Notice of Inventory Completion: Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo, OH, 3807-3809 [2017-00509]
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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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item(s)
In 1964, seven cultural items were
removed from Ojibwe communities in
unknown counties, MN. In the 1950s,
Karen Petersen and her husband Sydney
Petersen spent their summers visiting
Ojibwe communities, buying crafts from
tribal members. These items belonged to
John Mink, a fourth-degree Midewiwin
priest at the Mille Lacs Indian
Reservation in central Minnesota. Soon
after Mink’s death in 1962 or 1963,
museum records affirm the items were
dug up to be offered for sale. Petersen
sold the cache to Mary and Francis
Crane on February 2, 1976, with the
exception of one scroll (A943.1), which
was donated to the Denver Museum of
Natural History (now the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science or DMNS)
directly in November 1976. The Cranes
in turn donated the other six
unassociated funerary objects to the
DMNS in December 1976. The seven
unassociated funerary objects are 2
birch bark scrolls (A943.1 and
AC.11525), 2 ceremonial invitation sets
(AC.11528 and AC.11529), 2 medicine
bags (AC.11535B and AC.11535J), and 1
vessel containing ceremonial stain
(AC.11530).
Between 1950 and 1964, six cultural
items were removed from Ojibwe
communities in unknown counties, MN.
Karen Petersen purchased four cultural
items (AC.11533, AC.11536A,
AC.11536B, and AC.11538) from Ole
Sam who had inherited these objects in
1960 from the estate of his father, Mike
Sam, a Midewiwin priest. Petersen sold
the cultural items to Mary and Francis
Crane on February 5, 1976, who donated
them to THE DMNS in December 1976.
Petersen purchased one cultural item
(ac.11526) from Annie Sam, a rare
fourth-degree Midewiwin female priest.
On February 2, 1976, the Cranes
purchased the cultural item and
donated it to the DMNS in December
1976. Petersen purchased one cultural
item (AC.115351) from Maggie
Skinaway in 1961. On February 19,
1976, Petersen sold the cultural item to
the Cranes who donated it to the DMNS
in December 1976. The six sacred
objects are 1 ceremonial post
(AC.11533), 1 large cowrie shell
(AC.11536A), 1 collection of 19 shells
(AC.11536B), 1 ceremonial drumstick
(AC.115381), 1 birch bark scroll
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(AC.11526), and 1 medicine bag
(AC.11535I).
Museum accession, catalogue, and
documentary records, as well as
consultation with representatives of the
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, indicate
that the 13 cultural objects are Ojibwe
and are from the Mille Lacs Indian
Reservation, Minnesota. The 13 cultural
items, A943.1, AC.11525, AC.11528,
AC.11529, AC.11530, AC.11535B,
AC.11535J, AC.11533, AC.11536A,
AC.11536B, AC 11538, AC.11526, and
AC.11535I, relate to the Grand Medicine
Society or Midewiwin, a ritual society.
Determinations Made by the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science
Officials of the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the 7 cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near individual human remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the 6 cultural items described above are
specific ceremonial objects needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and the Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred objects and the Mille
Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Chip Colwell, Senior Curator of
Anthropology and NAGPRA Officer,
Denver Museum of Nature & Science,
2001 Colorado Boulevard., Denver, CO
80205, telephone (303) 370–6378, email
Chip.Colwell@dmns.org, by February 13,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects and/or sacred objects may
proceed.
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The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science is responsible for notifying the
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: December 21, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, Toledo,
OH
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Metroparks of the Toledo
Area (Metroparks Toledo) has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and present-day Indian tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to Metroparks Toledo. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 Metroparks Toledo at the
address in this notice by February 13,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Joseph Fausnaugh,
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100
West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH
43615, telephone (419) 407–9700, email
joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
SUMMARY:
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the completion of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of
Metroparks Toledo, Toledo, OH. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Audubon
Island, City of Maumee, Lucas County,
OH.
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.
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Consultation
On behalf of Metroparks Toledo, a
detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by professional staff
of the Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, OH, in consultation with
representatives of the Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the
Wyandotte Nation.
History and Description of the Remains
In April and October 2014, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from
33LU0805 in Lucas County, OH. At the
request of the landowner (Metroparks
Toledo), on April 10, 2014, Ohio History
Connection (OHC) staff recovered
human remains and funerary items that
were exposed and eroding out of
Audubon/Ewing Island in the Maumee
River. Members of the Miami and
Shawnee nations were present during
this excavation. Only the right side of a
single individual (approximately 40% of
the individual), likely a male between
the ages of 17–20 years, was recovered
at that time, as the remainder of the
burial was stable. Associated funerary
items were also recovered. All human
remains and associated funerary objects
were temporarily transferred to the
OHC’s laboratory facilities in Columbus
for cleaning, cataloging and analysis.
Non-artifact remains of water screened
soil (rocks and shell) from burial context
were retained. Following consultation
with the Indian tribes listed above, OHC
staff returned to the site on October 1
and 2, 2014, to excavate the remainder
of the burial. This follow-up excavation
was similarly overseen by
representatives of the consulted Indian
tribes, and all excavated human remains
and associated funerary items were
again temporarily transferred to the
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OHC’s laboratory facilities in Columbus,
where they were cleaned, cataloged,
analyzed, and rejoined with the human
remains and associated funerary items
that were excavated in April 2014. All
human remains and associated funerary
items recovered from 33LU0805 are
currently being temporarily held at the
OHC’s Columbus facility on behalf of
the Toledo Metroparks.
In total, one individual was
identified. No known individuals were
identified. The 3,049 associated
funerary objects include the following: 1
pan; 2 kettles; 2 arm bands; 1 brooch; 1
glass mirror; 2 musket balls; 1 strikelight; 2 flints; 19 copper coils; 14 tinkler
cones; 1 tubular long bead; 517 tubular
small beads; 2,130 seed beads; 10 pieces
of possible fabric; 2 pieces of charcoal;
37 seeds; 3 stones; 4 rock and shell; 2
light fractions; 1 non-human bone
fragment; 11 ceramic sherds; 21 flint
flakes; 11 buckshot; 1 rose head nail; 7
brass flakes; 4 clay fragments with
vermillion; 1 lot of an unspecified
number of corroded iron fragments; 1
otolith; 1 cone; 2 finial-like bone
objects; 1 musket ball fragment; 83
wampum beads; 2 unknown material
fragments; 1 fixed blade knife with half
tang; 1 bone tube; 1 pair of scissors; 1
wooden object; 1 disc-shaped button; 15
perforated triangular brass fragments; 1
iron ring; 1 brass ring; 1 ferrule; 1 silver
ring; 6 ferrule fragments; 1 leather bag;
1 sample of a granular substance; 1
sample of vermillion powder; 1 textile
and cordage; 1 fixed blade knife with
full tang; 7 samples of textile fragments;
3 pieces of textile, leather, and organic
material; 3 samples of textile and leather
fragments; 1 knife blade with rust
fragments; 1 sample of knife handle
fragments; 1 rivet; 24 kettle fragments; 4
unperforated brass triangles; 1 silver
clipping; 1 sample of cordage fragments;
1 sample of cordage; 28 hawk bell
fragments; 1 bell clapper; 6 solder
fragments; 1 shaped sheet of brass; 1
iron awl with bone handle and coat
button attached; 1 button; 1 butt cone;
1 non-human, possibly modified bone
fragment; 15 brass fragments; 1 sample
of iron fragments; 1 wire; and 12
samples of water screened residual
portion of soil.
A nearby 18th century Ottawa grave
demonstrates that this part of the island
may have been occupied and used as a
burial area by the Ottawa until around
the time of the 1795 Treaty of
Greenville. Audubon Island is located in
the lower Maumee Valley in northern
Ohio. Some Ottawa bands had taken up
residence in the lower Maumee Valley
by A.D. 1740–1750. Following Pontiac’s
siege of Detroit in the summer of 1763,
some of the Ottawa bands from that area
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also resettled to the lower Maumee
Valley. In 1764, Captain Thomas Morris
met an Ottawa delegation at the foot of
the Maumee Rapids, adjacent to
Audubon Island. Between 1783 and
1794, Audubon Island was known as
Col. McKee’s Island, and was farmed as
part of Alexander McKee’s Department
of Indian Affairs post at the foot of the
Maumee Rapids. Several other EuroCanadian traders occupied lands in the
area, presumably with the consent of the
local Ottawa.
In 1795, many of the Great Lakes-Ohio
Valley tribes signed the Treaty of
Greenville, which produced several
land cession, including a 12-square-mile
reserve surrounding the foot of the
Maumee Rapids and Audubon Island.
Occupation of Audubon Island by the
Ohio Ottawa appears to have ceased at
that time, at which point some of them
moved to Walpole Island, Canada.
Between 1807 and 1817, the United
States established four small
reservations for the Ottawa along the
lower Maumee River. Audubon Island
lies between two of these reservations.
In 1831 to 1833, the four reservations
were finally ceded to the United States
in return for lands in present-day
Franklin County, KS. In 1867, the
Kansas reservation organization was
dissolved and the Ottawa sold their
individual allotments and moved to
Oklahoma. Descendants of the Ottawa
that occupied Audubon Island are
members of the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by Metroparks
Toledo
Officials of Metroparks Toledo have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 3,049 objects described in this
notice 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 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
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
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request with information in support of
the request Joseph Fausnaugh,
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100
West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH
43615, telephone (419) 407–9700, email
joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com,
by February 13, 2017. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
may proceed.
Metroparks Toledo is responsible for
notifying the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the
Wyandotte Nation that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 20, 2016.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Metroparks of the Toledo Area,
Toledo, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Metroparks of the Toledo Area (Metroparks Toledo) has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 to Metroparks Toledo. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: 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 Metroparks Toledo at the address in this
notice by February 13, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Joseph Fausnaugh, Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 West
Central Avenue, Toledo, OH 43615, telephone (419) 407-9700, email
joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects under the
control of Metroparks Toledo, Toledo, OH. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Audubon Island, City of
Maumee, Lucas County, OH.
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.
Consultation
On behalf of Metroparks Toledo, a detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by professional staff of the Ohio History Connection,
Columbus, OH, in consultation with representatives of the Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Wyandotte Nation.
History and Description of the Remains
In April and October 2014, human remains representing, at minimum,
one individual were removed from 33LU0805 in Lucas County, OH. At the
request of the landowner (Metroparks Toledo), on April 10, 2014, Ohio
History Connection (OHC) staff recovered human remains and funerary
items that were exposed and eroding out of Audubon/Ewing Island in the
Maumee River. Members of the Miami and Shawnee nations were present
during this excavation. Only the right side of a single individual
(approximately 40% of the individual), likely a male between the ages
of 17-20 years, was recovered at that time, as the remainder of the
burial was stable. Associated funerary items were also recovered. All
human remains and associated funerary objects were temporarily
transferred to the OHC's laboratory facilities in Columbus for
cleaning, cataloging and analysis. Non-artifact remains of water
screened soil (rocks and shell) from burial context were retained.
Following consultation with the Indian tribes listed above, OHC staff
returned to the site on October 1 and 2, 2014, to excavate the
remainder of the burial. This follow-up excavation was similarly
overseen by representatives of the consulted Indian tribes, and all
excavated human remains and associated funerary items were again
temporarily transferred to the OHC's laboratory facilities in Columbus,
where they were cleaned, cataloged, analyzed, and rejoined with the
human remains and associated funerary items that were excavated in
April 2014. All human remains and associated funerary items recovered
from 33LU0805 are currently being temporarily held at the OHC's
Columbus facility on behalf of the Toledo Metroparks.
In total, one individual was identified. No known individuals were
identified. The 3,049 associated funerary objects include the
following: 1 pan; 2 kettles; 2 arm bands; 1 brooch; 1 glass mirror; 2
musket balls; 1 strike-light; 2 flints; 19 copper coils; 14 tinkler
cones; 1 tubular long bead; 517 tubular small beads; 2,130 seed beads;
10 pieces of possible fabric; 2 pieces of charcoal; 37 seeds; 3 stones;
4 rock and shell; 2 light fractions; 1 non-human bone fragment; 11
ceramic sherds; 21 flint flakes; 11 buckshot; 1 rose head nail; 7 brass
flakes; 4 clay fragments with vermillion; 1 lot of an unspecified
number of corroded iron fragments; 1 otolith; 1 cone; 2 finial-like
bone objects; 1 musket ball fragment; 83 wampum beads; 2 unknown
material fragments; 1 fixed blade knife with half tang; 1 bone tube; 1
pair of scissors; 1 wooden object; 1 disc-shaped button; 15 perforated
triangular brass fragments; 1 iron ring; 1 brass ring; 1 ferrule; 1
silver ring; 6 ferrule fragments; 1 leather bag; 1 sample of a granular
substance; 1 sample of vermillion powder; 1 textile and cordage; 1
fixed blade knife with full tang; 7 samples of textile fragments; 3
pieces of textile, leather, and organic material; 3 samples of textile
and leather fragments; 1 knife blade with rust fragments; 1 sample of
knife handle fragments; 1 rivet; 24 kettle fragments; 4 unperforated
brass triangles; 1 silver clipping; 1 sample of cordage fragments; 1
sample of cordage; 28 hawk bell fragments; 1 bell clapper; 6 solder
fragments; 1 shaped sheet of brass; 1 iron awl with bone handle and
coat button attached; 1 button; 1 butt cone; 1 non-human, possibly
modified bone fragment; 15 brass fragments; 1 sample of iron fragments;
1 wire; and 12 samples of water screened residual portion of soil.
A nearby 18th century Ottawa grave demonstrates that this part of
the island may have been occupied and used as a burial area by the
Ottawa until around the time of the 1795 Treaty of Greenville. Audubon
Island is located in the lower Maumee Valley in northern Ohio. Some
Ottawa bands had taken up residence in the lower Maumee Valley by A.D.
1740-1750. Following Pontiac's siege of Detroit in the summer of 1763,
some of the Ottawa bands from that area also resettled to the lower
Maumee Valley. In 1764, Captain Thomas Morris met an Ottawa delegation
at the foot of the Maumee Rapids, adjacent to Audubon Island. Between
1783 and 1794, Audubon Island was known as Col. McKee's Island, and was
farmed as part of Alexander McKee's Department of Indian Affairs post
at the foot of the Maumee Rapids. Several other Euro-Canadian traders
occupied lands in the area, presumably with the consent of the local
Ottawa.
In 1795, many of the Great Lakes-Ohio Valley tribes signed the
Treaty of Greenville, which produced several land cession, including a
12-square-mile reserve surrounding the foot of the Maumee Rapids and
Audubon Island. Occupation of Audubon Island by the Ohio Ottawa appears
to have ceased at that time, at which point some of them moved to
Walpole Island, Canada. Between 1807 and 1817, the United States
established four small reservations for the Ottawa along the lower
Maumee River. Audubon Island lies between two of these reservations. In
1831 to 1833, the four reservations were finally ceded to the United
States in return for lands in present-day Franklin County, KS. In 1867,
the Kansas reservation organization was dissolved and the Ottawa sold
their individual allotments and moved to Oklahoma. Descendants of the
Ottawa that occupied Audubon Island are members of the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by Metroparks Toledo
Officials of Metroparks Toledo have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3,049 objects
described in this notice 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 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma.
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
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request with information in support of the request Joseph Fausnaugh,
Metroparks of the Toledo Area, 5100 West Central Avenue, Toledo, OH
43615, telephone (419) 407-9700, email
joe.fausnaugh@metroparkstoledo.com, by February 13, 2017. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma may proceed.
Metroparks Toledo is responsible for notifying the Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of Oklahoma, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma, the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma, the Shawnee Tribe, and the Wyandotte Nation that this notice
has been published.
Dated: December 20, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-00509 Filed 1-11-17; 8:45 am]
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