[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 167 (Tuesday, August 28, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52058-52059]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-20953]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-10981; 2200-1100-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Longyear Museum of Anthropology,
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Longyear Museum of Anthropology has completed an inventory
of human remains in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes,
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the
remains and any present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human
remains may contact the museum. Disposition of the human remains to the
Indian tribe stated below may occur if no additional requestors come
forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the Longyear
Museum of Anthropology at the address below by September 27, 2012.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jordan Kerber, Longyear Museum of Anthropology,
Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, 13 Oak
Dr., Hamilton, NY 13346, telephone (315) 228-7559.
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 in the
possession of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Colgate University,
Hamilton, NY. The human remains were removed from an unknown location
in Marion County, OH.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Longyear
Museum of Anthropology professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan. Letters were sent to the following tribes, inviting them to
consult: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band
of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana; Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 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; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett
Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille
Lacs Band; White Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
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Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from an unknown location described as ``Mound
Builder grave, Mound B'' in Marion County, OH. The human remains were
acquired by the Longyear Museum of Anthropology between 1948 and 1979,
and accessioned as part of the Howe Collection (catalog number A372).
The human remains were subsequently assigned index number 464 in the
Colgate Collection database. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the Longyear Museum of Anthropology
Officials of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology have determined
that:
Based on the presence of Native American artifacts in the
Howe Collection, the description of the site from which the human
remains were recovered, and the records in the Longyear Museum of
Anthropology, the human remains are Native American.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
The 1795 Treaty of Greenville (7 Stat. 49, December 2,
1795), indicates that the land from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan,
have at least two signatories on the 1795 Treaty of Greenville (La
Malice and Keenoshameek), which ceded land to the United States
Government, including land that is now Marion County, OH.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains is to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Dr. Jordan Kerber, Longyear Museum of Anthropology, Department
of Sociology and Anthropology, Colgate University, 13 Oak Dr.,
Hamilton, NY 13346, telephone (315) 228-7559, before September 27,
2012. Disposition of the human remains to the Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan, may proceed after that date if no
additional requestors come forward.
The Longyear Museum of Anthropology is responsible for notifying
the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; and the
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma, that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 31, 2012.
Melanie O'Brien,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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