24876 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 99 / Tuesday, May 26, 2009 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Paul 

H. Karshner Memorial Museum, 

Puyallup, 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 in the possession of Paul H. 

Karshner Memorial Museum, Puyallup, 

WA. The human remains were removed 

from Decatur Island, San Juan County, 

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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Samish Indian Nation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; and Tulalip 

Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, 

Washington. 

In or prior to 1930, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Decatur 

Island in San Juan County, WA. The 

human remains were donated to the 

museum by its founder, Dr. Warner M. 

Karshner, in 1930 (Catalog #1–362, 

Accn. #1930.01). No known individual 

was identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

The human remains are listed in the 

museum inventory as being from 

Decatur Island and described as ‘‘one 

flattened Indian skull’’ (museum 

inventory notebook). Further, a direct 

label on the cranium states ‘‘Decatur 

Island, Puget Sound’’ as the place of 

origin. Based on these records, the 

human remains have been determined 

by the museum to be Native American. 

Decatur Island is located within the 

San Juan Islands, an archipelago that is 

known to have been utilized by the 

aboriginal Lummi, Samish, and 

Swinomish tribes or bands. During the 

consultation process with the Lummi 

Tribe, representatives of the Lummi 

indicated they would not claim the 

human remains because they consider 

Decatur Island to be outside of their 

usual and accustomed places. Both the 

Samish Indian Nation and Swinomish 

Indian Tribal Community have 

submitted claims to the Paul H. 

Karshner Memorial Museum for human 

remains from Decatur Island, and each 

tribe provided evidence regarding 

aboriginal use of Decatur Island. During 

the consultation process, representatives 

of the Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community stated that they consider 

Decatur Island to have been used 

primarily by the aboriginal Samish, to 

which the Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community is an adjudicated legal 

successor in interest (United States v. 

Washington, 459 F. Supp. 1020, 1039 

(W.D. Wa. 1978)). During the 

consultation process, representatives of 

the Samish Indian Nation stated that 

they consider Decatur Island to be 

within their traditional territory and 

provided evidence that other human 

remains from Decatur Island have been 

repatriated to the Samish Indian Nation. 

Following consultation between the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 

and Samish Indian Nation, the 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community 

provided the museum with a written 

statement withdrawing their claim for 

the human remains from Decatur Island. 

With the voluntarily withdrawal of the 

claim for repatriation of the human 

remains by Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community, officials of the Paul H. 

Karshner Memorial Museum have 

determined that there is a 

preponderance of evidence in favor of 

the Samish Indian Nation’s claim for 

repatriation. Both the Swinomish Indian 

Tribal Community and Samish Indian 

Nation have agreed to work 

cooperatively with respect to reburial of 

the human remains after the repatriation 

is complete. 

Officials of the Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum have determined 

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

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial 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 

Samish Indian Nation, Washington and 

Swinomish Indian Tribal Community of 

the Swinomish Reservation, 

Washington. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Jay Reifel, Assistant 

Superintendent, Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum, telephone (253) 

840–8971, or Ms. Beth Bestrom, 

Museum Curator, Paul H. Karshner 

Memorial Museum, telephone (253) 

841–8748, 309 4th St. NE, Puyallup, WA 

98372, before June 25, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Samish Indian Nation, Washington 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Paul H. Karshner Memorial 

Museum is responsible for notifying the 

Lummi Tribe of the Lummi Reservation, 

Washington; Samish Indian Nation, 

Washington; Swinomish Indian Tribal 

Community of the Swinomish 

Reservation, Washington; and Tulalip 

Tribes of the Tulalip Reservation, 

Washington that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: April 28, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–12281 Filed 5–22–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Oregon State University, Department 

of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR 

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 control of Oregon State 

University, Department of 

Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The 

human remains were removed from 

Fisher Mounds, Will County, IL. 

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 Oregon State 

University, Department of Anthropology 

professional staff in consultation with 

representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation 

of Wisconsin and the Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska. The Cheyenne 

River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen 

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Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 

the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala 

Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge 

Reservation, South Dakota; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; 

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of 

Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; and Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska were notified, but did not 

participate in consultation on the 

human remains described in this notice. 

On an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from Fisher 

Mounds, Will County, IL, by an 

unknown individual. In 1976, the 

human remains were donated to the 

Department of Anthropology by the son 

of Georg Karl Neumann. Dr. Neumann 

worked as a physical anthropologist for 

Indiana State University, Terre Haute, 

IN. No known individual was identified. 

No associated funerary objects are 

present. 

Museum records indicate that the 

human remains are identified as ‘‘3EM.’’ 

According to the culturally 

unidentifiable (CUI) database of the 

National NAGPRA Program in the CUI 

inventory for Indiana State University, 

‘‘3EM’’ is used to identify human 

remains from the Fisher Mound group 

in Will County, IL (East Mound). Dr. 

Neumann’s notes identify the human 

remains as 3EM108. Officials at the 

University of Oregon, Department of 

Anthropology reasonably believe that, 

based on these records, the individual is 

most likely from the Fisher Mounds site. 

The Fisher Mounds are located in 

northeastern Illinois, 60 miles 

southwest of Chicago, on the south bank 

of the Des Plaines River, approximately 

one mile north of the confluence of the 

Des Plaines and Kankakee Rivers. 

Formerly, the Fisher Mounds were part 

of the Cornelius Estate, also known as 

the Dan Fisher Farm. Excavation at the 

Fisher Farm took place during the early 

20th century. The site comprises a large 

village with numerous house floors and 

pits, as well as 12 mounds. Several 

mounds were found to contain burials 

of Native Americans along with native 

artifacts. Thousands of human remains 

and items were unearthed from the 

multiple layers of burials within the 

mounds, with each layer constituting a 

different occupational period. 

According to George Langford, Sr., who 

also excavated the area, the burials from 

the small east mound most likely date 

to the late 18th century. 

Native tribes in Illinois belonged to 

the Algonquian linguistic family. Tribes 

inhabiting northeast Illinois included 

the Miami, Mascouten and Illinois. 

During the latter half of the 1700s, the 

Winnebago and Shawnee lived in the 

area. Early 18th century migrations and 

forced relocation from the east brought 

the Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo and 

Potawatomi into the area. The 

Mascouten became part of the Kickapoo 

after 1800. In 1854, tribes associated 

with the Miami and the Illinois became 

associated with the Confederated Peoria, 

and by 1873 they became known as the 

United Peoria and Miamis. Later 

periods, the Miami tribe associated with 

the Potawatomi, Shawnee, and 

Delaware. Therefore, the tribes that 

occupied Illinois at the close of the 18th 

century are the Mascouten, Miami, 

Illinois, Sauk, Fox, Kickapoo, Shawnee, 

Potawatomi, and Winnebago. 

The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 

Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska have provided both written 

and oral history for their traditional 

occupation of Midwest areas east of the 

Mississippi and have demonstrated land 

claims in Illinois. In addition, published 

works cite the Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of 

Nebraska, as having had villages in 

Illinois characterized by moundbuilding cultural practices. 

Based on the preponderance of the 

evidence, including the primary body of 

Dr. Neumann’s work in Illinois, 

collection records, and oral history, 

officials of the Oregon State University 

Department of Anthropology reasonably 

believe that the descendants of these 

Mascouten, Miami, Illinois, Sauk, Fox, 

Kickapoo, Shawnee, Potawatomi, and 

Winnebago are members of the Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation of Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community of 

Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 

the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians of 

Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of 

Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. 

Officials of the Oregon State 

University, Department of Anthropology 

have determined that, pursuant to 25 

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

described above represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Oregon State University, Department of 

Anthropology 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 Citizen Potawatomi 

Nation of Oklahoma; Forest County 

Potawatomi Community of Wisconsin; 

Hannahville Indian Community, 

Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the 

Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Peoria 

Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians of 

Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band of 

Potawatomi Nation of Kansas; Sac & Fox 

Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & 

Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and 

Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation of 

Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; 

and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. David McMurray, 

Oregon State University, Department of 

Anthropology, 238 Waldo Hall, 

Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 

737–4515, before June 25, 2009. 

Repatriation of the human remains to 

the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and 

the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska 

may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Oregon State University, 

Department of Anthropology is 

responsible for notifying the Cheyenne 

River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River 

Reservation, South Dakota; Citizen 

Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 

Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Forest 

County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk 

Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of 

the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 

Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Oglala Sioux Tribe 

of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South 

Dakota; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

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Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 

Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 

Nation, Kansas; Sac & Fox Tribe of the 

Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation 

of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac 

& Fox Nation of Oklahoma; Shawnee 

Tribe, Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe 

of Nebraska that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: May 11, 2009 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo 

Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, 

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 

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Kalamazoo 

Valley Community College, Kalamazoo, 

MI. The human remains were most 

likely removed from Wayne County and 

unidentified mound builder settlements 

in Michigan. 

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 the Kalamazoo 

Valley Museum professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 

Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Pokagon 

Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 

and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; and Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan. 

Prior to 1946, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed as a surface 

find from an unidentified site in the 

area of Detroit, Wayne County, MI, by 

amateur collector Leo J. Dickey. Mr. 

Dickey donated the human remains to 

the Kalamazoo Museum (today the 

Kalamazoo Valley Museum) in 1951. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

The limited information provided by 

the donor for the human remains has 

been determined by museum officials to 

be insufficient to reasonably associate 

them to any present-day Indian tribe. 

Therefore, officials of the Kalamazoo 

Valley Museum have determined the 

Native American human remains are 

culturally unidentifiable. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing two individuals were 

removed from an unidentified mound 

builder site (or sites) in Michigan. In 

1946, during an inventory of the 

Kalamazoo Museum collection, the 

human remains were found uncataloged 

in the collection. They were identified 

as Native American ancestry based on 

handwritten labels affixed to the 

foreheads of the skulls reading 

‘‘Moundbuilder.’’ A thorough search of 

museum records did not reveal the 

donor of the human remains or the date 

they arrived at the museum. The human 

remains were subsequently cataloged 

into the collection as Native American 

human remains of Michigan mound 

builder ancestry. No known individuals 

were identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

In June 2008, two anthropology 

professors from Western Michigan 

University examined the human 

remains and determined that they were 

consistent with Native American 

morphology. However, given the 

circumstances of the acquisition of the 

human remains, the museum staff has 

concluded that there is insufficient 

information to reasonably associate 

them to any present-day Indian tribe. 

Therefore, officials of the Kalamazoo 

Valley Museum have determined that 

the Native American human remains are 

culturally unidentifiable. 

Officials of the Kalamazoo Valley 

Museum have determined that, 

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

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of three 

individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Kalamazoo 

Valley Museum also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), a 

shared group relationship 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 

October 2008, the Kalamazoo Valley 

Museum requested that the Review 

Committee recommend disposition of 

three culturally unidentifiable human 

remains to the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan, as the aboriginal 

occupants of Michigan. 

The Review Committee considered 

the proposal at its October 11–12, 2008 

meeting and recommended disposition 

of the human remains to the Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 

Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi 

Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 

and Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan. An April 3, 2009 

letter on behalf of the Secretary of 

Interior from the Designated Federal 

Officer, transmitted the authorization 

for the Kalamazoo Valley Museum to 

effect disposition of the human remains 

to the eight 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 Paula L. Metzner, 

Kalamazoo Valley Museum, P.O. Box 

4070, Kalamazoo, MI 49003–4070, 

telephone (269) 373–7958, before June 

25, 2009. Disposition of the human 

remains to the Bay Mills Indian 

Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse 

Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian 

Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 

Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; 

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 

Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 

Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;