[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 27 (Friday, February 8, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2910-2911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-01610]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027140; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Princeton University, Princeton, 
NJ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Princeton University 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 Princeton University. 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 Princeton 
University at the address in this notice by March 11, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 
NJ 08544, telephone (609) 258-8805, 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 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. The human remains 
were removed from Circular Mound, Detroit River, Wayne County, MI; 
Great Mound, Rouge River, Wayne County, MI; and Mound at Beaver Harbor, 
Charlevoix County, 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 Princeton 
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa 
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan, Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);

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Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Michigan, hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted 
Tribes.''
    Additional invitations to consult 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; Chippewa 
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed 
as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo 
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles 
Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 
Flambeau Band of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du 
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band 
(Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria 
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 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 & 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 Nation (previously listed as 
the 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; and the Wyandotte Nation, hereinafter referred to as 
``The Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1871-1873, human remains representing, at minimum, 12 
individuals were removed from Circular Mound, Detroit River, Wayne 
County, MI; Great Mound, Rouge River, Wayne County, MI; and Mound at 
Beaver Harbor, Charlevoix County, MI, by Henry Gillman. Mr. Gillman 
donated the human remains to Princeton University on April 18, 1874. 
The human remains are grouped together and thus cannot be linked to any 
of the specific three locations listed as the sources. Analysis of the 
human remains suggests that between twelve and eighteen individuals are 
represented. Sex cannot be determined due to the lack of pelves or 
intact crania. At least one individual was in early childhood (from 2-6 
years old), at least one was an adolescent (from 16-21 years old), and 
the remainder were adults. No known individuals were identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by Princeton University

    Officials of Princeton University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on associated records and 
Henry Gillman's 1874 publication ``The Mound-Builders and Platycnemism 
in Michigan'' (Smithsonian Report for 1975).
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 12 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 the final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of Congress, 
or Executive Orders, the land from which the Native American human 
remains were removed is the aboriginal land of The Consulted Tribes and 
The Invited Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Consulted Tribes and The Invited 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 Bryan R. Just, Princeton University Art 
Museum, Princeton, NJ 08544, telephone (609) 258-8805, email 
[email protected], by March 11, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes may 
proceed.
    Princeton University is responsible for notifying The Consulted 
Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 11, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-01610 Filed 2-7-19; 8:45 am]
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