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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031386; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 

Marquette Mission Park—City of St. 

Ignace, St. Ignace, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Museum of Ojibwa 

Culture and Marquette Mission Park— 

City of St. Ignace, Michigan has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations and has determined that 

there is no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects and any present-day 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Museum of Ojibwa 

Culture and Marquette Mission Park— 

City of St. Ignace. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

stated in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 

not identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Museum of Ojibwa 

Culture and Marquette Mission Park— 

City of St. Ignace at the address in this 

notice by March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Shirley Sorrels, Director, 

Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 

Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein & 

Associates, 1041 N Lafayette Street, 

Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894– 

0648, email jan@nagpra.info. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 

Marquette Mission Park—City of St. 

Ignace, St. Ignace, MI. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from the Marquette 

Mission Site (20MK82 and 20MK82–99), 

Mackinac County, MI. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Museum of 

Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission 

Park—City of St. Ignace professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 

Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; and 

the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred 

to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’). 

An invitation to consult was extended 

to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of 

the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Chippewa Cree Indians of 

the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana 

(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern 

Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six 

component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and 

two non-federally recognized Indian 

groups, the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa 

and Chippewa Indians, and the Grand 

River Band of Ottawa Indians (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Invited Tribes and 

Groups’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1987–1988, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual (excavator’s catalog number 

3.2) were removed from the Marquette 

Mission Site (20MK82–99) in St. Ignace, 

Mackinac County, MI. The human 

remains were discovered during the 

installation of a wastewater treatment 

system beneath the roadway. Onsite 

cultural resource monitoring of 

subsurface construction activities was 

provided. During the excavation, the 

partial human remains of a single 

individual representing an adult female 

were found in a round-bottomed pit 

feature identified as Area 3. According 

to the project report, the partial skeletal 

remains reflected by the collection of 

materials from Area 3 strongly suggests 

that the remainder of the burial was 

intact in the Area 3 zone. No known 

individual was identified. The 14 

associated funerary objects are the 

faunal remains of one Acipense 

Fulvescenes (lake sturgeon), two Alces 

alces (moose), three Canis species (large 

dog/wolf), one Canis cf. familiaris 

(domestic dog), four Castor canadensis 

(American beaver), two unidentified 

mammals, and one Osteichthyes species 

(bony fish). 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from the 

Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) in St. 

Ignace, Mackinac County, MI. The 

human remains (2019.01.079a; 

2019.01.099a; 2019.01.100a) were found 

during documentation of the Museum of 

Ojibwa Culture collection. On August 

13, 2020, the human remains were 

identified as belonging to a child of less 

than 14 years of age and of an 

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indeterminate sex. No known individual 

was identified. The 33 associated 

funerary objects are two ceramic vessel 

fragments (2019.01.079g), two clay pipe 

stem fragments (2019.01.079b), one 

medicine bottle (2019.01.079d), three 

glass fragments (2019.01.079c), one lot 

of marbles (2019.01.079f), one lot of 

metal fragments (2019.01.079e), one nail 

(2019.01.099b), one fragment of an 

unknown material stamped ‘‘ED FRUIT 

JA’’ (2019.01.079i), and 21 porcelain 

fragments (2019.01.079h; 2019.01.099c; 

2019.01.100b). 

The Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) 

and (20MK82–99) is located within 

Marquette Mission Park. The Museum 

of Ojibwa Culture manages the Park, 

and both the Park and the Museum are 

under the auspices of the City of St. 

Ignace. Based on the archeological 

context, the human remains from 

20MK82 date to the 17th or 18th 

century, when Native Americans 

representing many different cultures, 

including, but not limited to, the 

Anishinaabek [Ojibwa/Ojibwe 

(Chippewa) and Odawa (Ottawa)] and 

Wendat (Huron) lived in proximity to or 

visited the Marquette Mission Site. 

Based on the archeological context, the 

human remains from 20MK82–99 may 

pre-date contact with European material 

culture, at a time when many different 

cultures inhabited and visited the area. 

Determinations Made by the Museum of 

Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission 

Park, City of St. Ignace 

Officials of the Museum of Ojibwa 

Culture and Marquette Mission Park— 

City of St. Ignace have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

archeological context. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of two 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 47 objects described in this notice 

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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed is the aboriginal land of the 

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously 

listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the 

Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana); 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Six component reservations: 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du 

Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech 

Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White 

Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

Dakota. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana (previously listed as 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red 

Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; and the Wyandotte 

Nation. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the 

Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 

Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana (previously listed as 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware 

Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 

Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

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Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Six component reservations: Bois Forte 

Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; 

Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 

Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 

Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band 

of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red 

Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 

Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee 

Community, Wisconsin; Turtle 

Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; and the Wyandotte 

Nation (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Shirley Sorrels, Director, 

Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 

Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein & 

Associates, 1041 N Lafayette Street, 

Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894– 

0648, email jan@nagpra.info, by March 

1, 2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to The 

Tribes may proceed. If joined to a 

request from one or more of The Tribes, 

the non-federally recognized Burt Lake 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

may also receive transfer of control of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects. 

The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 

Marquette Mission Park—City of St. 

Ignace is responsible for notifying The 

Consulted Tribes, The Invited Tribes 

and Groups, and The Tribes that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01900 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031387; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

Anchorage, AK 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK (Alaska 

Region USFWS), has completed an 

inventory of human remains, in 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and present-day Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes 

or Native Hawaiian organizations stated 

in this notice may proceed. 

DATES: Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the Alaska Region USFWS 

at the address in this notice by March 

1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Jeremy M. Karchut, 

Regional Historic Preservation Officer, 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska 

Region, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235, 

Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907) 

786–3399, email Jeremy_Karchut@

fws.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region, 

Anchorage, AK. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Chernabura Island, 

Aleutians East Borough, AK. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in 

this notice are the sole responsibility of 

the museum, institution, or Federal 

agency that has control of the Native 

American human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Vassar College, 

Department of Anthropology staff and 

the Alaska Region USFWS professional 

staff in consultation with the Agdaagux 

Tribe of King Cove; Native Village of 

Belkofski; Native Village of Unga; 

Pauloff Harbor Village; Pribilof Islands 

Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St. 

George Islands; Qagan Tayagungin Tribe 

of Sand Point (previously listed as 

Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point 

Village) Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska; 

and the Aleut Corporation, a nonfederally acknowledged Indian group 

(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted 

Entities’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

Between 1986 and 1994, human 

remains representing, at minimum, 11 

individuals were removed from site 

XSI–007 (as recorded in the Alaska 

Heritage Resource Survey database) on 

Chernabura Island, Aleutians East 

Borough, AK, by Dr. Lucy Johnson, a 

faculty member in the Department of 

Anthropology at Vassar College. Dr. 

Johnson was investigating an 

archeological site she named 

‘‘Periwinkle Mound,’’ located on 

Chernabura Island. As the land in 

question is part of the Alaska Maritime 

National Wildlife Refuge, this 

investigation was conducted under 

several Archaeological Resources 

Protection Act (ARPA) permits issued 

by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Dr. 

Johnson observed numerous human 

remains eroding from the site and 

collected the remains from the surface. 

During her investigations, Dr. Johnson 

collected more than 200 human bones 

and teeth. Dr. Johnson recovered most of 

the human remains in 1986 and 1988, 

near the shore. They have been in the 

physical custody of Vassar College since 

Dr. Johnson completed her fieldwork at 

the site in 1994.