui Malama I Na

Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei, Kauai/Niihau

Island Burial Council, Molokai Island

Burial Council, Hawai’i Island Burial

Council, and the Office of Hawaiian

Affairs.

Before 1876, human remains

representing one individual were

collected from an unknown site in

Hawaii by W.H. Jones for the

Smithsonian Institution. In 1876, these

human remains were transferred to the

AMM from the Smithsonian Institution.

No known individuals were identified.

No associated funerary objects are

present.

Based on accession records, this

individual has been identified as Native

Hawaiian.

At an unknown date, human remains

representing one individual were

removed from an ‘‘old battlefield’’ on

Oahu by W.R. DeWitt, Assistant

Surgeon, U.S. Army. In 1862, these

human remains were sent to the AMM.

No known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Based on accession records, this

individual has been identified as Native

Hawaiian.

Before 1869, human remains

representing one individual were taken

from Kauai by person(s) unknown under

unknown circumstances. In 1869, these

human remains were transferred to the

AMM from the Smithsonian Institution.

No known individual was identified. No

associated funerary objects are present.

Based on accession records, this

individual has been identified as Native

Hawaiian.