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placed with or near individual human 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• 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 associated funerary objects 

and The Tribes based on geographic 

evidence. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Anita L. Benedict, Baylor 

University’s Mayborn Museum 

Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco, 

TX 76798–7154, telephone (254) 710– 

4835, email anita_benedict@baylor.edu, 

by September 16, 2021. After that date, 

if no additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to The Tribes may proceed. 

Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum 

Complex is responsible for notifying 

The Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 4, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032429; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

assisted by the University of Montana, 

has completed an inventory of human 

remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to the BIA through the 

University of Montana. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains to the 

lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice who wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the BIA through the 

University of Montana at the address in 

this notice by September 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Kelly Dixon, University of Montana, 

Missoula, MT 59812, telephone (406) 

243–2693, email kelly.dixon@

mso.umt.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

the U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC and in the physical custody of the 

University of Montana, Missoula, MT. 

The human remains were removed from 

the Crow Reservation, Big Horn County, 

MT. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made on behalf of the BIA 

by the University of Montana 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Crow Tribe of 

Montana. 

History and Description of the Remains 

Around 1946, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from a 

‘‘battlefield in Crow Country’’ in Big 

Horn County, MT, by Albert H. Sletton, 

who donated them to the University of 

Montana. The human remains belong to 

four adult males. Two individuals are 

represented by mandibles (UMACF 

#I6916 and #I16918), a third individual 

is represented by a skull (cranium and 

mandible; UMACF #I6919), and a fourth 

individual is represented by a partial 

cranium showing sharp force 

perimortem trauma (UMACF #I6916). 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The area of Big Horn County and the 

Crow Reservation includes several 

battlefields—including the Battle of the 

Little Big Horn and Rosebud 

Battlefield—where human remains 

exist. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and University of 

Montana 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

the University of Montana have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 Crow Tribe of Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe not identified in this 

notice who wish to request transfer of 

control of these human remains should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

Dr. Kelly Dixon, University of Montana, 

Missoula, MT 59812, telephone (406) 

243–2693, email kelly.dixon@

mso.umt.edu, by September 16, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Crow Tribe of Montana may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, assisted by the 

University of Montana, is responsible 

for notifying the Crow Tribe of Montana 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 4, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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