82_FR_3815 82 FR 3807 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH

82 FR 3807 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 8 (January 12, 2017)

Page Range3807-3809
FR Document2017-00509

The Metroparks of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) 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 Metroparks Toledo. 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-NPS0022621]; [PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 
Toledo, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Metroparks of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) 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 Metroparks Toledo. 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 Metroparks Toledo at the address in this 
notice by February 13, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Joseph Fausnaugh, Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 West 
Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 43615, telephone (419) 407-9700, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and

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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 Metroparks Toledo, Toledo, OH. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Audubon Island, City of 
Maumee, Lucas County, OH.
    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

    On behalf of Metroparks Toledo, a detailed assessment of the human 
remains was made by professional staff of the Ohio History Connection, 
Columbus, OH, in consultation with representatives of the Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa 
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Wyandotte Nation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In April and October 2014, human remains representing, at minimum, 
one individual were removed from 33LU0805 in Lucas County, OH. At the 
request of the landowner (Metroparks Toledo), on April 10, 2014, Ohio 
History Connection (OHC) staff recovered human remains and funerary 
items that were exposed and eroding out of Audubon/Ewing Island in the 
Maumee River. Members of the Miami and Shawnee nations were present 
during this excavation. Only the right side of a single individual 
(approximately 40% of the individual), likely a male between the ages 
of 17-20 years, was recovered at that time, as the remainder of the 
burial was stable. Associated funerary items were also recovered. All 
human remains and associated funerary objects were temporarily 
transferred to the OHC's laboratory facilities in Columbus for 
cleaning, cataloging and analysis. Non-artifact remains of water 
screened soil (rocks and shell) from burial context were retained. 
Following consultation with the Indian tribes listed above, OHC staff 
returned to the site on October 1 and 2, 2014, to excavate the 
remainder of the burial. This follow-up excavation was similarly 
overseen by representatives of the consulted Indian tribes, and all 
excavated human remains and associated funerary items were again 
temporarily transferred to the OHC's laboratory facilities in Columbus, 
where they were cleaned, cataloged, analyzed, and rejoined with the 
human remains and associated funerary items that were excavated in 
April 2014. All human remains and associated funerary items recovered 
from 33LU0805 are currently being temporarily held at the OHC's 
Columbus facility on behalf of the Toledo Metroparks.
    In total, one individual was identified. No known individuals were 
identified. The 3,049 associated funerary objects include the 
following: 1 pan; 2 kettles; 2 arm bands; 1 brooch; 1 glass mirror; 2 
musket balls; 1 strike-light; 2 flints; 19 copper coils; 14 tinkler 
cones; 1 tubular long bead; 517 tubular small beads; 2,130 seed beads; 
10 pieces of possible fabric; 2 pieces of charcoal; 37 seeds; 3 stones; 
4 rock and shell; 2 light fractions; 1 non-human bone fragment; 11 
ceramic sherds; 21 flint flakes; 11 buckshot; 1 rose head nail; 7 brass 
flakes; 4 clay fragments with vermillion; 1 lot of an unspecified 
number of corroded iron fragments; 1 otolith; 1 cone; 2 finial-like 
bone objects; 1 musket ball fragment; 83 wampum beads; 2 unknown 
material fragments; 1 fixed blade knife with half tang; 1 bone tube; 1 
pair of scissors; 1 wooden object; 1 disc-shaped button; 15 perforated 
triangular brass fragments; 1 iron ring; 1 brass ring; 1 ferrule; 1 
silver ring; 6 ferrule fragments; 1 leather bag; 1 sample of a granular 
substance; 1 sample of vermillion powder; 1 textile and cordage; 1 
fixed blade knife with full tang; 7 samples of textile fragments; 3 
pieces of textile, leather, and organic material; 3 samples of textile 
and leather fragments; 1 knife blade with rust fragments; 1 sample of 
knife handle fragments; 1 rivet; 24 kettle fragments; 4 unperforated 
brass triangles; 1 silver clipping; 1 sample of cordage fragments; 1 
sample of cordage; 28 hawk bell fragments; 1 bell clapper; 6 solder 
fragments; 1 shaped sheet of brass; 1 iron awl with bone handle and 
coat button attached; 1 button; 1 butt cone; 1 non-human, possibly 
modified bone fragment; 15 brass fragments; 1 sample of iron fragments; 
1 wire; and 12 samples of water screened residual portion of soil.
    A nearby 18th century Ottawa grave demonstrates that this part of 
the island may have been occupied and used as a burial area by the 
Ottawa until around the time of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Audubon 
Island is located in the lower Maumee Valley in northern Ohio. Some 
Ottawa bands had taken up residence in the lower Maumee Valley by A.D. 
1740-1750. Following Pontiac's siege of Detroit in the summer of 1763, 
some of the Ottawa bands from that area also resettled to the lower 
Maumee Valley. In 1764, Captain Thomas Morris met an Ottawa delegation 
at the foot of the Maumee Rapids, adjacent to Audubon Island. Between 
1783 and 1794, Audubon Island was known as Col. McKee's Island, and was 
farmed as part of Alexander McKee's Department of Indian Affairs post 
at the foot of the Maumee Rapids. Several other Euro-Canadian traders 
occupied lands in the area, presumably with the consent of the local 
Ottawa.
    In 1795, many of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley tribes signed the 
Treaty of Greenville, which produced several land cession, including a 
12-square-mile reserve surrounding the foot of the Maumee Rapids and 
Audubon Island. Occupation of Audubon Island by the Ohio Ottawa appears 
to have ceased at that time, at which point some of them moved to 
Walpole Island, Canada. Between 1807 and 1817, the United States 
established four small reservations for the Ottawa along the lower 
Maumee River. Audubon Island lies between two of these reservations. In 
1831 to 1833, the four reservations were finally ceded to the United 
States in return for lands in present-day Franklin County, KS. In 1867, 
the Kansas reservation organization was dissolved and the Ottawa sold 
their individual allotments and moved to Oklahoma. Descendants of the 
Ottawa that occupied Audubon Island are members of the Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma.

Determinations Made by Metroparks Toledo

    Officials of Metroparks Toledo have determined that:
     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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3,049 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 Ottawa 
Tribe of Oklahoma.

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

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request with information in support of the request Joseph Fausnaugh, 
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 
43615, telephone (419) 407-9700, email 
[email protected], by February 13, 2017. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
    Metroparks Toledo is responsible for notifying the Eastern Shawnee 
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Wyandotte Nation that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: December 20, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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                                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                (AC.11526), and 1 medicine bag                           The Denver Museum of Nature &
                                                  this notice are the sole responsibility of              (AC.11535I).                                           Science is responsible for notifying the
                                                  the museum, institution, or Federal                        Museum accession, catalogue, and                    Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
                                                  agency that has control of the Native                   documentary records, as well as                        Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, that this
                                                  American cultural items. The National                   consultation with representatives of the               notice has been published.
                                                  Park Service is not responsible for the                 Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota                        Dated: December 21, 2016.
                                                  determinations in this notice.                          Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, indicate                    Melanie O’Brien,
                                                                                                          that the 13 cultural objects are Ojibwe
                                                  History and Description of the Cultural                                                                        Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                          and are from the Mille Lacs Indian
                                                  Item(s)                                                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–00512 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          Reservation, Minnesota. The 13 cultural
                                                     In 1964, seven cultural items were                   items, A943.1, AC.11525, AC.11528,                     BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                  removed from Ojibwe communities in                      AC.11529, AC.11530, AC.11535B,
                                                  unknown counties, MN. In the 1950s,                     AC.11535J, AC.11533, AC.11536A,
                                                  Karen Petersen and her husband Sydney                                                                          DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
                                                                                                          AC.11536B, AC 11538, AC.11526, and
                                                  Petersen spent their summers visiting                   AC.11535I, relate to the Grand Medicine
                                                  Ojibwe communities, buying crafts from                                                                         National Park Service
                                                                                                          Society or Midewiwin, a ritual society.
                                                  tribal members. These items belonged to                                                                        [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0022621];
                                                  John Mink, a fourth-degree Midewiwin                    Determinations Made by the Denver                      [PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
                                                  priest at the Mille Lacs Indian                         Museum of Nature & Science
                                                  Reservation in central Minnesota. Soon                     Officials of the Denver Museum of                   Notice of Inventory Completion:
                                                  after Mink’s death in 1962 or 1963,                     Nature & Science have determined that:                 Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo,
                                                  museum records affirm the items were                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),                 OH
                                                  dug up to be offered for sale. Petersen                 the 7 cultural items described above are               AGENCY:   National Park Service, Interior.
                                                  sold the cache to Mary and Francis                      reasonably believed to have been placed                ACTION:   Notice.
                                                  Crane on February 2, 1976, with the                     with or near individual human remains
                                                  exception of one scroll (A943.1), which                 at the time of death or later as part of               SUMMARY:    The Metroparks of the Toledo
                                                  was donated to the Denver Museum of                     the death rite or ceremony and are                     Area (Metroparks Toledo) has
                                                  Natural History (now the Denver                         believed, by a preponderance of the                    completed an inventory of human
                                                  Museum of Nature & Science or DMNS)                     evidence, to have been removed from a                  remains and associated funerary objects,
                                                  directly in November 1976. The Cranes                   specific burial site of a Native American              in consultation with the appropriate
                                                  in turn donated the other six                           individual.                                            Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
                                                  unassociated funerary objects to the                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),                 organizations, and has determined that
                                                  DMNS in December 1976. The seven                        the 6 cultural items described above are               there is a cultural affiliation between the
                                                  unassociated funerary objects are 2                     specific ceremonial objects needed by                  human remains and associated funerary
                                                  birch bark scrolls (A943.1 and                          traditional Native American religious                  objects and present-day Indian tribes or
                                                  AC.11525), 2 ceremonial invitation sets                 leaders for the practice of traditional                Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
                                                  (AC.11528 and AC.11529), 2 medicine                     Native American religions by their                     descendants or representatives of any
                                                  bags (AC.11535B and AC.11535J), and 1                   present-day adherents.                                 Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                  vessel containing ceremonial stain                         • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there              organization not identified in this notice
                                                  (AC.11530).                                             is a relationship of shared group                      that wish to request transfer of control
                                                     Between 1950 and 1964, six cultural                  identity that can be reasonably traced                 of these human remains and associated
                                                  items were removed from Ojibwe                          between the unassociated funerary                      funerary objects should submit a written
                                                  communities in unknown counties, MN.                    objects and the Mille Lacs Band of the                 request to Metroparks Toledo. If no
                                                  Karen Petersen purchased four cultural                  Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.                   additional requestors come forward,
                                                  items (AC.11533, AC.11536A,                                • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there              transfer of control of the human remains
                                                  AC.11536B, and AC.11538) from Ole                       is a relationship of shared group                      and associated funerary objects to the
                                                  Sam who had inherited these objects in                  identity that can be reasonably traced                 lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
                                                  1960 from the estate of his father, Mike                between the sacred objects and the Mille               Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
                                                  Sam, a Midewiwin priest. Petersen sold                  Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa                    this notice may proceed.
                                                  the cultural items to Mary and Francis                  Tribe, Minnesota.                                      DATES: Lineal descendants or
                                                  Crane on February 5, 1976, who donated
                                                                                                          Additional Requestors and Disposition                  representatives of any Indian tribe or
                                                  them to THE DMNS in December 1976.
                                                                                                            Lineal descendants or representatives                Native Hawaiian organization not
                                                  Petersen purchased one cultural item
                                                                                                          of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian                 identified in this notice that wish to
                                                  (ac.11526) from Annie Sam, a rare
                                                                                                          organization not identified in this notice             request transfer of control of these
                                                  fourth-degree Midewiwin female priest.
                                                                                                          that wish to claim these cultural items                human remains and associated funerary
                                                  On February 2, 1976, the Cranes
                                                  purchased the cultural item and                         should submit a written request with                   objects should submit a written request
                                                  donated it to the DMNS in December                      information in support of the claim to                 with information in support of the
                                                  1976. Petersen purchased one cultural                   Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of                        request to Metroparks Toledo at the
                                                  item (AC.115351) from Maggie                            Anthropology and NAGPRA Officer,                       address in this notice by February 13,
                                                  Skinaway in 1961. On February 19,                       Denver Museum of Nature & Science,                     2017.
                                                  1976, Petersen sold the cultural item to                2001 Colorado Boulevard., Denver, CO                   ADDRESSES: Joseph Fausnaugh,
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                                                  the Cranes who donated it to the DMNS                   80205, telephone (303) 370–6378, email                 Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100
                                                  in December 1976. The six sacred                        Chip.Colwell@dmns.org, by February 13,                 West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH
                                                  objects are 1 ceremonial post                           2017. After that date, if no additional                43615, telephone (419) 407–9700, email
                                                  (AC.11533), 1 large cowrie shell                        claimants have come forward, transfer                  joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com.
                                                  (AC.11536A), 1 collection of 19 shells                  of control of the unassociated funerary                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
                                                  (AC.11536B), 1 ceremonial drumstick                     objects and/or sacred objects may                      here given in accordance with the
                                                  (AC.115381), 1 birch bark scroll                        proceed.                                               Native American Graves Protection and


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                                                  Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.                    OHC’s laboratory facilities in Columbus,               also resettled to the lower Maumee
                                                  3003, of the completion of an inventory                 where they were cleaned, cataloged,                    Valley. In 1764, Captain Thomas Morris
                                                  of human remains and associated                         analyzed, and rejoined with the human                  met an Ottawa delegation at the foot of
                                                  funerary objects under the control of                   remains and associated funerary items                  the Maumee Rapids, adjacent to
                                                  Metroparks Toledo, Toledo, OH. The                      that were excavated in April 2014. All                 Audubon Island. Between 1783 and
                                                  human remains and associated funerary                   human remains and associated funerary                  1794, Audubon Island was known as
                                                  objects were removed from Audubon                       items recovered from 33LU0805 are                      Col. McKee’s Island, and was farmed as
                                                  Island, City of Maumee, Lucas County,                   currently being temporarily held at the                part of Alexander McKee’s Department
                                                  OH.                                                     OHC’s Columbus facility on behalf of                   of Indian Affairs post at the foot of the
                                                     This notice is published as part of the              the Toledo Metroparks.                                 Maumee Rapids. Several other Euro-
                                                  National Park Service’s administrative                     In total, one individual was                        Canadian traders occupied lands in the
                                                  responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25                       identified. No known individuals were                  area, presumably with the consent of the
                                                  U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in                identified. The 3,049 associated                       local Ottawa.
                                                  this notice are the sole responsibility of              funerary objects include the following: 1                 In 1795, many of the Great Lakes-Ohio
                                                  the museum, institution, or Federal                     pan; 2 kettles; 2 arm bands; 1 brooch; 1               Valley tribes signed the Treaty of
                                                  agency that has control of the Native                   glass mirror; 2 musket balls; 1 strike-                Greenville, which produced several
                                                  American human remains and                              light; 2 flints; 19 copper coils; 14 tinkler           land cession, including a 12-square-mile
                                                  associated funerary objects. The                        cones; 1 tubular long bead; 517 tubular                reserve surrounding the foot of the
                                                  National Park Service is not responsible                small beads; 2,130 seed beads; 10 pieces               Maumee Rapids and Audubon Island.
                                                  for the determinations in this notice.                  of possible fabric; 2 pieces of charcoal;              Occupation of Audubon Island by the
                                                                                                          37 seeds; 3 stones; 4 rock and shell; 2                Ohio Ottawa appears to have ceased at
                                                  Consultation
                                                                                                          light fractions; 1 non-human bone                      that time, at which point some of them
                                                    On behalf of Metroparks Toledo, a                     fragment; 11 ceramic sherds; 21 flint                  moved to Walpole Island, Canada.
                                                  detailed assessment of the human                        flakes; 11 buckshot; 1 rose head nail; 7               Between 1807 and 1817, the United
                                                  remains was made by professional staff                  brass flakes; 4 clay fragments with                    States established four small
                                                  of the Ohio History Connection,                         vermillion; 1 lot of an unspecified                    reservations for the Ottawa along the
                                                  Columbus, OH, in consultation with                      number of corroded iron fragments; 1                   lower Maumee River. Audubon Island
                                                  representatives of the Eastern Shawnee                  otolith; 1 cone; 2 finial-like bone                    lies between two of these reservations.
                                                  Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of                   objects; 1 musket ball fragment; 83                    In 1831 to 1833, the four reservations
                                                  Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of                           wampum beads; 2 unknown material                       were finally ceded to the United States
                                                  Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the                    fragments; 1 fixed blade knife with half               in return for lands in present-day
                                                  Wyandotte Nation.                                       tang; 1 bone tube; 1 pair of scissors; 1               Franklin County, KS. In 1867, the
                                                  History and Description of the Remains                  wooden object; 1 disc-shaped button; 15                Kansas reservation organization was
                                                                                                          perforated triangular brass fragments; 1               dissolved and the Ottawa sold their
                                                     In April and October 2014, human                     iron ring; 1 brass ring; 1 ferrule; 1 silver
                                                  remains representing, at minimum, one                                                                          individual allotments and moved to
                                                                                                          ring; 6 ferrule fragments; 1 leather bag;              Oklahoma. Descendants of the Ottawa
                                                  individual were removed from                            1 sample of a granular substance; 1
                                                  33LU0805 in Lucas County, OH. At the                                                                           that occupied Audubon Island are
                                                                                                          sample of vermillion powder; 1 textile                 members of the Ottawa Tribe of
                                                  request of the landowner (Metroparks                    and cordage; 1 fixed blade knife with
                                                  Toledo), on April 10, 2014, Ohio History                                                                       Oklahoma.
                                                                                                          full tang; 7 samples of textile fragments;
                                                  Connection (OHC) staff recovered                        3 pieces of textile, leather, and organic              Determinations Made by Metroparks
                                                  human remains and funerary items that                   material; 3 samples of textile and leather             Toledo
                                                  were exposed and eroding out of                         fragments; 1 knife blade with rust                        Officials of Metroparks Toledo have
                                                  Audubon/Ewing Island in the Maumee                      fragments; 1 sample of knife handle                    determined that:
                                                  River. Members of the Miami and                         fragments; 1 rivet; 24 kettle fragments; 4                • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
                                                  Shawnee nations were present during                     unperforated brass triangles; 1 silver                 human remains described in this notice
                                                  this excavation. Only the right side of a               clipping; 1 sample of cordage fragments;               represent the physical remains of one
                                                  single individual (approximately 40% of                 1 sample of cordage; 28 hawk bell                      individual of Native American ancestry.
                                                  the individual), likely a male between                  fragments; 1 bell clapper; 6 solder                       • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
                                                  the ages of 17–20 years, was recovered                  fragments; 1 shaped sheet of brass; 1                  the 3,049 objects described in this
                                                  at that time, as the remainder of the                   iron awl with bone handle and coat                     notice are reasonably believed to have
                                                  burial was stable. Associated funerary                  button attached; 1 button; 1 butt cone;                been placed with or near individual
                                                  items were also recovered. All human                    1 non-human, possibly modified bone                    human remains at the time of death or
                                                  remains and associated funerary objects                 fragment; 15 brass fragments; 1 sample                 later as part of the death rite or
                                                  were temporarily transferred to the                     of iron fragments; 1 wire; and 12                      ceremony.
                                                  OHC’s laboratory facilities in Columbus                 samples of water screened residual                        • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
                                                  for cleaning, cataloging and analysis.                  portion of soil.                                       is a relationship of shared group
                                                  Non-artifact remains of water screened                     A nearby 18th century Ottawa grave                  identity that can be reasonably traced
                                                  soil (rocks and shell) from burial context              demonstrates that this part of the island              between the Native American human
                                                  were retained. Following consultation                   may have been occupied and used as a                   remains and associated funerary objects
                                                  with the Indian tribes listed above, OHC                burial area by the Ottawa until around                 and the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
                                                  staff returned to the site on October 1                 the time of the 1795 Treaty of
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                                                  and 2, 2014, to excavate the remainder                  Greenville. Audubon Island is located in               Additional Requestors and Disposition
                                                  of the burial. This follow-up excavation                the lower Maumee Valley in northern                      Lineal descendants or representatives
                                                  was similarly overseen by                               Ohio. Some Ottawa bands had taken up                   of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
                                                  representatives of the consulted Indian                 residence in the lower Maumee Valley                   organization not identified in this notice
                                                  tribes, and all excavated human remains                 by A.D. 1740–1750. Following Pontiac’s                 that wish to request transfer of control
                                                  and associated funerary items were                      siege of Detroit in the summer of 1763,                of these human remains and associated
                                                  again temporarily transferred to the                    some of the Ottawa bands from that area                funerary objects should submit a written


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                                                  request with information in support of                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                  To submit           Send them to:
                                                  the request Joseph Fausnaugh,                                                                                  comments:
                                                  Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100                     Notice of Lodging of Proposed
                                                                                                          Consent Decree Under the                               By email .......    pubcomment-ees.enrd@
                                                  West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH
                                                                                                          Comprehensive Environmental                                                  usdoj.gov.
                                                  43615, telephone (419) 407–9700, email                                                                         By mail .........   Assistant Attorney General,
                                                  joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com,                     Response, Compensation, and Liability
                                                                                                                                                                                       U.S. DOJ—ENRD, P.O.
                                                  by February 13, 2017. After that date, if               Act                                                                          Box 7611, Washington, DC
                                                  no additional requestors have come                         On January 6, 2017, the Department of                                     20044–7611.
                                                  forward, transfer of control of the                     Justice lodged a proposed Consent
                                                  human remains and associated funerary                   Decree with the United States District                   During the public comment period,
                                                  objects to the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma                 Court for the District of Maine in the                 the Consent Decree may be examined
                                                  may proceed.                                            lawsuit entitled United States and State               and downloaded at this Justice
                                                    Metroparks Toledo is responsible for                  of Maine v. Smith Cove Preservation                    Department Web site: https://
                                                  notifying the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of                  Trust, Civil Action No. 1:17–CV–00009–                 www.justice.gov/enrd/consent-decrees.
                                                  Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of                            JDL                                                    We will provide a paper copy of the
                                                                                                             In this action, the United States, on               Consent Decree upon written request
                                                  Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of
                                                                                                          behalf of the U.S. Environmental                       and payment of reproduction costs.
                                                  Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the                    Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), sought                    Please mail your request and payment
                                                  Wyandotte Nation that this notice has                   injunctive relief for remedial cleanup                 to: Consent Decree Library, U.S. DOJ—
                                                  been published.                                         and recovery of response costs against                 ENRD, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, DC
                                                   Dated: December 20, 2016.                              Smith Cove Preservation Trust                          20044–7611.
                                                  Melanie O’Brien,                                        (‘‘Settling Defendant’’), the current                    Please enclose a check or money order
                                                  Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
                                                                                                          owner of the approximately 120-acre                    for $14.75 (25 cents per page
                                                                                                          former Callahan Mine property at the                   reproduction cost) payable to the United
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–00509 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                          Callahan Mine Superfund Site in                        States Treasury. For a paper copy
                                                  BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
                                                                                                          Brooksville, Maine (‘‘Site’’). The                     without the exhibits, the cost is $9.00.
                                                                                                          complaint seeks relief under to Sections
                                                                                                          106 and 107 of the Comprehensive                       Robert E. Maher Jr.,
                                                                                                          Environmental Response,                                Assistant Section Chief, Environmental
                                                  DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE                                   Compensation, and Liability Act                        Enforcement Section, Environment and
                                                                                                          (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607.                 Natural Resources Division.
                                                  Foreign Claims Settlement
                                                                                                          The State of Maine (‘‘Maine’’) has                     [FR Doc. 2017–00489 Filed 1–11–17; 8:45 am]
                                                  Commission                                              asserted parallel claims under CERCLA                  BILLING CODE 4410–15–P
                                                                                                          and related State provisions and is a co-
                                                  [F.C.S.C. Meeting and Hearing Notice No.                plaintiff to the proposed Consent
                                                  1–17]                                                   Decree.
                                                                                                             Under the proposed Consent Decree,                  NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
                                                  Sunshine Act Meeting                                    Settling Defendant will provide in-kind
                                                                                                          services (permission for EPA and the                   Notice of Permits Issued under the
                                                    The Foreign Claims Settlement                         Maine Department of Environmental                      Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978
                                                  Commission, pursuant to its regulations                 Protection to use ‘‘Borrow Material’’
                                                  (45 CFR part 503.25) and the                            located within Settling Defendant’s                    AGENCY:     National Science Foundation
                                                  Government in the Sunshine Act (5                       property for use in implementing                       ACTION: Notice of permits issued under
                                                  U.S.C. 552b), hereby gives notice in                    response actions at the Site), access, and             the Antarctic Conservation of 1978,
                                                  regard to the scheduling of open                        institutional controls, all of which                   Public Law 95–541.
                                                  meetings as follows:                                    would be valuable for the
                                                    Thursday, January 26, 2017: 10:00                     environmental response at the Site,                    SUMMARY:   The National Science
                                                  a.m.—Issuance of Proposed Decisions in                  based on an analysis of Settling                       Foundation (NSF) is required to publish
                                                  claims against Iraq.                                    Defendant’s ability to pay. In exchange,               notice of permits issued under the
                                                                                                          Settling Defendant will receive a                      Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978.
                                                    Status: Open.                                         covenant not to sue under Sections 106                 This is the required notice.
                                                    All meetings are held at the Foreign                  and 107 of CERCLA for remedial
                                                  Claims Settlement Commission, 600 E                     cleanup and response costs relating to                 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
                                                  Street NW., Washington, DC. Requests                    the Site, subject to certain reservations              Nature McGinn, ACA Permit Officer,
                                                  for information, or advance notices of                  of rights.                                             Office of Polar Programs, Rm. 755,
                                                                                                             The publication of this notice opens                National Science Foundation, 4201
                                                  intention to observe an open meeting,
                                                                                                          a period for public comment on the                     Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, VA 22230.
                                                  may be directed to: Patricia M. Hall,
                                                                                                          Consent Decree. Comments should be                     Or by email: ACApermits@nsf.gov.
                                                  Foreign Claims Settlement Commission,
                                                  600 E Street NW., Suite 6002,                           addressed to the Assistant Attorney                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:    On
                                                  Washington, DC 20579. Telephone:                        General, Environment and Natural                       December 7, 2016 the National Science
                                                                                                          Resources Division, and should refer to
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                                                  (202) 616–6975.                                                                                                Foundation published a notice in the
                                                                                                          United States and State of Maine v.                    Federal Register of a permit application
                                                  Brian M. Simkin,                                        Smith Cove Preservation Trust, D.J. Ref.               received. The permit was issued on
                                                  Chief Counsel.                                          No. 90–11–3–09953. All comments must                   January 6, 2017 to:
                                                  [FR Doc. 2017–00717 Filed 1–10–17; 4:15 pm]             be submitted no later than thirty (30)
                                                                                                          days after the publication date of this                1. David W. Johnston, Permit No. 2017–
                                                  BILLING CODE 4410–BA–P                                                                                            034
                                                                                                          notice. Comments may be submitted
                                                                                                          either by email or by mail:                            2. Joseph Wilson, Permit No. 2017–033


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ActionNotice.
DatesLineal 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
FR Citation82 FR 3807 

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