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two lots of faunal bones, one lot of fired 

clay, two lots of lithic debitage, one lot 

metal, one lot pit fill, and one lot of 

unworked stone. 

The Mississippi Department of 

Archives and History has determined 

that the human remains of these 

individuals are Native American 

through the circumstances of 

acquisition, as well as through the 

observance of biological markers 

consistent with this ancestry. The 

circumstances of acquisition, including 

excavation notes and associated 

funerary objects, show that these human 

remains are affiliated with 

Mississippian cultures that are 

indigenous to these areas of Mississippi. 

Present day Indian Tribes associated 

with these cultures 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 11 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 15 associated funerary 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 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 and associated 

funerary objects 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 October 20, 

2021. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects 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: September 7, 2021. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NRNHL–32470; 

PPWOCRADP2, PCU00RP14.R50000] 

National Historic Landmarks 

Committee of the National Park System 

Advisory Board Meeting 

AGENCY: National Park Service. 

ACTION: Meeting notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act that a meeting of the 

National Historic Landmarks Committee 

(Committee) of the National Park 

System Advisory Board (Board) will 

meet as indicated below. 

DATES: The virtual meeting will be held 

on Thursday, October 21, 2021, from 

10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (EST). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held 

virtually at the date and time noted 

above and instructions and access 

information will be provided online at 

https://www.nps.gov/subjects/national

historiclandmarks/nhl-committeemeetings.htm. Please check the program 

website at https://www.nps.gov/ 

subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/ 

index.htm for the most current meeting 

information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Lisa Davidson, Acting Program 

Manager, National Historic Landmarks 

Program, National Park Service, 1849 C 

Street NW, Mail Stop 7228, Washington, 

DC 20240, or email Lisa_Davidson@

nps.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the meeting of the 

Committee is to evaluate nominations of 

historic properties in order to advise the 

Board of the qualifications of each 

property being proposed for National 

Historic Landmark designation, and to 

make recommendations regarding the 

possible designation of those properties 

as National Historic Landmarks to the 

Board at a future meeting. The 

Committee also makes 

recommendations to the Board 

regarding amendments to existing 

designations and proposals for 

withdrawal of designation. The 

members of the Committee are: 

Mr. Joseph Emert, Chair 

Dr. David G. Anderson 

Dr. Ethan Carr 

Dr. Julio Cesar Capo ́

Dr. Cynthia G. Falk 

Dr. Richard Longstreth 

Dr. Alexandra M. Lord 

Mr. John L. Nau III 

Dr. Vergil E. Noble 

Dr. Toni M. Prawl 

Mr. Adam Smith 

Dr. Sharita Jacobs Thompson 

Dr. Carroll Van West 

Dr. Richard Guy Wilson 

The meeting will be open to the 

public. Pursuant to 36 CFR part 65, any 

member of the public may file, for 

consideration by the Committee, written 

comments concerning the National 

Historic Landmark nominations, 

amendments to existing designations, or 

proposals for withdrawal of designation. 

Comments should be submitted to 

Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register 

of Historic Places and National Historic 

Landmarks Program, National Park 

Service, 1849 C Street NW, Mail Stop 

7228, Washington, DC 20240, or email 

nhl_info@nps.gov no later than October 

20, 2021. All comments received will be 

provided to the Committee and the 

Board. 

Purpose of the Meeting: The Board 

and its Committee may consider the 

following nominations: 

California 

POND FARM POTTERY, Sonoma 

County, CA 

Colorado 

WINKS PANORAMA, Gilpin County, 

CO 

Connecticut 

BARNUM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE 

AND HISTORY, Bridgeport, CT 

Idaho 

STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND GROUND 

ALERT FACILITY, Mountain Home 

Air Force Base, Elmore County, ID 

Indiana 

MONTGOMERY COUNTY JAIL AND 

SHERIFF’S RESIDENCE, 

Crawfordsville, IN 

Iowa 

POTTAWATTAMIE COUNTY JAIL 

AND SHERIFF’S RESIDENCE, 

Council Bluffs, IA 

Texas 

RIO VISTA BRACERO RECEPTION 

CENTER, Socorro, TX 

West Virginia 

JEFFERSON COUNTY COURTHOUSE, 

Charlestown, WV 

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Proposed Amendments to Existing 

Designations 

District of Columbia 

CARTER G. WOODSON HOUSE 

(updated documentation), 

Washington, DC 

Public Disclosure of Comments: 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you can ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Authority: 36 CFR 65.5. 

Alma Ripps, 

Chief, Office of Policy. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, Cambridge, MA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 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 both sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony. 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 Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 

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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology 

and Ethnology at the address in this 

notice by October 20, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patricia Capone, Curator and NAGPRA 

Director, Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University, 11 Divinity Avenue, 

Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 

496–3702, email pcapone@

fas.harvard.edu. 

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 Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 

that meet the definitions of sacred 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony 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 

In 1889, one cultural item was 

removed from the White Earth Indian 

Reservation in northwest Minnesota. Dr. 

Walter James Hoffman acquired the 

item, a birchbark scroll, when studying 

the Midewiwin on behalf of the Bureau 

of American Ethnology. In 1891, the 

Bureau of American Ethnology donated 

the scroll to the United States National 

Museum, known today as the National 

Museum of Natural History. The 

Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 

Ethnology received the birchbark scroll 

in 1906, as part of an exchange with the 

National Museum of Natural History. 

The scroll measures 36 x 11 cm. and is 

inscribed with eight separate figures. 

Museum documentation describes it as 

a ‘‘Record of a song used in gathering of 

remedies.’’ The birchbark scroll has 

been identified as both a sacred object 

and an object of cultural patrimony. 

In the early 1900s, one cultural item 

was removed from the White Earth 

Indian Reservation in northwest 

Minnesota by Albert G. Heath, a 

collector and dealer of Native American 

objects in the early half of the 1900s. In 

March of 1952, the Denver Art Museum 

received the item, a birchbark scroll, as 

an anonymous donation through Julius 

Carlebach, a prominent New York art 

dealer. The Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology received the 

scroll in March of 1953, as part of an 

exchange with the Denver Art Museum. 

The birchbark scroll measures 134 x 31 

cm. and is made up of three separate 

panels that have been hand-stitched 

together with fiber twine. Each panel is 

inscribed with a detailed scene. 

Museum documentation describes the 

birchbark scroll as ‘‘used as a memory 

device in rites of the Midewiwin 

Society.’’ The birchbark scroll has been 

identified as both a sacred object and an 

object of cultural patrimony. 

Museum documentation and 

information obtained through 

consultation with representatives from 

the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (White Earth Band), indicate 

these two cultural items are Ojibwe and 

are from the White Earth Indian 

Reservation, Minnesota. Historical and 

ethnographic data indicate that 

birchbark scrolls are part of the ritual 

items of the Midewiwin religion. 

Consultation evidence specifies the 

physical presence of the scrolls at 

Midewiwin ceremonies, as well as their 

importance to Mide practitioners in the 

dissemination of cosmological 

information and ceremonial practices. 

These two items meet the definition of 

sacred objects because they are specific 

ceremonial objects required by the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota 

(White Earth Band), to properly perform 

Midewiwin ceremonies. 

Historical and ethnographic data 

demonstrate that these two cultural 

items also have ongoing historical, 

traditional, and cultural importance 

central to the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band). 

Consultation evidence indicates that 

birchbark scrolls are not owned or 

alienable by an individual; rather, 

individuals serve as caretakers for the 

scrolls. These caretakers serve as 

custodians of the community 

knowledge, collective legacy, and 

heritage contained within the birchbark 

scrolls. These two cultural items meet 

the definition of objects of cultural 

patrimony because they have ongoing 

historical, traditional, and cultural 

importance central to the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (White 

Earth Band) for the proper performance 

of Midewin ceremonies, and could not 

have been alienated or conveyed by an 

individual. 

Determinations Made by the Peabody 

Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 

Harvard University 

Officials of the Peabody Museum of 

Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 

University have determined that: