[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 5, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 30227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14070]


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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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, 
Berkeley, CA

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 Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology, University of California-Berkeley, Berkeley, CA.
    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 Phoebe A. 
Hearst Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota.
    Prior to 1904, human remains representing at least six individuals 
(Cat. 12-36--12-41) were purchased from the Fred Harvey Company and 
donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology by Phoebe A. 
Hearst in 1904. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.
    Based on museum documentation, these individuals have been 
identified as Mandan from North Dakota. There is no existing 
information to contradict the museum documentation.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Phoebe 
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology also 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 Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota. This notice has been sent to officials of 
the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North 
Dakota. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself 
to be culturally affiliated with these human remains should contact C. 
Richard Hitchcock, Interim NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst Museum 
of Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, 
telephone (510) 643-7884, before July 5, 2001. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold 
Reservation, North Dakota may begin after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.

    Dated: May 11, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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