[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 198 (Thursday, October 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60683-60684]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26145]


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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 Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
    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 the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    In 1891, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from the Klamath Reservation, Oregon by D.S. Moncrieff, who donated the 
human remains to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology in 
1893. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.
    Museum documentation describes the human remains as ``Snake.'' 
Historical documents and consultation information indicate that the 
Yahooskin Band of Snake Indians occupied the area where the remains 
were collected during the 19th century, and that the Yahooskin Band of 
Snake Indians joined with the Klamath Indians on the Klamath 
Reservation beginning in 1864. The attribution of such specific 
cultural affiliation to the individual by the collector indicates that 
the interment belongs to the period that the area was occupied by the 
Snake people. Consultation information also confirms that the Yahooskin 
Band of Snake Indians shares a unified government with, and continues 
to be represented by, the Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 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 Klamath Indian Tribe of Oregon.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Klamath Indian Tribe 
of Oregon. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains

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should contact Barbara Isaac, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 495-2254, before November 13, 
2000. Repatriation of the human remains to the Klamath Indian Tribe of 
Oregon may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: October 4, 2000.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources, Stewardship and Partnerships.
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