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American ancestry. Officials of the
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo
Area also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
one object described above is 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
Metropolitan Park District of the Toledo
Area 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 object and the
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan, and Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary object should
contact Rebecca Finch, Metropolitan
Park District of the Toledo Area, 5100
West Central Ave., Toledo, OH 43615,
telephone (419) 407–9848, before
January 8, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to the Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan, and Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Metropolitan Park District of the
Toledo Area is responsible for notifying
the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Little River
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma; and the
American Indian Intertribal Association,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 9, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Amherst College Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
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ACTION:
Notice.
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 and control of the
Amherst College Museum of Natural
History (formerly the Pratt Museum of
Natural History), Amherst College,
Amherst, MA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Cumberland County, ME.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and an inventory of the
associated funerary objects were made
by the staff of the Amherst College
Museum of Natural History and its
agents, in consultation with the
Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation
Committee, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, representing the
Federally-recognized Aroostook Band of
Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton
Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and the
Penobscot Tribe of Maine.
In 1909, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
excavated from a coastal shell midden
on Flagg Island, Cumberland County,
ME, by Professor Frederic B. Loomis
and his associates. The human remains
have been in the possession of the
Amherst College Museum of Natural
History since that date. No known
individual was identified. The museum
holds 33 cultural objects that were also
removed from Flagg Island middens in
the same season. It is not known
whether or not these objects come from
the same burial or the same site as the
human remains. Based on their
provenience and date of removal,
however, the museum reasonably
believes the cultural items could be
associated funerary objects. The 33
associated funerary objects are 19 bone
awls, 7 bone tools, 5 hollow bone tools,
and 2 blunt horn tools.
The remains of this one individual are
represented by approximately 54 bones
or bone fragments. No cranial or pelvic
elements are present and neither femur
includes a proximal end. Therefore, no
data relating to sex or age estimation can
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be gathered. Based on size and longbone epiphyseal closure, however, this
individual was most likely an adult.
A document in the Amherst College
Archives, Pratt Museum Papers, titled
‘‘Field Record of Specimens from
‘Sawyer’s Island First Digging,’ a PaleoIndian Site’’, gives the provenience for
these materials. This ledger records the
general location (Flagg Island, Maine),
approximate date (July or August, 1909),
and specimen numbers of both the
human remains and cultural items.
Loomis interpreted the material to be
Algonquin and the people of the
middens to be related to the present-day
Abnakis of Maine, (see Loomis & Young,
American Journal of Science, v. 34, p.
41). Loomis concluded that the middens
were built between 200 to 400 years
prior to European contact, A.D. 1627,
(see Loomis, American Journal of
Science, v. 31, p. 227). According to Dr.
John Stubbs, Jr., Peabody Museum of
Archeology and Ethnology, the presence
of pottery fragments found within the
Flagg Island midden suggests the human
remains and cultural items are most
likely less than 2,700 years old. The
Federally-recognized Aroostook Band of
Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton
Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and the
Penobscot Tribe of Maine, represented
by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation
Committee, a non-Federally recognized
Indian group, are widely recognized as
having a shared cultural relationship
with the people of the Ceramic Period
of Maine (2,000 B.P. to European
contact).
Officials of the Amherst College
Museum of Natural History have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Amherst College Museum of Natural
History have also determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 33
objects described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or
near the human remains at the time of
death or later possibly as part of a death
rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Amherst College Museum of Natural
History 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
Federally-recognized Aroostook Band of
Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton
Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and
Penobscot Tribe of Maine, which are
represented by the Wabanaki Intertribal
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Repatriation Committee, a nonFederally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Tekla A. Harms, Repatriation
Coordinator & Professor of Geology,
Department of Geology, Amherst
College, Amherst, MA 01002, telephone
(413) 542–2711, before January 8, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of
Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet
Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe
of Maine, and the Penobscot Tribe of
Maine may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Amherst College Museum of
Natural History is responsible for
notifying the Aroostook Band of Micmac
Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of
Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and
Penobscot Tribe of Maine that this
notice has been published.
Dated: November 9, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard
University, Boston, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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 in the possession and control of
the Warren Anatomical Museum,
Harvard University, Boston, MA. The
human remains were removed from
Connecticut.
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 Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and Ethnology and
Warren Anatomical Museum
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professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Mashantucket
Pequot Tribe and the Mohegan Tribe of
Indians of Connecticut.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing one individual were
removed from Connecticut by an
unknown individual. These human
remains were donated by Charles H.
Stedman to the Boston Society for
Medical Improvement before 1847. The
collection of the Boston Society for
Medical Improvement was transferred to
the Warren Anatomical Museum in
1871. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Osteological characteristics indicate
that these human remains are Native
American. Museum documentation
describes the human remains as, ‘‘one of
the Uncas Tribe...Connecticut.’’ Uncas
was a well-known 17th century leader
of the Mohegan Tribe. The specific
cultural designation ‘‘Uncas Tribe’’
suggests the human remains date to the
historic period, 17th Century or later.
While other Native American tribes
were also present in Connecticut during
these periods, the attribution ‘‘Uncas’’
focuses the likelihood of cultural
affiliation with the Mohegan Tribe.
Based on this information, there is a
shared group identity between the
human remains and the Mohegan Tribe
of Indians of Connecticut.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren
Anatomical Museum have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10),
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren
Anatomical 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 Native
American human remains and the
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Patricia Capone,
Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Ave.,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before January 8, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains to
the Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology and Warren Anatomical
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Museum are responsible for notifying
the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe and the
Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 29, 2009.
Richard C. Waldbauer,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Cape Cod National Seashore; South
Wellfleet, MA; Cape Cod National
Seashore Advisory Commission
ACTION: Two Hundredth Seventy-First
Notice of Meeting.
SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in
accordance with the Federal Advisory
Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat.
770, 5 U.S.C. App 1, Section 10) of a
meeting of the Cape Cod National
Seashore Advisory Commission.
DATES: The meeting of the Cape Cod
National Seashore Advisory
Commission will be held on January 11,
2010 at 1 p.m.
ADDRESSES: The Commission members
will meet in the meeting room at
Headquarters, 99 Marconi Station,
Wellfleet, Massachusetts.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission was reestablished pursuant
to Public Law 87–126 as amended by
Public Law 105–280. The purpose of the
Commission is to consult with the
Secretary of the Interior, or his designee,
with respect to matters relating to the
development of Cape Cod National
Seashore, and with respect to carrying
out the provisions of sections 4 and 5
of the Act establishing the Seashore.
The regular business meeting is being
held to discuss the following:
1. Adoption of Agenda.
2. Approval of Minutes of Previous
Meeting (November 16, 2009).
3. Reports of Officers.
4. Reports of Subcommittees.
5. Superintendent’s Report.
• Update on Dune Shacks.
• Improved Properties/Town Bylaws.
• Herring River Wetland Restoration.
• Wind Turbines/Cell Towers.
• Highlands Center Update.
• Alternate Transportation funding.
• Other construction projects.
• Land Protection.
6. Old Business.
7. New Business—Ocean initiatives.
8. Date and agenda for next meeting.
9. Public comment and
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Amherst College Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA
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 and associated funerary
objects in the possession and control of the Amherst College Museum of
Natural History (formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural History), Amherst
College, Amherst, MA. The human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Cumberland County, ME.
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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and an inventory of the
associated funerary objects were made by the staff of the Amherst
College Museum of Natural History and its agents, in consultation with
the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation Committee, a non-Federally
recognized Indian group, representing the Federally-recognized
Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet
Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and the Penobscot Tribe
of Maine.
In 1909, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were excavated from a coastal shell midden on Flagg Island, Cumberland
County, ME, by Professor Frederic B. Loomis and his associates. The
human remains have been in the possession of the Amherst College Museum
of Natural History since that date. No known individual was identified.
The museum holds 33 cultural objects that were also removed from Flagg
Island middens in the same season. It is not known whether or not these
objects come from the same burial or the same site as the human
remains. Based on their provenience and date of removal, however, the
museum reasonably believes the cultural items could be associated
funerary objects. The 33 associated funerary objects are 19 bone awls,
7 bone tools, 5 hollow bone tools, and 2 blunt horn tools.
The remains of this one individual are represented by approximately
54 bones or bone fragments. No cranial or pelvic elements are present
and neither femur includes a proximal end. Therefore, no data relating
to sex or age estimation can be gathered. Based on size and long-bone
epiphyseal closure, however, this individual was most likely an adult.
A document in the Amherst College Archives, Pratt Museum Papers,
titled ``Field Record of Specimens from `Sawyer's Island First
Digging,' a Paleo-Indian Site'', gives the provenience for these
materials. This ledger records the general location (Flagg Island,
Maine), approximate date (July or August, 1909), and specimen numbers
of both the human remains and cultural items. Loomis interpreted the
material to be Algonquin and the people of the middens to be related to
the present-day Abnakis of Maine, (see Loomis & Young, American Journal
of Science, v. 34, p. 41). Loomis concluded that the middens were built
between 200 to 400 years prior to European contact, A.D. 1627, (see
Loomis, American Journal of Science, v. 31, p. 227). According to Dr.
John Stubbs, Jr., Peabody Museum of Archeology and Ethnology, the
presence of pottery fragments found within the Flagg Island midden
suggests the human remains and cultural items are most likely less than
2,700 years old. The Federally-recognized Aroostook Band of Micmac
Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians of Maine,
Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and the Penobscot Tribe of Maine,
represented by the Wabanaki Intertribal Repatriation Committee, a non-
Federally recognized Indian group, are widely recognized as having a
shared cultural relationship with the people of the Ceramic Period of
Maine (2,000 B.P. to European contact).
Officials of the Amherst College Museum of Natural History have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Amherst College Museum of
Natural History have also determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 33 objects described above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near the human remains at the time of death or
later possibly as part of a death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials
of the Amherst College Museum of Natural History 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 Federally-
recognized Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of
Maliseet Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and Penobscot
Tribe of Maine, which are represented by the Wabanaki Intertribal
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Repatriation Committee, a non-Federally recognized Indian group.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Tekla A. Harms, Repatriation Coordinator &
Professor of Geology, Department of Geology, Amherst College, Amherst,
MA 01002, telephone (413) 542-2711, before January 8, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton Band of Maliseet
Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and the Penobscot Tribe
of Maine may proceed after that date if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Amherst College Museum of Natural History is responsible for
notifying the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians of Maine, Houlton Band
of Maliseet Indians of Maine, Passamaquoddy Tribe of Maine, and
Penobscot Tribe of Maine that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 9, 2009.
David Tarler,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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