[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23559-23562]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08351]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033714; 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 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 Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology. 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 Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology at the address 
in this notice by May 20, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Logan Museum of 
Anthropology, Beloit College, 700 College Street, 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 
associated funerary objects under the control of Beloit College, Logan 
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from the Robinson Site (47On27) in 
Nokomis, Oneida 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.

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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 Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Delaware Nation, 
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 
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; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of 
Wisconsin]; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon 
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
    An invitation to consult was extended to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 
of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck 
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation; Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; 
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
[previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana]; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Delaware Tribe 
of Indians; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; Little River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux 
Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; 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.]; Oglala Sioux Tribe 
[previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 
South Dakota]; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 
Indians, Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida 
Nation of New York]; Onondaga Nation; 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]; Prairie Island Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw Nation [previously listed 
as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians]; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South 
Dakota; 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; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously 
listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Santee Sioux 
Nation, Nebraska; 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]; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, 
South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; 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; Upper 
Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; Wyandotte 
Nation; Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; and four non-federally 
recognized Indian groups--the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi; Brothertown 
Indian Nation; Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and the 
Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
    Hereafter, all Indian Tribes and groups listed in this section are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups.''

History and Description of the Remains

    Between 1966 and 1967, human remains representing, at minimum, 82 
individuals were removed from the Robinson Site (47On27) in Nokomis, 
Oneida County, WI. The Robinson Site was excavated as part of the 
Northern Lakes Project (NLP). Between 1965 and 1969, 88 sites were 
surveyed or excavated as part of the NLP. The excavations were directed 
by Dr. Robert Salzer, Beloit College Professor of Anthropology. Work on 
the Robinson Site concentrated on the systematic excavation of several 
burial mounds and one living-space-turned-cemetery. No known 
individuals were identified. The 17 associated funerary objects are two 
projectile points (21371.8.319), two lots of charcoal samples 
(21371.A.B-1.1), one lot of bear skull fragments (21371.B-2.1), one lot 
of mica chips (21371-A.5:6; B10; 21371-A.6:7; B10), three lots of 
birchbark fragments (21371-A.B4/1; 21371-A.6:7; 21371-A.6:8; D8), two 
lots of charcoal and wood fragments (21371-A.B4/2; 21371-A.B6/1), one 
lot of beaver tooth fragments (21371B.B-11.1), one bone pin (21371-S.B-
29), and one lot of animal bone intermingled with human bone. Two 
quartzite projectile points (21371-A.B-10.1; 21371-A.B-10.2) and one 
triangular point (21371.8.305) are currently missing from museum 
collections, but upon being located, they will be transferred with the 
other cultural items listed in this notice.

Determinations Made by Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology

    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 are Native American based on their archeological 
context.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 82 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 17 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

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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 Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians 
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed as Chippewa-
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux 
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 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); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians of North Dakota.
     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 the 
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the 
Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
[previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana]; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte 
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du 
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau 
Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 
Montana; 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); Red 
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota.
     According to other authoritative government sources, the 
land from which the Native American human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Assiniboine 
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne 
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of 
the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community 
in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 
Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Oglala Sioux Tribe 
[previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, 
South Dakota]; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band 
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas]; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 
Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, 
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Santee Sioux 
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 
South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Assiniboine 
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad 
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South 
Dakota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
[previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana]; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek 
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau 
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, 
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower 
Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower 
Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-
wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of 
Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 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.]; Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously 
listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota]; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas]; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red 
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the

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Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; 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; 
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North 
Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux 
Tribe of North & South Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians 
of North Dakota; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota (hereafter 
referred to as ``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 Nicolette 
B. Meister, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, 700 College 
Street, Beloit, WI 53511 telephone (608) 363-2305, email 
[email protected], by May 20, 2022. 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.
    Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: April 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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