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47405, telephone (812) 856–5315, email 

thomajay@indiana.edu. 

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 

Department of Anthropology at Indiana 

University, Bloomington, IN. The 

human remains were removed from an 

unknown location. 

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 Indiana 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of The 

Chickasaw Nation. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1956, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 3 individuals were 

donated to the Department of 

Anthropology at Indiana University 

from the Cincinnati Society of Natural 

History. Notes indicate that these 

remains may have been part of the 

Chicago Historical Society collections 

prior to 1950. The remains are labeled 

as being from Chickasaw individuals. 

No other information is present. 

Determinations Made by the 

Department of Anthropology at Indiana 

University 

Officials of the Department of 

Anthropology at Indiana University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 3 

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 Chickasaw Nation. 

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 Dr. Jayne-Leigh 

Thomas, NAGPRA Director, Indiana 

University, NAGPRA Office, Student 

Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Ave., 

Bloomington, IN 47405, telephone (812) 

856–5315, email thomajay@

indiana.edu, by March 6, 2015. After 

that date, if no additional requestors 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to The Chickasaw 

Nation may proceed. 

The Department of Anthropology at 

Indiana University is responsible for 

notifying The Chickasaw Nation that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: December 16, 2014. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

American Museum of Natural History, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The American Museum of 

Natural History has completed an 

inventory of human remains 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 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 should submit 

a written request to the American 

Museum of Natural History. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to the American Museum of 

Natural History at the address in this 

notice March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 

telephone (212) 769–5837, email 

nmurphy@amnh.org. 

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 American Museum of Natural 

History, New York, NY. The human 

remains were removed from Bay and 

Saginaw Counties, 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. 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 American 

Museum of Natural History professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; 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 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan 

(hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

Additional requests for consultation 

were sent 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; Bois Forte Band 

(Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Citizen Potawatomi 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Hannahville Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Band of 

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Odawa Indians, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 

Band of Pottawatomi Indians of 

Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 

as the 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 the Prairie 

Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; Sac and Fox Nation of 

Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 

Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe 

of the Mississippi in Iowa; Seneca 

Nation of Indians (previously listed as 

the Seneca Nation of New York); 

Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa 

Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously 

listed as the Tonawanda Band of Seneca 

Indians of New York); Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

Dakota; White Earth Band of Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the 

Wyandotte Nation. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 1 adult male 

individual were removed by an 

employee of the Michigan Central 

Railroad Company from a site 3 miles 

south of Saginaw Bay, along the west 

side of the Saginaw River near West Bay 

City in Bay County, MI. In 1903, the 

American Museum of Natural History 

purchased the remains from E.H. Crane. 

No known individuals were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 2 adult 

individuals were collected by Harlan 

Smith from sand obtained from 

Andrews Sand Hill, Germain Village 

Site, secondarily deposited near north of 

the Tittabawassee River, Saginaw 

County, MI. Smith gifted these remains 

to the American Museum of Natural 

History in 1901. No known individuals 

were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing at minimum, 10 

individuals, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith from a disturbed grave in the 

Germain Village Site, East Side of 

Saginaw River, Saginaw County, 

Saginaw, MI. Smith gifted these remains 

to the American Museum of Natural 

History in 1899. No known individuals 

were identified. 

In 1894, human remains representing 

at minimum, 14 individuals, were 

collected by Harlan I. Smith from 

Fobear Mound #1, south of the Cass 

River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted 

these remains to the American Museum 

of Natural History in 1901. No known 

individuals were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 3 adult 

individuals, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith from Fobear Mound #2, south of 

Cass River, Saginaw County, MI. Smith 

gifted these remains to the American 

Museum of Natural History in 1901. No 

known individuals were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 1 adult 

individual, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith, from the largest of the three 

mounds, Spaulding, Saginaw County, 

MI. Smith gifted these remains to the 

American Museum of Natural History in 

1901. No known individuals were 

identified. 

On July 1, 1894, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 2 adult 

individuals, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith from the Frazier Village Site, 

south side of the Tittabawassee River, 

Saginaw County, MI. Smith gifted these 

remains to the American Museum of 

Natural History in 1901. No known 

individuals were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing at minimum, 1 adult 

individual, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith from Ayers Camp site, east side 

of Saginaw River, Saginaw, Saginaw 

County, MI. Smith gifted these remains 

to the American Museum of Natural 

History in 1899. No known individual 

was identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing at minimum, 1 individual, 

were collected by George Rose from the 

Flint River, Saginaw County, MI. It is 

unknown when Rose transferred the 

remains to Harlan I. Smith, who gifted 

these remains to the American Museum 

of Natural History in 1901. No known 

individuals were identified. 

In an unknown year, human remains 

representing at minimum, 5 individuals, 

were collected by Harlan I. Smith in 

Golson’s Yard, South Saginaw, Saginaw 

County, MI. Smith gifted these remains 

to the American Museum of Natural 

History in 1901. No known individuals 

were identified. 

On August 19, 1894, human remains 

representing at minimum, 1 adult 

individual, were collected by Harlan I. 

Smith, from the Little Village Site, Park 

House vicinity, Saginaw, Saginaw 

County, MI. Smith gifted these remains 

to the American Museum of Natural 

History in 1901. No known individuals 

were identified. 

Determinations Made by the American 

Museum of Natural History 

Officials of the American Museum of 

Natural History have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based primarily on 

the donor’s collecting history and 

archaeological context. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of 41 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• 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 Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of The Tribes. 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to 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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Nell Murphy, Director of 

Cultural Resources, American Museum 

of Natural History, Central Park West at 

79th Street, NY, NY 10024, telephone 

212–769–5837, email nmurphy@

amnh.org, by March 6, 2015. After that 

date, if no additional requestors have 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to The Tribes may 

proceed. 

The American Museum of Natural 

History is responsible for notifying The 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: January 14, 2015 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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