[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 24 (Monday, February 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5840-5841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2522]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Kingman Museum, Incorporated,
Battle Creek, MI; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: This notice corrects the cultural affiliation of the human
remains of two individuals described in a Notice of Inventory
Completion previously published in the Federal Register (73 FR 20941-
20942, Thursday, April 17, 2008), and also corrects the identity of the
category of cultural item for a scalp, from human remains to associated
funerary object.
DATES: Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact the Kingman Museum, Incorporated at the address
below by March 7, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Beth Yahne, Kingman Museum, Inc., 175 Limit Street, Battle
Creek, MI 49037, telephone (269) 965-5117.
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 and
associated funerary objects in the possession of Kingman Museum,
Incorporated (Kingman Museum), Battle Creek, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from a cave on an island near
Metlakatla, AK.
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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Kingman
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives from the
Metlakatla Indian Community and the Central Council of Tlingit and
Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
In the Federal Register notice (73 FR 20941-20942, Thursday, April
17, 2008), paragraph number 5 is corrected by substituting the
following paragraph:
Sometime before 1904, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a mountain cave on an island near
Metlakatla, AK. According to museum documentation, the human remains,
consisting of a mummified head, were found by two Native American boys
and subsequently collected by Esther Gibson, an Alaskan missionary. The
mummified head was in a burial box containing a cedar bark basket used
for cremation ashes, a buckskin pouch, and the scalp of a Caucasian
man. Esther Gibson delivered the human remains and funerary objects to
Dr. John Harvey Kellogg, who donated them to the Kingman Museum of
Natural History in 1904. No known individuals were identified. The four
associated funerary objects are one burial box, one basket for
cremation ashes, one buckskin pouch, and the scalp of a Caucasian man.
Paragraph number 6 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
The human remains have been identified as Native American based on
the museum's documentation, geographic information, and consultation
evidence. The location of the burial is within the historically
documented territory of the Tlingit Indians. Based on burial practices
and the styles of associated funerary objects, the human remains are
post-contact, and likely date to the mid 19th century. Information
provided at the time of consultation indicates that the human remains
and associated funerary objects are likely to be affiliated to the
members of the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of
Alaska.
Paragraph number 9 is corrected by substituting the following
paragraph:
Officials of Kingman Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of a minimum of two
individuals of Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the four 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 ceremony.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced
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between the mummified head and associated funerary objects, and the
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Beth Yahne, Kingman Museum, Incorporated, 175
Limit Street, Battle Creek, MI 49037 telephone (269) 965-5117, before
March 7, 2012. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian
Tribes of Alaska may proceed after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Kingman Museum, Incorporated is responsible for notifying the
Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 31, 2012.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2012-2522 Filed 2-3-12; 8:45 am]
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