Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD, 48249-48250 [2017-22434]
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objects 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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Wisconsin Historical
Society at the address in this notice by
November 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
Historical Society, 816 State St.,
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
wisconsinhistory.org.
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 under the control of the
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
WI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Potato Lake Mounds, Rusk County, WI.
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 and associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Wisconsin
Historical Society professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1914, human remains representing,
at minimum, six individuals were
removed from Potato Lake Mounds (47–
RU–0013) in Rusk County, WI. The then
landowner donated the remains to the
Wisconsin Historical Society in 1916
and 1918, but there is no documentation
as to where they were found at the site.
The human remains represent six
individuals—two juveniles, one adult
female, one adult male, and two adults
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of indeterminate sex. No known
individuals were identified. The four
associated funerary objects are 2
ceramic sherds, 1 chert flake, and 1 lot
of faunal remains.
Determinations Made by the Wisconsin
Historical Society
Officials of the Wisconsin Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
Wisconsin Historical Society records,
burial location, archeological context,
oral histories, and skeletal analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of six
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the four 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
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; Fond du Lac
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
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,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 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
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Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the White Earth Band
of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (hereafter referred to as The
Aboriginal Land Tribes).
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
The Aboriginal Land Tribes.
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin
Historical Society, 816 State St.,
Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608)
264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@
wisconsinhistory.org, by November 16,
2017. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to The
Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed.
The Wisconsin Historical Society is
responsible for notifying The Aboriginal
Land Tribes and the Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
and the Upper Sioux Community,
Minnesota, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 5, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, 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
SUMMARY:
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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 National Museum of
Health and Medicine. 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 National Museum of
Health and Medicine at the address in
this notice by November 16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil.
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 National Museum of Health and
Medicine, Silver Spring, MD. The
human remains were removed from the
Three Rivers Landing on the Tombigbee
River (site 1WN76), Washington County,
AL.
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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
(previously listed as the AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band
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of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal
Town; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks
(previously listed as the Poarch Band of
Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa
Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians;
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; TunicaBiloxi Indian Tribe; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma (‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1905, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Three Rivers Landing
on the Tombigbee River (site 1WN76),
Washington County, AL, by Clarence B.
Moore, during an archeological
investigation of burial mounds. Artifacts
were present at the time of excavation,
but were not retained with the human
remains. The human remains were
donated to the Army Medical Museum
by Clarence B. Moore in 1905. The date
of the site associated with the human
remains is approximately A.D. 200 to
1540. The remains consist of a partial
femur and an innominate bone. Age
could not be identified. Sex is female
based on morphological features of the
innominate bone. No known individuals
were identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Determinations Made by the National
Museum of Health and Medicine
Officials of the National Museum of
Health and Medicine have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on:
Osteological evidence, collection
history, artifacts, and association with
prehistoric archeological sites.
• 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(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian tribe.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii),
the disposition of the human remains
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may be to The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma.
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 Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil, by
November 16, 2017. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma may proceed.
The National Museum of Health and
Medicine is responsible for notifying
The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 22, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017–22434 Filed 10–16–17; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison,
WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Wisconsin Historical
Society 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 Wisconsin Historical
Society. 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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024050; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Department of Defense,
Defense Health Agency, National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver
Spring, MD
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and Medicine, 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
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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 National Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine at the address in this notice by November
16, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest Glen,
2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 319-3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil.
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 National Museum of Health and Medicine, Silver
Spring, MD. The human remains were removed from the Three Rivers
Landing on the Tombigbee River (site 1WN76), Washington County, AL.
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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as the Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Cherokee
Nation; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creeks (previously listed as the Poarch
Band of Creek Indians of Alabama); Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; The Quapaw Tribe of Indians; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma;
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the United
Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1905, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from the Three Rivers Landing on the Tombigbee River (site
1WN76), Washington County, AL, by Clarence B. Moore, during an
archeological investigation of burial mounds. Artifacts were present at
the time of excavation, but were not retained with the human remains.
The human remains were donated to the Army Medical Museum by Clarence
B. Moore in 1905. The date of the site associated with the human
remains is approximately A.D. 200 to 1540. The remains consist of a
partial femur and an innominate bone. Age could not be identified. Sex
is female based on morphological features of the innominate bone. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by the National Museum of Health and Medicine
Officials of the National Museum of Health and Medicine have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on: Osteological evidence,
collection history, artifacts, and association with prehistoric
archeological sites.
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(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1)(ii), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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 Mr. Brian F. Spatola, Curator of
Anatomical Division, National Museum of Health and Medicine, U.S. Army
Garrison Forest Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, MD 20910,
telephone (301) 319-3353, email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil, by
November 16, 2017. After that date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
The National Museum of Health and Medicine is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 22, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-22434 Filed 10-16-17; 8:45 am]
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