[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23538-23541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08356]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033713; 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

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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 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 the Nemec Site (47Fr118) (LMA 
21458W), Nashville, Forest 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 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 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; 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 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

    Sometime after 1968, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the Nemec Site (47Fr118) (LMA 21458W), 
Nashville, Forest County, WI. In 1968, the human remains (21458W.1) 
were encountered during the Wild Rivers Project Site Survey. According 
to a field school student paper located in the museum's archive, 
``Though we were unable to collect any debris or other artifactual 
material on the surface, the owner, Mr. Otto Nemec of Crandon, has a 
large collection of points which he has found on this site through the 
years, and showed us a human femur which came from a historic period 
burial which was destroyed during the construction of the landing 
strip.'' Mr. Nemec presumably gave the human remains to Dr. Robert J.

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Salzer, Beloit College Professor of Anthropology, who directed the 
survey. No known individual was 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 their archeological 
context.
     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 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 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 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 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);

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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 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 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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