Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, 5108-5109 [2010-2016]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
5108
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 20 / Monday, February 1, 2010 / Notices
Dated: December 22, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–2031 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4313–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Wyoming, Anthropology
Department, Human Remains
Repository, Laramie, WY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
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 and control of the
University of Wyoming, Anthropology
Department, Human Remains
Repository, Laramie, WY. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the area of The
Dalles in Oregon.
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 was made by University of
Wyoming, Anthropology Department,
Human Remains Repository
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon, and in conjunction with the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon, and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
In the 1930s, human remains
representing a minimum of 18
individuals were removed from near
The Dalles in Oregon, by two private
citizens of the area after the burial
locations had been disturbed by earth
moving activities associated with
highway construction. No known
individuals have been identified. The 22
associated funerary objects are 1 lot of
brass, iron wire and nail fragments; 2
rolled copper/brass tinklers or tube
beads; 1 lot of small fragments of
window glass; 1 shell bead; 1 bird bone
VerDate Nov<24>2008
18:35 Jan 29, 2010
Jkt 220001
whistle; 3 fragments of worked animal
bone; 5 small pieces of wood; 5 pieces
of unmodified animal bone; 1 lot of
small fragments of lead sheeting; 1
distal phalanx of a large bird (probably
an eagle); and 1 lot of small glass trade
beads in a variety of colors.
Verdigris staining on some of the
human remains indicates contact with
copper or brass. Some of the funerary
objects are from the historic era and
suggest a burial in the mid to late–
1800s. It is not known if all the objects
described above are associated funerary
objects or were inadvertently
incorporated into the collection during
storage. However, the University of
Wyoming, Anthropology Department,
Human Remains Repository are treating
all objects that were found stored with
the Native American human remains as
associated funerary objects.
The University of Wyoming,
Anthropology Department, Human
Remains Repository determined that the
human remains are Native American
based on the presence of platymeric
femoral morphology, toothwear
patterns, the presence of shovel shaped
incisors, interorbital observations and
cranial deformation patterns, as well as
the statements regarding recovery
context made by one of the original
collectors. Tribal evidence presented for
cultural affiliation is based on review of
records afforded to the tribes, historic
documented locations of tribal groups
and oral histories of their occupation of
the general area, and review of the
information from the Human Remains
Repository. Based on this information,
the cultural affiliation is to the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Officials of the University of
Wyoming, Anthropology Department,
Human Remains Repository have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of 18 individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials also have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(A), the 22 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 a death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of the University of
Wyoming, Anthropology Department,
Human Remains Repository 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
PO 00000
Frm 00076
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
American human remains and
associated funerary objects and the
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Rick L. Weathermon, NAGPRA
Contact at the University of Wyoming,
Department 3431, Anthropology, 1000
E. University Ave., Laramie, WY 82071,
telephone (307) 766–5136, before March
3, 2010. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Wyoming,
Anthropology Department, Human
Remains Repository is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon;
Confederated Tribes of the Warm
Springs Reservation of Oregon; and
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the
Yakama Nation, Washington that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 16, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–2023 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Nebraska State Museum,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE
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
University of Nebraska State Museum,
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE. The human remains were
removed from Midland County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
E:\FR\FM\01FEN1.SGM
01FEN1
jlentini on DSKJ8SOYB1PROD with NOTICES
Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 20 / Monday, February 1, 2010 / Notices
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 University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan.
In 1883, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from an unidentified site in the
City of Midland, in Midland County,
MI, by M.L Eaton. The human remains
have been under the control of the
museum since 1894 (Accn. #20MD0/
Catalog #1.01; Accn. #20MDD0/Catalog
#1.02). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Museum catalog records state that the
individuals were found in an ‘‘Indian
grave.’’ Based on this information and an
analysis of the human remains by a
forensic anthropologist employed by the
museum, the museum has concluded
that, more likely than not, the two
individuals are Native American. Based
on green copper stains on the mental
eminence of one individual (Catalog
#1.02), the museum has dated these
remains to the historic period.
The museum has concluded that it is
unable to determine by a reasonable
belief that the human remains are
culturally affiliated with any presentday Indian tribe. Nevertheless, the
museum has determined that, more
likely than not, the human remains were
removed from the aboriginal lands of
the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Officials of the University of Nebraska
State Museum, University of NebraskaLincoln, have determined that, pursuant
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human
VerDate Nov<24>2008
18:35 Jan 29, 2010
Jkt 220001
remains described above represent the
physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of
the University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of NebraskaLincoln have also 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
February 2009, the University of
Nebraska State Museum requested that
the Review Committee recommend
disposition of the two culturally
unidentifiable human remains to the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan, because the
human remains were found within their
aboriginal territory. The Review
Committee considered the proposal at
its May 23 - 24, 2009 meeting, and
recommended disposition of the human
remains to the above-listed Indian
tribes.
A September 16, 2009, letter from the
Designated Federal Officer, writing on
behalf of the Secretary of the Interior,
transmitted the authorization for the
museum to effect disposition of the
physical remains of the culturally
unidentifiable individuals to the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan, 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
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Priscilla C. Grew,
NAGPRA Coordinator, University of
Nebraska State Museum, 307 Morrill
Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588–0338,
telephone (402) 472–3779, before March
PO 00000
Frm 00077
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
5109
3, 2010. Disposition of the human
remains to the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of NebraskaLincoln is responsible for notifying the
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 16, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010–2016 Filed 1–29–10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–S
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Colorado Historical Society, Denver,
CO; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
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 and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Colorado
Historical Society, Denver, CO. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from known and
unknown locations in Colorado,
Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah.
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
E:\FR\FM\01FEN1.SGM
01FEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 20 (Monday, February 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5108-5109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-2016]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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 in the possession of the
University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Lincoln, NE. The human remains were removed from Midland County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
[[Page 5109]]
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 University
of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln professional
staff in consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan.
In 1883, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from an unidentified site in the City of Midland, in
Midland County, MI, by M.L Eaton. The human remains have been under the
control of the museum since 1894 (Accn. 20MD0/Catalog
1.01; Accn. 20MDD0/Catalog 1.02). No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Museum catalog records state that the individuals were found in an
``Indian grave.'' Based on this information and an analysis of the
human remains by a forensic anthropologist employed by the museum, the
museum has concluded that, more likely than not, the two individuals
are Native American. Based on green copper stains on the mental
eminence of one individual (Catalog 1.02), the museum has
dated these remains to the historic period.
The museum has concluded that it is unable to determine by a
reasonable belief that the human remains are culturally affiliated with
any present-day Indian tribe. Nevertheless, the museum has determined
that, more likely than not, the human remains were removed from the
aboriginal lands of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Officials of the University of Nebraska State Museum, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln, have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-
10), the human remains described above represent the physical remains
of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
have also 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
February 2009, the University of Nebraska State Museum requested that
the Review Committee recommend disposition of the two culturally
unidentifiable human remains to the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, because the
human remains were found within their aboriginal territory. The Review
Committee considered the proposal at its May 23 - 24, 2009 meeting, and
recommended disposition of the human remains to the above-listed Indian
tribes.
A September 16, 2009, letter from the Designated Federal Officer,
writing on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior, transmitted the
authorization for the museum to effect disposition of the physical
remains of the culturally unidentifiable individuals to the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan, 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 affiliated with the human remains should contact
Priscilla C. Grew, NAGPRA Coordinator, University of Nebraska State
Museum, 307 Morrill Hall, Lincoln, NE 68588-0338, telephone (402) 472-
3779, before March 3, 2010. Disposition of the human remains to the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan may proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-
Lincoln is responsible for notifying the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 16, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-2016 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-50-S
