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Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of 

North Dakota; and the White Earth Band 

of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing three individuals were 

recovered from site 21–CE–4, Upper 

Rice Lake during archeological 

excavation by the University of 

Minnesota (UM641). In 1989, the human 

remains were transferred to the MIAC. 

No known individuals were identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

The condition of the human remains 

and the dental morphology identify 

these human remains as American 

Indian from the pre-contact period. Site 

2–CE–4 is identified with the Late 

Woodland Tradition based on cultural 

materials, including ceramics. The 

human remains from the site are 

associated with the Late Woodland 

Tradition, a broad archeological 

classification which cannot be 

associated with any present-day Indian 

tribe. The geographical location of site 

21–CE–4 is on the tribal land of the 

White Earth Band of 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 the tribal land 

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 three 

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 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 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; the Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; the Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 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. 

[FR Doc. 2012–512 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

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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 Chippewa County, 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the MIAC 

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; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; 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; and the 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 five individuals were 

removed from site 21–CP–28, Lac qui 

Parle Mission, Chippewa County, MN, 

by an unknown individual who donated 

the human remains to the Minnesota 

Historical Society (MHS 293). In 1993, 

the human remains were transferred to 

the MIAC (H282). No known 

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individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The context of recovery and dental 

morphology identify these human 

remains as pre-contact American Indian 

affiliation. The remains have no 

archeological classification and cannot 

be associated with any present-day 

Indian tribe. 

In 2007, human remains representing 

two individuals were recovered from 

site 21–CP–64, an eroding bank on the 

east shore of the Minnesota River, just 

above the Lac qui Parle Mission site. 

The remains were recovered by the 

Chippewa County Sheriff’s Office and 

transferred to the Minnesota Office of 

the State Archaeologist, and then 

transferred to the MIAC (H435). No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Femora morphology identifies these 

human remains as American Indian. A 

single tongue-river silica flake recovered 

from the shoreline in the immediate 

vicinity of the grave supports the 

identification. The remains have no 

archeological classification and cannot 

be associated with any present-day 

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 seven 

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. 2012–515 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, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian tribes, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human 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 Mille Lacs County, 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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the MIAC 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives 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; 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; Mille Lacs Band of 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the 

White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 2003, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

recovered from site 21–ML–81, Mille 

Lacs County, MN, during archeological 

excavations related to a Sanitary Sewer 

District project. Site 21–ML–81 is 

located on the tribal land of the Mille 

Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota. In 2007, the human 

remains were transferred to the MIAC 

(H427). No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The condition of the bones suggests a 

pre-contact/ancient time period and 

dental morphology identify this 

individual as American Indian. These 

human remains have no archeological 

classification and cannot be associated 

with any present-day 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. 

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