Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Pueblo Grande Museum, City of Phoenix, AZ, 46009-46010 [2021-17566]
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Indians of the Pechanga Reservation,
California; Rincon Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation,
California; Santa Ynez Band of
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa
Ynez Reservation, California; and the
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians,
California (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Nicolette B.
Meister, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit College, 700
College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363–2305, email
meistern@beloit.edu, by September 16,
2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Tribes may proceed.
The Logan Museum of Anthropology,
Beloit College is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited
Tribes and Groups that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 4, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington,
DC, and Pueblo Grande Museum, City
of Phoenix, AZ
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA),
assisted by the Pueblo Grande Museum
(PGM), in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of sacred
objects. 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 to the BIA
through the Pueblo Grande Museum. If
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no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
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
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the BIA through the Pueblo Grande
Museum at the address in this notice by
September 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E Washington Street,
Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602)
534–1572, email lindsey.vogel-teeter@
phoenix.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in
the physical custody of the Pueblo
Grande Museum, City of Phoenix, AZ,
that meet the definition of sacred objects
under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
ancestral lands of the Yavapai people.
Expert opinion provided by
representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian
Community [previously listed as Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona]; Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono
O’odham Nation of Arizona, as well as
ethnographic documentation, also
support the use of these cultural items
in ceremonies performed by traditional
O’odham religious practitioners.
Furthermore, the area where the items
were found lies within the region
recognized by government and tribal
authorities as O’odham aboriginal land.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
At an unknown date, 16 cultural
items were removed from an
unidentified cave located on the Fort
McDowell Indian Reservation in
Maricopa County, AZ. The cultural
items were removed by a private citizen
and were subsequently transferred to
PGM. The museum catalogued the
collection in February 1960. The 16
sacred objects are 15 cane cigarettes and
one corn cob.
Expert opinion provided by
representatives of the Fort McDowell
Yavapai Nation supports the use of
these cultural items in ceremonies
performed by traditional Yavapai
religious practitioners. Once placed in
the cave, the cultural items were not to
be disturbed. The location where the
cultural items were found (i.e., within
the boundaries of the Fort McDowell
Indian Reservation) lies within the
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Pueblo Grande
Museum
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and
Pueblo Grande Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the 16 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 sacred objects and the Fort
McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona.
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
Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E. Washington Street,
Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602)
534–1572, email lindsey.vogel-teeter@
phoenix.gov, by September 16, 2021.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred objects to the
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona
may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs assisted by the
Pueblo Grande Museum are responsible
for notifying the Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona that this notice has
been published.
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Dated: August 4, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021–17566 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The University of Michigan
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 no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects 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 and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the University of Michigan. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary 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 University of Michigan at
the address in this notice by September
16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project
Manager, University of Michigan, Office
of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503
Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109–
1340, telephone (734) 647–9085, email
bsecunda@umich.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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
The human remains and associated
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funerary objects were removed from
Antrim, Newaygo, and Roscommon
Counties, 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 and associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the University of Michigan
Museum of Anthropological
Archaeology (UMMAA) professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rock Boy’s Reservation,
Montana [previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana]; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, 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 Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
The Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake);
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band;
Leech Lake Band; White Earth Band);
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain
Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota were invited to consult but did
not participate.
Hereafter, all Tribes listed in this
section are referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’
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History and Description of the Human
Remains
On unknown dates in, or before, 1924,
human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Leavitt Mound site
(20AN2) in Antrim County, MI. The site
is located near Grass Lake, and human
remains and objects were removed from
the site on multiple occasions. In
August of 1924, an amateur collector
removed human cranial remains from
the site and subsequently donated them
to the UMMAA. The human remains
represent one adult, 30–60 years old,
female. In the summer of 1924, a second
amateur collector removed objects from
the site and in September of 1924
donated them to the UMMAA. On an
unknown date, a third amateur collector
removed human cranial remains from
the site and in November of 1924 sold
them to the UMMAA. The human
remains are one adult, female. The site
has been dated to the Middle Woodland
Period (300 B.C.–A.D. 500) based on the
diagnostic artifacts. No known
individuals were identified. The three
associated funerary objects present are
one lot of stone pipe preform made from
Petoskey Stone, one lot of gray chert
biface and side-notched projectile point,
and one lot of shell bowl.
In August of 1928 and on an unknown
date in 1965, human remains
representing, at minimum, five
individuals were removed from the
Brooks Mound site (20NE1) in Newaygo
County, MI. The Brooks Mound site is
located in Brooks Township near the
Muskegon River and consists of a
complex of several mounds of varying
sizes. In 1928, an archeologist from the
UMMAA excavated two mounds at the
site. Human remains from two
individuals were removed from Mound
A. One individual was interred in a
crouching position with the head far
down upon the chest. A dark red
pigment was noted covering the
person’s face. The individual was
buried with a platform pipe. A ceramic
vessel, which originally held pieces of
the red pigment, and a small turtle
carapace were placed near the left
shoulder, and multiple salt water
species shell beads were placed near the
left side of the person’s jaw. Multiple
individuals were noted in Mound 6
(possibly also known as Mound Q). The
mound was described as containing an
oblong burial pit where a bundle burial
of three crania and long bones of five
individuals were interred. Near the top
of the burial was a ceramic vessel
containing red sand and decorated with
curvilinear lines with short crosshatching. A second ceramic vessel was
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032430; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: U.S. Department of
the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and Pueblo
Grande Museum, City of Phoenix, AZ
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
(BIA), assisted by the Pueblo Grande Museum (PGM), in consultation with
the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of sacred objects. 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 to the BIA through the Pueblo Grande Museum. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the BIA through the Pueblo
Grande Museum at the address in this notice by September 16, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande
Museum, 4619 E Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602)
534-1572, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the physical custody of the Pueblo
Grande Museum, City of Phoenix, AZ, that meet the definition of sacred
objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
At an unknown date, 16 cultural items were removed from an
unidentified cave located on the Fort McDowell Indian Reservation in
Maricopa County, AZ. The cultural items were removed by a private
citizen and were subsequently transferred to PGM. The museum catalogued
the collection in February 1960. The 16 sacred objects are 15 cane
cigarettes and one corn cob.
Expert opinion provided by representatives of the Fort McDowell
Yavapai Nation supports the use of these cultural items in ceremonies
performed by traditional Yavapai religious practitioners. Once placed
in the cave, the cultural items were not to be disturbed. The location
where the cultural items were found (i.e., within the boundaries of the
Fort McDowell Indian Reservation) lies within the ancestral lands of
the Yavapai people. Expert opinion provided by representatives of the
Ak-Chin Indian Community [previously listed as Ak Chin Indian Community
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona]; Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation,
Arizona; and the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona, as well as
ethnographic documentation, also support the use of these cultural
items in ceremonies performed by traditional O'odham religious
practitioners. Furthermore, the area where the items were found lies
within the region recognized by government and tribal authorities as
O'odham aboriginal land.
Determinations Made by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs and Pueblo Grande Museum
Officials of the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian
Affairs and Pueblo Grande Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 16 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 sacred
objects and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona.
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 Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande Museum,
4619 E. Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 534-1572,
email [email protected], by September 16, 2021. After
that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of
control of the sacred objects to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation,
Arizona may proceed.
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs
assisted by the Pueblo Grande Museum are responsible for notifying the
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: August 4, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-17566 Filed 8-16-21; 8:45 am]
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