Notice2023-06919
Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul, MN
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Published
April 4, 2023
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Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Big Stone, Chisago, Faribault, Hennepin, Grant, Ramsey, and Traverse Counties, MN, and from an unknown county in southern MN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 64 (Tuesday, April 4, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19983-19984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06919]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035575; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council,
St. Paul, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Big Stone, Chisago,
Faribault, Hennepin, Grant, Ramsey, and Traverse Counties, MN, and from
an unknown county in southern MN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 4, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dylan Goetsch, Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 161 St.
Anthony Avenue, Suite 919, St. Paul, MN 55103, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#abcfd2c7cac585ccc4cedfd8c8c3ebd8dfcadfce85c6c585ded8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e084998c818ece878f8594938388a09394819485ce8d8ece9593">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held
by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
Description
In the spring of 1951, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual, were unearthed during construction for the Theater of
Seasons Caf[eacute] (21BS0020) in Big Stone County, MN. In January of
1997, a private citizen turned the human remains over the Minnesota
Office of the State Archaeologist. On August 1, 1997, the Minnesota
State Archaeologist transferred the human remains to the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council (H323). These human remains belong to a male of
middle-to-late adult age. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On September 14, 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from a disturbed mound during Highway 8
construction on the south side of the highway between Lindstrom and
Center City in Chisago County, MN. On March 27, 2012, the human remains
were transferred to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (H455). No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
On September 16, 2014, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from a sandbar on the Blue Earth River, a
tributary of the Minnesota River, southwest of Winnebago in Faribault
County, MN, by a private citizen canoeing on the river. Following their
recovery, these human remains were sent to the Ramsey County Medical
Examiner's Office. On September 25, 2015, the human remains were
transferred to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (H487). No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1963 or 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were unearthed on a farm in Grant County, MN, by a person
working for the family that owned the land. In August of 2018, the
landowners brought the human remains to the Grant County Historical
Society. On September 14, 2018, the Grant County Historical Society
sent the human remains to the Office of the State Archaeologist. On
November 30, 2018, the human remains were transferred to the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council (H521). No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In 2014, Hennepin County personnel disturbed numerous burials
belonging to the Shaver Mound group in Minnetonka. Following the burial
disturbance, MIAC and Hamline University recovered and reburied the
human remains.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual (a single
human bone fragment) was found after the reburial and recovery and was
turned over to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In the fall of 2021, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual (the distal epiphysis of a human femur) was identified by
Upper Sioux tribal monitors during a water main replacement project in
Minnetonka and was turned over to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from the MacMillan property in Hennepin
County, MN. In 2017, two of these human remains were transferred to the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council by private citizens and six
individuals were recovered by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
during the removal of the MacMillan home (H498). No known individuals
were identified. The six associated funerary objects include one
Prairie du Chien chert tool, one swan river chert flake, and four
quartz fragments. (In October 1999, human remains from the MacMillan
property were repatriated to the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota following publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (64 FR 43211-43222, August
9, 1999).
In 1882, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from Indian Mounds Park (21RA10) in Ramsey County, MN, by
Theodore Hayes Lewis. As part of the Northwestern Archaeological
Survey, Lewis collected artifacts including this human skull with a red
clay ``death mask'' innesota. Before he left Minnesota, Lewis sold most
of the collections from this survey to Reverend Edgar Mitchell. In
1905, Mitchell donated his collections to the Minnesota Historical
Society, including the artifacts and human remains he received from
Lewis (Lewis #746). The Minnesota Historical Society implemented a new
numbering system in 1918, and these human remains were given the
catalog number 3583.A2664. In 1987, the human remains were transferred
to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (H319.16). No known individual
was identified. The three associated funerary objects are one lot of
loose dirt (possibly from the clay death
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mask), one lot of fabric fragments, and one lot of newspaper.
Sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were removed from Indian Mounds Park in Popes
County, MN, by a private citizen who lived near the mounds. In 2017,
the collector's daughter gave the human remains to the Office of the
State Archaeologist who, in turn, transferred them to the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council (H501). No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime between 1920 and 1935, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed from a farm in Browns Valley,
Traverse County, MN, by a private citizen. On April 12, 2013, the human
remains were transferred to the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
(H469). No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime around 1950, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a farm in Browns Valley, Traverse County,
MN, by a private citizen. In December of 2018, the University of
Minnesota received the human remains from the collector's daughter. On
January 16, 2019, the human remains were transferred to the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council (H523). No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from an unknown site in southern Minnesota and
turned over to the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. Sometime
between 1986 and 1988, these human remains were transferred to the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council (H147). No known individuals were
identified. No known individuals were identified. The two associated
funerary objects are one wood fragment with a nail and one ceramic
sherd.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity
between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures
and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological, archeological, geographic, historical,
oral traditional, and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 24 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 11 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and 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;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 4, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06919 Filed 4-3-23; 8:45 am]
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