[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15746-15747]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6846]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Possession of the Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated 
funerary objects in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The 
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this 
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary object was made by 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community of 
the Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, 
Michigan; the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan; 
the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, 
Minnesota; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan.
    In 1869, a wooden grave marker engraved with the image of an 
inverted crane, was donated to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology by Henry Gillman. No human remains are present.
    Museum records indicate this grave marker was located near the 
Straits of Mackinac, MI. In traditional Ojibwe practice, these grave 
markers are manufactured exclusively for burial

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sites and funerary practice. The form of this grave marker is 
consistent with other known grave markers of the Crane clan and 
traditional Ojibwe practice.
    Based on the specific cultural attribution in museum records, the 
early 19th century date of burial, and geographic location, 
this associated funerary object has been culturally affiliated with the 
Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the one object listed above is 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. Officials of 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology also have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared 
group identity that can be reasonably traced between this associated 
funerary object and the Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. 
Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan; and 
the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. This notice 
has been sent to officials of the Bay Mills Indian Community of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, 
Michigan; the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians of Michigan; 
the Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, 
Minnesota; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with this associated funerary object 
should contact Barbara Isaac, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, 
telephone (617) 495-2254, before April 19, 2001. Repatriation of the 
associated funerary object to the Bay Mills Indian Community of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, 
Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.

    Dated: February 21, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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