[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23551-23553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08360]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033710; 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

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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 most likely were removed from the Miller Site, in 
Harrison County, IN.
    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; 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 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

    In February of 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual most likely were removed from the Miller Site, in Harrison 
County, IN. On September 25, 2003, theses human remains were found at 
the Museum in bags and were assigned temporary identification numbers 
(TR73.4; TR73.5; TR73.6; TR73.7; TR73.8; TR73.9; TR73.10; TR73.11; and 
TR73.12). The bags, marked Site 26 or RSVP-26, contained references to 
``Jim,'' ``Adele,'' and ``Kurtz,'' and were dated ``February 1970.'' No 
known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Dr. Donald Janzen, former Anthropology Professor at Beloit College, 
conducted fieldwork at the Miller Site in February of 1970. According 
to Dr. Janzen, this site dates to the Archaic period and yielded both 
human and animal remains. Dr. Janzen was assisted by Jim Matthews and 
Gene Atherton, thus giving context to the ``Jim'' references. Janzen 
did not recognize the other names or the meaning of the number 26.

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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 museum records.
     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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; and the Stockbridge 
Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
     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 Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe 
of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
     According to other authoritative government sources, the 
land from which the Native American human remains were removed is the 
aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 
Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 
Eastern Shawnee 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; Saint Regis 
Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of 
New York]; Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation 
of New York]; Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga 
Tribe of Oklahoma]; Shawnee Tribe; 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; and 
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern 
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe 
[previously listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; 
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New 
York]; Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 
of Oklahoma]; Shawnee Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; 
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; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee 
Indians in Oklahoma (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.
[FR Doc. 2022-08360 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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