[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29374-29375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10267]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033899; 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 Monroe County, NY.
    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 Oneida Indian Nation 
[previously listed as Oneida Nation 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]; and the 
Wyandotte Nation.
    An invitation to consult was extended to the Cayuga Nation; Oneida 
Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin]; 
Onondaga Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; 
Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk 
Indians of New York]; Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York]; and the Tuscarora 
Nation.
    Hereafter, all Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to 
as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from an Indian grave in Monroe County, NY. The 
human remains (number 1134) consist of 63 adult teeth. Subsequently, 
someone strung these teeth and 96 plum pits together. No known 
individuals were identified. The one associated funerary object is one 
lot of plum pits (number 1134).

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 represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described 
in this notice is 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 Seneca 
Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York]; 
Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 
Oklahoma]; and the Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as 
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York] (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.

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    Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted and Notified Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: May 4, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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