[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 9, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51459-51460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25145]


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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 Minnesota 
Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN

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 Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 
Bemidji, MN.
    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

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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 Minnesota 
Indian Affairs Council professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota.
    In 1932, human remains representing two individuals were collected 
from the Jacobs (Trigg) Farm site (21-OT-4), Ottertail County, MN, 
during an archeological excavation conducted by A.E. Jenks of the 
University of Minnesota. No known individuals were identified. The four 
associated funerary objects are fragments of clothes, fragments of 
buttons, a knife, and birchbark.
    Based on the location of the burials and associated funerary 
objects, these individuals have been determined to be Native American 
from the historic period. Based on the associated funerary objects and 
geographic location, these individuals have been identified as Ojibwe. 
Because this location is within the historic territory of the White 
Earth Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, the 
preponderance of evidence indicates cultural affiliation with the White 
Earth Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the 
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council also have determined that, 
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the four 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 Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 
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 White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the White Earth Band of 
Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the Minnesota Chippewa 
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 James L. (Jim) Jones, 
Cultural Resource Specialist, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 1819 
Bemidji Avenue, Bemidji, MN 56601, telephone (218) 755-3825, before 
November 8, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.

    Dated: July 17, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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