[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 87802]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27804]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037101; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, 
National Park Service, Voyageurs National Park, International Falls, MN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), U.S. Department of the Interior, National 
Park Service, Voyageurs National Park (VOYA) has completed an inventory 
of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains were removed from St. Louis County, MN.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after January 18, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Bob DeGross, Superintendent, Voyageurs National Park, 360 
Hwy. 11 East, International Falls, MN 56649, telephone (218) 283-6600, 
email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Superintendent, VOYA. Additional information on the determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by VOYA.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were 
removed from St. Louis County, MN. The human remains were excavated by 
the National Park Service from a bundle burial on Wigwam Island (site 
21SL183) that had been exposed due to erosion. Three individuals were 
identified, two adults and a child. The burial is dated as Middle to 
Late Woodland (200 BC--A.D. 1650). The thermoluminescence date for a 
fabric impressed body sherd recovered near, but not within, the burial 
is A.D. 1360 plus or minus 100 years. No associated funerary objects 
are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic 
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more 
Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the 
aboriginal land: a treaty.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, VOYA has determined 
that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of at least three individuals of Native American 
ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 
(Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake)).

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after January 18, 2024. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, VOYA must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the 
human remains are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. VOYA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and Sec.  
10.11.

    Dated: December 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27804 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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