[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 4, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6116-6117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-02184]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-17373: PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The American Museum of Natural 
History, New York, NY

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The American Museum of Natural History 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 American Museum of Natural 
History. 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 American 
Museum of Natural History at the address in this notice March 6, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum 
of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 
10024, telephone (212) 769-5837, 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 American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY. 
The human remains were removed from Bay and Saginaw Counties, MI.
    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 American 
Museum of Natural History professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa-
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan (hereinafter 
referred to as ``The Tribes'').
    Additional requests for consultation were sent to the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Band of

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Odawa Indians, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe 
of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 
and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Minnesota; Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 
Mississippi in Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as the 
Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee 
Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as 
the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York); Turtle Mountain Band 
of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; White Earth Band of Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation.

History and Description of the Remains

    In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 adult 
male individual were removed by an employee of the Michigan Central 
Railroad Company from a site 3 miles south of Saginaw Bay, along the 
west side of the Saginaw River near West Bay City in Bay County, MI. In 
1903, the American Museum of Natural History purchased the remains from 
E.H. Crane. No known individuals were identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 adult 
individuals were collected by Harlan Smith from sand obtained from 
Andrews Sand Hill, Germain Village Site, secondarily deposited near 
north of the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted 
these remains to the American Museum of Natural History in 1901. No 
known individuals were identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing at minimum, 10 
individuals, were collected by Harlan I. Smith from a disturbed grave 
in the Germain Village Site, East Side of Saginaw River, Saginaw 
County, Saginaw, MI. Smith gifted these remains to the American Museum 
of Natural History in 1899. No known individuals were identified.
    In 1894, human remains representing at minimum, 14 individuals, 
were collected by Harlan I. Smith from Fobear Mound #1, south of the 
Cass River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted these remains to the 
American Museum of Natural History in 1901. No known individuals were 
identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, 3 adult 
individuals, were collected by Harlan I. Smith from Fobear Mound #2, 
south of Cass River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted these remains to 
the American Museum of Natural History in 1901. No known individuals 
were identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 adult 
individual, were collected by Harlan I. Smith, from the largest of the 
three mounds, Spaulding, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted these remains 
to the American Museum of Natural History in 1901. No known individuals 
were identified.
    On July 1, 1894, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 adult 
individuals, were collected by Harlan I. Smith from the Frazier Village 
Site, south side of the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith 
gifted these remains to the American Museum of Natural History in 1901. 
No known individuals were identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing at minimum, 1 adult 
individual, were collected by Harlan I. Smith from Ayers Camp site, 
east side of Saginaw River, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted 
these remains to the American Museum of Natural History in 1899. No 
known individual was identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing at minimum, 1 
individual, were collected by George Rose from the Flint River, Saginaw 
County, MI. It is unknown when Rose transferred the remains to Harlan 
I. Smith, who gifted these remains to the American Museum of Natural 
History in 1901. No known individuals were identified.
    In an unknown year, human remains representing at minimum, 5 
individuals, were collected by Harlan I. Smith in Golson's Yard, South 
Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted these remains to the American 
Museum of Natural History in 1901. No known individuals were 
identified.
    On August 19, 1894, human remains representing at minimum, 1 adult 
individual, were collected by Harlan I. Smith, from the Little Village 
Site, Park House vicinity, Saginaw, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted 
these remains to the American Museum of Natural History in 1901. No 
known individuals were identified.

Determinations Made by the American Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based primarily on the donor's 
collecting history and archaeological context.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 41 individuals 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, the land from which the Native American human remains were 
removed is the aboriginal land of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan.
     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 Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Tribes.

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 Nell Murphy, Director of Cultural 
Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 
79th Street, NY, NY 10024, telephone 212-769-5837, email 
[email protected], by March 6, 2015. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
to The Tribes may proceed.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: January 14, 2015
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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