[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28075-28076]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11809]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Logan Museum of Anthropology,
Beloit College, Beloit, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit
College, Beloit, WI. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Ashland 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). 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Logan
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, 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; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; 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; Menominee
Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin;
and Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
In 1975, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
(``Burial 2'') were removed from the Marina site (47As24), La Pointe
Township, Madeline Island, Ashland County, WI, by crews from Beloit
College. The excavation was directed by Robert J. Salzer under the
terms of an agreement between Beloit College and the Interagency
Archeological Services branch of the National Park Service. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1977, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
(``Burial 12'') were removed from the Marina site (47As24), La Pointe
Township, Madeline Island, Ashland County, WI, by workers installing a
sewer line. No known individual was identified. The nine associated
funerary objects are copper bracelets.
The Marina site is a multi-component habitation and mortuary site
that represents at least 200 years of human activity at La Pointe, WI,
including Indian villages and cemeteries as well as Catholic missions.
It was a focal point of the western Great Lakes fur trade. Near the end
of the fur trade era, Frederick Baraga established a cemetery for his
Catholic mission's Indian and mixed-blood congregation. Archeological
excavations were conducted in 1975 to salvage information that was
under threat of destruction from planned construction of a sewer main.
All human remains excavated from the site, with the exception of those
reported here, were transferred in 1976 from Beloit College to the Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
Burial 2 was located in the central part of the Marina site near
several other burials that likely date to circa 1715-1770. Burial 12
was located in close proximity to the Baraga Mission cemetery
established in the 1830s and most likely dates to the mission era or
later (post 1835). Both individuals are Native American based on the
archeological context. La Pointe is a traditional home of the Lake
Superior Ojibwa, although other tribes lived there periodically. The
Federally-recognized Lake Superior Ojibwa Indian tribes affiliated to
this area are the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; 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; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Community of Wisconsin; and Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin.
Officials of the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, have
determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit College, also have determined, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), that the nine objects described above 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.
Lastly, officials of the Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College,
have determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that 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 Bad River Band of Lake Superior Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; 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; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Community of Wisconsin; and
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Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact William Green, Director, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363-
2119, fax (608) 363-7144, before June 13, 2011. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Bad River Band of
Lake Superior Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 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; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Community of
Wisconsin; and Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin, may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College is responsible for
notifying the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; and Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin, that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 9, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2011-11809 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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