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ACTION: Notice. (5) the United States Geological Authority: 43 CFR 1784.4–1. Survey; SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is Mark Matthews, (6) the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Acting Albuquerque District Manager. to request a second call for public (7) the United States Fish and [FR Doc. 2020–24757 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] nominations for members to the Bureau Wildlife Service; of Land Management’s (BLM) Rio BILLING CODE 4310–FB–P (8) the Army Corps of Engineers; Puerco Management Committee (Committee). (9) the Environmental Protection Agency; DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR DATES: A completed nomination form (10) the Natural Resources and accompanying nomination/ Conservation Service of the Department National Park Service recommendation letters must be of Agriculture; [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031097; received by December 7, 2020. (11) the State of New Mexico, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] ADDRESSES: Send nominations to Mark including the New Mexico Environment Matthews, BLM acting Albuquerque Department of the State Engineer; Notice of Inventory Completion: District Manager, 100 Sun Blvd. NE, (12) affected local soil and water Michigan State Police, Lansing, MI Suite 330, Albuquerque, NM 87109, conservation districts; AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Attention: Rio Puerco Management (13) the Elephant Butte Irrigation ACTION: Notice. Committee Nominations. District; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: (14) private landowners; and SUMMARY: The Michigan State Police Contact Allison Sandoval, Public Affairs (15) other interested citizens. (MSP) has completed an inventory of Specialist, BLM New Mexico State Members will be appointed by the human remains, in consultation with Office, 301 Dinosaur Trail, Santa Fe, Secretary to staggered 3-year terms. the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native NM 87508, phone (505) 954–2019, or Nominating Potential Members: Hawaiian organizations, and has email [email protected]. Persons Nomination forms may be obtained from determined that there is no cultural who use a telecommunications device the Rio Puerco Field Office (address affiliation between the human remains for the deaf (TDD) may call the Federal listed above) or https://www.blm.gov/ and any present-day Indian Tribes or Relay Service (FRS) at 1–800–877–8229, get-involved/resource-advisory-council/ Native Hawaiian organizations. to contact the above individual during near-you/New-Mexico. All nominations Representatives of any Indian Tribe or normal business hours. The FRS is must include a completed Resource Native Hawaiian organization not available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, Advisory Council application (OMB identified in this notice that wish to to leave a message or question with the Control No. 1004–0204), letters of request transfer of control of these above individual. You will receive a reference from the represented interests human remains should submit a written reply during normal business hours. or organizations, and any other request to the Michigan State Police. If SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Omnibus information that speaks to the no additional requestors come forward, Parks and Public Lands Management candidate’s qualifications. The specific transfer of control of the human remains Act, Section 401, reauthorized through category the nominee would be to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, representing should be identified in the organizations stated in this notice may Management, and Recreation Act, letter of nomination and on the proceed. Section 1122, directs the Secretary of application form. DATES: Representatives of any Indian the Interior to establish the Committee. Non-Federal members of the Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization The Committee will be regulated by the Committee serve without compensation. not identified in this notice that wish to Federal Advisory Committee Act However, while away from their homes request transfer of control of these (FACA) (5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) and or regular places of business, Committee human remains should submit a written section 309 of the Federal Land Policy and subcommittee members engaged in request with information in support of and Management Act (FLPMA). The Committee or subcommittee business the request to the Michigan State Police BLM rules governing advisory may be allowed travel expenses, at the address in this notice by committees are found at 43 CFR subpart including per diem in lieu of December 7, 2020. 1784. subsistence, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. ADDRESSES: Hanna Friedlander, Human The Committee shall advise the 5703, in the same manner as persons Remains Analyst, Michigan State Police, Secretary, acting through the Director of employed intermittently in Federal Intelligence Operations Division— the BLM, on the development and Government service. The Committee Missing Persons Coordinator Unit, 7150 implementation of the Rio Puerco shall meet approximately two to four Harris Drive, Lansing, MI 48821, Management Program and serve as a times annually, and at such other times telephone (517) 242–5731, email forum for information about activities as determined by the Designated Federal [email protected]. that may affect or further the Officer. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is development and implementation of the Certification Statement: I hereby here given in accordance with the best management practices. The certify that the Rio Puerco Management Native American Graves Protection and Committee shall be convened by a Committee is necessary and is in the Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. representative of the Bureau of Land public interest in connection with the 3003, of the completion of an inventory Management and shall include performance of duties pursuant to the of human remains under the control of representatives from: Department of the Interior’s authority the Michigan State Police, Lansing, MI. (1) The Rio Puerco Watershed under the Omnibus Parks and Public The human remains were removed from Committee; Lands Management Act, the Omnibus Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe (2) affected tribes and pueblos; Public Land Management Act of 2009, County and Jackson County, MI. (3) the United States Forest Service of and the John D. Dingell, Jr. This notice is published as part of the the Department of Agriculture; Conservation, Management, and National Park Service’s administrative (4) the Bureau of Reclamation; Recreation Act. responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25

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U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). descent. This determination was made as indicated by the shells, mollusks, and The determinations in this notice are by John A. Servello, BA, and overseen other aquatic indications left on the the sole responsibility of the museum, by Dr. H. Gill-King, D–ABFA. No known mandible, and a three-group institution, or Federal agency that has individual was identified. No associated discriminant function analysis using control of the Native American human funerary objects are present. macromorphic traits, in addition to remains. The National Park Service is On July 22, 2019, human remains dental characteristics including shovel not responsible for the determinations representing, at minimum, one shaped incisors and extreme tooth wear. in this notice. individual were removed from their • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the resting spot in Jackson County, MI. The human remains described in this notice Consultation remains were transported to Michigan represent the physical remains of two A detailed assessment of the human State University for forensic individuals of Native American remains was made by the Michigan anthropological assessment, which was ancestry. State Police professional staff in completed by MA student Alex Groots • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), consultation with representatives of the and Dr. Joseph Hefner, D–ABFA. On the 22 objects described in this notice Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of October 10, 2019, the human remains are reasonably believed to have been Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; were returned to the Michigan State placed with or near individual human Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Police, where they are known as remains at the time of death or later as Potawatomi (previously listed as Huron FA020–19. part of the death rite or ceremony. Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of The recovered human remains consist • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and of 13 maxillary and 11 mandibular relationship of shared group identity Indiana; and the Saginaw Chippewa fragments, fragmentary cranium and cannot be reasonably traced between the Indian Tribe of Michigan. mandible, seven approximately Native American human remains and unidentifiable cranial fragments, four any present-day Indian Tribe. History and Description of the Remains fragmentary left ribs, four unsided rib • According to final judgments of the On April 22, 2009, human remains fragments, two fragmentary cervical Indian Claims Commission or the Court representing, at minimum, one vertebrae, one fragmentary thoracic of Federal Claims, the land from which individual were removed from vertebra, one left clavicle fragment, one the Native American human remains Frenchtown Charter Township, Monroe unsided scapula fragment, the shaft of were removed is the aboriginal land of County, MI (Frenchtown Twp.). MSP the left tibia, the left navicular, and the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Monroe was dispatched to a private approximately 17 unidentifiable post- Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad residence along the Lake Erie shoreline cranial fragments. Analysis of the River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills in Frenchtown Twp., on April 22, 2009, human remains indicate that the Indian Community, Michigan; following the reported finding of a individual was an adult male over the Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky possible human jaw laying in the sand age of 50. The cranial features include Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously on the lakeside. The homeowners had a large mastoid process, blunt listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the removed the mandible from the lakeside supraorbital margins, and a robust Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); to their patio to protect it. Upon arrival, glabella (Buikstra and Ubelaker 1994); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; the officer examined the human this is confirmed via a logistic Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware remains, collected them, and took them regression equation (Walker 2008). The Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe to the Michigan State Police Northville age of the individual was determined of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Lab for assessment. The remains were via the complete obliteration of the Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse determined to be human and sent to the transverse palatine suture, in Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, University of North Texas Center for combination with the complete eruption Michigan; Hannahville Indian Human Identification (UNTCHI) for of all third molars and extensive tooth Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay analysis. A sample of bone was taken for wear. Based on a three-group Indian Community, Michigan; Lac DNA analysis and extraction while at discriminant function analysis, the Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior the UNTCHI. The human remains were individual exhibits macromorphoscopic Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du returned to MSP Monroe on September traits most similar to those of Native Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 4, 2012. On March 13, 2013, the human Americans. In addition, the dentition of Chippewa Indians of the Lac du remains were transferred to the Wayne this individual is characteristic of Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac County Medical Examiner’s Office Native American ancestry. The Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior (WCMEO) in Detroit, MI. On December taphonomy of the human remains Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 16, 2019, Ms. Hanna Friedlander located indicates they had been buried for a River Band of Ottawa Indians, the human remains at the WCMEO and long time. No known individual was Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of transferred them to the MSP identified. The 22 associated funerary Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little Headquarters in Lansing, MI, where objects are seven sherds of cord- Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, they are known as MSP 28–1233–09. impressed pottery, three worked stones, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Based on the robustness of the and 12 assorted fire-cracked rocks. The Band of Pottawatomi Indians of mandible and the bilobate chin, the funerary objects are consistent with Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, mandible was determined to be male. prehistoric Native American burials. Minnesota (Six component reservations: The teeth showed pronounced occlusal Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du wear, most likely from a diet high in Determinations Made by the Michigan Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech coarse materials. The clasis on the State Police Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White lingual side of the mandible was Officials of the Michigan State Police Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band minimal, suggesting a younger have determined that: of the Potawatomi, Michigan individual. The pronounced parabolic • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the (previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, arch, in combination with the dental human remains described in this notice Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; wear, yielded an assessment that the are Native American based on the dental Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, individual was of Native American occlusal wear, the post-mortem interval Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band

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Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR institution, or Federal agency that has Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, control of the Native American human Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake National Park Service remains and associated funerary objects. Superior Chippewa Indians of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031088; The National Park Service is not Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] responsible for the determinations in Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa this notice. Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Notice of Inventory Completion: Consultation Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, TN A detailed assessment of the human Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians remains and associated funerary objects (previously listed as Seneca Nation of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. was made by TVA professional staff in New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation ACTION: Notice. consultation with representatives of the (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe; SUMMARY: The Tennessee Valley (previously listed as Alabama-Coushatta Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Authority (TVA) has completed an Tribes of Texas); Cherokee Nation; Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians inventory of human remains and Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee associated funerary objects in Chickasaw Nation; and The Muscogee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda consultation with the appropriate (Creek) Nation (hereafter referred to as Band of Seneca (previously listed as Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). organizations, and has determined that Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of History and Description of the Remains New York); Turtle Mountain Band of there is no cultural affiliation between Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the human remains and associated From February 2 to May 12, 1937, the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred funerary objects and any present-day human remains representing, at minimum, 26 individuals were removed to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any from the Colbert Creek Mound, 1LU54, • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian in Lauderdale County, AL, by the Executive Orders, indicate that the land organization not identified in this notice Alabama Museum of Natural History from which the Native American human that wish to request transfer of control (AMNH) at the University of Alabama. remains were removed is the aboriginal of these human remains and associated Details regarding the excavation of this land of The Tribes. funerary objects should submit a written mound may be found in a report by • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the request to the TVA. If no additional William Webb and David DeJarnette, An disposition of the human remains may requestors come forward, transfer of archeological Survey of Pickwick Basin be to The Tribes. control of the human remains and in the Adjacent Portions of the States of associated funerary objects to the Indian Alabama, Mississippi and Tennessee. Additional Requestors and Disposition Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations TVA acquired this site on November 10, stated in this notice may proceed. 1936, for the Pickwick Reservoir project. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or DATES: This site was located near the Native Hawaiian organization not Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization confluence of Colbert Creek and the identified in this notice that wish to not identified in this notice that wish to Tennessee River. While there are no request transfer of control of these request transfer of control of these radiocarbon dates from this site, the human remains should submit a written human remains and associated funerary excavated artifacts indicate that the request with information in support of objects should submit a written request mound was created during the Copena the request to Hanna Friedlander, with information in support of the phase (A.D. 100–500). This burial mound was placed on a Human Remains Analyst, Michigan request to the TVA at the address in this natural rise in the second terrace State Police, Intelligence Operations notice by December 7, 2020. Division—Missing Persons Coordinator adjacent to the Tennessee River. In the ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas O. Maher, Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Lansing, MI historic period, the site became part of Tennessee Valley Authority, 400 West an African American cemetery. This 48821, telephone (517) 242–5731, email Summit Hill Drive, WT11C, Knoxville, [email protected], by resulted in disturbance of the TN 37902–1401, telephone (865) 632– prehistoric occupation. As the soil was December 7, 2020. After that date, if no 7458, email [email protected]. additional requestors have come comprised of acidic clay and was SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is relatively rock-filled, identifying burial forward, transfer of control of the here given in accordance with the units was difficult. Preservation of bone Monroe County human remains to The Native American Graves Protection and and other organic remains was restricted Tribes may proceed. Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. to teeth, skull fragments and The Michigan State Police is 3003, of the completion of an inventory impressions of long bones. Both responsible for notifying The Tribes that of human remains and associated extended and bundled burials were this notice has been published. funerary objects under the control of the encountered. The fragmentary nature of Tennessee Valley Authority, Knoxville, Dated: October 22, 2020. the human remains made it difficult to TN. The human remains and associated identify sex. One set of remains is Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects were removed from the identified as female and the rest are of Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Colbert Creek Mound, 1LU54, in indeterminate sex. Twenty individuals [FR Doc. 2020–24686 Filed 11–5–20; 8:45 am] Lauderdale County, AL. are adults and six are sub-adults. No BILLING CODE 4312–52–P This notice is published as part of the known individuals were identified. The National Park Service’s administrative 13 associated funerary objects include responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 seven pieces of galena, one Hillabee U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). schist spade, one chert biface, one chert The determinations in this notice are uniface, and three soil and charcoal the sole responsibility of the museum, samples.

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