Notice2022-19827
Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Art Theft Program, Washington, DC
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Published
September 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 the FBI. 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 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56441-56442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19827]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034495; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation,
Art Theft Program, Washington, DC
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) 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 the FBI. 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: 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
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objects should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the FBI at the address in this notice by October 14,
2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
Headquarters, Attn: Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Randolph J. Deaton
IV, Art Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20535, telephone (954) 931-3670, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8998a8c919e999b8c8bb8919bd69e9a91d69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c6a7b4b2afa0a7a5b2b586afa5e8a0a4afe8a1a9b0">[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 Federal Bureau of
Investigation, Washington, DC. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Mauckport Ferry Mound in Harrison
County, IN, and Crib Mound in Spencer County, IN.
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 FBI
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and the Shawnee Tribe (hereafter referred to as ``The
Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date believed to be in the mid-1960s, human remains
representing, at minimum, 39 individuals were removed from Mauckport
Ferry Mound in Harrison County, IN, and Crib Mound in Spencer County,
IN. No known individuals were identified. The 110 associated funerary
objects are six projectile points, 23 pieces of worked stone, 26
pottery sherds, five shell fragments, four pieces of clay, and 46
faunal remains.
The Mauckport Ferry Mound site is a Late Archaic site dating from
4,000 to 1,000 B.C., and the Crib Mound site is a Middle-to-Late
Archaic site. Both sites were heavily looted during the 1950s and
1960s. Following their removal, the human remains were transported to a
private residence where they remained part of a larger collection. In
April of 2014, these human remains were seized by the FBI as part of a
criminal investigation. Based upon both physical evidence obtained
through criminal investigation and osteological analysis, and
information obtained through consultation, a relationship of shared
group identity can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana.
Determinations Made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation
Officials of the Federal Bureau of Investigation have determined
that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 39 individuals of
Native American/Southwest ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A) the 110 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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana.
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 the Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI
Headquarters, Attn: Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Randolph J. Deaton
IV, Art Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20535, telephone (954) 931-3670, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#84e5f6f0ede2e5e7f0f7c4ede7aae2e6edaae3ebf2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="274655534e4146445354674e440941454e09404851">[email protected]</span></a>, by October
14, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana may proceed.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible for notifying
The Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19827 Filed 9-13-22; 8:45 am]
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