[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71094-71095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24683]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031106; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of 
Historic Preservation and Archaeology, through the agency of Ball State 
University, Department of Anthropology 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 
Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic 
Preservation and Archaeology through Ball State University. 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 Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of 
Historic Preservation and Archaeology through Ball State University at 
the address in this notice by December 7, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Kevin C. Nolan, Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball 
State University, 2000 W University Ave., Muncie, IN 47306, telephone 
(765) 285-5325, 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 Indiana Department 
of Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and 
Archaeology, Indianapolis, IN. The human remains were removed from site 
12-M-623, in Madison 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

    As agents of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division 
of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, a detailed assessment of the 
human remains was made by the Ball State University, Department of 
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Hannahville Indian Community, 
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 
Indians, Michigan and Indiana (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted 
Tribes'').
    The following Tribes were invited to consult, but did not 
participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River 
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Cherokee 
Nation; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana); Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of 
Cherokee Indians; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand 
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Kaw Nation, 
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional 
Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation 
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of

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Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; 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); 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians 
of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation 
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 
Quapaw Nation (previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians); 
Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & 
Arizona; 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; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca 
Nation of Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); 
Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 
Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. 
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin; The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage Tribe); 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca 
Indians of New York); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma; and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Invited Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from site 12-M-623, in Madison County, IN, during a 
construction project. At the request of the Indiana Department of 
Natural Resources, Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology, 
Ball State University, Department of Anthropology conducted a salvage 
excavation. The materials have been on loan to Ball State University, 
Department of Anthropology since their recovery. The human remains 
include the partial skeleton of an adult male 30-35 years old; the 
partial skeleton of a juvenile of unknown sex less than 6 years old; 
and a single clavicle fragment belonging to an individual of unknown 
age and sex. No known individuals were identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, 
Division of Historic Preservation and Archaeology

    Officials of the Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division 
of Historic Preservation and Archaeology have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the context of discovery 
and analysis of the human remains.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three 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 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 the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Tribes'').
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The 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 Dr. Kevin 
C. Nolan, Applied Anthropology Laboratories, Ball State University, 
2000 W University Avenue, Muncie, IN 47306, telephone (765) 285-5325, 
email [email protected], by December 7, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may 
proceed.
    The Indiana Department of Natural Resources, Division of Historic 
Preservation and Archaeology is responsible for notifying The Consulted 
Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 22, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-24683 Filed 11-5-20; 8:45 am]
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