[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56441-56442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19827]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034495; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Art Theft Program, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 the FBI. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects to the 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

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objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the FBI at the address in this notice by October 14, 
2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI 
Headquarters, Attn: Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Randolph J. Deaton 
IV, Art Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20535, telephone (954) 931-3670, 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 the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation, Washington, DC. The human remains and associated 
funerary objects were removed from Mauckport Ferry Mound in Harrison 
County, IN, and Crib Mound in Spencer 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). 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 FBI 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana; and the Shawnee Tribe (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Consulted Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown date believed to be in the mid-1960s, human remains 
representing, at minimum, 39 individuals were removed from Mauckport 
Ferry Mound in Harrison County, IN, and Crib Mound in Spencer County, 
IN. No known individuals were identified. The 110 associated funerary 
objects are six projectile points, 23 pieces of worked stone, 26 
pottery sherds, five shell fragments, four pieces of clay, and 46 
faunal remains.
    The Mauckport Ferry Mound site is a Late Archaic site dating from 
4,000 to 1,000 B.C., and the Crib Mound site is a Middle-to-Late 
Archaic site. Both sites were heavily looted during the 1950s and 
1960s. Following their removal, the human remains were transported to a 
private residence where they remained part of a larger collection. In 
April of 2014, these human remains were seized by the FBI as part of a 
criminal investigation. Based upon both physical evidence obtained 
through criminal investigation and osteological analysis, and 
information obtained through consultation, a relationship of shared 
group identity can be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 
Indiana.

Determinations Made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation

    Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 39 individuals of 
Native American/Southwest ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A) the 110 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 the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana.

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 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI 
Headquarters, Attn: Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Randolph J. Deaton 
IV, Art Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20535, telephone (954) 931-3670, email [email protected], by October 
14, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 
and Indiana may proceed.
    The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for notifying 
The Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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