Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, Bemidji, MN, 75902-75905 [2011-31077]
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between the sacred object and the
Onondaga Nation of New York.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the sacred object should
contact Beth Yahne, Kingman Museum,
Inc., Battle Creek, MI 49037, telephone
(269) 965–5117, before January 4, 2012.
Repatriation of the sacred object to the
Onondaga Nation of New York may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Kingman Museum, Inc. is
responsible for notifying the Onondaga
Nation of New York that this notice has
been published.
Dated: November 29, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council,
Bemidji, MN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Minnesota Indian Affairs
Council has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
tribes stated below may occur if no
additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council at the address below by
January 4, 2012.
ADDRESSES: James L. (Jim) Jones,
Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji
Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN
56601, telephone (218) 755–3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
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3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects in the possession of the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
(MIAC). The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the following counties in
MN: Brown, Carver, Dakota, Fillmore,
Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin,
Kandiyohi, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles,
Olmsted, Sibley, Traverse, and Wright.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
The determinations in this notice are
the sole responsibility of the 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the MIAC
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower
Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska;
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and the
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota
(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1994 and 1996, human
remains representing, at minimum, 16
individuals were discovered at the
Helget site, 21–BW–82, in Brown
County, MN, as a result of inadvertent
backhoe disturbance on private property
by the landowner. The remains were
subsequently recovered by the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist. In 1995 and 1997, the
human remains were transferred to the
MIAC and assigned case number H291.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
The burial context and cranial
morphology identify these human
remains as pre-contact American Indian.
These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be identified with any present-day
Indian tribe.
In 1958, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from an undesignated site in
Carver County, MN, by Mr. Bleichner
while rock collecting in a gravel pit. In
2002, Mr. Bleichner donated the
remains to the Carver County Historical
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Society. The remains were then
transferred to the Minnesota Office of
the State Archaeologist and then to the
MIAC (H407). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The condition of the human remains
suggests they are from a pre-contact
time period and femora morphology
identifies them as American Indian.
These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day
Indian tribe.
In 1955 and 1956, human remains
representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were recovered from site,
21–DK–5, Bremer Mound in Dakota
County, MN, during archeological
excavations conducted by Elden
Johnson and Louis Powell of the
Science Museum of Minnesota. In 1994
and 2010, the human remains were
transferred from the Science Museum of
Minnesota to the MIAC and assigned
case number H259. No known
individuals were identified. The two
associated funerary objects include a
small triangular projectile point and a
bone bead.
Records at the Science Museum of
Minnesota, including a M.A. thesis by
Peter Jensen (‘‘The Bremer Village and
Mound Site,’’ 1959) suggest the human
remains and associated funerary objects
are associated with the Late Woodland
Tradition based on the similarity
between the objects and artifactual
material in the mound fill (ceramic
sherds) with material found at the Late
Woodland component of a nearby (1⁄4
mile) village site, 21–DK–6. These
human remains are associated with the
Late Woodland Tradition, an
archeological classification which
cannot be identified with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1990, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
transferred from the Fillmore County
Museum to the MIAC’s laboratory at
Hamline University where they were
assigned case number H175.
Information with the transfer indicates
the human remains were from a display
in a doctor’s office in Fillmore County.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The condition and cranial
morphology of the human remains
identify them as pre-contact American
Indian. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day
Indian tribe.
In the 1950s, human remains
representing, at minimum, three
individuals were recovered by unknown
person(s) from an outlet of Albert Lea
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Lake in Freeborn County, MN. Records
research suggests the human remains
may be from site 21–FE–4. In 2007 the
human remains were transferred to the
Minnesota State Archaeologist’s Office
from the Albert Lea, MN Police
Department and then to the MIAC
where they were assigned case number
H434. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Site records in the Minnesota Office
of the State Archaeologist record 22
mounds at 21–FE–4 and indicate a
Woodland Period temporal affiliation.
These human remains are associated
with the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1948, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed by unknown person(s) from
two burial mounds on the isthmus
leading to Big Island, on the north shore
of Albert Lea Lake in Freeborn County,
MN. In 1974, the human remains were
transferred to J. Oothoudt of the
Minnesota Historical Society, who
reported the human remains may be
from site 21–FE–50. In 2007, the
remains were posthumously donated by
J. Oothoudt to the MIAC’s laboratory at
Hamline University where they were
assigned case number H388. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
According to site records in the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist, site 21–FE–50 is a
prehistoric artifact scatter with no
specific archeological designation.
Burial mounds are known to be present
in the vicinity and are considered to be
Woodland Tradition. These human
remains are probably associated with
the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed from
unidentified archeological sites in
Goodhue County, MN, by Prof. E.W.
Schmidt and donated to the Goodhue
County Historical Society. In 1991, the
human remains were transferred from
the Goodhue County Historical Society
to the MIAC’s laboratory at Hamline
University where they were assigned
case number H188. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
These human remains lack
documentation about provenience and
the context in which they were
uncovered in Goodhue County. Based
on the condition of the bones, the
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remains are ancient and dental
morphology identifies their American
Indian ancestry. These human remains
have no archeological classification and
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1951, human remains representing,
at minimum, three individuals were
removed from site 21–GD–12, Hauge
Lutheran Seminary Mounds in Goodhue
County, MN in the process of house
construction and donated to the
Goodhue County Historical Society by
R.F. Hedin. In 1991, the human remains
were transferred to the MIAC and
assigned case number H188. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site records in the Office of the
Minnesota State Archaeologist record
two mounds at this site and indicate a
probable Woodland Period temporal
affiliation. These human remains are
associated with the Woodland
Tradition, a broad archeological
classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian
tribe.
In the early 1900s, human remains
representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from site 21–
GD–72, Belle Creek Mounds in Goodhue
County, MN, by E.W. Schmidt, an
amateur archeologist, and donated to
the Goodhue County Historical Society.
In 1991, the human remains were
transferred to the MIAC and assigned
case number H188. No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site records in the Minnesota Office
of the State Archaeologist record 67
mounds at this site and indicate an
association with the Woodland
Tradition. These human are associated
with the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1931, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from a gravel pit, site 21–GR–
51, in Grant County, MN, by unknown
person(s). At an unknown date, the
human remains were donated to the
Minnesota Historical Society by private
citizen, Kent Skaar. The human remains
were transferred to the MIAC in 1991
(H193) and in 1993 (H246). No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The context of the burial site
identifies these human remains as precontact American Indian. These human
remains have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1964, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
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disturbed from site 21–GR–4, Peterson
Lake in Grant County, MN, by unknown
person(s) during agricultural activity on
the Peterson farm. The remains were
recovered by William Goetzinger of the
Grant County Historical Society. In
1990, the Grant County Historical
Society donated the remains to the
MIAC (H189). No known individual was
identified. The 24 associated funerary
objects include a circular limestone
disc, an end scraper, a knife, 14 small,
flat disk beads of shell, two round
marine shell beads and a cluster of 5
worked beaver incisors.
Site 21–GR–4 has been identified as
possibly associated with the Archaic
Tradition, a broad archeological
classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian
tribe.
In 1995, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered by unknown person(s) from
bluffs along the Minnesota River Valley
in the city of Bloomington in Hennepin
County, MN. The human remains were
recovered by the Bloomington
Minnesota Police Department and
transferred to the Hennepin County
Medical Examiner’s Office for
identification. In 1995, the human
remains were transferred to the MIAC
(H292). The Minnesota Office of the
State Archaeologist assigned site
number 21–HE–154 to the locale to
identify the presence of a burial site. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains were determined
to represent an individual from the precontact period based on the condition of
the remains and observed dental
pathology. They have been determined
to be of American Indian ancestry based
on cranial morphology. These human
remains from have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1996, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from the surface on the north
half of Gale Island in Hennepin County,
MN. The remains were discovered by
Robert Louis Naas while walking on a
paved path on the island and recovered
by the Hennepin Country Crime Lab and
Sheriff’s Department. The human
remains were transferred to the
Hennepin County Medical Examiner’s
Office (HCMEO 96–1624) for
identification and then transferred to
the MIAC’s laboratory at Hamline
University (H303). Investigation by the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist concluded that the
remains were likely exposed as a result
of earlier landscaping and/or erosion
activities. Archaeological site number
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21–HE–271 was assigned to document
the presence of a burial location. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains
suggests an ancient context and the
morphology of femora identifies
American Indian ancestry. The human
remains have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
In the 1920s, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were recovered from
Enchanted Island in Lake Minnetonka,
Hennepin County, MN by George Cole.
In 1999 the human remains were
transferred to the Minnesota Office of
the State Archaeologist by Mr. Cole’s
nephew, Lyle Chapman. In 2002, the
remains were transferred to the MIAC
(H381). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The context and condition of the
human remains suggest an ancient, precontact time period and the morphology
of the skull and femora indicate
American Indian ancestry. These human
remains have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1922, human remains representing,
at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from private property on Lake
Florida in Kandiyohi County, MN, by
unknown person(s) and donated to the
Kandiyohi County Historical Society
(Acc. 1405). In 1990, the human remains
were transferred to the MIAC (H176). No
known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The context and condition of the
remains identify these human remains
as pre-contact American Indian
affiliation. These human remains have
no archeological classification and
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1885, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from a mound in an unknown
location in Kandiyohi County, MN, by
unknown person(s) and donated to the
Meeker County Historical Society. In
1997, David Nystuen of the Minnesota
Historical Society transferred the human
remains from the Meeker County
Historical Society to the Minnesota
Office of the State Archaeologist. In
1999, the human remains were
transferred to the MIAC (H368–1). No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
These human remains were
reportedly recovered from a mound
which suggests an association with the
Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
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cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In the1930s, human remains
representing, at minimum, two
individuals were recovered from a
mound in an unknown location in
Kandiyohi County, MN, by unknown
person(s) and donated to the Meeker
County Historical Society. In 1997,
David Nystuen of the Minnesota
Historical Society transferred the human
remains from the Meeker County
Historical Society to the Minnesota
Office of the State Archaeologist. In
1999, the human remains were
transferred to the MIAC (H368–2, H368–
3). No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
These human remains were
reportedly recovered from a mound
which suggests an association with the
Woodland Tradition and femoral
morphology identifies these remains as
American Indian. The Woodland
Tradition is a broad archeological
classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian
tribe.
In 1971, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from the Great Oasis type site
or Nelson site (21–MU–2) in Murray
County, MN, during archeological
excavations by Dale Henning and
personnel from the University of
Minnesota and the University of
Nebraska. The human remains were
transferred to the University of Iowa. At
an unknown date the human remains
were transferred to the University of
Minnesota. In 2002, the human remains
were transferred to the MIAC (H387). No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Records in the Minnesota Office of the
State Archaeologist identify multicomponents in the habitation area of the
Great Oasis type site (21–MU–2). This
burial and the associated human
remains have been determined to be
associated with the Great Oasis phase of
the Plains Village Tradition (A.D. 900–
1200), an archeological classification
which cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In 1954, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from site 21–NL–1, the
Poehler Mound site in Nicollet County,
MN, during archeological excavations
by Lloyd Wilford of the University of
Minnesota (UM384). Three burials were
reportedly excavated and additional
human remains were found in the
mound fill but no human remains were
accessioned into the University of
Minnesota ledger purportedly because
of the poor preservation of bone.
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Student field notes record leaving the
remains in situ because they
disintegrated upon excavation. The
single human bone recorded here was
erroneously identified as animal bone.
In 2008, the UM384 material was
transferred to the MIAC’s laboratory at
Hamline University, where the bone
was correctly identified as human. No
known individual was identified. The
fifteen associated funerary objects are:
two ceramic sherds, multiple sherds of
a partial vessel, a chert core, a flake, a
base of a corner-notched point, a biface
tip, a chert scraper, a flat shell bead or
gorget, an expanding stem point and
five snail shells.
These human remains are associated
with the Middle Prehistoric period
(3000 B.C.–A.D. 900), a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
In 1985, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from an undesignated site in
Nobles County, MN, by unknown
person(s) and donated to the MIAC
(H102). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day
Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from an
undesignated site in Olmsted County,
MN, by unknown person(s) and donated
to the Olmsted County Historical
Society. In 1991, the human remains
were transferred to the MIAC (H190). No
known individuals are identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains,
femora morphology and dental attrition
pattern identify these remains as precontact American Indian. These human
remains have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
During the late 19th century, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown site in Olmsted County, MN,
by unknown persons and donated to the
Olmsted County Historical Society (Acc.
75.162.96). In 1994, the human remains
were transferred to the MIAC (H273). No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains
suggest an ancient, pre-contact time
period. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day
Indian tribe.
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In 1955, human remains representing,
at minimum, fifteen individuals were
recovered from site 21–SB–1, High
Island Mound site/Black Tortoise
Mound in Sibley County, MN, during
archeological excavations conducted by
L.A. Wilford of the University of
Minnesota (UM395). No known
individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects were
present.
Site 21–SB–1 consists of 52 mounds.
In 1955, L.A. Wilford excavated Mound
32, which contained both an Oneota
burial (intrusive to the Woodland
mound) and Woodland burials. The
Oneota burial was reported as ancestral
to the present-day Otoe and Iowa tribes
(64 FR 40040, Friday, July 23, 1999) and
repatriated and reburied in 2001. These
human remains are associated with the
Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from
Traverse County, MN, by unknown
person(s). In 1999, Dave Nystuen of the
Minnesota Historical Society transferred
these remains to the Minnesota Office of
the State Archaeologist. In 1999, the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist transferred these remains
to the MIAC (H371). No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains
and dental patterns of attrition suggest
an ancient pre-contact time period.
Cranial morphology identifies the
human remains as American Indian.
These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day
Indian tribe.
In 1937, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
recovered from site 21–WR–19, the
Waverly Lake site, Wright County, MN,
by unknown person(s). In 1996, the
human remains were donated to the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist and in 1997 transferred to
the MIAC (H321). No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Site 21–WR–19 represents a group of
mounds mapped by T.H. Lewis in 1881.
In 1978, the Minnesota Statewide
Archaeological Survey identified
possible mound features in the area of
site 21–WR–19, which suggest these
human remains may be associated with
the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
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In 1999, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
discovered in a gravel pit in Dayton,
Wright County, MN by unknown
person(s). The Wright County Sheriff’s
Department recovered the human
remains and transferred them to the
Anoka County Coroner’s Office/
Midwest Forensic Pathology. In 2000,
the remains were transferred to the
Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist and site number 21–WR–
130, Dayton Quarry Burial was assigned
to the location to document the
presence of a burial site. In 2002, the
human remains were transferred to the
MIAC (H377). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The context and condition of the
human remains suggest a pre-contact
archeological association. Residents of
the land parcel report the presence of
aboriginal habitation debris in the area
of recovery. These human remains have
no archeological classification and
cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe.
Determinations Made by the Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council
Officials of the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council have determined that:
• Based on non-destructive physical
analysis and catalogue records, the
human remains are Native American.
• 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.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission, the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Tribes.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 102
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 41 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains is to
The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains or
any other Indian tribe that believes it
satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR
10.11(c)(1) should contact James L. (Jim)
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Jones, Cultural Resource Director,
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 3801
Bemidji Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji,
MN 56601, telephone (218) 755–3223,
before January 4, 2012. Disposition of
the human remains to The Tribes may
proceed after that date if no additional
requestors come forward.
The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 29, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council,
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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Minnesota Indian Affairs
Council has completed an inventory of
human remains in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the remains and any
present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with the human remains may contact
the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council.
Disposition of the human remains to the
Indian tribes stated below may occur if
no additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council at the address below by
January 4, 2012.
ADDRESSES: James L. (Jim) Jones,
Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji
Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN
56601, telephone (218) 755–3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains in the possession of
the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
(MIAC). The human remains were
removed from Ramsey County, MN.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Minnesota Indian Affairs Council,
Bemidji, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in
consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes, and has determined
that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any
present-day Indian tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe that
believes itself to be culturally affiliated with the human remains may
contact the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes stated
below may occur if no additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the
Minnesota Indian Affairs Council at the address below by January 4,
2012.
ADDRESSES: James L. (Jim) Jones, Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN
56601, telephone (218) 755-3223.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects in the possession of the Minnesota Indian
Affairs Council (MIAC). The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the following counties in MN: Brown, Carver,
Dakota, Fillmore, Freeborn, Goodhue, Grant, Hennepin, Kandiyohi,
Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Olmsted, Sibley, Traverse, and Wright.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the MIAC
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Prairie Island Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sisseton-
Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Spirit
Lake Tribe, North Dakota; and the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota
(hereinafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1994 and 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, 16
individuals were discovered at the Helget site, 21-BW-82, in Brown
County, MN, as a result of inadvertent backhoe disturbance on private
property by the landowner. The remains were subsequently recovered by
the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist. In 1995 and 1997, the
human remains were transferred to the MIAC and assigned case number
H291. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The burial context and cranial morphology identify these human
remains as pre-contact American Indian. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot be identified with any present-
day Indian tribe.
In 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from an undesignated site in Carver County, MN, by Mr.
Bleichner while rock collecting in a gravel pit. In 2002, Mr. Bleichner
donated the remains to the Carver County Historical Society. The
remains were then transferred to the Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist and then to the MIAC (H407). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains suggests they are from a pre-
contact time period and femora morphology identifies them as American
Indian. These human remains have no archeological classification and
cannot be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1955 and 1956, human remains representing, at minimum, 15
individuals were recovered from site, 21-DK-5, Bremer Mound in Dakota
County, MN, during archeological excavations conducted by Elden Johnson
and Louis Powell of the Science Museum of Minnesota. In 1994 and 2010,
the human remains were transferred from the Science Museum of Minnesota
to the MIAC and assigned case number H259. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary objects include a small
triangular projectile point and a bone bead.
Records at the Science Museum of Minnesota, including a M.A. thesis
by Peter Jensen (``The Bremer Village and Mound Site,'' 1959) suggest
the human remains and associated funerary objects are associated with
the Late Woodland Tradition based on the similarity between the objects
and artifactual material in the mound fill (ceramic sherds) with
material found at the Late Woodland component of a nearby (\1/4\ mile)
village site, 21-DK-6. These human remains are associated with the Late
Woodland Tradition, an archeological classification which cannot be
identified with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1990, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were transferred from the Fillmore County Museum to the MIAC's
laboratory at Hamline University where they were assigned case number
H175. Information with the transfer indicates the human remains were
from a display in a doctor's office in Fillmore County. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The condition and cranial morphology of the human remains identify
them as pre-contact American Indian. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot be associated with any present-
day Indian tribe.
In the 1950s, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were recovered by unknown person(s) from an outlet of
Albert Lea
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Lake in Freeborn County, MN. Records research suggests the human
remains may be from site 21-FE-4. In 2007 the human remains were
transferred to the Minnesota State Archaeologist's Office from the
Albert Lea, MN Police Department and then to the MIAC where they were
assigned case number H434. No known individuals were identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site records in the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
record 22 mounds at 21-FE-4 and indicate a Woodland Period temporal
affiliation. These human remains are associated with the Woodland
Tradition, a broad archeological classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1948, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed by unknown person(s) from two burial mounds on the isthmus
leading to Big Island, on the north shore of Albert Lea Lake in
Freeborn County, MN. In 1974, the human remains were transferred to J.
Oothoudt of the Minnesota Historical Society, who reported the human
remains may be from site 21-FE-50. In 2007, the remains were
posthumously donated by J. Oothoudt to the MIAC's laboratory at Hamline
University where they were assigned case number H388. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
According to site records in the Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist, site 21-FE-50 is a prehistoric artifact scatter with no
specific archeological designation. Burial mounds are known to be
present in the vicinity and are considered to be Woodland Tradition.
These human remains are probably associated with the Woodland
Tradition, a broad archeological classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, nine
individuals were removed from unidentified archeological sites in
Goodhue County, MN, by Prof. E.W. Schmidt and donated to the Goodhue
County Historical Society. In 1991, the human remains were transferred
from the Goodhue County Historical Society to the MIAC's laboratory at
Hamline University where they were assigned case number H188. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
These human remains lack documentation about provenience and the
context in which they were uncovered in Goodhue County. Based on the
condition of the bones, the remains are ancient and dental morphology
identifies their American Indian ancestry. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot be associated with any present-
day Indian tribe.
In 1951, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from site 21-GD-12, Hauge Lutheran Seminary Mounds in
Goodhue County, MN in the process of house construction and donated to
the Goodhue County Historical Society by R.F. Hedin. In 1991, the human
remains were transferred to the MIAC and assigned case number H188. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Site records in the Office of the Minnesota State Archaeologist
record two mounds at this site and indicate a probable Woodland Period
temporal affiliation. These human remains are associated with the
Woodland Tradition, a broad archeological classification which cannot
be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In the early 1900s, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from site 21-GD-72, Belle Creek Mounds in
Goodhue County, MN, by E.W. Schmidt, an amateur archeologist, and
donated to the Goodhue County Historical Society. In 1991, the human
remains were transferred to the MIAC and assigned case number H188. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Site records in the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
record 67 mounds at this site and indicate an association with the
Woodland Tradition. These human are associated with the Woodland
Tradition, a broad archeological classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1931, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from a gravel pit, site 21-GR-51, in Grant County, MN, by
unknown person(s). At an unknown date, the human remains were donated
to the Minnesota Historical Society by private citizen, Kent Skaar. The
human remains were transferred to the MIAC in 1991 (H193) and in 1993
(H246). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The context of the burial site identifies these human remains as
pre-contact American Indian. These human remains have no archeological
classification and cannot be associated with any present-day Indian
tribe.
In 1964, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were disturbed from site 21-GR-4, Peterson Lake in Grant County, MN, by
unknown person(s) during agricultural activity on the Peterson farm.
The remains were recovered by William Goetzinger of the Grant County
Historical Society. In 1990, the Grant County Historical Society
donated the remains to the MIAC (H189). No known individual was
identified. The 24 associated funerary objects include a circular
limestone disc, an end scraper, a knife, 14 small, flat disk beads of
shell, two round marine shell beads and a cluster of 5 worked beaver
incisors.
Site 21-GR-4 has been identified as possibly associated with the
Archaic Tradition, a broad archeological classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1995, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered by unknown person(s) from bluffs along the Minnesota
River Valley in the city of Bloomington in Hennepin County, MN. The
human remains were recovered by the Bloomington Minnesota Police
Department and transferred to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's
Office for identification. In 1995, the human remains were transferred
to the MIAC (H292). The Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
assigned site number 21-HE-154 to the locale to identify the presence
of a burial site. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains were determined to represent an individual from
the pre-contact period based on the condition of the remains and
observed dental pathology. They have been determined to be of American
Indian ancestry based on cranial morphology. These human remains from
have no archeological classification and cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In 1996, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from the surface on the north half of Gale Island in
Hennepin County, MN. The remains were discovered by Robert Louis Naas
while walking on a paved path on the island and recovered by the
Hennepin Country Crime Lab and Sheriff's Department. The human remains
were transferred to the Hennepin County Medical Examiner's Office
(HCMEO 96-1624) for identification and then transferred to the MIAC's
laboratory at Hamline University (H303). Investigation by the Minnesota
Office of the State Archaeologist concluded that the remains were
likely exposed as a result of earlier landscaping and/or erosion
activities. Archaeological site number
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21-HE-271 was assigned to document the presence of a burial location.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The condition of the human remains suggests an ancient context and
the morphology of femora identifies American Indian ancestry. The human
remains have no archeological classification and cannot be associated
with any present-day Indian tribe.
In the 1920s, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were recovered from Enchanted Island in Lake Minnetonka,
Hennepin County, MN by George Cole. In 1999 the human remains were
transferred to the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist by Mr.
Cole's nephew, Lyle Chapman. In 2002, the remains were transferred to
the MIAC (H381). No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The context and condition of the human remains suggest an ancient,
pre-contact time period and the morphology of the skull and femora
indicate American Indian ancestry. These human remains have no
archeological classification and cannot be associated with any present-
day Indian tribe.
In 1922, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals
were removed from private property on Lake Florida in Kandiyohi County,
MN, by unknown person(s) and donated to the Kandiyohi County Historical
Society (Acc. 1405). In 1990, the human remains were transferred to the
MIAC (H176). No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The context and condition of the remains identify these human
remains as pre-contact American Indian affiliation. These human remains
have no archeological classification and cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In 1885, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from a mound in an unknown location in Kandiyohi County,
MN, by unknown person(s) and donated to the Meeker County Historical
Society. In 1997, David Nystuen of the Minnesota Historical Society
transferred the human remains from the Meeker County Historical Society
to the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist. In 1999, the human
remains were transferred to the MIAC (H368-1). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
These human remains were reportedly recovered from a mound which
suggests an association with the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In the1930s, human remains representing, at minimum, two
individuals were recovered from a mound in an unknown location in
Kandiyohi County, MN, by unknown person(s) and donated to the Meeker
County Historical Society. In 1997, David Nystuen of the Minnesota
Historical Society transferred the human remains from the Meeker County
Historical Society to the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist.
In 1999, the human remains were transferred to the MIAC (H368-2, H368-
3). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
These human remains were reportedly recovered from a mound which
suggests an association with the Woodland Tradition and femoral
morphology identifies these remains as American Indian. The Woodland
Tradition is a broad archeological classification which cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1971, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from the Great Oasis type site or Nelson site (21-MU-2)
in Murray County, MN, during archeological excavations by Dale Henning
and personnel from the University of Minnesota and the University of
Nebraska. The human remains were transferred to the University of Iowa.
At an unknown date the human remains were transferred to the University
of Minnesota. In 2002, the human remains were transferred to the MIAC
(H387). No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Records in the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist identify
multi-components in the habitation area of the Great Oasis type site
(21-MU-2). This burial and the associated human remains have been
determined to be associated with the Great Oasis phase of the Plains
Village Tradition (A.D. 900-1200), an archeological classification
which cannot be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1954, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from site 21-NL-1, the Poehler Mound site in Nicollet
County, MN, during archeological excavations by Lloyd Wilford of the
University of Minnesota (UM384). Three burials were reportedly
excavated and additional human remains were found in the mound fill but
no human remains were accessioned into the University of Minnesota
ledger purportedly because of the poor preservation of bone. Student
field notes record leaving the remains in situ because they
disintegrated upon excavation. The single human bone recorded here was
erroneously identified as animal bone. In 2008, the UM384 material was
transferred to the MIAC's laboratory at Hamline University, where the
bone was correctly identified as human. No known individual was
identified. The fifteen associated funerary objects are: two ceramic
sherds, multiple sherds of a partial vessel, a chert core, a flake, a
base of a corner-notched point, a biface tip, a chert scraper, a flat
shell bead or gorget, an expanding stem point and five snail shells.
These human remains are associated with the Middle Prehistoric
period (3000 B.C.-A.D. 900), a broad archeological classification which
cannot be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
In 1985, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from an undesignated site in Nobles County, MN, by
unknown person(s) and donated to the MIAC (H102). No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
These human remains have no archeological classification and cannot
be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from an undesignated site in Olmsted County,
MN, by unknown person(s) and donated to the Olmsted County Historical
Society. In 1991, the human remains were transferred to the MIAC
(H190). No known individuals are identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The condition of the human remains, femora morphology and dental
attrition pattern identify these remains as pre-contact American
Indian. These human remains have no archeological classification and
cannot be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
During the late 19th century, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed from an unknown site in Olmsted
County, MN, by unknown persons and donated to the Olmsted County
Historical Society (Acc. 75.162.96). In 1994, the human remains were
transferred to the MIAC (H273). No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains suggest an ancient, pre-contact
time period. These human remains have no archeological classification
and cannot be associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
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In 1955, human remains representing, at minimum, fifteen
individuals were recovered from site 21-SB-1, High Island Mound site/
Black Tortoise Mound in Sibley County, MN, during archeological
excavations conducted by L.A. Wilford of the University of Minnesota
(UM395). No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary
objects were present.
Site 21-SB-1 consists of 52 mounds. In 1955, L.A. Wilford excavated
Mound 32, which contained both an Oneota burial (intrusive to the
Woodland mound) and Woodland burials. The Oneota burial was reported as
ancestral to the present-day Otoe and Iowa tribes (64 FR 40040, Friday,
July 23, 1999) and repatriated and reburied in 2001. These human
remains are associated with the Woodland Tradition, a broad
archeological classification which cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were recovered from Traverse County, MN, by unknown
person(s). In 1999, Dave Nystuen of the Minnesota Historical Society
transferred these remains to the Minnesota Office of the State
Archaeologist. In 1999, the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist
transferred these remains to the MIAC (H371). No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
The condition of the human remains and dental patterns of attrition
suggest an ancient pre-contact time period. Cranial morphology
identifies the human remains as American Indian. These human remains
have no archeological classification and cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In 1937, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were recovered from site 21-WR-19, the Waverly Lake site, Wright
County, MN, by unknown person(s). In 1996, the human remains were
donated to the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist and in 1997
transferred to the MIAC (H321). No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Site 21-WR-19 represents a group of mounds mapped by T.H. Lewis in
1881. In 1978, the Minnesota Statewide Archaeological Survey identified
possible mound features in the area of site 21-WR-19, which suggest
these human remains may be associated with the Woodland Tradition, a
broad archeological classification which cannot be associated with any
present-day Indian tribe.
In 1999, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were discovered in a gravel pit in Dayton, Wright County, MN by unknown
person(s). The Wright County Sheriff's Department recovered the human
remains and transferred them to the Anoka County Coroner's Office/
Midwest Forensic Pathology. In 2000, the remains were transferred to
the Minnesota Office of the State Archaeologist and site number 21-WR-
130, Dayton Quarry Burial was assigned to the location to document the
presence of a burial site. In 2002, the human remains were transferred
to the MIAC (H377). No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The context and condition of the human remains suggest a pre-
contact archeological association. Residents of the land parcel report
the presence of aboriginal habitation debris in the area of recovery.
These human remains have no archeological classification and cannot be
associated with any present-day Indian tribe.
Determinations Made by the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council
Officials of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council have determined
that:
Based on non-destructive physical analysis and catalogue
records, the human remains are Native American.
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.
According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission, the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The
Tribes.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 102 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 41 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains is to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact James L. (Jim) Jones, Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota
Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN
56601, telephone (218) 755-3223, before January 4, 2012. Disposition of
the human remains to The Tribes may proceed after that date if no
additional requestors come forward.
The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 29, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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