80 FR 77004 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

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FR Document		2015-31316

The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19770; PCU00RP14.R50000-PPWOCRDN0]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 
has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary 
objects, 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 associated funerary objects 
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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request to the Bureau of Indian 
Affairs. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control 
of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the address 
in this notice by January 11, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA Coordinator, U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 Sunrise 
Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390-6343, 
email [email protected].

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 under the control of the U.S. Department of 
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the 
physical custody of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University (Peabody Museum), Cambridge, MA. The human remains 
and associated funerary objects were removed from Burns Township, 
Shiawassee County, MI.
    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 U.S. 
Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs professional staff 
in consultation with representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian 
Tribe of Michigan.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1915, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were

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removed from a site three miles northwest of Byron, Burns Township, 
Shiawassee County, MI. The human remains were removed by Arthur W. 
Carpenter as part of a Peabody Museum expedition to investigate the 
historic Ojibwe Reservation of Keetchewaundaugnink. Mr. Carpenter 
donated these human remains--one of an adult male and the other of a 
child of indeterminate sex--to the Peabody Museum in 1915. No known 
individuals were identified. The three associated funerary objects are 
a porcupine skull and mandible, a faunal remain, and a wood fragment.
    Peabody Museum records describe the site three miles northwest of 
Byron, MI, as ``Mound 1'' and ``Ojibwa Historic Burial Site, 
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation.'' The reservation encompasses a 
village site of the same name that was established circa 1810. The 
reservation itself was established by the Treaty of Saginaw in 
September 1819, and ceded in 1837 after a small pox epidemic. The 
presence of mounds and graves near the Keetchewaundaugnink village site 
are known from historic accounts. An early written history of 
Shiawassee County indicates that a large cemetery was known to be 
associated with the Keetchewaundaugnink village. Consultation with 
representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 
indicates that the Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was an early 
reservation of the Saginaw Chippewa in the historic period.

Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of 
Indian Affairs

    Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian 
Affairs have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three objects 
described in this notice 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 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 Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.

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 Anna Pardo, Museum Program Manager/NAGPRA 
Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 
12220 Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, Reston, VA 20191, telephone 
(703) 390-6343, email [email protected], by January 11, 2016. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may proceed.
    The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs is 
responsible for notifying the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 12, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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History has determined that the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there that wish to request transfer of control
headdress is possibly the most complete is a relationship of shared group of these human remains and associated
example currently known of a Kaitcoxo. identity that can be reasonably traced funerary objects should submit a written
Kaitcoxo headdresses are important between the single Kaitcoxo and the request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
objects worn in Chemehuevi traditional Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission If no additional requestors come
religious and tribal ceremonies. The Los Indians of California. forward, transfer of control of the
Angeles County Museum of Natural human remains and associated funerary
Additional Requestors and Disposition
History also has determined that, in objects to the lineal descendants, Indian
accordance with traditional Lineal descendants or representatives tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations
Chemehuevi practice, an object of this of any Indian tribe not identified in this stated in this notice may proceed.
importance to the group as a whole notice that wish to claim this cultural DATES: Lineal descendants or
could not have been alienated by any item should submit a written request representatives of any Indian tribe or
individual. The research also leads the with information in support of the claim
Native Hawaiian organization not
Los Angeles County Museum of Natural to James R. Gilson, Vice President and
identified in this notice that wish to
History to believe that a preponderance General Counsel, Los Angeles County
request transfer of control of these
of the evidence indicates that this Museum of Natural History Foundation,
human remains and associated funerary
Kaitcoxo came into the hands of Mr. 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles,
objects should submit a written request
Amman, Sr., from one or more CA 90007, telephone (213) 763–3305,
with information in support of the
Chemehuevi persons, who were trading email jgilson@nhm.org, by January 11,
request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs
with Mr. Amman, Sr., between 1895 and 2016. After that date, if no additional
at the address in this notice by January
1915 while he was operating his bakery claimants have come forward, transfer
11, 2016.
and store in Needles, CA. For the of control of the single Kaitcoxo to the
ADDRESSES: Anna Pardo, Museum
Chemehuevi people, this was a period Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission
Indians of California may proceed. Program Manager/NAGPRA
of dislocation, successive moves, and
removal to reservations. The Los Angeles County Museum of Coordinator, U.S. Department of the
The Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History is responsible for Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220
Natural History’s consultations included notifying the following Federally- Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084,
communication with the three recognized tribes that this notice has Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390–
Federally-recognized Chemehuevi been published: Chemehuevi Indian 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov.
tribes: Chemehuevi Indian Tribe of the Tribe of the Chemehuevi Reservation, SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
Chemehuevi Reservation, California; California; Colorado River Indian Tribes here given in accordance with the
Colorado River Indian Tribes of the of the Colorado River Indian Native American Graves Protection and
Colorado River Indian Reservation, Reservation, Arizona and California; Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Arizona and California; and Twenty- and the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians of Mission Indians of California. of human remains and associated
California. On July 31, 2015, the Los Dated: November 6, 2015.
funerary objects under the control of the
Angeles County Museum of Natural U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
Melanie O’Brien,
History received a letter dated March of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
31, 2015, and signed by the tribal in the physical custody of the Peabody
[FR Doc. 2015–31308 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am] Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
chairmen of all three Federally-
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P Harvard University (Peabody Museum),
recognized Chemehuevi tribes stating
the three tribes ‘‘without exception, Cambridge, MA. The human remains
enter into this agreement with full and associated funerary objects were
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR removed from Burns Township,
consensus, that it is our stated and
formal request that the Chemehuevi National Park Service Shiawassee County, MI.
Headdress . . . be repatriated . . . to This notice is published as part of the
the Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19770; National Park Service’s administrative
PCU00RP14.R50000–PPWOCRDN0] responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
Indians.’’
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
Determinations Made by the Los Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
this notice are the sole responsibility of
Angeles County Museum of Natural Department of the Interior, Bureau of
the museum, institution, or Federal
History Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
agency that has control of the Native
Officials of the Los Angeles County AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. American human remains and
Museum of Natural History have ACTION: Notice. associated funerary objects. The
determined that: National Park Service is not responsible
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the for the determinations in this notice.
the single Kaitcoxo described above is a Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs has
specific ceremonial object needed by completed an inventory of human Consultation
traditional Native American religious remains and associated funerary objects, A detailed assessment of the human
leaders for the practice of traditional in consultation with the appropriate remains was made by the U.S.
Native American religions by their Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Department of the Interior, Bureau of
organizations, and has determined that
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present-day adherents. Indian Affairs professional staff in
• In addition, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. there is a cultural affiliation between the consultation with representatives of the
3001(3)(D), the single Kaitcoxo human remains and associated funerary Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
described above has ongoing historical, objects and present-day Indian tribes or Michigan.
traditional, or cultural importance Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
central to the Native American group or descendants or representatives of any History and Description of the Remains
culture itself, rather than property Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian In 1915, human remains representing,
owned by an individual. organization not identified in this notice at minimum, two individuals were

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removed from a site three miles organization not identified in this notice SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
northwest of Byron, Burns Township, that wish to request transfer of control here given in accordance with the
Shiawassee County, MI. The human of these human remains and associated Native American Graves Protection and
remains were removed by Arthur W. funerary objects should submit a written Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Carpenter as part of a Peabody Museum request with information in support of 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
expedition to investigate the historic the request to Anna Pardo, Museum items in the possession of San Francisco
Ojibwe Reservation of Program Manager/NAGPRA State University (SFSU) that meet the
Keetchewaundaugnink. Mr. Carpenter Coordinator, U.S. Department of the definition of sacred objects and objects
donated these human remains—one of Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C.
an adult male and the other of a child Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 3001.
of indeterminate sex—to the Peabody Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– This notice is published as part of the
Museum in 1915. No known individuals 6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by National Park Service’s administrative
were identified. The three associated January 11, 2016. After that date, if no responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
funerary objects are a porcupine skull additional requestors have come U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
and mandible, a faunal remain, and a forward, transfer of control of the this notice are the sole responsibility of
wood fragment. human remains and associated funerary the museum, institution or Federal
Peabody Museum records describe the objects to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian agency that has control of the Native
site three miles northwest of Byron, MI, Tribe of Michigan may proceed. American cultural items. The National
as ‘‘Mound 1’’ and ‘‘Ojibwa Historic The U.S. Department of the Interior, Park Service is not responsible for the
Burial Site, Keetchewaundaugnink Bureau of Indian Affairs is responsible determinations in this notice.
Reservation.’’ The reservation for notifying the Saginaw Chippewa History and Description of the Cultural
encompasses a village site of the same Indian Tribe of Michigan that this notice Items
name that was established circa 1810. has been published.
The reservation itself was established by On an unknown date, a basket (item
Dated: November 12, 2015. 1–2–6/20; 1–3–24/72; 1–3-(38)/5; I–III–
the Treaty of Saginaw in September
Melanie O’Brien, 15) was donated to the San Francisco
1819, and ceded in 1837 after a small
pox epidemic. The presence of mounds Manager, National NAGPRA Program. State University (SFSU) Treganza
and graves near the [FR Doc. 2015–31316 Filed 12–10–15; 8:45 am] Anthropology Museum. There are no
Keetchewaundaugnink village site are BILLING CODE 4312–50–P records at the Treganza Anthropology
known from historic accounts. An early Museum concerning the acquisition of
written history of Shiawassee County this item. The three-rod, closed coiled
indicates that a large cemetery was DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR basket has a globular bowl, measures 13
known to be associated with the cm in height and 23 cm in diameter, is
National Park Service made of willow, sedge, bulrush root,
Keetchewaundaugnink village.
Consultation with representatives of the and bracken fern, and is decorated with
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19757; feathers, trade beads, and clam shell
Michigan indicates that the PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] disk beads. The use of trade beads to
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was ornament a three-rod coiled basket was
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural characteristic of Dry Creek Pomo
an early reservation of the Saginaw Items: San Francisco State University, weavers. Based on consultation with the
Chippewa in the historic period. San Francisco, CA Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo
Determinations Made by the U.S. Indians, California (previously listed as
Department of the Interior, Bureau of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
the Dry Creek Rancheria of Pomo
Indian Affairs ACTION: Notice. Indians of California) and other
Officials of the U.S. Department of the ethnographic research, the basket is an
SUMMARY: San Francisco State
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs have object of cultural patrimony, identified
University, in consultation with the
determined that: as a gift basket created for an important
appropriate Indian tribes, has
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the occasion, and is an item of cultural
determined that the cultural items in
human remains described in this notice patrimony.
this notice meet the definition of sacred On an unknown date, a basket (item
represent the physical remains of two objects and objects of cultural
individuals of Native American 1–3–/80; (A73)) was donated to the
patrimony and repatriation to the Indian SFSU Treganza Anthropology Museum.
ancestry. tribes stated below may occur if no
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), There are no records at the Treganza
additional claimants come forward. Anthropology Museum concerning the
the three objects described in this notice Representatives of any Indian tribe that
are reasonably believed to have been acquisition of this item. The closed
believes itself to be culturally affiliated twined basket has a globular bowl,
placed with or near individual human with the cultural items may contact San
remains at the time of death or later as measures 25 cm in height and 34 cm in
Francisco State University. diameter, and is made of willow, sedge,
part of the death rite or ceremony.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there conifer root, and bracken fern root. The
is a relationship of shared group tribe that believes it has a cultural specific design techniques and elements
identity that can be reasonably traced affiliation with the cultural items used in this basket were characteristic of
should contact San Francisco State Dry Creek Pomo weavers. Based on
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between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects University at the address below by consultation with the Dry Creek
and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe January 11, 2016. Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians,
of Michigan. ADDRESSES: Jeffrey Boland Fentress, San California (previously listed as the Dry
Francisco State University NAGPRA Creek Rancheria of Pomo Indians of
Additional Requestors and Disposition Program, c/o Department of California), and other ethnographic
Lineal descendants or representatives Anthropology, San Francisco, CA research, the object is a cooking basket
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 94132, telephone (415) 338–3075. used with the traditional stone boiling

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80 FR 77004 - Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORNational Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 238 (December 11, 2015)

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service