[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48557-48558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17485]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030270; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Sandusky Library, Sandusky, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Sandusky Library 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 
Sandusky Library. 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 Sandusky Library at the address in this notice by 
September 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Jeremy Angstadt, Sandusky Library, 114 West Adams Street, 
Sandusky, OH 44870; telephone (419) 625-3834, 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 Sandusky Library, 
Sandusky, OH. The human remains and associated funerary associated 
objects were removed from Mills Creek, Erie County, OH.
    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 Sandusky 
Library professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin; and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Consulted Tribes''). The following Indian Tribes were also invited to 
consult but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 
Community, Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Miami Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga 
Tribe of Oklahoma); and Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as 
Seneca Nation of New York) (hereafter referred to as ``The Invited 
Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1860 and 1870, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the bank of Mills Creek in Erie County, 
OH, by Henry and William Graefe. The human remains remained part of the 
Graefes' personal collection until 1978, when their descendants, Alice 
and Henry Graefe, donated their personal collection to the Sandusky 
Library. No known individuals were identified. The 11 associated 
funerary objects are five shells, four pottery fragments, and two clay 
beads.

Determinations Made by the Sandusky Library

    Officials of the Sandusky Library have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on information provided by the 
donors to the Sandusky Library.
     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(3)(A), the 11 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.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed is the aboriginal land of Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 
Tribe of Indians; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 
Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Wyandotte Nation.
     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 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and 
the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``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

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human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to Jeremy Angstadt, 
Sandusky Library, 114 West Adams Street, Sandusky, OH 44870, telephone 
(419) 625-3834, email [email protected], by September 10, 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 Sandusky Library is responsible for notifying The Consulted 
Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 7, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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