81_FR_68228 81 FR 68037 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

81 FR 68037 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 191 (October 3, 2016)

Page Range68037-68039
FR Document2016-23810

The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has completed an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the 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-22015; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has completed 
an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any 
present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 
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

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request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 
this notice may proceed.

DATES: 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 Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this notice by 
November 2, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum Curator and Director of Research and 
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 
496-3702, 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 under 
the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from St. 
Clair 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) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 by the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); 
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Michigan. Additional requests for consultation were 
sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River 
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of 
the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Fond du 
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County 
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau 
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau 
Reservation of Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 
Oneida Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of 
Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as the 
Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as 
the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa 
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca 
(previously listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New 
York); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; White 
Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the Wyandotte 
Nation (hereinafter referred to as ``The Invited and Consulted 
Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1872, human remains representing, at minimum, 14 individual were 
removed from the St. Claire Mound Group, in St. Claire County, MI, by 
Henry Gilman as part of a Peabody Museum expedition. No known 
individuals were identified.
    At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, 5 
individuals were removed from the St. Claire Mound Group, in St. Claire 
County, MI, by Henry Gilman. They were donated by Mr. Gilman in 1873. 
No known individuals were identified.

Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on archeological contexts, 
museum records, and/or osteological evidence.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 19 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of Congress, 
or Executive Orders, the land from which the Native American human 
remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of 
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Bois 
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
(previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Fond du Lac 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County 
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior

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Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech 
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band 
of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 
Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians 
of Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band 
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. 
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians of North Dakota; White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred to as ``The 
Aboriginal Land Tribes'').
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Patricia Capone, Museum Curator and 
Director of Research and Repatriation, Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 
02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email [email protected] by 
November 2, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The 
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for 
notifying The Invited and Consulted Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: September 19, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-23810 Filed 9-30-16; 8:45 am]
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                                                Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of                      They were donated by Stephen                          Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
                                                Chippewa Indians of the Bad River                       Salisbury in the same year. No known                  North Dakota; White Earth Band of
                                                Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band                 individuals were identified.                          Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
                                                (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa                                                                         (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The
                                                                                                        Determinations Made by the Peabody
                                                Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree                                                                               Aboriginal Land Tribes’’).
                                                                                                        Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology                     • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
                                                Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
                                                Montana (previously listed as the                          Officials of the Peabody Museum of                 disposition of the human remains may
                                                Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky                      Archaeology and Ethnology have                        be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
                                                Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen                    determined that:
                                                                                                           • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
                                                Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware                     human remains described in this notice                  Representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                Tribe of Indians; Fond du Lac Band of                   are Native American based on                          Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                           osteological examination, museum                      identified in this notice that wish to
                                                Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi                     records, and/or archeological context.                request transfer of control of these
                                                Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the               human remains should submit a written
                                                Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                   human remains described in this notice                request with information in support of
                                                Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of                           represent the physical remains of 32                  the request to Patricia Capone, Museum
                                                Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe                   individuals of Native American                        Curator and Director of Research and
                                                of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of                  ancestry.                                             Repatriation, Peabody Museum of
                                                the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a                 Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
                                                Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac                         relationship of shared group identity                 University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
                                                Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior                   cannot be reasonably traced between the               Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
                                                Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du                   Native American human remains and                     496–3702, email pcapone@
                                                Flambeau Band of Lake Superior                          any present-day Indian tribe.                         fas.harvard.edu by November 2, 2016.
                                                                                                           • According to final judgments of the              After that date, if no additional
                                                Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
                                                                                                        Indian Claims Commission or the Court                 requestors have come forward, transfer
                                                Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin;
                                                                                                        of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of                  of control of the human remains to The
                                                Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota
                                                                                                        Congress, or Executive Orders, the land               Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
                                                Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
                                                                                                        from which the Native American human                    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
                                                Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
                                                                                                        remains were removed is the aboriginal                and Ethnology is responsible for
                                                Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs
                                                                                                        land of the Bad River Band of the Lake                notifying The Invited and Consulted
                                                Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
                                                                                                        Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of                 Tribes that this notice has been
                                                Minnesota; Oneida Nation (previously
                                                                                                        the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;                 published.
                                                listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
                                                                                                        Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
                                                Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;                                                                          Dated: September 19, 2016.
                                                                                                        Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
                                                Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;                                                                          Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                        Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
                                                Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation                                                                                Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                (previously listed as the Prairie Band of               Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
                                                Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff                   Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously                [FR Doc. 2016–23806 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am]

                                                Band of Lake Superior Chippewa                          listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of                BILLING CODE 4312–52–P

                                                Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of                  the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
                                                Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac &                      Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota
                                                                                                        Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand                      DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
                                                Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;                   Portage Band of the Minnesota
                                                                                                        Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand                      National Park Service
                                                Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
                                                Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians                          Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa                  [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22015;
                                                (previously listed as the Seneca Nation                 Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay                       PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                of Indians, New York); Seneca-Cayuga                    Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
                                                                                                        Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior                 Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-                                                                      Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
                                                Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee                      Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
                                                                                                        Flambeau Band of Lake Superior                        Ethnology, Harvard University,
                                                Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community,                                                                           Cambridge, MA
                                                Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians                   Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
                                                of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee                        Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac                AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda                         Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior                    ACTION:   Notice.
                                                Band of Seneca (previously listed as the                Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech
                                                Tonawanda Band of Seneca of New                         Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa                   SUMMARY:    The Peabody Museum of
                                                York); Turtle Mountain Band of                          Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of                Archaeology and Ethnology has
                                                Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;                       Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little                      completed an inventory of human
                                                White Earth Band of Minnesota                           Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,                  remains in consultation with the
                                                Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the                      Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the                      appropriate Indian tribes or Native
                                                Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred                  Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;                  Hawaiian organizations, and has
                                                to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted                       Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff                   determined that there is no cultural
                                                                                                        Band of Lake Superior Chippewa                        affiliation between the human remains
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                                                Tribes’’).
                                                                                                        Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of                and any present-day Indian tribes or
                                                History and Description of the Remains                  Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw                  Native Hawaiian organizations.
                                                   In 1882, human remains representing,                 Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;                    Representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                at minimum, 32 individuals were                         Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa                    Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                removed from the Devil River Mound                      Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa                  identified in this notice that wish to
                                                Group (Michigan State Site #20AL1) in                   Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix                       request transfer of control of these
                                                Alpena County, MI, by Henry Gilman.                     Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle                 human remains should submit a written


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                                                request to the Peabody Museum of                        of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and                   to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted
                                                Archaeology and Ethnology. If no                        Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian                      Tribes’’).
                                                additional requestors come forward,                     Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie               History and Description of the Remains
                                                transfer of control of the human remains                Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
                                                to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                 Additional requests for consultation                     In 1872, human remains representing,
                                                organizations stated in this notice may                 were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee                     at minimum, 14 individual were
                                                proceed.                                                Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River               removed from the St. Claire Mound
                                                DATES: Representatives of any Indian                    Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of                    Group, in St. Claire County, MI, by
                                                tribe or Native Hawaiian organization                   Chippewa Indians of the Bad River                     Henry Gilman as part of a Peabody
                                                not identified in this notice that wish to              Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band               Museum expedition. No known
                                                request transfer of control of these                    (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa                 individuals were identified.
                                                human remains should submit a written                                                                            At an unknown time, human remains
                                                                                                        Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree
                                                request with information in support of                                                                        representing, at minimum, 5 individuals
                                                                                                        Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
                                                the request to the Peabody Museum of                                                                          were removed from the St. Claire
                                                                                                        Montana (previously listed as the                     Mound Group, in St. Claire County, MI,
                                                Archaeology and Ethnology at the                        Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
                                                address in this notice by November 2,                                                                         by Henry Gilman. They were donated by
                                                                                                        Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen                  Mr. Gilman in 1873. No known
                                                2016.                                                   Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;                          individuals were identified.
                                                ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum                      Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
                                                Curator and Director of Research and                    Tribe of Indians; Fond du Lac Band of                 Determinations Made by the Peabody
                                                Repatriation, Peabody Museum of                         the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                         Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
                                                Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard                      Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi                      Officials of the Peabody Museum of
                                                University, 11 Divinity Avenue,                         Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage                   Archaeology and Ethnology have
                                                Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)                    Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                 determined that:
                                                496–3702, email pcapone@                                Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of                            • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                fas.harvard.edu.                                        Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe                 human remains described in this notice
                                                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                    of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of                are Native American based on
                                                here given in accordance with the                       the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;                   archeological contexts, museum records,
                                                Native American Graves Protection and                   Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac                       and/or osteological evidence.
                                                Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior                    • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                3003, of the completion of an inventory                 Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du                 human remains described in this notice
                                                of human remains under the control of                   Flambeau Band of Lake Superior                        represent the physical remains of 19
                                                the Peabody Museum of Archaeology                       Chippewa Indians of the Lac du                        individuals of Native American
                                                and Ethnology, Harvard University,                      Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin;                    ancestry.
                                                Cambridge, MA. The human remains                        Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota                         • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
                                                were removed from St. Clair County, MI.                 Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;                            relationship of shared group identity
                                                   This notice is published as part of the              Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;                  cannot be reasonably traced between the
                                                National Park Service’s administrative                                                                        Native American human remains and
                                                                                                        Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs
                                                responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                                                                             any present-day Indian tribe.
                                                                                                        Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,                    • According to final judgments of the
                                                U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).                  Minnesota; Oneida Nation (previously
                                                The determinations in this notice are                                                                         Indian Claims Commission or the Court
                                                                                                        listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of              of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of
                                                the sole responsibility of the museum,                  Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
                                                institution, or Federal agency that has                                                                       Congress, or Executive Orders, the land
                                                                                                        Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;                  from which the Native American human
                                                control of the Native American human                    Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
                                                remains. The National Park Service is                                                                         remains were removed is the aboriginal
                                                                                                        (previously listed as the Prairie Band of             land of the Bad River Band of the Lake
                                                not responsible for the determinations
                                                                                                        Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff                 Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
                                                in this notice.
                                                                                                        Band of Lake Superior Chippewa                        the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
                                                Consultation                                            Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of                Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
                                                  A detailed assessment of the human                    Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac &                    Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
                                                remains was made by the Peabody                         Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and                  Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
                                                Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology                     Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;                 Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
                                                professional staff in consultation with                 Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in                 Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
                                                representatives of Bay Mills Indian                     Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians                        listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
                                                Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse                     (previously listed as the Seneca Nation               the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
                                                Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,                    of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation                    Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
                                                Michigan; Hannahville Indian                            (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga               Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota
                                                Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay                       Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe;                    Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest
                                                Indian Community, Michigan; Lac                         Sokaogon Chippewa Community,                          County Potawatomi Community,
                                                Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior                      Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians                 Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the
                                                Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little                    of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee                      Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
                                                River Band of Ottawa Indians,                           Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda                       Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
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                                                Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of                  Band of Seneca (previously listed as the              Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
                                                Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-                    Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of                   Hannahville Indian Community,
                                                nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi                       New York); Turtle Mountain Band of                    Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
                                                Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi                       Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;                     Community, Michigan; Lac Courte
                                                Huron Band of the Potawatomi,                           White Earth Band of Minnesota                         Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
                                                Michigan (previously listed as the                      Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the                    Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
                                                Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band                   Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred                Flambeau Band of Lake Superior


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                                                Chippewa Indians of the Lac du                          DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR                            this notice are the sole responsibility of
                                                Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac                                                                        the museum, institution, or Federal
                                                Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior                      National Park Service                                 agency that has control of the Native
                                                Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech                     [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22006;
                                                                                                                                                              American human remains. The National
                                                Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa                     PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]                          Park Service is not responsible for the
                                                Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of                                                                        determinations in this notice.
                                                Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little                        Notice of Inventory Completion:                       Consultation
                                                Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,                    University of Pennsylvania Museum of
                                                Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish                      Archaeology and Anthropology,                            A detailed assessment of the human
                                                Band of Pottawatomi Indians of                          Philadelphia, PA                                      remains was made by the University of
                                                Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the                                                                              Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
                                                Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;                    AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.            and Anthropology professional staff in
                                                Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the                          ACTION:   Notice.                                     consultation with representatives of the
                                                Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed                                                                       Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
                                                as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa                  SUMMARY:    The University of                         Forest County Potawatomi Community,
                                                Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of                      Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology                    Wisconsin; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
                                                Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and                        and Anthropology has completed an                     Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
                                                Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi                        inventory of human remains, in                        of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Pokagon
                                                Nation (previously listed as the Prairie                consultation with the appropriate                     Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
                                                Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);                     Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian                      and Indiana; and with the Michigan
                                                Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior                         organizations, and has determined that                Anishinabek Cultural Preservation &
                                                Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red                      there is a cultural affiliation between the           Repatriation Alliance, a non-federally
                                                Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,                          human remains and present-day Indian                  recognized entity, representing the
                                                Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian                      tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.              following federally recognized tribes:
                                                Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie                     Lineal descendants or representatives of              Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
                                                Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan;                    any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                   Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
                                                Sokaogon Chippewa Community,                            organization not identified in this notice            Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
                                                Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians                   that wish to request transfer of control              Hannahville Indian Community,
                                                of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of                   of these human remains should submit                  Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
                                                                                                        a written request to the University of                Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
                                                Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
                                                                                                        Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology                    Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
                                                White Earth Band of Minnesota
                                                                                                        and Anthropology. If no additional                    Indians of Michigan; Little River Band
                                                Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
                                                                                                        requestors come forward, transfer of                  of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
                                                Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred
                                                                                                        control of the human remains to the                   Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
                                                to as ‘‘The Aboriginal Land Tribes’’).
                                                                                                        lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or                 Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
                                                  • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the                 Native Hawaiian organizations stated in               Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
                                                disposition of the human remains may                    this notice may proceed.                              Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
                                                be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.                                                                             the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
                                                                                                        DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                Additional Requestors and Disposition                   representatives of any Indian tribe or                listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
                                                                                                        Native Hawaiian organization not                      Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
                                                  Representatives of any Indian tribe or                                                                      Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
                                                                                                        identified in this notice that wish to
                                                Native Hawaiian organization not                                                                              of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
                                                                                                        request transfer of control of these
                                                identified in this notice that wish to
                                                                                                        human remains should submit a written                 History and Description of the Remains
                                                request transfer of control of these
                                                                                                        request with information in support of
                                                human remains should submit a written                                                                           At an unknown date prior to 1839,
                                                                                                        the request to the University of
                                                request with information in support of                                                                        human remains representing, at
                                                                                                        Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
                                                the request to Patricia Capone, Museum                                                                        minimum, one individuals (UPM#: 97–
                                                                                                        and Anthropology at the address in this
                                                Curator and Director of Research and                                                                          606–657) were obtained by Dr. Joseph
                                                                                                        notice by November 2, 2016.
                                                Repatriation, Peabody Museum of                                                                               Walker, of the United States Army, from
                                                Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard                      ADDRESSES: Dr. Julian Siggers, Director,              an unknown location in Michigan while
                                                University, 11 Divinity Avenue,                         University of Pennsylvania Museum of                  he was stationed there (Morton 1839:
                                                Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)                    Archaeology and Anthropology,                         186). Dr. Walker subsequently sent the
                                                496–3702, email pcapone@                                Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215)               remains to Dr. Samuel G. Morton for
                                                fas.harvard.edu by November 2, 2016.                    898–4050.                                             inclusion in his collection of human
                                                After that date, if no additional                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is                  crania from around the world. The
                                                requestors have come forward, transfer                  here given in accordance with the                     human remains are represented by a
                                                of control of the human remains to The                  Native American Graves Protection and                 cranium and mandible) of a single male
                                                Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.                     Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                  individual 30–40 years of age. The
                                                  The Peabody Museum of Archaeology                     3003, of the completion of an inventory               condition of the remains suggests they
                                                and Ethnology is responsible for                        of human remains under the control of                 were not buried. No known individuals
                                                notifying The Invited and Consulted                     the University of Pennsylvania Museum                 were identified. No associated funerary
                                                                                                        of Archaeology and Anthropology,
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                                                Tribes that this notice has been                                                                              objects are present.
                                                published.                                              Philadelphia, PA. The human remains                     At an unknown date prior to 1840,
                                                                                                        were removed from unknown locations                   human remains representing, at
                                                 Dated: September 19, 2016.                             in Michigan.                                          minimum, one individual (UPM#: 97–
                                                Melanie O’Brien,                                           This notice is published as part of the            606–737) was obtained from an
                                                Manager, National NAGPRA Program.                       National Park Service’s administrative                unknown site in Michigan by Col. John
                                                [FR Doc. 2016–23810 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am]             responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                     James Abert. The remains were
                                                BILLING CODE 4312–52–P                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in              subsequently transferred to Dr. Samuel


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CollectionFederal Register
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice.
DatesRepresentatives 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 Peabody
FR Citation81 FR 68037 

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