[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29372-29374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10260]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033898; 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 a cultural affiliation 
between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-
day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants 
or 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 lineal descendants, 
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice 
may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology 
at the address in this notice by June 13, 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 and 
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 Emmet County, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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.

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; Little Traverse Bay Bands 
of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Ottawa 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

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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; 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; 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, one 
individual were removed from Emmet County, MI. The human remains 
(31209.31) and associated funerary objects were obtained by Albert 
Green Heath (1888-1953). Heath was an avid collector and dealer of 
Native American items who traveled throughout North America buying, 
trading, and selling Native American items. He had a summer home in 
Harbor Springs, MI, and developed relationships with the local Odawa/
Ottawa. Heath's large collection came to be known as the Museum of 
Amerind Arts or the Museum of American Indian Art. In 1955, Beloit 
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology purchased the Albert Green Heath 
American Indian collection.
    The human remains belong to an individual of undetermined age and 
sex. No known individual was identified. The 28 associated funerary 
objects are one lot of glass, stone, and shell beads (31209.32); one 
metal button (31209.24); one metal clock hand (31209.17); one metal ear 
wheel with RC touchmark (31209.7); one lot of metal head/hat band 
fragments (31209.5; 31209.6; 31209.27); one metal tube (31209.18); one 
lot of metal tinkler cones (31209.23); one lot of metal fragment 
wrapped in fiber cordage (31209.26); one lot of metal beads (31209.28); 
one lot of metal brooches and brooch fragments (31209.29); one lot of 
metal brooch with RC touchmark and brooch fragments attached to cloth 
(31209.10); one lot of metal strikers and striker fragments (31209.21; 
31209.22); one lot of metal brooch fragments (31209.8; 31209.9); one 
lot of a bracelet crushed with leather and cloth fragments (31209.15); 
one lot of plain weave wool cloth fragments (31209.1); one lot of plain 
weave wool cloth fragments with metal brooches (31209.2); one lot of 
silk ribbon with whole and fragmentary brooches attached (31209.3); one 
lot of stone gunflint fragments (31209.30); one lot of wool garter 
fragment with wooden bead and glass beads (31209.4); one lot of 
corroded metal fragments (31209.25); one lot of plain weave cloth 
fragments (31209.33); one tube around stick (31209.19); one metal wire 
around wooden stick (31209.20); three metal bracelets--one with RC 
touchmark (31209.13; 31209.14; 31209.16); and two metal crosses--one 
with RC touchmark (31209.11; 31209.12).
    Embedded in the human remains are small beads and red ochre. The 
``RC'' touchmark belongs to Robert Cruickshank, a Montreal silversmith 
who produced sold silver ornaments and marketed them to the Northwest 
Company during the period 1779-1809.

Determinations Made 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 represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 28 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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Grand 
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little River 
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 
Indians, Michigan; and the

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Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 June 13, 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: May 4, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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