[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15753-15754]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-6896]


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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 Control of the U.S. Department 
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 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 control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, 
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and 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 human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Bureau of Indian Affairs 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Bad 
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 
River Reservation, Wisconsin; the Bay Mills Indian Community of the 
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, 
Michigan; the Boise Fort Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; the Fond du Lac 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Forest County 
Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; the 
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the 
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the 
Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of 
Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the Keweenaw Bay Indian 
Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Band of Chippewa Indians of the 
L'Anse Reservation, Michigan; the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of 
Wisconsin; the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians 
of Michigan; the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; the Little River Band of Ottowa Indians of Michigan; the 
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians of Michigan; the Match-e-be-
nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; the Mille Lacs 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; the Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota; the Sac and Fox Nation 
of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; 
the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Saginaw Chippewa 
Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation; the Sault Ste. Marie 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Sokagon Chippewa Community 
of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; St. Croix 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation; and the White 
Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indian Tribe, Minnesota.
    In 1915, human remains representing nine individuals were recovered 
from a site 3 miles northwest of Byron, MI, by Arthur W. Carpenter as 
part of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition. In 
1915, these human remains were donated to the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology by Mr. Carpenter. No known individuals were 
identified. The two associated funerary objects are two masses of 
fabric with attached metal ornaments.
    Museum records describe the site 3 miles northwest of Byron, MI, as 
an ``Ojibwa Historic Burial Site, Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation.'' 
Consultation with representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe 
of Michigan, Isabella Reservation indicates that the 
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was an early reservation of the Saginaw 
Chippewa in the historic period.
    Based on the specific cultural attribution in museum records, 
geographical and historical evidence, these human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered to be affiliated with the 
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau 
of Indian Affairs and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology 
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains 
listed above represent the physical remains of nine individuals of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and 
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology also have determined 
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the two objects listed above are 
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human 
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or 
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Saginaw Chippewa 
Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation. This notice has been 
sent to officials of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; the Bay Mills 
Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band

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of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan; the Boise Fort 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Citizen Potawatomi 
Nation, Oklahoma; the Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin 
Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; the Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Hannahville Indian Community of 
Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., 
Michigan; the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon 
Band of Chippewa Indians of the L'Anse Reservation, Michigan; the Lac 
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac 
Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin; the Lac Vieux Desert Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Leech Lake Band of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Little River Band of Ottowa 
Indians of Michigan; the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians of 
Michigan; the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; the Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; 
the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; the 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, 
Minnesota; the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; 
the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, 
Isabella Reservation; the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; the Sokagon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of 
Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation; and the White Earth Band of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Indian Tribe, Minnesota. Representatives of any 
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated 
with these human remains and associated funerary objects 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan, Isabella Reservation may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 1, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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