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human remains to the Indian Tribes or deaccessioned and transferred to the human remains should submit a written Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Iowa State University Archaeological request with information in support of this notice may proceed. Laboratory (ISUAL). The transferred the request to Dr. Lara Noldner, Office DATES: Representatives of any Indian human remains were given accession of the State Archaeologist Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization numbers 8–1 to 8–12, 8–14, 8–16 to 8– Program, University of not identified in this notice that wish to 18, 8–20, 8–22 to 8–44, 8–46 to 8–51, 8– Iowa, 700 S Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA request transfer of control of these 57, 8–59 to 8–81, 8–83, 8–85, 8–87, 8– 52242, telephone (319) 384–0740, email human remains should submit a written 89 to 8–91, 8–93, 8–95 to 105, 8–107 to [email protected], by April 22, request with information in support of 8–114, 8–116 to 8–134, and 8–136. In 2020. After that date, if no additional the request to the Office of the State 1994, the ISUAL transferred the human requestors have come forward, transfer Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program remains to the Office of the State of control of the human remains to The at the address in this notice by April 22, Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program. Tribes may proceed. 2020. At least 25 adults, including two The Office of the State Archaeologist ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of possible males and five possible Bioarchaeology Program is responsible the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology females, are represented by the human for notifying The Tribes that this notice Program, University of Iowa, 700 S remains. Additionally, long bones has been published. Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242, representing 10 juveniles ranging in age Dated: February 18, 2020. telephone (319) 384–0740, email lara- from six months to 13.5 years are Melanie O’Brien, present (Burial Project 753). No known [email protected]. Manager, National NAGPRA Program. individuals were identified. No SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is associated funerary objects are present. [FR Doc. 2020–06036 Filed 3–20–20; 8:45 am] here given in accordance with the Belle Glade mound is the type site for BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Native American Graves Protection and the Belle Glade culture in Florida, Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. which may have spanned the period DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 3003, of the completion of an from 1000 B.C. to A.D. 1700. Currently, of human remains under the control of the cultural affiliation of human National Park Service the Office of the State Archaeologist remains from Belle Glade sites cannot Bioarchaeology Program, Iowa City, IA. be determined. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029888; The human remains were removed from PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Belle Glade Mound (8PB41) in Palm Determinations Made by the Office of Beach County, FL. the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Notice of Inventory Completion: Illinois This notice is published as part of the Program State , Springfield, IL National Park Service’s administrative Officials of the Office of the State AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Archaeologist Bioarchaeology Program ACTION: Notice. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). have determined that: The determinations in this notice are • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the SUMMARY: The Illinois State Museum the sole responsibility of the museum, human remains described in this notice has completed an inventory of human institution, or Federal agency that has are Native American based on remains in consultation with the control of the Native American human excavation context. appropriate Indian Tribes or Native • remains. The National Park Service is Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Hawaiian organizations, and has not responsible for the determinations human remains described in this notice determined that there is no cultural in this notice. represent the physical remains of 35 affiliation between the human remains Consultation individuals of Native American and any present-day Indian Tribes or ancestry. Native Hawaiian organizations. A detailed assessment of the human • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Representatives of any Indian Tribe or remains was made by the Office of the relationship of shared group identity Native Hawaiian organization not State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology cannot be reasonably traced between the identified in this notice that wish to Program professional staff in Native American human remains and request transfer of control of these consultation with representatives of the any present-day Indian Tribe. human remains should submit a written Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Seminole • According to final judgments of the request to the Illinois State Museum. If Tribe of Florida (previously listed as the Indian Claims Commission or the Court no additional requestors come forward, Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big of Federal Claims, the land from which transfer of control of the human remains Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood & Tampa the Native American human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Reservations)); and The Seminole were removed is the aboriginal land of organizations stated in this notice may Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred The Tribes. proceed. to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or DATES: Representatives of any Indian History and Description of the Remains Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the Native American human Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization In 1933–1934, human remains remains were removed is the aboriginal not identified in this notice that wish to representing, at minimum, 35 land of The Tribes. request transfer of control of these individuals were removed from Belle • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the human remains should submit a written Glade Mound (8PB41) in Palm Beach disposition of the human remains may request with information in support of County, FL. The human remains were be to The Tribes. the request to the Illinois State Museum excavated as part of the Federal Relief at the address in this notice by April 22, Projects. Originally, all of the skeletal Additional Requestors and Disposition 2020. remains from this excavation were Representatives of any Indian Tribe or ADDRESSES: Dr. Brooke Morgan, Illinois housed at the Smithsonian Institution in Native Hawaiian organization not State Museum—Research & Collections Washington, DC. In 1973, a portion of identified in this notice that wish to Center, 1011 East Ash Street, the Belle Glade material culture was request transfer of control of these Springfield, IL 62703, telephone (217)

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785–8930, email Brooke.Morgan@ Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan are Native American based on non- illinois.gov. and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi metric traits including shovel-shaped SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Nation (previously listed as the Prairie incisors and femoral curvature. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the here given in accordance with the Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); human remains described in this notice Native American Graves Protection and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior represent the physical remains of one Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red individual of Native American ancestry. 3003, of the completion of an inventory Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a of human remains under the control of Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of relationship of shared group identity the Illinois State Museum, Springfield, Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe cannot be reasonably traced between the IL. The human remains were removed of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Native American human remains and from Antioch, Lake County, IL. any present-day Indian Tribe. This notice is published as part of the Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa • According to final judgments of the National Park Service’s administrative Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Indian Claims Commission or the Court responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix of Federal Claims, the land from which U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle the Native American human remains The determinations in this notice are Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of were removed is the aboriginal land of the sole responsibility of the museum, North Dakota; and the Winnebago Tribe The Consulted and Invited Tribes. institution, or Federal agency that has of Nebraska. Hereafter, the Tribes listed • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or control of the Native American human in this paragraph are referred to as ‘‘The Executive Orders indicate that the land remains. The National Park Service is Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’ from which the Native American human not responsible for the determinations remains were removed is the aboriginal in this notice. History and Description of the Remains land of The Consulted and Invited Consultation In 2018, human remains representing, Tribes. at minimum, one individual were • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the A detailed assessment of the human removed from private property in Lake disposition of the human remains and remains was made by the Illinois State County, IL. The human remains were associated funerary object may be to The Museum professional staff in inadvertently disturbed by a landowner Consulted and Invited Tribes. consultation with representatives of the while gardening. Law enforcement was Additional Requestors and Disposition Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and the notified, and the Lake County Coroner’s Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. In Office responded to the scene. The Representatives of any Indian Tribe or addition, the following Indian Tribes disturbed sediment was screened to Native Hawaiian organization not were invited to consult, but did not collect all bones and bone fragments for identified in this notice that wish to participate: Bad River Chippewa Band analysis. A forensic anthropologist request transfer of control of these of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa examined the human remains on behalf human remains should submit a written Indians of the Bad River Reservation, of the Lake County Coroner’s Office. request with information in support of Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian The human remains were then the request to Dr. Brooke Morgan, Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree transported to the Illinois State Museum Illinois State Museum—Research & Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, for examination by the museum’s Collections Center, 1011 East Ash St., Montana (previously listed as the physical anthropologist. Jurisdiction of Springfield, IL 62703, telephone (217) Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky the human remains was transferred to 785–8930, email Brooke.Morgan@ Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen the Illinois State Museum pursuant to illinois.gov, by April 22, 2020. After that Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 20 ILCS 3440 (Human Skeletal Remains date, if no additional requestors have County Potawatomi Community, Protection Act) and 17 IAC 4170. The come forward, transfer of control of the Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of human remains were identified as the human remains to The Consulted and Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, nearly complete skeleton of one Native Invited Tribes may proceed. Michigan; Hannahville Indian American male, aged 20–30 years. No The Illinois State Museum is Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay known individuals were identified. No responsible for notifying The Consulted Indian Community, Michigan; Lac associated funerary objects are present. and Invited Tribes that this notice has Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Prior to the arrival of Ojibwe, Ottawa, been published. Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du and Potawatomi groups to the region, Dated: February 19, 2020. Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Lake County was historically inhabited Melanie O’Brien, Chippewa Indians of the Lac du by the Illinois Indians (today the Peoria Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma) and [FR Doc. 2020–06038 Filed 3–20–20; 8:45 am] Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior visited by the Sauk (Sac) and Mesquakie BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little (Fox). The Ho-Chunk (Winnebago) River Band of Ottawa Indians, consider Lake County part of their Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Band of aboriginal homelands, as they resided DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be- there prior to the arrival of the Illinois nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi of and trace their lineage to the Huber National Park Service Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Oneota archaeological period (A.D. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0029885; Minnesota (Six member reservations: 1500–1600) in the Chicagoland region. Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Determinations Made by the Illinois State Museum Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Items: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band Officials of the Illinois State Museum Forest Service, Tongass National of Potawatomi, Michigan (previously have determined that: Forest, Petersburg, AK listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon human remains described in this notice AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

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