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Correction 

In the Federal Register of March 23, 

2022, in FR Doc. 2022–06121, on page 

16492, in the first column in the 

SUMMARY section, correct the locations 

to read: 

Fort Ancient in Warren County and 

the Octagon Earthworks and Great 

Circle Earthworks in Licking County. 

Dated: March 24, 2022. 

Stephen Morris, 

Chief, NPS Office of International Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06650 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033641; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Michigan State Historic Preservation 

Office, Lansing, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Michigan State Historic 

Preservation Office (Michigan SHPO) 

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 a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and a 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Michigan SHPO. If no 

additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the Michigan SHPO at the 

address in this notice by April 29, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Hambacher, Staff Archeologist, 

State Historic Preservation Office, 

Michigan Economic Development 

Corporation Building, 300 N 

Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913, 

telephone (517) 243–9513, email 

hambacherm@michigan.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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

Michigan State Historic Preservation 

Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from the White Rapids site 

(20ME3), Menominee 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). 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 and associated funerary objects 

was made by the Michigan SHPO 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana (previously listed as 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana); 

Hannahville Indian Community, 

Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians of Montana; 

Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 

Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron 

Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 

(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, 

Inc.); and the Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Consulted Tribes’’). 

The Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); 

Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; 

Leech Lake Band; White Earth Band); 

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; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain 

Band of Chippewa Indians of North 

Dakota (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Invited Tribes’’) were invited to consult, 

but did not participate. 

History and Description of the Human 

Remains 

In 1956, human remains representing, 

at minimum, nine individuals were 

removed from the White Rapids site 

(20ME3), in Menominee County, MI, 

during an excavation conducted by an 

archeologist from the University of 

Michigan Museum of Anthropological 

Archaeology. The site consists of a pair 

of mounds located near the Menominee 

River in the Menominee State Forest. 

Human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Mound 2, 

which contained three separate burial 

episodes designated as Features 1, 2, 

and 3. Feature 1 is described as an 

extended adult female burial. Feature 2 

is described as containing charred 

human remains from several long bones 

representing multiple individuals. 

Feature 3 is described as fragmentary 

human remains from a disturbed burial. 

The human remains removed from the 

site are one young adult 19–30 years 

old, female; one adult, female; one child 

9–10 years old; one older adult 40+ 

years old, indeterminate sex; one 

cremated adult, indeterminate sex; one 

older adult 40+ years old, possible male; 

one adult, possible female; one 

cremated adult, possible male; and one 

cremated adult 35–49 years old, female. 

The burials date to the Late Woodland 

Period (500–1400 A.D.) based on burial 

treatment. No known individuals were 

identified. The six associated funerary 

objects are one lot of charred wood; one 

lot of charcoal, soil, and unworked 

pebbles; one lot of ashes; one lot of 

charcoal; one lot of fire-cracked rock; 

and one lot of grit-tempered and 

decorated ceramic sherd. 

The human remains have been 

determined to be Native American 

based on cranial morphology, accession 

documentation, and archeological 

context. A relationship of shared group 

identity can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains from this site and the 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, 

based on the site’s location within the 

lands traditionally occupied by the 

Menominee. Moreover, according to oral 

tradition and historical accounts, the 


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Menominee were most likely the 

predominant tribe in the vicinity of the 

site during the date range for this burial. 

Determinations Made by the Michigan 

State Historic Preservation Office 

Officials of the Michigan State 

Historic Preservation Office have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of nine 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the six 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), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and the Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin. 

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 and associated 

funerary object should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Michael Hambacher, Staff 

Archeologist, State Historic Preservation 

Office, Michigan Economic 

Development Corporation Building, 300 

N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 

48913, telephone (517) 243–9513, email 

hambacherm@michigan.gov, by April 

29, 2022. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe 

of Wisconsin may proceed. 

The Michigan State Historic 

Preservation Office is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted Tribes and The 

Invited Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 23, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06666 Filed 3–29–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033639; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Bureau of Indian Affairs. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 and funerary objects 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the request to 

the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the 

address in this notice by April 29, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

B.J. Howerton, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

1001 Indian School Road NW, 

Albuquerque, NM 87114, telephone 

(505) 563–3013, email BJ.Howerton@

bia.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 and associated 

funerary objects under the control of the 

U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau 

of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from Coconino 

County, AZ. 

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 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 Bureau of 

Indian Affairs professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & 

Utah. 

History and Description of the Remains 

On May 17, 1971, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from a historic 

Navajo site (NA11021) in Coconino 

County, AZ. The human remains were 

removed from a burial during 

authorized excavations prior to 

construction of a railroad between Black 

Mesa and Page, AZ, that crossed tribal 

trust lands of the Navajo Nation, 

Arizona. New Mexico, & Utah. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were first placed in the custody 

of the Museum of Northern Arizona in 

Flagstaff, AZ, in 1971. Subsequently, 

they were placed in the custody of the 

Navajo Nation Museum in Window 

Rock, AZ. In 2019, custody of the 

remains and funerary objects reverted to 

the Museum of Northern Arizona. The 

human remains belong to an adult 

female. No known individual was 

identified. The two associated funerary 

objects are one metal spoon and one 

metal can with a lid. 

The burial was within a brush shade 

structure (chaha’oh) typical of Navajo 

architecture. Ethnographic interviews 

indicated the burial belonged to a 

Navajo person and was dated ca. 1920. 

The burial’s location away from any 

habitation and the presence of a shovel 

near the burial structure are typical of 

Navajo burial practices. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 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. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the two objects described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 


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