[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 99 (Friday, May 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 29733]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-12522]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18132; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP15.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Indiana Department of Natural 
Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology, 
Indianapolis, IN; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of 
Historic Preservation and Archeology has corrected an inventory of 
human remains and associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on August 30, 2013. This 
notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should submit 
a written request to the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 
Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary 
objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic 
Preservation and Archeology at the address in this notice by June 22, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, University of Indianapolis, 1400 
E. Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227, telephone (317) 788-2103.

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 correction of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Indiana Department 
of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archeology, 
Indianapolis, IN. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Meyer Site, Spencer County, IN.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(78 FR 53781, August 30, 2013). This correction comes after 
consultation with representatives from the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Pokagon Band of the 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana. It was determined that all 
features from the Meyer site would be added to the inventory. Transfer 
of control of the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (78 FR 53781, August 30, 2013), paragraph 
7, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:
    The total number of associated funerary objects is 7,570.
    In the Federal Register (78 FR 53781, August 30, 2013), paragraph 
11, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following sentence:

    Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 7,570 objects described in 
this notice 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.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Dr. Christopher W. Schmidt, University of 
Indianapolis, 1400 E. Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227, telephone 
(317) 788-2103, by June 22, 2015. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the associated 
funerary objects to Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma; and the Pokagon Band of the Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana may proceed.
    The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic 
Preservation and Archeology is responsible for notifying the Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Pokagon 
Band of the Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: April 14, 2014.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2015-12522 Filed 5-21-15; 8:45 am]
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