[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23544-23546]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08353]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033709; 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 Winnebago County, IL.
    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 Vieux Desert Band of 
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe; 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

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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; 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; 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; 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); 
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; 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; 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 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]; 
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; 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 the 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, two 
individuals were removed from Rockford, Winnebago County, IL. On an 
unknown date, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology acquired the 
human remains from an unidentified donor (acquisition number 2301). A 
folder labeled ``2301 American Indian Girl--Rockford 9-10 years'' 
contains a graph showing the age of one of these individuals. The human 
remains belong to one female of unknown age and a juvenile of 
undetermined sex between 10 and 15 years old. No known individuals were 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

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 biological evidence.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of two 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 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; 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; 
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 River Band of Ottawa 
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 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

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of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, 
Inc.]; 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]; 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; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota; 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 Cayuga Nation; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the 
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of 
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; 
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as 
Oneida Nation of New York]; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida 
Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Peoria Tribe of 
Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of 
Minnesota; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis 
Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; 
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; The 
Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe]; Tonawanda Band of 
Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New 
York]; Tuscarora Nation; 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 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]; 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 River Band of Ottawa Indians, 
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian 
Community in the State of Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 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.]; 
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; Peoria Tribe of Indians 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; 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; Sokaogon 
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 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; 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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