Notice2022-08358
Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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April 20, 2022
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Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology has completed an inventory of human remains 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 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 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 to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23549-23551]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08358]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033708; 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 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 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
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 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 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 May 20,
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#771a121e04031205193715121b181e0359121302"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd6ded2c8cfdec9d5fbd9ded7d4d2cf95dedfce">[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 under
the control of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit,
WI. The human remains were removed from LaSalle County, IL.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 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. 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 Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; 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;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
An invitation to consult was extended to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck
Indian Reservation, Montana; Cayuga Nation; Cherokee Nation; Cheyenne
River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota;
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; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee
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Tribe of Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw
Nation, Oklahoma; 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; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; 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.]; Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously listed as
Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota]; Omaha
Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida
Nation of New York]; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Quapaw Nation [previously listed as The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians]; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux
Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation
of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac &
Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis Band
of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of
Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York]; Seneca-Cayuga
Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma];
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North
Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Standing Rock Sioux
Tribe of North & South Dakota; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage
Nation [previously listed as Osage Tribe]; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
[previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York];
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora
Nation; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; Wyandotte
Nation; Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; and four non-federally
recognized Indian groups, the Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi; Brothertown
Indian Nation; Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and the
Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
Hereafter, all Indian Tribes and groups listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups.''
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a wooded area south of Peru, LaSalle
County, IL. Half of the human remains belonging to this individual were
exposed and half were still buried. On January 17, 1917, Wayne E. Hess
donated the human remains (2008.1.1) to the Logan Museum of
Anthropology. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology
Officials of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on biological evidence.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<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 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-
wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron Potawatomi,
Inc.]; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas].
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of the 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;
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; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 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 (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; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and
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Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota.
<bullet> According to other authoritative government sources, the
land from which the Native American human remains were removed is the
aboriginal land of the Cayuga Nation; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida
Nation of New York]; Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe
of Indians of Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St. Regis
Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New
York]; Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe
of Oklahoma]; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Indians of New York]; Tuscarora Nation; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Cayuga Nation; 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; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan;
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa
Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; 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.];
Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York];
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin]; Onondaga Nation; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
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]; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe [previously listed as St.
Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York]; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca
Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York];
Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma]; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Indians of New York]; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota; Tuscarora Nation; Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
(hereafter referred to as ``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 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbb6beb2a8afbea9b59bb9beb7b4b2aff5bebfae"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="87eae2eef4f3e2f5e9c7e5e2ebe8eef3a9e2e3f2">[email protected]</span></a>, by May 20, 2022.
After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice
has been published.
Dated: April 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-08358 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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