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the Native American human remains 

were found on land owned by the 

Michigan Department of Natural 

Resources. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The bones were examined by physical 

anthropologist David Barondess of 

Michigan State University, but the 

condition of the bones did not allow for 

a definitive identification of ethnicity. 

However, the burial practices, great age 

of the bones suggested by their 

condition, and lack of either coffin 

hardware or historic-era clothing all 

suggest a pre-contact period date and 

Native American identity for these 

individuals. It is possible, but not 

certain, that the burials may be related 

to the nearby Scott Point site (20MK22), 

which was occupied at various times 

over the past 2,000 years by a number 

of Woodland period cultural groups. 

Officials of the Office of the State 

Archaeologist 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 Office of the State Archaeologist 

had been in informal consultation with 

the Scott Point Tribe of American 

Aboriginals, a non-federally recognized 

Indian group, concerning the human 

remains from 20MK450. Members of 

this group are enrolled with the 

federally-recognized Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians. The Sault 

Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 

working closely with the Scott Point 

Tribe of American Aboriginals on this 

matter, entered into consultation with 

the Office of the State Archaeologist. On 

March 31, 2010, the Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians formally 

requested disposition of the human 

remains. Letters supporting disposition 

to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians were received from 

the Bay Mills Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians 

(Ketegitigaaning Ojibwe Nation), 

Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan; and the Peoria Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma. The Delaware 

Nation determined that site 20MK450 

was not within their area of interest. No 

letters were received in opposition to 

the proposed disposition, and no letters 

were received citing any other concerns. 

Therefore, officials of the Office of the 

State Archaeologist have offered the 

disposition of the human remains from 

site 20MK450 to the Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, 

as an aboriginal land tribe. 

Officials of the Office of the State 

Archaeologist have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Lastly, officials of the Office of 

the State Archaeologist have determined 

that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the Native American 

human remains is to the Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan. 

Representatives of any Indian tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains or 

any other Indian tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 

10.11(c)(1) should contact Barbara 

Mead, Office of the State Archaeologist, 

P.O. Box 30740, 702 West Kalamazoo 

St., Lansing, MI 48909–8240, telephone 

(517) 373–6416, before October 25, 

2010. Disposition of the human remains 

to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

requestors come forward. 

The Office of the State Archaeologist 

is responsible for notifying the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky 

Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Fond du 

Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 

Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 

Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo 

Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo 

Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe 

of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional 

Tribe of Texas; Lac Courte Oreilles Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 

Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 

Nation, Kansas; Quechan Tribe of the 

Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 

California and Arizona; Red Cliff Band 

of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 

Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 

Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa 

Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 

of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; 

White Earth Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Wyandotte 

Nation, Oklahoma; and the Scott Point 

Tribe of American Aboriginals, a nonfederally recognized Indian group, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23902 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Athens County Historical Society and 

Museum, Athens, OH 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is hereby 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 Athens 

County Historical Society and Museum, 

Athens, OH. The human remains were 

removed from Athens County, OH. 

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 Ohio University 

and the Athens County Historical 

Society and Museum professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 


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the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; and Eastern Shawnee Tribe 

of Oklahoma. 

In 1988, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from the Coe Family Farm on 

Armitage Road, in Athens County, OH. 

On January 4, 2010, the human skull 

was found in a hatbox in the collections 

storage. According to a former museum 

curator, the human remains were 

removed by an Ohio University 

professor who considered himself an 

amateur archeologist. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

According to Dr. Nancy Tatarek, a 

forensic anthropologist from Ohio 

University, the wear and coloration of 

the skull indicated that it was at least 

300+ years old. Dr. Tatarek used the 

shape of the nose cavity to identify 

cultural background. On a reasonable 

basis, the human remains may be Native 

American, and possibly female. 

Furthermore, there were no white 

settlements in the Athens County area 

300 years ago. 

Based on Indian land claims maps, 

the museum has determined the human 

remains have a shared group 

relationship with the Shawnee, which 

are represented by the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma, 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma 

and Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma. Based 

on consultation, the museum has 

reasonably determined the human 

remains also have a shared group 

relationship with the Delaware, which 

are represented by the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma, and Delaware Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. 

Officials of the Athens County 

Historical Society and Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(9), the human remains described 

above represent the physical remains of 

one individual of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Athens County 

Historical Society and Museum also 

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 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

and Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Heather Reed, Curator/ 

Education Coordinator, Athens County 

Historical Society and Museum, 65 N. 

Court St., Athens, OH 45701, telephone 

(740) 592–2280, before October 25, 

2010. Repatriation of the human 

remains to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe 

of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware 

Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee 

Tribe of Oklahoma; and Shawnee Tribe, 

Oklahoma, may proceed after that date 

if no additional claimants come 

forward. 

Athens County Historical Society and 

Museum is responsible for notifying the 

Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 

and the Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23904 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, 

Spokane, 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 the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture, aka Eastern 

Washington State Historical Society, 

Spokane, WA. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Lincoln, Ferry and 

Stevens 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 possession 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 was made by the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture professional 

staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington. 

During the period July 1939 to 

September 1940, human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from seven different sites in 

Lincoln, Ferry and Stevens Counties, 

WA, encompassing a vast, 150-mile 

area. The human remains and associated 

funerary objects described below were 

excavated by Donald Collier, Alfred E. 

Hudson and Arlo Ford due to the 

construction of the Grand Coulee Dam 

and its reservoir (Lake Roosevelt), 

whose waters would soon cover the 

area. This undertaking was known as 

‘‘The Columbian Basin Archaeological 

Survey’’ or the ‘‘Collier, Hudson, and 

Ford Project.’’ It was a multiinstitutional venture involving the 

Eastern Washington State Historical 

Society (now Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture), University of 

Washington, and the State College of 

Washington (now Washington State 

University). It was also a multi-agency 

venture involving the Bureau of 

Reclamation, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Civilian Conservation Corps, and the 

Works Project Administration 

(including the National Youth 

Administration). In 1940, the Eastern 

Washington State Historical Society 

became the repository for the collection, 

as mandated by the Bureau of 

Reclamation. Portions of the land from 

which the human remains and 

associated funerary objects derive were 

non-Federal lands, and other portions 

were Federal lands at the time of 

removal. Moreover, the Federal lands 

fell under the management authority of 

several different agencies. 

Consequently, there has been a question 

of control over the collection. After 

several years of research, the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture has been 

unable to determine additional specifics 

regarding the control of each site. 

Therefore, absent additional 

information, the Northwest Museum of 

Arts & Culture is assuming 

responsibility under NAGPRA with 

regard to publishing this Notice and 

repatriating the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the 

culturally affiliated tribe. 

From 1940 until 1951, the Northwest 

Museum of Arts & Culture was the 

repository for the recovered materials. 

On February 24, 1951, the museum 

agreed to loan the human remains to the 

Washington State Museum of the 

University of Washington for scientific 

study. According to letters 

substantiating the agreement, all the 

human remains borrowed by the 

University of Washington were returned 

to the museum on May 29, 1951, and 

were repatriated to the Confederated 

Tribes of the Colville Indian 

Reservation, Washington, in 1979. 


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