[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28073-28074]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11833]
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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 in the possession of the
Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI. The human
remains were removed from Langlade 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. 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
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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 1968 or earlier, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were recovered during installation of a septic tank with a
backhoe at the Pine Point Resort, Pickerel Lake, Ainsworth, Langlade
County, WI. The remains were recorded as ``Historic Indian,''
suggesting funerary objects may have been present, although none are
found in the collection. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The Pine Point site was surveyed and recorded as 47Lg21 (LMA
21493W), in conjunction with the 1968 Wild Rivers Project Site Survey,
directed by Dr. Robert J. Salzer, Beloit College Professor of
Anthropology. The owners of the Pine Point Resort donated the recovered
remains to the Logan Museum of Anthropology in 1968. The remains are
Native American based on morphological evidence. Langlade County is
near historic Ojibwa and Menominee settlements. The Federally-
recognized Menominee Indian tribe is the Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin. The Federally-recognized Ojibwa Indian tribes that are
affiliated with the area are the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa 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, 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry. 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 the
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; and Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains 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 to the Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Community, 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.
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