Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, MI, 23591-23592 [2015-09868]
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telephone (239) 695–1103, email j_d_
lee@nps.gov, by May 28, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Miccosukee Tribe
of Indians and the Seminole Tribe of
Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)) may proceed.
Big Cypress National Preserve is
responsible for notifying the
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously
listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)) that
this notice has been published.
Dated: March 26, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, National
Park Service, Isle Royale National
Park, Houghton, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, National Park Service, Isle
Royale National Park, 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 no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 Isle Royale National Park. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
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human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Isle Royale National Park at
the address in this notice by May 28,
2015.
ADDRESSES: Phyllis Green,
Superintendent, Isle Royale National
Park, 800 East Lakeshore Drive,
Houghton, MI 49931–1896, telephone
(906) 482–0984, email Phyllis_Green@
nps.gov.
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 the
U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Isle Royale
National Park, Houghton, MI. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Isle Royale
National Park in Keweenaw County, MI.
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
Superintendent, Isle Royale National
Park.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Isle Royale
National Park professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Bois Forte Band (Nett
Lake); Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Grand Portage Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Mille Lacs Band; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan (hereafter referred to
as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’).
The following tribes were invited to
consult, but declined to do so: Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
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;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Fond du Lac Band; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; and St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
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(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Invited
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1940 and 1960, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Massee
Rockshelter in Keweenaw County, MI.
Archeologists Dennis Glen Cooper and
Fred Dustin collected remains in 1940.
In 1960, additional remains were
removed during a University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropology
archeology project. The remains are
small, poorly preserved, and consist
mostly of fragments of small bones. No
known individuals were identified. The
11 associated funerary objects are 1
biface projectile point and 10
fragmentary bird bones.
The Massee Rockshelter site is the
only known Native American burial site
located on the main island at Isle Royale
National Park. A calibrated radiocarbon
date of AD 1270–1400 indicates a Late
Woodland, Early Historic time period
for the remains. There is insufficient
material to make a definitive cultural
affiliation determination.
Determinations Made by Isle Royale
National Park
Officials of Isle Royale National Park
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
attributes of the prehistoric archeology
site from which they were removed.
• 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 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
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. The
National Park Service intends to convey
the associated funerary objects to the
tribes pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 18f–2.
• 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
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian tribe.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of the Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
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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 of
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Fond du Lac Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Grand Portage Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Mille Lacs Band; Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; and St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin;
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 of
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Fond du Lac Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Grand Portage Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Mille Lacs Band; Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; and St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Phyllis Green,
Superintendent, Isle Royale National
Park, 800 East Lakeshore Drive,
Houghton, MI 49931–1896, telephone
(906) 482–0984, email Phyllis_Green@
nps.gov, by May 28, 2015. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; 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 of Michigan;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Fond du Lac Band,
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Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Grand Portage Band;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota—Mille Lacs Band; Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; and St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin may
proceed.
Isle Royale National Park is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: March 18, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: San Bernardino County
Museum, Redlands, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The San Bernardino County
Museum (SBCM), in consultation with
the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of cultural
items under 25 U.S.C. 3001. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the
SBCM. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the SBCM at the address in this notice
by May 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Leonard X. Hernandez,
Interim Director, San Bernardino
County Museum, 2024 Orange Tree
Lane, Redlands, CA 92374, telephone
(909) 387–2220, email
leonard.hernandez@lib.sbcounty.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the San
Bernardino County Museum that meet
the definition of cultural items under 25
U.S.C. 3001.
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 San Bernardino County Museum.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
Between 1950 and 1955, cultural
items were removed from the Temeeku
site in Riverside County, CA. The
cultural items were brought into the
SBCM’s holdings in the early 1950’s.
The cultural items are stored in 16
boxes and include tens of thousands of
individual artifacts.
The documentation of the excavations
is extensive and published in the
following: McCown, B.E. Temeku A
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Page from the History of the Luiseno
Indians. Redlands, CA: Archaeological
Survey Association of Southern
California. 1955; Chartkoff, J. K. and L.
Kona. Site Record: Ca-Riv-50. Record on
file, Eastern Information Center. 1965;
Stein, M. Site Record: Ca-Riv-50. Record
on file, Eastern Information Center.
1981; Bowles, L. L. Site Record: Ca-Riv50. Record on file, Eastern Information
Center. 1982; Bowden, Cheryl. Site
Record: P–33–000050. Record on file,
The Resource Agency Department of
Parks and Recreation Primary Record,
California. 2002; Carrico, Richard.
Strangers in a Stolen Land: Indians in
San Diego County from Prehistory to the
New Deal. 2nd edition. San Diego:
Sunbelt Publications. 2008; Masiel´
Zamora, Myra Ruth. Analysis Of ‘Exva
´
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Temeeku, A Luiseno Indian Village Site
Named Temeku, Located In Temecula,
California. M.A. Thesis, San Diego State
University, Anthropology Department.
2013.
The cultural items were removed from
a known Luiseno village site.
Archeological records compiled during
the excavation confirm that the site,
Temeeku, is directly related to the
Luiseno people. Consultation with the
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation,
California, Cultural Resources
Department; Dr. Alexis Gray, Forensic
Anthropologist; San Diego State
University’s Dr. Arion Mayes, Skeletal
Biology, Dental Anthropology and
Forensic Anthropology, has confirmed
the location and cultural affiliation of
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-18012; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park, Houghton, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service,
Isle Royale National Park, 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. 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 Isle Royale
National Park. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: 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 Isle Royale National Park at the address in this notice
by May 28, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Phyllis Green, Superintendent, Isle Royale National Park,
800 East Lakeshore Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1896, telephone (906) 482-
0984, email Phyllis_Green@nps.gov.
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 the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service, Isle Royale National Park,
Houghton, MI. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from Isle Royale National Park in Keweenaw County, MI.
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 Superintendent, Isle Royale National Park.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Isle Royale
National Park professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota--Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota--Grand Portage Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Mille Lacs Band; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan (hereafter
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
The following tribes were invited to consult, but declined to do
so: Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Fond du Lac Band; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; and St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
(hereafter referred to as ``The Invited Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1940 and 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were removed from Massee Rockshelter in Keweenaw County,
MI. Archeologists Dennis Glen Cooper and Fred Dustin collected remains
in 1940. In 1960, additional remains were removed during a University
of Michigan Museum of Anthropology archeology project. The remains are
small, poorly preserved, and consist mostly of fragments of small
bones. No known individuals were identified. The 11 associated funerary
objects are 1 biface projectile point and 10 fragmentary bird bones.
The Massee Rockshelter site is the only known Native American
burial site located on the main island at Isle Royale National Park. A
calibrated radiocarbon date of AD 1270-1400 indicates a Late Woodland,
Early Historic time period for the remains. There is insufficient
material to make a definitive cultural affiliation determination.
Determinations Made by Isle Royale National Park
Officials of Isle Royale National Park have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the attributes of the
prehistoric archeology site from which they were removed.
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 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 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. The National Park Service intends to convey the
associated funerary objects to the tribes pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 18f-2.
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 associated funerary objects and any present-day
Indian tribe.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of
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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 of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Fond du Lac Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota--Grand
Portage Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota--Mille Lacs Band; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; 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 of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Fond du Lac Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota--Grand
Portage Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota--Mille Lacs Band; Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Phyllis
Green, Superintendent, Isle Royale National Park, 800 East Lakeshore
Drive, Houghton, MI 49931-1896, telephone (906) 482-0984, email
Phyllis_Green@nps.gov, by May 28, 2015. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; 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 of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Fond du Lac Band, Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota--Grand Portage Band; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota--
Mille Lacs Band; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; and St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin may proceed.
Isle Royale National Park is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 18, 2015.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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