Notice2021-11942
Notice of Inventory Completion: Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH
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June 8, 2021
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Abstract
The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Metroparks Toledo. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30473-30475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11942]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032048; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Metropolitan Park District of the
Toledo Area, Toledo, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area (Metroparks
Toledo) 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 no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary
objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 Metroparks Toledo. 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: 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 Metroparks Toledo at the address in this notice by July
8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Fausnaugh, Metroparks of the
Toledo Area, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 43615, telephone
(419) 407-9700, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb1b4bef5bdbaaea8b5baaebcb39bb6beafa9b4abbaa9b0a8afb4b7bebfb4f5b8b4b6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe94919bd0989f8b8d909f8b9996be939b8a8c918e9f8c958d8a91929b9a91d09d9193">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Metropolitan Park
District of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the Fore Site (33LU0133)
in the City of Maumee, Lucas County, OH.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
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U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 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 for Metroparks
Toledo by The Mannik Smith Group, Inc. professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 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; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron Potawaomi, Inc.];
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously
listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York]; and the
Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Between May 18 and June 19, 1987, human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were removed from the Fore Site (33LU0133) in
Lucas County, OH. The Fore Site was excavated by archeologists from
Heidelberg College in 1986 and 1987. During the 1987 field season, a
burial feature was excavated. The burial contained one individual.
Based on artifacts contained in the feature, the burial was dated to
the Younge Phase of the Late Woodland period (ca. 1050-800 B.P.), part
of the Western Basin Tradition culture as described by archeologists.
No radiometric dating of any materials from the feature was undertaken.
In addition to the burial, the human remains of one individual were
recovered from another stratum. No known individuals were identified.
The 2,828 associated funerary objects include: One fossilized crinoid
bead, 594 pieces of lithic debitage, cores, and tools made of Dundee/
Stoney Creek, Ten Mile Creek, Bayport, Cedarville/Guelph, Delaware,
Upper Mercer, Upper Mercer Nellie Variety, Greywacke, Onondaga,
Quartzite, Local Devonian Limestone, Flint Ridge, and Pipe Creek
cherts, one ground stone tool made of igneous rock, three projectile
points made of Flint Ridge and Bayport cherts, four fire-cracked rocks
made of igneous rock and limestone, 62 unmodified natural rocks, 408
fired and unfired clay sherds, four pottery temper fragments, 1,408
faunal remains representing deer, cow, rabbit, raccoon, squirrel,
turtle, unidentified rodents, unidentified birds, unidentified
reptiles, and shell fragments, two burned nut fragments, 276 charcoal
fragments, one bag of soil with numerous small charcoal fragments, five
slag pieces, one nail fragment, three unidentified ferrous metal
fragments, 53 brick fragments, and two whiteware sherds.
Following the excavations, all the materials removed from the Fore
Site were taken to the Heidelberg College Archaeology Laboratory in
Tiffin, Ohio. A report of investigations for the 1987 field season at
the Fore Site was completed by Dr. G. Michael Pratt in the spring of
1988. The Fore Site collection remained at Heidelberg College (now
Heidelberg University) until the summer of 2017, when the university
eliminated its anthropology program. At that time, all archeological
collections from Metroparks Toledo-owned property were returned to
Metroparks Toledo. Metroparks Toledo then negotiated an agreement with
the Ohio History Connection (OHC) in Columbus to have the OHC
permanently store Metroparks Toledo's archeological collections in its
archeological curation facility (which meets the Secretary of the
Interior's standards [36 CFR 79] for such facilities).
Determinations Made by the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo
Area
Officials of the Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on archeological context,
biological evidence, museum, and lab records.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 2,828 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribe.
<bullet> According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan;
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; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; 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.]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
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Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Joseph
Fausnaugh, Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central Avenue,
Toledo, OH 42615, telephone (419) 407-9700, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ff95909ad1999e8a8c919e8a9897bf929a8b8d908f9e8d948c8b90939a9b90d19c9092"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="244e4b410a424551574a4551434c64494150564b5445564f57504b4841404b0a474b49">[email protected]</span></a>, by July 8, 2021. 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.
The Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo Area is responsible
for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-11942 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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