[Federal Register: March 26, 1997 (Volume 62, Number 58)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
From Itasca County, MN, in the Possession of the Minnesota Historical
Society, St. Paul, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service
ACTION: Notice
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Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from
Itasca County, MN in the possession of the Minnesota Historical
Society, St. Paul, MN.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Minnesota
Historical Society professional staff and Hamline University
osteologist in consultation with representatives of Assiniboine & Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Bad River Band of Lake Superior
Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of
Chippewa Indians, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians, Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa
Indians, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa
Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Bands of Chippewa Indians,
Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Vieux Desert Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Turtle Mountain Band
of Chippewa Indians, and White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians.
In 1977, human remains representing one individual were recovered
during legally authorized excavations following bulldozer damage at
Inger Mound, Itasca County, MN during a highway survey. No known
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Inger Mound (Site 21 IC 16) has been identified as a Black Duck
site occupied between 800--1400 AD based on pottery fragments at the
site. Anthropological sources and historic documentation indicate the
Black Duck culture is a likely antecedent for the Assiniboine, Cree,
and Ojibwe cultures based on continuity of pottery styles, manner of
internments, continuity of tool styles, geographic location, and
continual heavy dietary utilization of wild rice and fishing.
Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the
Minnesota Historical Society have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR
10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. Officials of the
Minnesota Historical Society have also determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity which
can be reasonably traced between these Native American human remains
and the Assiniboine & Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Bad
River Band of Lake Superior Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community of the
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Indians, Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Fond du
Lac Band of Chippewa Indians, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Grand
Portage Band of Chippewa Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
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Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon
Bands of Chippewa Indians, Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians, Lac Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Leech
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians, Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe,
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Sokaogon Chippewa Community
of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin, Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians, and White Earth
Band of Chippewa Indians.
This notice has been sent to officials of the Assiniboine & Sioux
Tribes of the Fort Peck Reservation, Bad River Band of Lake Superior
Indians, Bay Mills Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band of
Chippewa Indians, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Indians, Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Fond du Lac Band of Chippewa
Indians, Fort Belknap Indian Community, Grand Portage Band of Chippewa
Indians, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Bands of Chippewa Indians,
Lac Courte Orielles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Lac Vieux Desert Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Leech Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Red
Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Saginaw Chippewa Tribe, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Sokaogon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, Turtle Mountain Band
of Chippewa Indians, and White Earth Band of Chippewa Indians.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with these human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Marcia G. Anderson, Head of Museum Collections/
Chief Curator, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 Kellogg Blvd. West,
St. Paul, MN 55102-1906; telephone: (612) 296-0150, before April 25,
1997. Repatriation of the human remains to the Leech Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians may begin after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
Dated: March 11, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-7598 Filed 3-25-97; 8:45 am]
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