[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23562-23564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08352]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033712; 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 
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 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 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 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 under 
the control of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, 
WI. The human remains were removed from Brown 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. 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 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

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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

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from Brown County, WI. Sometime around 1940, 
these human remains--a cranium bowl with four perforations (12)--were 
purchased by Beloit College from Nick E. Carter of Elkhorn, WI. Carter 
was a well-known dealer of Native American artifacts. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by 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 are Native American based on museum records and 
biological evidence.
     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), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains 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 were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; 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]; and the Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains 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; Cayuga Nation; 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; 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of 
Wisconsin; 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); 
Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York]; 
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of 
Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake 
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 
Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis Band 
of Mohawk Indians of New York]; 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]; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 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; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
     According to other authoritative government sources, the 
land from which the Native American human remains 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; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow 
Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 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 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; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously 
listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 
Dakota]; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida Nation of

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New York]; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians 
of Wisconsin]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains 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; Cayuga 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; 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; 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 Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 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; 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]; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida Nation of 
New York]; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians 
of Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 
Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of 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 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]; 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; 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; 
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 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 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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