[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42359-42360]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-17093]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-16021PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana University-Purdue 
University Fort Wayne-Archaeological Survey, Fort Wayne, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne-
Archaeological Survey (hereafter IPFW-AS) 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 IPFW-AS. 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 IPFW-AS at 
the address in this notice by August 20, 2014.

ADDRESSES: Craig R. Arnold, IPFW-AS, 2101 East Coliseum Blvd., Kettler 
Hall Room G11A, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, telephone (260) 481-6194, 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 IPFW-AS, Fort Wayne, IN. The human remains were 
removed from site 11-K-52, Sleepy Hollow, Kane County, IL.
    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 IPFW-AS 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 
Reservation in Kansas; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1984, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from the Washington Irving site (11K52) in Kane County, 
IL. The human remains, consisting of the proximal portion of a left 
tibia, were recovered during excavations by an archeological field 
school conducted by the Elgin Community College. Information indicates 
the heavily carnivore-gnawed left tibia element (Catalog No. 11-K-52-
01) was recovered from a subsurface pit feature. A conversation with 
the principal investigator indicates that it was discovered in a refuse 
filled, or discard, pit feature that also contained Langford-style 
pottery sherds. A calibrated radiometric date was secured from an 
unidentified item, which returned a date between A.D. 1250 and 1440. 
This isolated element came into the custody of the IPFW-AS when the 
principal investigator became an IPFW-AS employee. The site is now 
located in a conservation set aside.

Determinations Made by the Indiana University-Purdue University Fort 
Wayne-Archaeological Survey

    Officials of the IPFW-AS have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on their recovery from an 
archeological context of a subsurface pit feature which contained 
Langford style artifacts and returned a radiometric date consistent 
with this prehistoric group.
     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(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, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 
Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe 
of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 
and Indiana; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians in Oklahoma.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Shawnee Tribe; and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo 
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Shawnee Tribe; and the United 
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.

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 Craig Arnold, Indiana University Purdue 
University at Fort Wayne-Archaeological Survey, 2101 E Coliseum Blvd., 
Kettler G11A, Fort Wayne, IN 46805, telephone (260) 481-6194, email 
[email protected], by August 20, 2014. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana; Shawnee Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of 
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may proceed.
    The IPFW-AS is responsible for notifying the Eastern Shawnee Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in 
Kansas;

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Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon 
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Shawnee Tribe; and 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: June 12, 2014.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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