Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 68040-68042 [2016-23808]
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Morton in Philadelphia for inclusion in
his collection of human crania from
around the world. The human remains
are those of a single male individual
estimated to be 60+ years old and are
represented by a cranium. The
condition of the remains suggests they
were not buried. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
At this time, the Academy of Natural
Sciences of Philadelphia provided
storage space for much of Dr. Morton’s
collections, including these human
remains, until his death in 1851. In
1853, Dr. Morton’s collection, including
all of the remains described above, were
purchased from Dr. Morton’s Estate and
formally presented to the Academy of
Natural Sciences. In 1966, Dr. Morton’s
collection was loaned to the University
of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology. In
1997, the collection was formally gifted
to the University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology.
Museum documentation, collector
records and anthropological literature
indicate that the two sets of human
remains date to the Historic Period. The
human remains have been identified as
Native American based on the specific
cultural and geographic attributions in
the museum records. Collector’s
records, museum documentation and
published historical sources identify the
human remains above as Potawatomi.
Scholarly ethno-historic and
anthropological publications and land
cession records indicate that the
geographic location is consistent with
the known historical territory of the
Potawatomi.
Determinations made by the {Museum
or Federal Agency}
Officials of the University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• 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 Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
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Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains {and associated
funerary objects} should submit a
written request with information in
support of the request to Dr. Julian
Siggers, University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104, telephone (215)
898–4050, by November 2, 2016. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation (previously listed
as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana may
proceed.
The University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana; and the Michigan
Anishinabek Cultural Preservation &
Repatriation Alliance, a non-federally
recognized entity, representing the
following federally recognized tribes:
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; Little River Band
of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
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of Chippewa Indians, Michigan that this
notice has been published.
Dated: September 19, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22013;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology has
completed an inventory of human
remains in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at the
address in this notice by November 2,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum
Curator and Director of Research and
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu.
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
SUMMARY:
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of human remains under the control of
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains
were removed from Kent County, MI.
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 Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Additional requests for consultation
were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana (previously listed as the
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Fond du Lac Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
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Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin;
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Oneida Nation (previously
listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as the Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation
(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York); Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
White Earth Band of Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred
to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1885, human remains representing,
at minimum, 2 individuals were
removed from the Court Street Mound
in Kent County, MI, by employees of
Shiver, Weatherly & Company while
digging for a waterline under Court
Street. The remains were collected by
W.L. Coffinberry who donated them to
the Peabody Museum in the same year.
No known individuals were identified.
Determinations Made by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
osteological examination and
archeological context.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 2
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
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Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of
Congress, or Executive Orders, the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of the Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of
Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
White Earth Band of Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (hereinafter
referred to as ‘‘The Aboriginal Land
Tribes’’).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Patricia Capone, Museum
Curator and Director of Research and
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu by November 2, 2016.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying The Invited and Consulted
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 19, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016–23808 Filed 9–30–16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–22014:
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology has
completed an inventory of human
remains in consultation with the
appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
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Representatives of any Indian
tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at the
address in this notice by November 2,
2016.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum
Curator and Director of Research and
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu.
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 under the control of
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA. The human remains
were removed from Newaygo County,
MI.
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.
DATES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band
of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Additional requests for consultation
were sent to the Absentee-Shawnee
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Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band
(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana (previously listed as the
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Fond du Lac Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe
of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of
the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas;
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin;
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Oneida Nation (previously
listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as the Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in
Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians
(previously listed as the Seneca Nation
of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation
(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga
Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda
Band of Seneca (previously listed as the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of
New York); Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
White Earth Band of Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred
to as ‘‘The Invited and Consulted
Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1888 and 1916, human
remains representing, at minimum, 1
individual were removed from Fremont
in Newaygo County, MI, by Theodore
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22013; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology has completed
an inventory of human remains in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any
present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations.
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request to the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this notice by
November 2, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Museum Curator and Director of Research and
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-3702, email pcapone@fas.harvard.edu.
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
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of human remains under the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains
were removed from Kent County, MI.
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 Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan. Additional requests for consultation were
sent to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Fond du
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo
Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau
Reservation of Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Oneida Nation (previously listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as the
Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as
the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca
(previously listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New
York); Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; White
Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the Wyandotte
Nation (hereinafter referred to as ``The Invited and Consulted
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1885, human remains representing, at minimum, 2 individuals were
removed from the Court Street Mound in Kent County, MI, by employees of
Shiver, Weatherly & Company while digging for a waterline under Court
Street. The remains were collected by W.L. Coffinberry who donated them
to the Peabody Museum in the same year. No known individuals were
identified.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on osteological examination
and archeological context.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 2 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
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 or the Court of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of Congress,
or Executive Orders, the land from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana
(previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Fond du Lac
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band
of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota; White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as ``The Aboriginal Land Tribes'').
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Patricia Capone, Museum Curator and
Director of Research and Repatriation, Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email pcapone@fas.harvard.edu by
November 2, 2016. After that date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying The Invited and Consulted Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 19, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-23808 Filed 9-30-16; 8:45 am]
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