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Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 

California; Rincon Band of Luiseno 

Mission Indians of Rincon Reservation, 

California; Santa Ynez Band of 

Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa 

Ynez Reservation, California; and the 

Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, 

California (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

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 Nicolette B. 

Meister, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, Beloit College, 700 

College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, 

telephone (608) 363–2305, email 

meistern@beloit.edu, by September 16, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Logan Museum of Anthropology, 

Beloit College is responsible for 

notifying The Consulted and Invited 

Tribes and Groups that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 4, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17567 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032430; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural 

Items: U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washington, 

DC, and Pueblo Grande Museum, City 

of Phoenix, AZ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), 

assisted by the Pueblo Grande Museum 

(PGM), in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, has determined 

that the cultural items listed in this 

notice meet the definition of sacred 

objects. Lineal descendants or 

representatives of any Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization not 

identified in this notice that wish to 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request to the BIA 

through the Pueblo Grande Museum. If 

no additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 

claim these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the BIA through the Pueblo Grande 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

September 16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande 

Museum, 4619 E Washington Street, 

Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 

534–1572, email lindsey.vogel-teeter@

phoenix.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural 

items under the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the Pueblo 

Grande Museum, City of Phoenix, AZ, 

that meet the definition of sacred objects 

under 25 U.S.C. 3001. 

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 cultural items. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Items 

At an unknown date, 16 cultural 

items were removed from an 

unidentified cave located on the Fort 

McDowell Indian Reservation in 

Maricopa County, AZ. The cultural 

items were removed by a private citizen 

and were subsequently transferred to 

PGM. The museum catalogued the 

collection in February 1960. The 16 

sacred objects are 15 cane cigarettes and 

one corn cob. 

Expert opinion provided by 

representatives of the Fort McDowell 

Yavapai Nation supports the use of 

these cultural items in ceremonies 

performed by traditional Yavapai 

religious practitioners. Once placed in 

the cave, the cultural items were not to 

be disturbed. The location where the 

cultural items were found (i.e., within 

the boundaries of the Fort McDowell 

Indian Reservation) lies within the 

ancestral lands of the Yavapai people. 

Expert opinion provided by 

representatives of the Ak-Chin Indian 

Community [previously listed as Ak 

Chin Indian Community of the 

Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, 

Arizona]; Gila River Indian Community 

of the Gila River Indian Reservation, 

Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa 

Indian Community of the Salt River 

Reservation, Arizona; and the Tohono 

O’odham Nation of Arizona, as well as 

ethnographic documentation, also 

support the use of these cultural items 

in ceremonies performed by traditional 

O’odham religious practitioners. 

Furthermore, the area where the items 

were found lies within the region 

recognized by government and tribal 

authorities as O’odham aboriginal land. 

Determinations Made by the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and Pueblo Grande 

Museum 

Officials of the U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs and 

Pueblo Grande Museum have 

determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 16 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects needed 

by traditional Native American religious 

leaders for the practice of traditional 

Native American religions by their 

present-day adherents. 

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

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the Fort 

McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to claim these cultural items 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Lindsey Vogel-Teeter, Pueblo Grande 

Museum, 4619 E. Washington Street, 

Phoenix, AZ 85034, telephone (602) 

534–1572, email lindsey.vogel-teeter@

phoenix.gov, by September 16, 2021. 

After that date, if no additional 

claimants have come forward, transfer 

of control of the sacred objects to the 

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Arizona 

may proceed. 

The U.S. Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Indian Affairs assisted by the 

Pueblo Grande Museum are responsible 

for notifying the Fort McDowell Yavapai 

Nation, Arizona that this notice has 

been published. 


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Dated: August 4, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2021–17566 Filed 8–16–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032425; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The University of Michigan 

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 no cultural affiliation between 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the University of Michigan. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to the University of Michigan at 

the address in this notice by September 

16, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project 

Manager, University of Michigan, Office 

of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 

Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48109– 

1340, telephone (734) 647–9085, email 

bsecunda@umich.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 

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Antrim, Newaygo, and Roscommon 

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 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 University of Michigan 

Museum of Anthropological 

Archaeology (UMMAA) professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree 

Indians of the Rock Boy’s Reservation, 

Montana [previously listed as 

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 

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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan. 

The Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, 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); 

Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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 were invited to consult but did 

not participate. 

Hereafter, all Tribes listed in this 

section are referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’ 

History and Description of the Human 

Remains 

On unknown dates in, or before, 1924, 

human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from the Leavitt Mound site 

(20AN2) in Antrim County, MI. The site 

is located near Grass Lake, and human 

remains and objects were removed from 

the site on multiple occasions. In 

August of 1924, an amateur collector 

removed human cranial remains from 

the site and subsequently donated them 

to the UMMAA. The human remains 

represent one adult, 30–60 years old, 

female. In the summer of 1924, a second 

amateur collector removed objects from 

the site and in September of 1924 

donated them to the UMMAA. On an 

unknown date, a third amateur collector 

removed human cranial remains from 

the site and in November of 1924 sold 

them to the UMMAA. The human 

remains are one adult, female. The site 

has been dated to the Middle Woodland 

Period (300 B.C.–A.D. 500) based on the 

diagnostic artifacts. No known 

individuals were identified. The three 

associated funerary objects present are 

one lot of stone pipe preform made from 

Petoskey Stone, one lot of gray chert 

biface and side-notched projectile point, 

and one lot of shell bowl. 

In August of 1928 and on an unknown 

date in 1965, human remains 

representing, at minimum, five 

individuals were removed from the 

Brooks Mound site (20NE1) in Newaygo 

County, MI. The Brooks Mound site is 

located in Brooks Township near the 

Muskegon River and consists of a 

complex of several mounds of varying 

sizes. In 1928, an archeologist from the 

UMMAA excavated two mounds at the 

site. Human remains from two 

individuals were removed from Mound 

A. One individual was interred in a 

crouching position with the head far 

down upon the chest. A dark red 

pigment was noted covering the 

person’s face. The individual was 

buried with a platform pipe. A ceramic 

vessel, which originally held pieces of 

the red pigment, and a small turtle 

carapace were placed near the left 

shoulder, and multiple salt water 

species shell beads were placed near the 

left side of the person’s jaw. Multiple 

individuals were noted in Mound 6 

(possibly also known as Mound Q). The 

mound was described as containing an 

oblong burial pit where a bundle burial 

of three crania and long bones of five 

individuals were interred. Near the top 

of the burial was a ceramic vessel 

containing red sand and decorated with 

curvilinear lines with short crosshatching. A second ceramic vessel was 


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