[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67064-67065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24224]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034804; 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 December 7, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College, 
Logan Museum of Anthropology, 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 Sacramento County, CA.
    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 the Beloit 
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, 
California; Greenville Rancheria (previously listed as Greenville 
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California); Ione Band of Miwok Indians 
of California; Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 
California); Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs 
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians 
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community 
of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton Rancheria, California; 
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California (previously listed as 
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California) (hereafter 
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').

History and Description of the Remains

    On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three 
individuals were removed from ``likely'' Elliot Mound, Sacramento 
County, CA. The human remains (31121; 31127) 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. 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 
collection. The human remains belong to three individuals of 
undetermined age and sex. No known individuals were identified. The 29 
associated funerary objects are one lot of glass beads (31122); three 
bone pipes (31123.1; 31123.2; 31123.3); two stone beads (31124.1; 
31124.2); one bone fish gorge (31125); four bone whistles or flutes 
(31128.1; 31128.2; 31128.3; 31128.4); one lot of bone beads or tubes 
(31129.1; 31129.2; 31129.3; 31129.4; 31129.5; 31129.7; 31129.8); five 
bone awls (31130.1; 31130.2; 31130.3; 31130.4; 31130.5); eight bone 
pendants (31131.1; 31131.2; 31131.3; 31131.4; 31131.5; 31131.6; 
31131.7; 31131.8); two obsidian projectile points (31132.1; 31132.2); 
one bone bead (31206); and one lot of strung shell beads (with a stone 
bead added on each end of the string (31126) and a bone bead or tube 
(31129.6)). This last object is currently missing from the museum's 
collections.

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 29 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 
Bridgeport Indian Colony (previously listed as Bridgeport Paiute Indian 
Colony of California); Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights 
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of

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California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Ione 
Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians 
(previously listed as Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 
California); Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; 
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria 
(Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the 
Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California 
(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, Beloit College, Logan 
Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone 
(608) 363-2305, email [email protected], by December 7, 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 Tribes and The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24224 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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