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boundaries of the White Earth Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota. 

Determinations Made by the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council 

Officials of the MIAC have 

determined that: 

• Based on non-destructive physical 

analysis and catalogue records, the 

human remains are Native American. 

• 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 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission, the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is within the 

reservation boundaries of the White 

Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota. 

• 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 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains is to 

the White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains or 

any other Indian tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR10.11(c)(1) 

should contact James L. (Jim) Jones, 

Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji 

Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN 

56601, telephone (218) 755–3223, before 

February 13, 2012. Disposition of the 

human remains to the White Earth Band 

of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota may proceed after that date 

if no additional requestors come 

forward. 

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

is responsible for notifying the Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the 

White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 

Bemidji, MN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Minnesota Indian Affairs 

Council has completed an inventory of 

human remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the remains and any 

present-day Indian tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. 

Disposition of the human remains to the 

Indian tribes stated below may occur if 

no additional requestors come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council at the address below by 

February 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: James L. (Jim) Jones, 

Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji 

Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN 

56601, telephone (218) 755–3223. 

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 in the possession of 

the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

(MIAC). The human remains were 

removed from the following counties: 

Anoka, Cass, Lincoln, Pope and 

Sherburne in the State of Minnesota. 

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. 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 Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council 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; Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Flandreau 

Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; 

Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand 

Portage Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Keweenaw 

Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Leech 

Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Lower Sioux Indian 

Community in the State of Minnesota; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Prairie 

Island Indian Community in the State of 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Santee Sioux Nation, 

Nebraska; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of 

the Lake Traverse Reservation, South 

Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; Spirit Lake 

Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; Upper Sioux 

Community, Minnesota; White Earth 

Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (hereinafter referred to as 

‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from site 21– 

AN–1, Howard Lake, Anoka County, 

MN, by unknown person(s) and 

attached to a display board that was in 

the possession of a collector in Duluth, 

MN. In 2006, the human remains were 

transferred to the MIAC (H421). No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Site 21–AN–1, consisting of three 

large mounds, has been identified as 

Middle Woodland Tradition. In 1950, 

L.A. Wilford of the University of 

Minnesota excavated human remains 

representing 32 individuals from site 

21–AN–1 (UM309). The human remains 

recovered in 1950 were published in the 

Federal Register (65 FR, 53214, August 

9, 1999) and have been repatriated and 

reburied. The human remains from 21– 

AN–1 are associated with the Middle 

Woodland Tradition, a broad 

archeological classification which 

cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe. 

In 1997, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

recovered from private land in Ramsey 

City, Anoka County, MN, by the Ramsey 

City Police Department and transferred 

to the Anoka County Coroner’s Office 

(97–80193) for identification. In 2000, 

the human remains were transferred to 

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the Minnesota Office of the State 

Archeologist and then transferred to the 

MIAC (H376). No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The condition of the remains and the 

degree of dental attrition suggest these 

human remains are ancient/pre-contact 

in time. Cranial morphology identifies 

this individual as American Indian. The 

human remains have no archeological 

classification and cannot be associated 

with any present-day Indian tribe. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, eight 

individuals were removed from an 

undesignated site on the south end of 

Gull Lake, Cass County, MN, by 

unknown person(s) and transferred to D. 

Birk of the Minnesota Historical Society. 

In 1998, the human remains were 

transferred to the Minnesota Office of 

the State Archeologist and in 1999, to 

the MIAC (H372). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The condition of the remains 

identifies these human remains as precontact American Indian. The human 

remains have no archeological 

classification and cannot be associated 

with any present-day Indian tribe. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing one individual were 

removed from mounds on the north end 

of Lake Benton City, Lincoln County, 

MN, by unknown person(s). In 2002, 

Mr. David Norden donated the human 

remains to the Lake Benton Area 

Historical Society. In 2004, the human 

remains were transferred to the MIAC 

(H409). No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains are associated 

with the Woodland Tradition, an 

archeological classification which 

cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were removed from an 

undesignated site in Pope County, MN, 

and donated to the Pope County 

Historical Society (Acc. 66.391 and 

66.394). In 1997, the human remains 

were transferred to Dave Nystuen, 

Minnesota Historical Society who 

transferred the remains to the Minnesota 

Office of the State Archeologist. In 1999, 

the human remains were transferred to 

the MIAC (H370). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Archeological material transferred 

with the human remains including 

Onamia style ceramic sherds suggest the 

remains may be associated with the 

Woodland Tradition, a broad 

archeological classification which 

cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe. 

In the late 1940s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, two 

individuals were recovered when a 

mound was leveled during construction 

of a parking lot at the site of the Elk 

Lake Tavern in (Little) Elk Lake, 

Sherburne County, MN, and donated to 

the University of Minnesota. In 1999, 

the human remains were transferred to 

the MIAC (H355). No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The context of these human remains 

in a mound and femora morphology 

identify these human remains as precontact American Indian. The human 

remains are associated with the 

Woodland Tradition, a broad 

archeological classification which 

cannot be associated with any presentday Indian tribe. 

Determinations Made by the Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council 

Officials of the MIAC have 

determined that: 

• Based on non-destructive physical 

analysis and catalogue records, the 

human remains are Native American. 

• 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 

any present-day Indian tribe. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission, the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 15 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

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

disposition of the human remains is to 

The Tribes. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains or 

any other Indian tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 

10.11(c)(1) should contact James L. (Jim) 

Jones, Cultural Resource Director, 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 3801 

Bemidji Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, 

MN 56601, telephone (218) 755–3223, 

before February 13, 2012. Disposition of 

the human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

requestors come forward. 

The Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

is responsible for notifying The Tribes 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: January 9, 2012. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2012–522 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, 

Bemidji, MN 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Minnesota Indian Affairs 

Council has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the remains and any 

present-day Indian tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains may contact 

the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council. 

Disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Indian 

tribes stated below may occur if no 

additional requestors come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains 

should contact the Minnesota Indian 

Affairs Council at the address below by 

February 13, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: James L. (Jim) Jones, 

Cultural Resource Director, Minnesota 

Indian Affairs Council, 3801 Bemidji 

Avenue NW., Suite 5, Bemidji, MN 

56601, telephone (218) 755–3223. 

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 in the possession of the 

Minnesota Indian Affairs Council 

(MIAC). The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Becker and Wadena 

counties, MN. 

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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

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