[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8035-8036]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02977]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033384; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of 
Anthropology, Beloit, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology 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 Beloit College, 
Logan Museum of Anthropology. 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 Beloit 
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology at the address in this notice by 
March 14, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Director, Logan 
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone 
(608) 363-2305, 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 Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, 
WI. The human remains were removed from an unknown location in the 
Northeast region of the United States.
    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

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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 Beloit 
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Oneida Indian Nation 
[previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York]; Onondaga Nation; 
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New 
York]; and the Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga 
Tribe of Oklahoma]. In addition, an invitation to consult was extended 
to the Cayuga Nation; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe 
of Indians of Wisconsin]; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed 
as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New 
York]; and the Tuscarora Nation. Hereafter, the Indian Tribes 
identified in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted and 
Notified Indian Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location in the Northeast 
region of the United States. The provenience of these previously 
uncatalogued human remains (TR 73.22) is based on their having been 
found by the Logan Museum of Anthropology in a box labeled ``NE: 
Iroquois.'' The human remains belong to an adult female around 36 years 
in age. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College

    Officials of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology 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 Consulted and Notified Indian Tribes.

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 Nicolette 
B. Meister, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700 College 
Street, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363-2305, email 
[email protected], by March 14, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Consulted and Notified Indian Tribes may proceed.
    Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted and Notified Indian Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: February 3, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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