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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. 

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A preliminary inventory was 

completed by Dr. Johnson in 2013. 

Bioarcheologist Dr. Jess Beck conducted 

a detailed analysis of the human 

remains for Vassar College in 2020 and 

identified the minimum number of 

individuals. The individuals include 

eight adults and three subadults of 

unknown sex. No individuals have been 

identified. Although Unangan Aleut 

burials are often associated with a small 

number of utilitarian objects such as 

wedges and knives, as the human 

remains came from eroded contexts, no 

associated funerary objects have been 

identified. 

Radiocarbon dates from charcoal 

samples found at XSI–007 indicate that 

the site was occupied shortly before 

2000 years ago. The Chernabura Island 

human remains are more likely than not 

Native American, and they are most 

closely affiliated with the modern Aleut 

people. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of Interior, Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Alaska Region 

Officials of the U.S. Department of 

Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, 

Alaska Region have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Agdaagux Tribe of King 

Cove; Native Village of Belkofski; Native 

Village of Unga; Pauloff Harbor Village; 

and the Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of 

Sand Point (previously listed as Qagan 

Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point Village) 

Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska (hereafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Indian Tribes’’). 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 with information in 

support of the request to 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, 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 

Indian Tribes may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of Interior, Fish 

and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Entities and The Indian Tribes that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 14, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01902 Filed 1–27–21; 8:45 am] 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031388; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Geneva Historical Society, Geneva, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Geneva Historical Society 

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 Geneva 

Historical Society. 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 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 with information in support of 

the request to the Geneva Historical 

Society at the address in this notice by 

March 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Kerry Lippincott, Geneva 

Historical Society, 543 South Main 

Street, Geneva, NY 14456, telephone 

(315) 789–5151, email director@

genevahistoricalsociety.com. 

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 Geneva Historical Society, Geneva, 

NY. The human remains were removed 

from the Reed Farm, Ontario County, 

NY. 

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 the Geneva 

Historical Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as Seneca Nation of New York). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In the spring of 1969, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from Reed 

Farm in Ontario County, NY. Two boys, 

James and Thomas Reed, discovered the 

human remains in a sand mound eight 

miles south of Geneva, NY, along 

Seneca Lake. They found the remains of 

one individual, possibly female, buried 

in a seated position with crossed arms 

and crossed legs, and facing east. In May 

1969, the Reed family placed the human 

remains on loan with the Geneva 

Historical Society, and since 1995, the 

human remains have been under the 

Society’s control. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects were present. 

A written description of the burial at 

the time of discovery stated that no 

artifacts were discovered with the 

human remains. In 1995, Peter Jemison, 

NAGPRA coordinator for the Seneca 

Nation of Indians, opined that the 

human remains were of pre-historic 

date, as a Haudenosaunee burial would 

have included a beaded necklace. Along 

the eastern shore of Seneca Lake 

seasonal settlements established for 

fishing marked the periphery of Seneca 

Nation territory. A few miles to the west 

of these settlements, archeological 

evidence exists for the associated 

Seneca towns. Based on the totality of 

the information, the Geneva Historical 

Society has determined that the human 

remains listed in this notice are 

ancestral to the Seneca people. 

Determinations Made by the Geneva 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Geneva Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry.