Notice2021-13514
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center, North Fork, CA
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Published
June 25, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center 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 that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13514]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032110; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural
Center, North Fork, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center 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 that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request to the Sierra Mono
Museum and Cultural Center. 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 that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the
Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center at the address in this notice by
July 26, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina McDonald, President of the
Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center, 33103 Road 228 North Fork, CA
93643, telephone (559) 877-2115, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1cccecfceccd4d2c4d4cce1c6ccc0c8cd8fc2cecc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="533e3c3d3c3e262036263e13343e323a3f7d303c3e">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center, North Fork,
CA. The human remains were removed from the area of the Kaw River in
northeastern Kansas.
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 Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center by Dr. Chelsey Juarez of
California State University Fresno, in consultation with
representatives of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in
Kansas; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; and the Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime prior to 1980, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the area of the Kaw River in northeastern
Kansas. In 2019, while moving their collections, the Sierra Mono Museum
and Cultural Center discovered these human remains in a box associated
with the Tettleton Wildlife Collection, which the museum had acquired
in 1982. The box also contained an image of the human remains and the
words ``Kaw River'' written on the back of the image.
The human remains belong to an adult, possible female and probably
24-30 years of age. The dental wear is consistent for an individual of
Native American ancestry. The remains are probably early historic or
prehistoric in date. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center
Officials of the Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> 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 Tribes.
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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Christina
McDonald, Sierra Mono Museum and Cultural Center, 33103 Road 228, North
Fork, CA 93643, telephone (559) 877-2115, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1b76747574766e687e6e765b7c767a727735787476"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f4999b9a9b998187918199b49399959d98da979b99">[email protected]</span></a>,
by July 26, 2021. After that date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes
may proceed.
The Sierra Mono Museum is responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: June 9, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-13514 Filed 6-24-21; 8:45 am]
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