Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Art Theft Program, Washington, DC, 56439-56440 [2022-19829]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56439-56440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19829]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034497; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 
Art Theft Program, Washington, DC

AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation has 
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects 
and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from 
unknown locations in the United States.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after October 14, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Supervisory Special Agent (SSA) Randolph J. Deaton IV, Art 
Theft Program, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20535, 
telephone (202) 324-5525, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Federal Bureau of Investigation. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held 
by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

Description

    On unknown dates, human remains representing, at minimum, 138 
individuals were removed from unknown locations in South Dakota, New 
Mexico, Arizona, and Indiana. The human remains were unearthed by 
Indiana ``collector'' Don Miller and made part of his private 
collection of Native American antiquities and cultural heritage. In 
2018, the human remains were seized as part of an FBI Investigation. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.

Aboriginal Land

    The states from which the human remains in this notice were removed 
are, collectively, the aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. 
The following information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a 
final judgment of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States 
Court of Claims, a treaty, an Act of Congress, or an Executive Order.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 138 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the 
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of 
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of 
the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe 
of South Dakota; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Gila River Indian 
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South 
Dakota; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New 
Mexico; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe (previously listed 
as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); 
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Pueblo of 
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the 
Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona; Shawnee Tribe; 
Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & 
South Dakota; Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 
North Dakota; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 
and the Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after October 14, 2022. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, the Federal Bureau of Investigation must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to

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disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not 
competing requests. The Federal Bureau of Investigation is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in 
this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and Sec.  
10.11.

    Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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