[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 113 (Wednesday, June 14, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27281-27282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-12294]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23314; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Allen County-Fort Wayne 
Historical Society, Fort Wayne, IN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: The Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society has completed 
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request to the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society. If 
no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society at the 
address in this notice by July 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Walter Font, Curator, Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical 
Society, 302 East Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, telephone (260) 
426-2882, 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Allen County-Fort 
Wayne Historical Society, Fort Wayne, IN. The human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed from Allen 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) 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 and associated funerary 
objects. 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 Allen 
County-Fort Wayne Historical Society professional staff in consultation 
with the Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Archaeology 
Survey office, and representatives of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and 
the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana.

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 
individual were removed from an unknown site in northeast Indiana, 
mostly likely in Allen County, IN. In September 2013, the human remains 
were found during a collection inventory without identification or 
provenance data. Sex and age are indeterminate. No known individuals 
were identified. The 2 associated funerary objects are one ceramic bead 
and one broken slate gorget.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 
individual were removed from an unknown site in northeast Indiana, 
mostly likely in Allen County, IN. In September 2013, the human remains 
were found during a collection inventory without identification or 
provenance data. Sex and age are indeterminate. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 1 
individual were removed from an unknown site in northeast Indiana, 
mostly likely in Allen County, IN. In September 2013, the human remains 
were found during a collection inventory without identification or 
provenance data. Sex and age are indeterminate. No known individuals 
were identified. The 3 associated funerary objects are one glass vial 
containing a deer tooth, one pottery sherd, and one piece of a strap 
handle.
    On unknown dates, human remains representing, at minimum, 3 
individuals were removed from unknown sites in northeast Indiana, 
mostly likely in Allen County, IN. In the late 1990s, the human remains 
were found during a collection inventory without identification or 
provenance data. Sex and age are indeterminate. No known individuals 
were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society

    Officials of the Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on an examination by the 
Indiana University-Purdue University, Fort Wayne, Archaeology Survey 
office, in November 2013.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 6 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 5 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.
     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 associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian Tribe.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the 
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Miami Tribe 
of 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Walter 
Font, Curator, Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society, 302 East 
Berry Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, telephone (260) 426-2882, email 
[email protected], by July 14, 2017. After that date, if no additional 
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains 
and

[[Page 27282]]

associated funerary objects to the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
    The Allen County-Fort Wayne Historical Society is responsible for 
notifying the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma and the Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana, that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: April 27, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-12294 Filed 6-13-17; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P