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Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; and Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan. A June 6, 

2008, letter on behalf of the Secretary of 

the Interior from the Designated Federal 

Official transmitted the authorization 

for the museum to effect disposition of 

the human remains of the five culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the four 

Indian tribes listed above contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, PO Box 1286, 

Hastings, NE 68902, telephone (402) 

461–2399, before September 12, 2008. 

Disposition of the human remains to the 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; and Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Hastings Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; and 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, Hastings, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession of the 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History (Hastings Museum), 

Hastings, NE. The human remains were 

removed from Calico Rock, Izard 

County, AR. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Hastings Museum 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma (formerly the Osage Tribe). 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of two 

individuals were removed from Calico 

Rock in Izard County, AR. No additional 

site information is available. The human 

remains were purchased by the Hastings 

Museum from H.L. Talbert and 

accessioned into the collection in 1941 

(20276, 20277). No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Information provided from the 

Arkansas Archeological Survey 

indicates that there are two known sites 

in Izard County by the name of Calico 

Rock. One site is an archaic site while 

the other is undetermined. Neither site 

yielded human remains, but the sites 

were identified after the human remains 

were donated to the Hastings Museum. 

However, the history of the town named 

Calico Rock, also located in Izard 

County, stated that a flood in 1927 

unearthed an American Indian burial 

ground near the town site. It is likely 

that the human remains in the Hastings 

Museum collection are not from the 

known sites, but rather from the area of 

the town of Calico Rock. The human 

remains have been determined to be 

those of Native American descent. In 

addition, a morphological report 

provided on the human remains 

determined that the dental attrition was 

not consistent with an individual from 

the archaic time period making the 

likelihood of them coming from the area 

of the town more likely. 

The Osage were seminomadic people 

who lived and hunted in Southwestern 

Missouri, northwestern Arkansas, 

southeast Kansas, and northeast 

Oklahoma. Izard County is located in 

Osage treaty land, which was 

determined in 1825. 

Officials of the Hastings Museum 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Hastings Museum have determined that, 

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 Osage Nation, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Teresa Kreutzer-Hodson, 

Hastings Museum of Natural and 

Cultural History, PO Box 1286, 

Hastings, NE 68902, telephone (402) 

461–2399, before September 12, 2008. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Osage Nation, Oklahoma may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Hastings Museum is responsible 

for notifying the Osage Nation, 

Oklahoma that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle 

Creek, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the possession of the 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated, Battle 

Creek, MI. The human remains were 

removed from Muskegon 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Kingman 

Museum, Incorporated professional staff 

in consultation with representatives 

from the Michigan Anishnaabek 

Cultural Preservation and Repatriation 

Alliance (MACPRA), a non-federally 

recognized Indian group. The Kingman 

Museum, Incorporated professional staff 

also consulted with representatives of 

the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 


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Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 

and Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan. 

In 1918, human remains representing 

a minimum of four individuals were 

removed from a sand mound near 

Muskegon, Muskegon County, MI, by J. 

Howard Baker, Mrs. Blanche 

McFarland, and Lewis Kelly. The 

human remains were donated to the 

Battle Creek Public Schools prior to 

1997. In 2006, Battle Creek Public 

Schools transferred the human remains 

to the newly formed Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated, a 501(c)3 charitable 

organization. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

A handwritten piece of paper found 

with the human remains gives 

information on the excavation. The 

mound measured 14 inches by 25 

inches and stood about 3 feet above 

ground level. The human remains were 

found in a sitting position. While as 

many as eight individuals may have 

originally been in the mound, only four 

individuals were collected. Funerary 

objects may also have been collected, 

but were not given to the museum. 

The human remains were 

documented by Janet Gardner and 

Robert Anemone, Department of 

Anthropology, Western Michigan 

University. The documentation 

concluded that the physical 

characteristics of the human remains 

and the details of the burial context are 

indicative of a Native American 

population. However, a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

human remains and a present-day 

Indian Tribe could not be reasonably 

determined. 

Officials of Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of four 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated also have determined that, 

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. 

The Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Review 

Committee (Review Committee) is 

responsible for recommending specific 

actions for disposition of culturally 

unidentifiable human remains. In 2008, 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated 

requested that the Review Committee 

recommend disposition of the four 

culturally unidentifiable individuals to 

the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; and Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan, as the aboriginal 

occupants of the lands encompassing 

Muskegon, Muskegon County. 

The Review Committee considered 

the request at its May 15–16, 2008 

meeting and recommended disposition 

of the human remains to the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan. A June 6, 2008, letter on 

behalf of the Secretary of the Interior 

from the Designated Federal Official, 

transmitted the authorization for the 

museum to effect disposition of the 

human remains of the culturally 

unidentifiable individuals to the three 

Indians tribes listed above contingent on 

the publication of a Notice of Inventory 

Completion in the Federal Register. 

This notice fulfills that requirement. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Katie Nelson, Collection 

Manager, Kingman Museum, 

Incorporated, 175 Limit Street, Battle 

Creek, MI 49037, telephone (269) 965–

5117, fax (269) 965–3330, before 

September 12, 2008. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; and Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

Kingman Museum, Incorporated is 

responsible for notifying the Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of 

Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and 

Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of 

Michigan that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: July 22, 2008 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E8–18690 Filed 8–12–08; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwest Museum, Whitman College, 

Walla Walla, WA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 

in the possession of Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Umatilla County, OR, and Benton and 

Walla Walla Counties, WA. 

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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by Northwest Museum, 

Whitman College professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla 

Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1929, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from near the junction of the 

north and south forks of the Walla Walla 

River, Umatilla County, OR, by Mr. 

Demaris and donated to the Northwest 

Museum, formerly Maxey Museum, on 

March 31, 1929 (Accn. #5563, Cat. 

#WHIT-X–0014). No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

A village and fishing site of the Longhair Band of the Weyiiletpuu was 

located at Nushnu-pa, at this location on 

the Walla Walla River. Today, the 

Weyiiletpuu, or Cayuse Tribe, are a part 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

The Cayuse traditionally lived within 

the Walla Walla-Milton-Freewater area 

and the drainages of the Walla Walla 

River, which is within the ceded lands 

of the Confederated Tribes of the 

Umatilla Indian Reservation, Oregon. 

In 1949, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from Plymouth, Site #21, ‘‘150 

yards north of the ferry landing,’’


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