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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 177 / Friday, September 11, 2020 / Notices 56271

Tribe of Chippewa Indians, ; (517) 432–2524, email stoddart@ request to Michigan State University at Sokaogon Chippewa Community, msu.edu, by October 13, 2020. After that the address in this notice by October 13, ; St. Croix Chippewa Indians date, if no additional requestors have 2020. of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain come forward, transfer of control of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Band of Chippewa Indians of North human remains and associated funerary Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost for Dakota. objects to The Tribes may proceed. If University Collections and Arts • According to other authoritative joined to a request from one or more of Initiatives, Michigan State University, government sources, the land from The Tribes, the Burt Lake Band of 466 W Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI which the Native American human Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, a non- 48824–1044, telephone (517) 432–2524, remains and associated funerary objects federally recognized Indian group, may email [email protected]. were removed is the aboriginal land of receive transfer of control of the human SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is the Miami Tribe of . remains. • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the Michigan State University is here given in accordance with the disposition of the human remains and responsible for notifying The Tribes, Native American Graves Protection and associated funerary objects may be to The Consulted Tribes and Groups, and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. the Bad River Band of the The Invited Tribes that this notice has 3003, of the completion of an inventory Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad been published. of human remains and associated funerary objects under the control of River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Dated: August 14, 2020. Indian Community, Michigan; Michigan State University, East Lansing, Melanie O’Brien, Chippewa Indians of the Rocky MI. The human remains and associated Boy’s Reservation, (previously Manager, National Native American Graves funerary objects were removed from Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) Arenac, Clinton, Huron, Iosco, and listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Program. Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Midland Counties, MI. [FR Doc. 2020–20067 Filed 9–10–20; 8:45 am] Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and This notice is published as part of the Chippewa Indians, Michigan; BILLING CODE 4312–52–P National Park Service’s administrative Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). Michigan; Band of DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of The determinations in this notice are Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of National Park Service the sole responsibility of the museum, Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the institution, or Federal agency that has Lac du Flambeau Reservation of [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030682; control of the Native American human PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of remains and associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Notice of Inventory Completion: responsible for the determinations in Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Michigan State University, East this notice. Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Lansing, MI Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little Consultation Traverse Bay Bands of Indians, AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; ACTION: Notice. A detailed assessment of the human Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota remains was made by Michigan State (Six component reservations: Bois Forte SUMMARY: Michigan State University has University professional staff in Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; completed an inventory of human consultation with representatives of the Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; remains and associated funerary objects, Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); in consultation with the appropriate Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and ; Red Cliff Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Band of Lake Superior Chippewa organizations and has determined that Hannahville Indian Community, Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of there is no cultural affiliation between Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw the human remains and associated Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; funerary objects and any present-day Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Indians of Michigan; Little River Band Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa organizations. Representatives of any of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the organization not identified in this notice Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa that wish to request transfer of control Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Indians of (hereafter of these human remains and associated Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). funerary objects should submit a written the , Michigan (previously request to Michigan State University. If listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Additional Requestors and Disposition no additional requestors come forward, Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Representatives of any Indian Tribes transfer of control of the human remains Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw or Native Hawaiian organization not and associated funerary objects to the Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; identified in this notice that wish to Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa request transfer of control of these organizations stated in this notice may Indians, Michigan; and two non- human remains and associated funerary proceed. federally recognized Indian groups, the objects should submit a written request DATES: Representatives of any Indian Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and with information in support of the Tribes or Native Hawaiian organization Chippewa Indians, and the Grand River request to Judith Stoddart, Associate not identified in this notice that wish to Band of Ottawa Indians (hereafter Provost for University Collections and request transfer of control of these referred to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes Arts Initiatives, Michigan State human remains and associated funerary and Groups’’). University, 466 W Circle Drive, East objects should submit a written request An invitation to consult was extended Lansing, MI 48824–1044, telephone with information in support of the to the Absentee- Tribe of

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Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of The 66 associated funerary objects are fragment, two brooches with diamond the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa one lot of beads (4321), one seed bead holes, one ear bob, one ear wheel, four Indians of the Bad River Reservation, (4321.1), one lot of a glass bottle gorgets, eight gunflints, one jewelry Wisconsin; Chippewa Cree Indians of fragments, one grommet (4321.1), one made of pewter, two knives, one knife the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana lot of kettle scrap (4321.1), one rolled with handle, one piece of leather, one (previously listed as Chippewa-Cree piece of flat lead or pewter (4321.1), one piece of knotted leather, one lithic, one Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, lot of rusted iron fragments (4321.1), piece of woven matting, one nail, one Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, one lot of flakes (4321.2), one lot of pail fragment, one pail rim fragment, Oklahoma; , Oklahoma; sherds (4321.2), one lot of vessel nine photos, one silk scarf, two lead Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern fragments (4321.2), nine worked lithics shots, one spoon, three strike-a-lites, of Oklahoma; Forest (4321.2), one charcoal sample (4321.3), one strike-a-lite fragment, six tacks, and County Potawatomi Community, one retouched flake (4321.3), eight six tubes. (One funerary object, a pipe, Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe flakes (4321.3), one lot of snail shell is missing from the collection.) of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of fragments (4321.3), five lithics (4321.5), On an unknown date, human remains the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; one core (4321.4a), 12 flakes (4321.4a), representing, at minimum, two Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Lac two retouched flakes (4321.4a), two individuals were removed from the Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior glass bottles (4321.4a), one lot of flakes Kleinfeld site, Huron County, MI, and Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du (4321.4b), 10 utilized flakes and a were transferred to Michigan State Flambeau Band of Lake Superior projectile point fragment (4321.4b), one University’s Forensic Anthropology Chippewa Indians of the Lac du lot of snail shell fragments (4321.4b), Laboratory. No known individuals were Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; and two lots of soil samples (4321.4b). identified. The one associated funerary Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians In 1969, human remains representing, object is a lot of lithics. of Montana; Menominee Indian Tribe of at minimum, 17 individuals were On an unknown date, human remains Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; removed from the Cutler site (20CL108), representing, at minimum, one Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota Clinton County, MI. Michigan State individual were removed from the (Six component reservations: Bois Forte University graduate student Marla Pinnebog site, which is believed to be in Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Buckmaster removed the human Huron County, MI. No known Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; remains (3477) from a gravel pit located individual was identified. No associated Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); on property owned by Neal Cutler. No funerary objects are present. Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe known individuals were identified. The In 1980, human remains representing, of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Band 32 associated funerary objects are 11 at minimum, 11 individuals were Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as lots of carbon samples (3477), one flake, removed from the Brandt site (20IS46), Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 15 lots of ceramic sherds, and five Oscoda Township, Iosco County, MI. Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake ceramic sherds. The human remains (5279) were Superior Chippewa Indians of During the spring of 1966, human discovered by the property owner, Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa remains representing, at minimum, six William Brandt, during trenching Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of individuals were removed from the construction. The site, which was Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Matthews site (20CL61), Clinton turned out to be a Late Archaic burial Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe County, MI. Clyde Anderson, a resident ground cemetery, was then excavated by of the Mississippi in Iowa; Seneca of St. Johns, removed the human Ms. Barbara Mead, Assistant Nation of Indians (previously listed as remains, as well as associated funerary Archaeologist of the Michigan Bureau of Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca- objects, while exploring the area in History, and Michigan State University Cayuga Nation (previously listed as search of an early nineteenth-century graduate student Robert Kingsley. Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Native American village. He reburied Following excavation, the human Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa the human remains in the summer of remains were transferred to Michigan Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 1966. Later in 1966, the Upper Grand State University, where they underwent Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Valley Chapter of the Michigan examination by Anthropology Professor Stockbridge Munsee Community, Archaeological Society (UGVC) re- Dr. Norman Sauer and graduate student Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca excavated the human remains. In 1970, David A. Barondess. On September 11, (previously listed as Tonawanda Band UGVC donated the human remains and 2019, the State of Michigan transferred of Seneca Indians of New York); Turtle associated funerary objects to Michigan control of two associated funerary Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of State University. No known individuals objects to Michigan State University. No North Dakota; and the Wyandotte were identified. The 93 associated known individuals were identified. The Nation, hereafter referred to as ‘‘The funerary objects are one lot of bark, one two associated funerary objects are two Invited Tribes.’’ lot of beads with metal, one lot of beads side-notched projectile points (20IS46– and string, four lots of seed beads, one 1 and 20IS46–2). History and Description of the Remains lot of spun beads, one lot of blanket On June 30, 2017, human remains On August 14, 1971, human remains twill with silver brooch impressions, representing, at minimum, two representing, at minimum, one two lots of fabric, one lot of fabric individuals were removed from an individual were removed from the (weave and fiber), one lot of fabric and unnamed site (20MD310), Midland AuGres site (20AC19), AuGres seed beads, one lot of felt-like fabric, County, MI. The human remains (FA Township, Arenac County, MI. The three individual fabrics, four lots of 040–17–I–01, FA 040–17–I–02) were human remains (4321.1, 4321.2, 4321.3, fiber, one fiber, one lot of iron disturbed during the construction of a 4321.4b, 4321.5) and associated fragments, one lot of iron pieces, two house foundation. Property owner funerary objects were encountered by a lots of iron nails, one lot of organic Stephen Jenkins contacted the Michigan construction crew. On October 23, 1974, matter, one lot of silver, one lot of wood State Police, which assigned the human the human remains were transferred to fragments, three armbands, one bauble, remains a case number (FA 040–17). On the Michigan State University Museum. two blankets, one box of fragmentary July 17, 2017, the human remains and No known individual was identified. wood containing feathers, one brooch an associated funerary object were

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transferred to Michigan State (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Additional Requestors and Disposition University’s Forensic Anthropology Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Representatives of any Indian Tribes Laboratory, where the remains were Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; or Native Hawaiian organization not analyzed by Anthropology Professor Dr. Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); identified in this notice that wish to Joseph Hefner. No known individuals Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior request transfer of control of these were identified. The one associated Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red human remains and associated funerary funerary object is a hatchet head (FA– Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, objects should submit a written request 040–17). Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian with information in support of the Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Determinations Made by Michigan request to Judith Stoddart, Associate Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; State University Provost for University Collections and Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Arts Initiatives, Michigan State Officials of Michigan State University Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians University, 466 W Circle Drive, East have determined that: of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain • Lansing, MI 48824–1044, telephone Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the Band of Chippewa Indians of North human remains described in this notice (517) 432–2524, email stoddart@ Dakota. msu.edu, by October 13, 2020. After that are Native American based on • According to other authoritative archeological context, biological date, if no additional requestors have government sources, the land from come forward, transfer of control of the evidence, and geographic location. which the Native American human • human remains and associated funerary Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the remains and associated funerary objects human remains described in this notice objects to The Tribes may proceed. were removed is the aboriginal land of Michigan State University is represent the physical remains of 40 the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Sac & responsible for notifying The Tribes, individuals of Native American Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and The Consulted Tribes and Groups, and ancestry. Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), The Invited Tribes that this notice has and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the been published. the 195 objects described in this notice Mississippi in Iowa. are reasonably believed to have been • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the Dated: August 14, 2020. placed with or near individual human disposition of the human remains and Melanie O’Brien, remains at the time of death or later as associated funerary objects may be to Manager, National Native American Graves part of the death rite or ceremony. the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad Program. relationship of shared group identity River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills [FR Doc. 2020–20069 Filed 9–10–20; 8:45 am] cannot be reasonably traced between the Indian Community, Michigan; BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Native American human remains and Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky associated funerary objects and any Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously present-day Indian Tribe. listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR • According to final judgments of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); National Park Service Indian Claims Commission or the Court Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and of Federal Claims, the land from which Chippewa Indians, Michigan; [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0030680; the Native American human remains Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] and associated funerary objects were Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of removed is the aboriginal land of the Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Notice of Inventory Completion: Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Michigan State University, East Michigan. Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lansing, MI • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Lac du Flambeau Reservation of AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Executive Orders indicate that the land Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of ACTION: Notice. from which the Native American human Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of remains and associated funerary objects Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of SUMMARY: Michigan State University has were removed is the aboriginal land of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Miami completed an inventory of human the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota remains and associated funerary objects, Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six in consultation with the appropriate River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills component reservations: Bois Forte Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Indian Community, Michigan; Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; organizations and has determined that Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; there is a cultural affiliation between the Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); human remains and associated funerary listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, descendants or representatives of any Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & organization not identified in this notice Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe that wish to request transfer of control Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw of these human remains and associated Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; funerary objects should submit a written Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa request to Michigan State University. If Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa no additional requestors come forward, Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix transfer of control of the human remains Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the and associated funerary objects to the Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Chippewa Indians of Montana; Indians of North Dakota (hereafter Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). this notice may proceed.

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