Notice2022-24224
Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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Published
November 7, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
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 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 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 lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67064-67065]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24224]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034804; 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 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 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 lineal descendants,
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 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 December 7, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a0cdc5c9d3d4c5d2cee0c2c5cccfc9d48ec5c4d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8de0e8e4fef9e8ffe3cdefe8e1e2e4f9a3e8e9f8">[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 Sacramento County, CA.
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 the Beloit
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California; Greenville Rancheria (previously listed as Greenville
Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California); Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Pechanga Band of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation,
California); Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs
Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians
of the Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California; Wilton Rancheria, California;
and the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, California (previously listed as
Rumsey Indian Rancheria of Wintun Indians of California) (hereafter
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from ``likely'' Elliot Mound, Sacramento
County, CA. The human remains (31121; 31127) and associated funerary
objects were obtained by Albert Green Heath (1888-1953). Heath was an
avid collector and dealer of Native American items who traveled
throughout North America buying, trading, and selling Native American
items. Heath's large collection came to be known as the Museum of
Amerind Arts or the Museum of American Indian Art. In 1955, Beloit
College, Logan Museum of Anthropology purchased the Albert Green Heath
collection. The human remains belong to three individuals of
undetermined age and sex. No known individuals were identified. The 29
associated funerary objects are one lot of glass beads (31122); three
bone pipes (31123.1; 31123.2; 31123.3); two stone beads (31124.1;
31124.2); one bone fish gorge (31125); four bone whistles or flutes
(31128.1; 31128.2; 31128.3; 31128.4); one lot of bone beads or tubes
(31129.1; 31129.2; 31129.3; 31129.4; 31129.5; 31129.7; 31129.8); five
bone awls (31130.1; 31130.2; 31130.3; 31130.4; 31130.5); eight bone
pendants (31131.1; 31131.2; 31131.3; 31131.4; 31131.5; 31131.6;
31131.7; 31131.8); two obsidian projectile points (31132.1; 31132.2);
one bone bead (31206); and one lot of strung shell beads (with a stone
bead added on each end of the string (31126) and a bone bead or tube
(31129.6)). This last object is currently missing from the museum's
collections.
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 represent the physical remains of three individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 29 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 associated funerary objects and the
Bridgeport Indian Colony (previously listed as Bridgeport Paiute Indian
Colony of California); Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
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California; Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Ione
Band of Miwok Indians of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians
(previously listed as Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California); Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California;
Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria
(Verona Tract), California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria of California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
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 Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone
(608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bbd6ded2c8cfdec9d5fbd9ded7d4d2cf95dedfce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="335e565a404756415d7351565f5c5a471d565746">[email protected]</span></a>, by December 7, 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 Tribes and The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24224 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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