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Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; 

Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena 

Band of Choctaw Indians; Miami Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of 

Choctaw Indians; Quapaw Nation 

[previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe 

of Indians]; The Chickasaw Nation; The 

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The 

Osage Nation [previously listed as Osage 

Tribe] (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The 

Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

On June 11, 2020, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual was removed from Hancock 

County, MS. The individual was 

discovered during maintenance 

dredging of the navigation channel at 

the mouth of Bayou Cadet, which flows 

into the Bay of Saint Louis. The U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, which 

oversaw the dredging, retained control 

of the human remains until May of 

2021, when it transferred them to the 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History has determined 

that the remains of this individual are 

Native American through the 

geographical and archeological 

circumstances of their discovery, as well 

as through the observance of biological 

markers that are consistent with Native 

American ancestry. According to the 

geographical and archeological 

evidence, the individual was removed 

within 500 feet of the Lakeshore Midden 

Site (22HA502), which dates within the 

Woodland Period (A.D. 1000). 

Evaluation of the skeletal elements by 

the Mississippi State Medical 

Examiner’s office concluded that they 

bore biological markers consistent with 

Native American ancestry. The presentday Indian Tribes affiliated with the 

earlier group connected to these human 

remains include The Tribes. 

Determinations Made by the 

Mississippi Department of Archives 

and History 

Officials of the Mississippi 

Department of Archives and History 

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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and 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 Meg Cook, 

Director of Archaeology Collections, 

Mississippi Department of Archives and 

History, Museum Division, 222 North 

Street, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205, 

telephone (601) 576–6927, email 

mcook@mdah.ms.gov, by September 24, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Tribes may proceed. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History is responsible for 

notifying The Tribes that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 11, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0032471; 

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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 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 University of Michigan. 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 University of Michigan at 

the address in this notice by September 

24, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project 

Manager, University of Michigan, Office 

of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 

Thompson Street, 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 the 

Riverside Cemetery site (20ME1), 

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 was made by the University of 

Michigan Museum of Anthropological 

Archaeology (UMMAA) professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the 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-ebe-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; 

Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana [previously 

listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the 

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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]; Quechan 

Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 

Reservation, California & Arizona; 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 referred to as 

‘‘The Invited Tribes’’). 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1956–57, human remains 

representing, at minimum, nine 

individuals were removed from the 

Riverside Cemetery site (20ME1) in 

Menominee County, MI, by UMMAA 

archeologist A.C. Spaulding. Spaulding 

excavated the multi-component site, 

and it was later excavated by others on 

multiple occasions (the UMMAA does 

not possess all of the human remains 

and items excavated from the Riverside 

Cemetery site. The human remains 

belong to one child 5–9 years old, of 

indeterminate sex; one cremated young 

adult 17–19 years old, of indeterminate 

sex; one adult male 30+ years old; one 

adult of indeterminate sex; one 

cremated infant; and four cremated 

adults of indeterminate sex. No known 

individuals were identified. The 25 

associated funerary objects are one lot of 

small, white perforated flat beads; one 

lot of conical copper points; one lot of 

small, flat, and irregular-shaped copper 

fragments; one lot of faunal bone 

fragments and charcoal; one lot of 

shouldered projectile points; one lot of 

copper points/cones; one lot of small, 

heavy copper fragments; one lot of 

projectile point tip fragments; one lot of 

faunal bone fragments, bark fragments, 

and red ochre; one lot of large, red 

ochre-stained obsidian cores; one lot of 

copper beads and bark fragments; one 

lot of red ochre-stained flint scrapers 

and flakes; one lot of red ochre-stained 

rounded whetstones; one lot of copper 

awls; one lot of socketed copper spears; 

one lot of flat-stemmed or fish-tailed 

copper projectile points; one lot of red 

ochre-covered chert projectile points; 

one lot of wood fragments; one lot of red 

ochre-covered beaver tooth fragments; 

one lot of red ochre-coated wood and 

bone fragments; one lot of red ochreand copper-stained faunal bone 

fragments; one lot of dog cranium 

fragments with vials of red ochre; one 

lot of red ochre-stained and perforated 

lynx scapula fragments; one lot of flatstemmed copper projectile points and 

wood fragments; and one lot of red 

ochre-stained faunal scapulae. 

The Riverside Cemetery site has 

evidence of occupation dating from the 

Late Archaic (2550–300 B.C.) through 

the Late Woodland Period (A.D. 500– 

1100). Two components—Features 6 

and 14—are associated with burials 

belonging to the Old Copper Culture of 

the Late Archaic/Early Woodland 

Period, based on diagnostic artifacts. 

Three different burial treatments were 

noted at the site: Cremations, burial in 

red ochre, and burial without ochre. 

Feature 6 contained a flexed burial with 

red ochre and copper points. The 

cranium of a dog was found near the 

pelvis of the individual. Ochre covered 

the entire skeleton, but was thicker over 

the head and legs, in a lens suggesting 

the body was wrapped in a skin or bark. 

A bundle was found with flints, beaver 

teeth, antler shaft wrench, copper 

points, flint points, wood, animal bone, 

and a smoothing stone. Feature 2, which 

was located near Feature 6, was 

identified by red ochre staining. 

Cremated human remains were present 

that were disturbed and incomplete. 

Above this cremation were several cordmarked pottery sherds as well as a 

fluted axe however the association 

between these objects and the burial is 

described as uncertain due to the 

distance of the objects from the human 

remains. Excavation Unit 4 was reported 

as badly disintegrated bone. The human 

remains were cremated and calcined. 

Feature 13, a disturbed pit containing 

calcined bones, contained no artifacts. 

Feature 14 contained ochre-stained sand 

in a pit. At the bottom of the pit was a 

large block of obsidian resting on 

strands of heavy copper beads which 

were wrapped in bark. Beneath the 

obsidian and copper beads was a pile of 

crushed cremated bones deposited on 

top of bark which lined the bottom of 

the pit. The bark was noted by the 

fibrous structures in organic material; 

however, it was too fragile to collect. 

The strands of copper beads appeared to 

loop back and forth upon the cremated 

bones. Features 11 and 12 were two pits 

that came together, both containing red 

ochre and small fragments of human 

bone and a conical copper point. 

The human remains have been 

determined to be Native American 

based on dental traits, mortuary 

treatment, diagnostic artifacts, 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. 

Menominee tribal experts provided 

evidence for cultural affiliation based on 

their long-standing presence in the 

Menominee River Valley, which they 

believe establishes ties of territorial 

ethnicity to these burials. Museum 

experts believe the burials are 

associated with Old Copper Culture 

which geographically includes, but 

reaches beyond, the Menominee River 

Valley. However, tribal experts also 

provided information that suggests there 

were regional variations within Old 

Copper Culture, and this pattern points 

toward an association between these 

particular burials and the Menominee 

traditional homelands. After 

considering the best available 

information, and in light of the 

preponderance of the evidence 

threshold required under the law and 

regulations, the determination was 

made that the totality of the various 

lines of evidence suggest the 

Menominee are culturally affiliated with 

these particular burials. 

Determinations Made by the University 

of Michigan 

Officials of the University of Michigan 

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 25 objects described in this notice is 

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 objects should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to Dr. Ben Secunda, 

NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 

Michigan, Office of Research, 4080 

Fleming Building, 503 Thompson 


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Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1340, 

telephone (734) 647–9085, email 

bsecunda@umich.edu, by September 24, 

2021. 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 University of Michigan is 

responsible for notifying The Consulted 

Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: August 18, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–NERO–CHHO–32133; PPNCCHOHS0– 

PPMPSPD1Z.YM0000] 

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 

Historical Park Commission Request 

for Nominations 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service, 

U.S. Department of the Interior, is 

requesting nominations for qualified 

persons to serve as members of the 

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 

Historical Park Commission 

(Commission). 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received by October 25, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Send nominations to: 

Mackensie Henn, Assistant to the 

Superintendent, Chesapeake and Ohio 

Canal National Historical Park, 142 W 

Potomac Street, Williamsport, Maryland 

21795, or by email choh_information@

nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mackensie Henn, by email choh_

information@nps.gov or telephone at 

(240) 520–3135. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission was established by section 

6 of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal 

Development Act (16 U.S.C. 410y–4) 

and terminated January 8, 2011. The 

Commission has been extended by 

Public Law 113–178 and the new 

termination date is September 26, 2024. 

The purpose of the Commission is to 

meet and consult with the Secretary of 

the Interior (Secretary), or the 

Secretary’s designee, on general policies 

and specific matters related to the 

administration and development of the 

Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National 

Historical Park. 

The Commission shall be composed 

of 19 members appointed by the 

Secretary for 5-year terms as follows: (1) 

Eight members to be appointed from 

recommendations submitted by the 

boards of commissioners or the county 

councils, as the case may be, of 

Montgomery, Frederick, Washington, 

and Allegany Counties, Maryland, of 

which two members shall be appointed 

from recommendations submitted by 

each such board or council, as the case 

may be; (2) Eight members to be 

appointed from recommendations 

submitted by the Governor of the State 

of Maryland, the Governor of the State 

of West Virginia, the Governor of the 

Commonwealth of Virginia, and the 

Mayor of the District of Columbia, of 

which two members shall be appointed 

from recommendations submitted by 

each such Governor or Mayor, as the 

case may be; and (3) Three members to 

be appointed by the Secretary, one of 

whom shall be designated Chairman of 

the Commission and two of who shall 

be members of regularly constituted 

conservation organizations. 

We are currently seeking members to 

represent all categories. 

Some members may be appointed as 

special Government employees (SGEs). 

Please be aware that members selected 

to serve as SGEs will be required, prior 

to appointment, to file a Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Report in order to 

avoid involvement in real or apparent 

conflicts of interest. You may find a 

copy of the Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Report at the following 

website: https://www.doi.gov/ethics/ 

special-government-employees/ 

financial-disclosure. Additionally, after 

appointment, members appointed as 

SGEs will be required to meet 

applicable financial disclosure and 

ethics training requirements. Please 

contact (202) 208–7960 or DOI_Ethics@

sol.doi.gov with any questions about the 

ethics requirements for members 

appointed as SGEs. 

Nominations should be typed and 

should include a resume providing an 

adequate description of the nominee’s 

qualifications, including information 

that would enable the Department of the 

Interior to make an informed decision 

regarding meeting the membership 

requirements of the Commission and 

permit the Department to contact a 

potential member. All documentation, 

including letters of recommendation, 

must be compiled and submitted in one 

complete package. All those interested 

in membership, including current 

members whose terms are expiring, 

must follow the same nomination 

process. Members may not appoint 

deputies or alternates. 

Members of the Commission serve 

without compensation. However, while 

away from their homes or regular places 

of business in the performance of 

services for the Commission as 

approved by the NPS, members may be 

allowed travel expenses, including per 

diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same 

manner as persons employed 

intermittently in Government service 

are allowed such expenses under 

section 5703 of title 5 of the United 

States Code. 

(Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2) 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Request for Nominations for the Cedar 

Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: The National Park Service 

(NPS), U.S. Department of the Interior, 

is requesting nominations for qualified 

persons to serve as members on the 

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission 

(Commission). 

DATES: Written nominations must be 

received by September 24, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations or requests for 

further information should be sent to 

Karen Beck-Herzog, Site Manager, Cedar 

Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park, P.O. Box 700, 

Middletown, Virginia 22645, or via 

email karen_beck-herzog@nps.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karen Beck-Herzog, via telephone (540) 

868–0938. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Cedar 

Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Advisory Commission 

was established in accordance with the 

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park Act of 2002 (16 U.S.C. 

410iii–7). The Commission was 

designated by Congress to provide 

advice to the Secretary of the Interior on 

the preparation and implementation of 

the park’s general management plan and 

in the identification of sites of 

significance outside the park boundary. 


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