[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16383-16384]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06032]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0029917; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Pueblo Grande Museum, Phoenix, AZ

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Pueblo Grande Museum 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 
Pueblo Grande Museum. 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 and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Pueblo Grande Museum at the address in this notice 
by April 22, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E 
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, 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 object under the control of the Pueblo Grande 
Museum, Phoenix, AZ. The human remains and associated funerary objects 
were removed from Manitowoc County, WI.
    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 Pueblo 
Grande Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives 
of the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona; Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian 
Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation 
of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Prescott Indian 
Tribe (previously listed as the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe of the Yavapai 
Reservation, Arizona); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico. The Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County 
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Nottawaseppi Huron Band 
of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, 
Inc.); Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band 
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas) were invited to consult but did not 
participate. Hereafter, all Indian Tribes listed in this section are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1937, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual 
were removed from an unidentified site in Two Rivers, Manitowoc County, 
WI. Notes indicate that the unidentified collector worked for a sewer 
company and found this individual while excavating under a playground. 
The individual was described as having a ``tomahawk in skull.'' In 
January 1999, this individual was transferred to

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Pueblo Grande Museum by citizen Evelyn Anderes. The human remains are 
fragmentary and belong to an adult 18-to-25 years old, possibly female. 
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects 
are present.
    Staff at Pueblo Grande Museum have attempted to find additional 
information about the individual described in this notice. Staff have 
contacted the Anderes family and the Wisconsin State Historic 
Preservation Office (WI SHPO). A researcher affiliated with the WI SHPO 
was unable to locate additional information regarding the collection of 
this individual.

Determinations Made by the Pueblo Grande Museum

    Officials of the Pueblo Grande Museum have determined that:
     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 associated funerary objects 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Match-e-
be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee 
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, 
Michigan (previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas). Hereafter, these Indian Tribes are referred to as ``The 
Aboriginal Land Tribes.''
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Aboriginal 
Land 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to request 
to Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E Washington 
Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572, email 
[email protected], by April 22, 2020. After that date, 
if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to The Aboriginal 
Land Tribes may proceed.
    The Pueblo Grande Museum is responsible for notifying The Consulted 
and Notified Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 21, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-06032 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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