[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 35528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14311]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032218; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Ohio History Connection, 
Columbus, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Ohio History Connection has completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 
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 the Ohio History 
Connection. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 the Ohio 
History Connection at the address in this notice by August 5, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist, 
Ohio History Connection, 800 East 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, 
telephone (405) 933-7643, 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 the Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH. The human 
remains were removed from an unknown location in Northern Montana.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 the Ohio 
History Connection professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana.

History and Description of the Remains

    On or before January 14, 1921, human remains representing, at 
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown location in 
Northern Montana by Dr. L.D. Frescoln of Philadelphia. On January 20, 
1921, Dr. Frescoln donated the human remains to the Ohio Archaeological 
and Historical Society (now known as the Ohio History Connection). The 
human remains belong to an individual of unknown age and sex. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Museum documentation and correspondence from Dr. Frescoln to 
Professor Mills, Curator of the Museum of Archaeology at the Ohio 
Archaeological and Historical Society at the time, identify the human 
remains as those of an individual from the ``Piegan Tribe of Blackfeet, 
obtained from a tree burial in Northern Montana.''

Determinations Made by the Ohio History Connection

    Officials of the Ohio History Connection 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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 Nekole 
Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist, Ohio History Connection, 800 East 17th 
Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (405) 933-7643, email 
[email protected], by August 5, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 
Reservation of Montana may proceed.
    The Ohio History Connection is responsible for notifying the 
Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 28, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-14311 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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