Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR, 61670-61672 [E7-21378]
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(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent
to repatriate cultural items in the
possession of the Milwaukee Public
Museum, Milwaukee, WI that meet the
definition of ‘‘objects of cultural
patrimony’’ 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 museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The three cultural items are one
wooden pipe (MPM 39618/10674), one
partial belt of wampum (MPM 30127/
7270), and one string of wampum beads
(MPM 30128/7270).
In 1922, the partial wampum belt and
wampum beads were collected for the
museum by Alanson Skinner, the
museum curator. Museum records
indicate that one of the wampum items
was collected from Ms. Harriet Quinney,
daughter of Chief John Quinney of the
Stockbridge-Munsee tribe. Tribal
representatives have indicated that the
wampum have ongoing historical,
traditional or cultural importance to the
tribe and could not have been alienated
by a single individual.
In 1932, the pipe was purchased by
the museum from Mr. Clarence Sheriff
of Green Bay, WI. Museum records state
the pipe was formerly the property of
Austin Quinney (1791–1865) who was
the brother of John Quinney, with
whom one of the wampum items is
associated. Ethnohistorical records
confirm their identification as sachems
of the Stockbridge community.
Consultation evidence, as well as the
iconography and style of the pipe,
indicate that the pipe is of ceremonial
character, would have been owned by a
sachem of the community, and would
not have been subject to alienation by
an individual.
Officials of the Milwaukee Public
Museum have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the
three cultural items described above
have ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual. Officials of the Milwaukee
Public Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the objects of cultural
patrimony and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
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affiliated with the objects of cultural
property should contact Dawn Scher
Thomae, Associate Curator of
Anthropology, Milwaukee Public
Museum, 800 W. Wells Street,
Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414)
278–6157, before November 30, 2007.
Repatriation of the objects of cultural
patrimony to the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Milwaukee Public Museum is
responsible for notifying the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 17, 2007
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 control of Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology,
Corvallis, OR. The human remains were
removed from Adams and Fulton
Counties, IL, and unknown sites in
Illinois and Indiana.
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 Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe
of the Cheyenne River Reservation;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Ho–Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
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Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Oneida Nation of New York; Onondaga
Nation of New York; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; and Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota.
Between 1930 and 1959, human
remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from
unknown sites in Adams County, IL, by
George Karl Neumann, a physical
anthropologist working out of Indiana
State University, Terre Haute, IN. In
1976, the Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology acquired
the Neumann Collection from Indiana
State University. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with
a numerical identification followed by
the letter ‘‘A,’’ which is believed to
indicate they were removed from a site
in Adams County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human
remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an
unknown site in Fulton County, IL, by
Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
acquired the Neumann Collection from
Indiana State University. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with
a numerical identification and followed
by the letter ‘‘F,’’ which is believed to
indicate they were removed from Fulton
County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human
remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from
unknown sites in Illinois and Indiana,
by Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon
State University Department of
Anthropology acquired the Neumann
Collection from Indiana State
University. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The two individuals described above
are not listed as being from Adams or
Fulton county sites, but are described in
the acquisition list as ‘‘Lenid type
Hopewell’’ and ‘‘Hopewell,’’ and are
accompanied by a distribution map. In
absence of detailed records pertaining to
the human remains and in combination
with the major areas of Dr. Neumann’s
work, this map provides some
geographic reference for the affiliation
of the human remains to most likely
Illinois or Indiana.
Dr. Neumann collected human
remains from several archeological
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projects with a focus on Hopewell
archeological sites, skeletal
characteristics of Native American
races, and general human physical
variation and skeletal morphology. The
culmination of this research is
published as ‘‘Archaeology and Race in
the American Indian,’’ in the 1952
Yearbook of Physical Anthropology Vol.
8. The Neumann Collection contained
numerous Native American human
remains, many from sites associated
with Mound Builder cultures. The
human remains are determined to be
Native American based on skeletal
morphology and collection records.
The Ho–Chunk Nation of Wisconsin
and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
have provided both written and oral
history of their traditional occupation of
Midwest areas east of the Mississippi
and have demonstrated land area claims
in Illinois. The two tribes at one time
constituted a single tribe with shared
cultural affiliation. The Ho–Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska traditionally
occupied areas that have been
demonstrated to include Hopewell sites
throughout Illinois. Specific published
works cite the Ho–Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas
and Nebraska having villages along the
Rock River in Illinois, and between the
Iowa and Des Moines Rivers to the
confluence of the Salt and Mississippi
Rivers. Documentation links early Ioway
cultural heritage to the Hopewell
culture group, citing Ioway mound
builder cultural practices to be
consistent with Hopewell religious
practices. There is additional
information linking the Hopewell
culture group to geographic areas
including western Missouri and the
upper Mississippi River valley,
including Effigy Mounds in
northeastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Based on the preponderance of the
evidence, including the primary body of
Dr. Neumann’s work in Illinois, and
collection records, officials of the
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology reasonably believe that
the human remains are affiliated with
the Ho–Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of eight individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2),
there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
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between the Native American human
remains and the Ho–Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas
and Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact David McMurray,
Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall,
Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541)
737–4515, before November 30, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Ho–Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and
Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Oregon State University Department
of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Absentee–Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Alabama–
Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma;
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Caddo
Nation of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation of
New York; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the
Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota; Cheyenne–Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of
Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Coushatta Tribe of
Louisiana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of
the Crow Creek Reservation, South
Dakota; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Fond du Lac Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Grand Portage Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc.,
Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;
Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Kialegee
Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe
of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma;
Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma; 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
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Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of
the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community
in the State of Minnesota; Mashantucket
Pequot Tribe of Connecticut; Match–e–
be–nash–she–wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
Mississippi; Modoc Tribe of Oklahoma;
Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut;
Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma;
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode
Island; Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota;
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Oneida
Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of
Indians of Wisconsin; Onondaga Nation
of New York; Osage Tribe, Oklahoma;
Otoe–Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Poarch
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Ponca Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of
Nebraska; Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee Sioux
Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Seneca
Nation of New York; Seneca–Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Sisseton–Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North
Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; St. Regis Band of Mohawk
Indians of New York; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town,
Oklahoma; Three Affiliated Tribes of the
Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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Dakota; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Indians of New York; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Tunica–Biloxi
Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation of New
York; United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; White
Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Wichita and Affiliated
Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco &
Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Winnebago
Tribe of Nebraska; Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 12, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Possession of The State Museum of
Pennsylvania, Harrisburg; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 State Museum
of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Bucks,
Chester, Delaware, Lawrence, and
Luzerne Counties, PA.
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.
This notice corrects the identity of
consulting parties and cultural
affiliation in a Notice of Inventory
Completion previously published in the
Federal Register on October 26, 2000
(FR Doc 00–27395, pages 64232–64233)
by the addition of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin and by
the replacement of the Cherokee Nation,
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Oklahoma for the Delaware Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma due to the latter
group’s loss of federal recognition and
standing as a NAGPRA entity.
In the Federal Register of October 26,
2000, paragraph number 3 is corrected
by substituting the following paragraph:
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by The State
Museum of Pennsylvania professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians
(now part of the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma); and Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin.
In the Federal Register of October 26,
2000, paragraph numbers 14 and 15 are
corrected by substituting the following
paragraphs:
Officials of The State Museum of
Pennsylvania have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains listed above represent
the physical remains of 58 individuals
of Native American ancestry. Officials of
The State Museum of Pennsylvania also
have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 18,431 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
State Museum of Pennsylvania have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (2), 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
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma, on behalf
of the Delaware Tribe of Indians;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; and
Stockbridge Munsee 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 Janet L. Johnson, Curator, The
State Museum of Pennsylvania, 300
North Street, Harrisburg, PA 17120–
0024, telephone (717) 705–0869, before
November 30, 2007. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma, on behalf of the Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; and Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The State Museum of Pennsylvania is
responsible for notifying Cherokee
Nation, Oklahoma, on behalf of the
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; and Stockbridge
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Munsee Community, Wisconsin that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 25, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. The
human remains were removed from
Morton County, ND.
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 Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Assiniboine and
Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian
Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River
Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower
Brule Reservation, South Dakota; Lower
Sioux Community of Minnesota; Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota; Prairie
Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South
Dakota; 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; Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota;
Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort
Berthold Reservation, North Dakota;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR
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 control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Adams and Fulton Counties, IL, and unknown
sites in Illinois and Indiana.
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 Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan;
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Oneida Nation of New York; Onondaga Nation of New York;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; and Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from unknown sites in Adams County, IL, by
George Karl Neumann, a physical anthropologist working out of Indiana
State University, Terre Haute, IN. In 1976, the Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana
State University. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with a numerical identification
followed by the letter ``A,'' which is believed to indicate they were
removed from a site in Adams County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown site in Fulton County, IL, by
Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana State
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with a numerical identification and
followed by the letter ``F,'' which is believed to indicate they were
removed from Fulton County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from unknown sites in Illinois and Indiana, by
Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana State
University. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The two individuals described above are not listed as being from
Adams or Fulton county sites, but are described in the acquisition list
as ``Lenid type Hopewell'' and ``Hopewell,'' and are accompanied by a
distribution map. In absence of detailed records pertaining to the
human remains and in combination with the major areas of Dr. Neumann's
work, this map provides some geographic reference for the affiliation
of the human remains to most likely Illinois or Indiana.
Dr. Neumann collected human remains from several archeological
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projects with a focus on Hopewell archeological sites, skeletal
characteristics of Native American races, and general human physical
variation and skeletal morphology. The culmination of this research is
published as ``Archaeology and Race in the American Indian,'' in the
1952 Yearbook of Physical Anthropology Vol. 8. The Neumann Collection
contained numerous Native American human remains, many from sites
associated with Mound Builder cultures. The human remains are
determined to be Native American based on skeletal morphology and
collection records.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska have provided both written and oral history of their
traditional occupation of Midwest areas east of the Mississippi and
have demonstrated land area claims in Illinois. The two tribes at one
time constituted a single tribe with shared cultural affiliation. The
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
traditionally occupied areas that have been demonstrated to include
Hopewell sites throughout Illinois. Specific published works cite the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
having villages along the Rock River in Illinois, and between the Iowa
and Des Moines Rivers to the confluence of the Salt and Mississippi
Rivers. Documentation links early Ioway cultural heritage to the
Hopewell culture group, citing Ioway mound builder cultural practices
to be consistent with Hopewell religious practices. There is additional
information linking the Hopewell culture group to geographic areas
including western Missouri and the upper Mississippi River valley,
including Effigy Mounds in northeastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Based on the preponderance of the evidence, including the primary body
of Dr. Neumann's work in Illinois, and collection records, officials of
the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology reasonably
believe that the human remains are affiliated with the Ho-Chunk Nation
of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Officials of the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology
have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human
remains described above represent the physical remains of eight
individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the Oregon State
University Department of Anthropology also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact David
McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238 Waldo
Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before November
30, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Bad
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation of New York; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
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; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band
of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; Modoc Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Oneida Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin;
Onondaga Nation of New York; Osage Tribe, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Seneca Nation of New York;
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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Dakota; Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation of
New York; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 12, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-21378 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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