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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 Colorado 

College, Colorado Springs, CO. The 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed from sites in the 

southwestern United States and a 

canyon tributary of Comb Wash, San 

Juan County, UT. 

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. 

This notice corrects the citation to a 

previously published Notice of 

Inventory Completion contained in a 

correction Notice of Inventory 

Completion that was published in the 

Federal Register (74 FR 42105–42106, 

August 20, 2009). The citation (72 FR 

19920, April 14, 2004) should read (69 

FR 19232–19233, April 12, 2004). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

the Notices of April 12, 2004, and 

August 20, 2009, should contact Chris 

Melcher, General Counsel, The Colorado 

College c/o Jan Bernstein, President, 

Bernstein & Associates - NAGPRA 

Consultants, 1041 Lafayette St., Denver, 

CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–0648, 

janbernstein@nagpra.info, before 

October 25, 2010. Repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Hopi Tribe of Arizona may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Colorado College is responsible 

for notifying the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; 

Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico & 

Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; 

Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo 

of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San 

Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of 

Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa 

Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santo 

Domingo, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, 

New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New 

Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; 

Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas; and 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 10, 2010 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–23919 Filed 9–23–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Lansing, 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 Office 

of the State Archaeologist (formerly the 

Michigan Historical Center), Lansing, 

MI. The human remains were removed 

from the vicinity of Scott Point, 

Mackinac 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) 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. The National Park Service is 

not responsible for the determinations 

in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Michigan 

Office of the 

State Archaeologist professional staff 

in consultation with representatives of 

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-be-nash-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 (formerly the 

Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); 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. 

Consultation included all tribes whose 

aboriginal lands once included 

Mackinac County, MI, as identified in 

the ‘‘Present-Day Tribes Associated with 

Indian Land Cessions 1784–1894’’ 

database on the National Park Service’s 

National NAGPRA website. 

In 1993, human remains representing 

a minimum of three individuals were 

removed from the surface of 20MK450, 

Mackinac County, MI, by Marla 

Buckmaster, professor of anthropology 

at Northern Michigan University, to 

curtail the damage being caused to 

them. The bones were reported to Dr. 

Buckmaster after they were exposed by 

erosion resulting from off-road vehicle 

use that resulted in the bones being 

visible on the surface. After removal, Dr. 

Buckmaster reported the matter to local 

police and then transferred the remains 

to the Office of the State Archaeologist. 

Examination of plat books and 

consultation with the Department of 

Natural Resources Office of Land and 

Facilities yielded a determination that 


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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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