[Federal Register: March 20, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 54)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains
and Associated Funerary Objects in the Control of the U.S. Department
of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the
Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.9,
of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects in the control of the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in the possession of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 43 CFR 10.2 (c). The
determinations within this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations within this
notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Bureau of Indian Affairs
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Bad
River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; the Bay Mills Indian Community of the
Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation,
Michigan; the Boise Fort Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; the Fond du Lac
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Forest County
Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; the
Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the
Hannahville Indian Community of Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of
Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; the Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon Band of Chippewa Indians of the
L'Anse Reservation, Michigan; the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac Courte Oreilles Reservation of
Wisconsin; the Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
of Michigan; the Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; the Little River Band of Ottowa Indians of Michigan; the
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians of Michigan; the Match-e-be-
nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; the Mille Lacs
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; the
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas; the Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; the Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians of the Red Lake Reservation, Minnesota; the Sac and Fox Nation
of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
the Sac and Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation; the Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Sokagon Chippewa Community
of the Mole Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation; and the White
Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Indian Tribe, Minnesota.
    In 1915, human remains representing nine individuals were recovered
from a site 3 miles northwest of Byron, MI, by Arthur W. Carpenter as
part of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expedition. In
1915, these human remains were donated to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology by Mr. Carpenter. No known individuals were
identified. The two associated funerary objects are two masses of
fabric with attached metal ornaments.
    Museum records describe the site 3 miles northwest of Byron, MI, as
an ``Ojibwa Historic Burial Site, Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation.''
Consultation with representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan, Isabella Reservation indicates that the
Keetchewaundaugnink Reservation was an early reservation of the Saginaw
Chippewa in the historic period.
    Based on the specific cultural attribution in museum records,
geographical and historical evidence, these human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered to be affiliated with the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation.
    Based on the above-mentioned information, officials of the Bureau
of Indian Affairs and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains
listed above represent the physical remains of nine individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology also have determined
that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(2), the two objects listed above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual human
remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or
ceremony. Lastly, officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between these Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan, Isabella Reservation. This notice has been
sent to officials of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; the Bay Mills
Indian Community of the Sault Ste. Marie Band

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of Chippewa Indians, Bay Mills Reservation, Michigan; the Boise Fort
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, Oklahoma; the Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; the Forest County Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin
Potawatomi Indians, Wisconsin; the Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Hannahville Indian Community of
Wisconsin Potawatomie Indians of Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc.,
Michigan; the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community of L'Anse and Ontonagon
Band of Chippewa Indians of the L'Anse Reservation, Michigan; the Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac
Courte Oreilles Reservation of Wisconsin; the Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; the Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; the Little River Band of Ottowa
Indians of Michigan; the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians of
Michigan; the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; the Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; the Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians of Michigan; the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians, Kansas;
the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; the
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians of the Red Lake Reservation,
Minnesota; the Sac and Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska;
the Sac and Fox Nation, Oklahoma; the Sac and Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan,
Isabella Reservation; the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; the Sokagon Chippewa Community of the Mole Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Wisconsin; the St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin, St. Croix Reservation; and the White Earth Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Indian Tribe, Minnesota. Representatives of any
other Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated
with these human remains and associated funerary objects should contact
Barbara Isaac, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
495-2254, before April 19, 2001. Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan, Isabella Reservation may begin after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.

    Dated: March 1, 2001.
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources Stewardship and Partnerships.
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