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Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians
of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California.
In 1909, The Public Museum
purchased three cultural items from Dr.
J.W. Velie. The donor’s records stated
that the cultural items had been
removed from burial mounds in the
Santa Barbara vicinity, CA. Any human
remains that may have been removed
from the burial mounds were not part of
the 1909 Velie acquisition. The three
unassociated funerary objects are two
steatite stone bowls and one stone
mortar.
Museum documentation indicates
that the cultural items were recovered
from graves, and the types of items are
consistent with other funerary objects
found in the Santa Barbara area during
the occupation of the Santa Ynez Band
of Chumash Mission Indians of the
Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Officials of The Public Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(B), the three cultural items
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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from specific burial sites
of Native American individuals.
Officials of The 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
unassociated funerary objects and the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the unassociated funerary
objects should contact Marilyn
Merdzinski, Director of Collections and
Preservation, The Public Museum, 272
Pearl St. NW., Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 456–3521, before
September 24, 2009. Repatriation of the
unassociated funerary objects to the
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation,
California may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
The Public Museum is responsible for
notifying the Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit
Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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 Detroit
Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. The human
remains were removed from either the
city of Detroit or the surrounding area
of Detroit, MI.
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 Detroit
Institute of Arts professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan.
Sometime prior to 1972, human
remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were removed from private
property within either Detroit or in the
surrounding area outside of Detroit, MI.
In 1989, the box containing 143 human
bones was discovered during an
inventory of the collections at the
Detroit Institute of Arts. An
accompanying note read ‘‘NA Indian
bones, Mich.’’ The museum determined
that the handwriting on the note
belonged to a curator, now deceased,
who had been employed at the museum
between 1939 and 1972. Museum
officials concluded that, sometime prior
to 1972, these human remains had been
transferred to the museum by a Detroitarea resident who had discovered them
locally and on private property. No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Osteological examination of the
human remains by Wayne State
University concluded that the human
remains were, more likely than not,
Native American and from a prehistoric
date. Officials of the Detroit Institute of
Arts have determined that given the
totality of circumstances surrounding
the acquisition of the human remains,
there is insufficient evidence to
determine by a reasonable belief, the
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cultural affiliation to any present-day
Indian tribe.
Officials of the Detroit Institute of
Arts have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
remains described above represent the
physical remains of 10 individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the Detroit Institute of Arts also have
determined that, 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 Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is
responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally
unidentifiable human remains. In 2008,
officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts
requested the disposition of the
culturally unidentifiable human
remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan, as more likely than
not, aboriginal occupants of the land of
present-day Detroit. The Review
Committee considered the request at its
October 11–12, 2008 meeting and
recommended disposition of the human
remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan. An April 3, 2009,
letter from the Designated Federal
Officer on behalf of the Secretary of
Interior transmitted the authorization
for the museum to effect disposition of
the human remains of the 10 culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the Indian
tribes listed above contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
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affiliated with the human remains
should contact David Penney, Vice
President of Exhibitions and Collection
Strategies, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202,
telephone (313) 833–1432, before
September 24, 2009. Disposition of the
human remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan may proceed after
that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is
responsible for notifying the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Michigan that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 11, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
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Notice of Public Meeting, North Slope
Science Initiative—Science Technical
Advisory Panel
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management,
Alaska State Office, North Slope Science
Initiative, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of public meeting.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
Federal Land Policy and Management
Act (FLPMA) and the Federal Advisory
Committee Act of 1972 (FACA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, North Slope
Science Initiative (NSSI)—Science
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Technical Advisory Panel (STAP) will
meet as indicated below:
DATES: The meeting will be held
September 9 and 10, 2009, in Fairbanks,
Alaska. On September 9, 2009, the
meeting will begin at 9 a.m., at the
National Park Service, Fairbanks
Headquarters, 4175 Geist Road. Public
comments will begin at 3 p.m. On
September 10, 2009, the meeting will
begin at 9 a.m. at the same location, and
will adjourn at 4 p.m.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
F. Payne, PhD, Executive Director,
North Slope Science Initiative (910),
c/o Bureau of Land Management, 222
W. Seventh Avenue, #13, Anchorage,
AK 99513, (907) 271–3431 or e-mail
john_f_payne@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
NSSI—STAP provides advice and
recommendations to the NSSI Oversight
Group regarding priority needs for
management decisions across the North
Slope of Alaska. These priority needs
may include recommendations on
inventory, monitoring, and research
activities that contribute to informed
land management decisions. The topics
to be discussed at the meeting include:
• Emerging Issues Summary from the
STAP;
• Update on the Water Parameters
Measurement Project;
• Update on the Project Tracking
System and Database;
• NSSI priority issues and projects;
• Other topics the Oversight Group or
STAP may raise.
All meetings are open to the public.
The public may present written
comments to the Science Technical
Advisory Panel through the Executive
Director, North Slope Science Initiative.
Each formal meeting will also have time
allotted for hearing public comments.
Depending on the number of persons
wishing to comment and time available,
the time for individual oral comments
may be limited. Individuals who plan to
attend and need special assistance, such
as sign language interpretation,
transportation, or other reasonable
accommodations, should contact the
Executive Director, North Slope Science
Initiative.
Before including your address, phone
number, e-mail address, or other
personal indentifying information in
your comment, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
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Dated: August 19, 2009.
Julia Dougan,
Acting Alaska State Director.
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Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National
Historical Park Advisory Commission;
Notice of Public Meetings
AGENCY: Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Cedar Creek and
Belle Grove National Historical Park
Advisory Commission.
ACTION: Notice of meetings.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act that meetings of the
Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National
Historical Park Advisory Commission
will be held to discuss the development
and implementation of the Park’s
general management plan.
Date: September 17, 2009.
Location: Middletown Town Council
Chambers, 7875 Church Street,
Middletown, VA.
Date: December 17, 2009.
Location: Warren County Government
Center, 220 North Commerce Avenue,
Front Royal, VA.
Date: March 18, 2010.
Location: Strasburg Town Hall
Council Chambers, 174 East King Street,
Strasburg, VA.
Date: June 17, 2010.
Location: Middletown Town Council
Chambers, 7875 Church Street,
Middletown, VA. All meetings will
convene at 8:30 a.m. and are open to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Diann Jacox, Superintendent, Cedar
Creek and Belle Grove National
Historical Park, (540) 868–9176.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Topics to
be discussed at the meetings include:
Review of draft general management
plan, land protection planning, historic
preservation, visitor interpretation,
election of a commission chair, and new
commission members.
The Park Advisory Commission was
designated by Congress to advise on the
preparation and implementation of the
park’s general management plan.
Individuals who are interested in the
Park, the development and
implementation of the plan, or the
business of the Advisory Commission
are encouraged to attend the meetings.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, MI
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
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI. The human remains were removed
from either the city of Detroit or the surrounding area of Detroit, MI.
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 Detroit
Institute of Arts professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan.
Sometime prior to 1972, human remains representing, at minimum, 10
individuals were removed from private property within either Detroit or
in the surrounding area outside of Detroit, MI. In 1989, the box
containing 143 human bones was discovered during an inventory of the
collections at the Detroit Institute of Arts. An accompanying note read
``NA Indian bones, Mich.'' The museum determined that the handwriting
on the note belonged to a curator, now deceased, who had been employed
at the museum between 1939 and 1972. Museum officials concluded that,
sometime prior to 1972, these human remains had been transferred to the
museum by a Detroit-area resident who had discovered them locally and
on private property. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Osteological examination of the human remains by Wayne State
University concluded that the human remains were, more likely than not,
Native American and from a prehistoric date. Officials of the Detroit
Institute of Arts have determined that given the totality of
circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the human remains, there
is insufficient evidence to determine by a reasonable belief, the
cultural affiliation to any present-day Indian tribe.
Officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 10 individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts also have
determined that, 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 Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee (Review Committee) is responsible for recommending specific
actions for disposition of culturally unidentifiable human remains. In
2008, officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts requested the
disposition of the culturally unidentifiable human remains to the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, as more likely
than not, aboriginal occupants of the land of present-day Detroit. The
Review Committee considered the request at its October 11-12, 2008
meeting and recommended disposition of the human remains to the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. An April 3,
2009, letter from the Designated Federal Officer on behalf of the
Secretary of Interior transmitted the authorization for the museum to
effect disposition of the human remains of the 10 culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the Indian tribes listed above contingent
on the publication of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register. This notice fulfills that requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally
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affiliated with the human remains should contact David Penney, Vice
President of Exhibitions and Collection Strategies, Detroit Institute
of Arts, 5200 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 833-
1432, before September 24, 2009. Disposition of the human remains to
the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan
may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Detroit Institute of Arts is responsible for notifying the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan that this notice
has been published.
Dated: August 11, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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