Notice2022-08359
Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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April 20, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
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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 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 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 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 23546-23549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08359]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033715; 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 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
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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 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 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#deb3bbb7adaabbacb09ebcbbb2b1b7aaf0bbbaab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="214c4448525544534f6143444d4e48550f444554">[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 Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Diamond Bluff Site (47Pi2)
located on the Mississippi River bluff, Pierce County, WI.
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 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 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 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin]; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
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 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; 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; 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; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as Oneida
Nation of New York]; Onondaga Nation; 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 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; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; 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
Sometime during 1948, human remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were excavated and removed from the Diamond Bluff Site
(47Pi2) located on the Mississippi River bluff, Pierce County, WI. The
excavations were co-sponsored by the Wisconsin Archeological Survey and
Beloit College. The project operated as a field school under the
direction of Moreau Maxwell, Beloit College
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Professor of Anthropology, and Chandler Rowe from Lawrence University,
WI. The complex includes remnants of a mound group that once numbered
around 500 mounds, two village sites, and smaller occupational
settings.
The human remains derive from Mound 4 (2003.2.1.1; 2003.2.1.2;
2003.2.1.4; 2003.2.1.5; 2003.2.1.6), Mound 15 (2003.2.3.1; 2003.2.3.2),
and Mound 38 (2003.2.5.1; 2003.2.5.3; 2003.2.5.4; 2003.2.5.5). Mound 4
included four adult burials and one child burial. Mound 15 included the
human remains of at least two adults. (As Mound 6 contained no faunal
or human remains, and as human remains were present at Mound 15, the
human remains identified as deriving from Mound 6 most likely derive
from Mound 15.) Mound 38 included three adult burials and a molar.
While the molar could possibly belong to one of the burials, most
likely it was included with fill used to construct the mound. No known
individuals were identified. The three associated funerary objects are
one fragmentary stone celt (2003.2.1.7), one rim sherd (2003.2.4.3),
and one ceramic jar (22079). The ceramic jar (22079) was restored by
the Milwaukee Public Museum. It was excavated from Mound 26 together
with a large chunk of charcoal and in association with charred human
remains belonging to a juvenile. The human remains and the charcoal are
not at the Logan Museum.
Determinations Made by Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College
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 their archeological
context.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three 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 and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the
Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
<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
Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation,
Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation,
South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Brule
Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux Tribe
[previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation,
South Dakota]; Prairie Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse
Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
<bullet> According to other authoritative government sources, the
land from which the Native American human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed is 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; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Match-e-
be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 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.];
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 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 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; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Assiniboine
and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Bad
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
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; 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,
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Michigan; 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 Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule
Reservation, South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 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.]; Oglala Sioux Tribe [previously listed as Oglala Sioux Tribe of
the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota]; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, 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;
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; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community of Minnesota; 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; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 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 and associated funerary objects 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#6508000c161100170b250700090a0c114b000110"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1578707c666170677b557770797a7c613b707160">[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
and associated funerary objects 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. 2022-08359 Filed 4-19-22; 8:45 am]
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