44444 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 183 / Friday, September 22, 2017 / Notices 

In the 1970s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by avocational 

archeologists from a mound in South 

Florida. The human remains were 

probably removed from Buck Key South 

(8LL2624, Lee County, FL), Horr’s 

Island 6 (8CR42, Collier County, FL), or 

the Hutchinson Island Burial Mound 

(8MT37, Martin County, FL). James E. 

Lockwood, Jr., acquired these human 

remains and donated them to the Logan 

Museum in 1983. The human remains 

include one juvenile of indeterminate 

sex. No known individual was 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 11 

individuals were removed from an 

unknown site or sites in Florida. In 

1975, Herbert S. Zim donated these 

human remains to the museum. Because 

Zim lived in South Florida, it is likely 

that the human remains are from South 

Florida. The human remains include 

four adult males, one adult of 

indeterminate sex, four subadults of 

indeterminate sex, and two individuals 

of indeterminate age and sex. No known 

individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Logan 

Museum of Anthropology 

Officials of the Logan Museum of 

Anthropology have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

archeological contexts and physical 

characteristics. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 43 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• 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. 

• According to final judgments of the 

Indian Claims Commission or the Court 

of Federal Claims, the land from which 

the Native American human remains 

were removed is the aboriginal land of 

the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously 

listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 

• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or 

Executive Orders, indicate that the land 

from which the Native American human 

remains were removed is the aboriginal 

land of the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 

of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains may 

be to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(previously listed as the Seminole Tribe 

of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to William Green, Logan 

Museum of Anthropology, Beloit 

College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 

53511, telephone (608) 363–2119, email 

greenb@beloit.edu, by October 23, 2017. 

After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to the 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously 

listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma may 

proceed. 

The Logan Museum of Anthropology 

is responsible for notifying the 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians, the 

Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously 

listed as the Seminole Tribe of Florida 

(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, 

Hollywood & Tampa Reservations)), and 

The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: August 4, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0023930; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Kansas State University, Manhattan, 

KS 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Kansas State University has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and associated 

funerary objects should submit a written 

request to the Kansas State University. 

If no additional requestors come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 who 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 Kansas State University at the 

address in this notice by October 23, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Lauren W. Ritterbush, 

Department of Sociology, Anthropology, 

and Social Work, Kansas State 

University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old 

Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506– 

4003, telephone (785)-532–6828, email 

lritterb@ksu.edu. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of 

Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Calovich Mound (14WY7), Wyandotte 

County, KS. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Kansas State 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Iowa Tribe of Kansas & Nebraska; Iowa 

Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, 

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Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of 

Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of Indians 

of Oklahoma. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1962, with follow-up work in 1963 

and 1965, human remains representing, 

at minimum, 79 individuals and 

associated objects were removed from 

Calovich Mound (14WY7) in Wyandotte 

County, KS. The human remains were 

removed during excavations as part of a 

University of Kansas field class under 

the direction of Drs. William Bass and 

Robert Squier. The human remains were 

curated at the University of Kansas until 

1975 when they were transferred to the 

physical anthropology laboratory at 

Kansas State University for analysis. 

Analysis was completed by a Wichita 

State University Master’s student, Ms. 

Ethne Barnes (1977). The human 

remains included male and female 

individuals ranging in age from 

newborn to adults 60 years or older with 

38% infants, 34% children, 4% 

adolescents, and 24% adults. No known 

individuals were identified. The present 

collection holds 60 associated funerary 

objects including 1 partial bone 

pendant, 3 shell pendants, 13 shell disk 

beads, and 43 pieces of unmodified 

freshwater mussel shell. Other objects 

were identified during the analysis but 

are not present in the collection. 

Calovich Mound is assigned to the 

Steed-Kisker phase of the Late 

Prehistoric (Middle Ceramic) period 

with a single radiocarbon date 

suggesting an approximate age of A.D. 

1027–1285. Research suggests the SteedKisker phase is part of the Central Plains 

tradition, a hunter-gatherer-gardener 

adaptive system of the Central Plains 

region (not a single ethnic group). The 

precedent for other Steed-Kisker phase 

human remains was set by the 

Smithsonian Institution’s National 

Museum of Natural History (NMNH) 

based on archeological, physical 

anthropological, and oral history 

evidence and consultation with Tribes. 

This was to effect a joint repatriation of 

the Steed-Kisker site human remains to 

the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. The implication is 

that the Steed-Kisker phase has a shared 

group identity with Northern Caddoans 

and with both Dhegiha and Chiwere 

Siouans. 

Determinations Made by Kansas State 

University 

Officials of Kansas State University 

have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of 79 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 60 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 Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 

Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Kaw 

Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Lineal descendants or representatives 

of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

who wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains and existing 

associated objects should submit a 

written request with information in 

support of the request to Dr. Lauren 

Ritterbush, Department of Sociology, 

Anthropology and Social Work, Kansas 

State University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 

Old Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 

66506–4003, telephone (785) 532 6865, 

email lritterb@ksu.edu, by October 23, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains and 

associated object to the Iowa Tribe of 

Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of 

Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; 

Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, 

Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 

and Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma 

may proceed. 

Kansas State University is responsible 

for notifying the Iowa Tribe of Kansas 

and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Kaw Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria 

Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee 

Nation of Oklahoma; and Ponca Tribe of 

Indians of Oklahoma that this notice has 

been published. 

Dated: August 1, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Notice of Inventory Completion: New 

Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New Jersey State 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and associated funerary objects and 

present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. 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 to the New Jersey State 

Museum. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects 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 

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 the New Jersey State Museum 

at the address in this notice by October 

23, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Gregory D. Lattanzi, 

Bureau of Archaeology & Ethnology, 

New Jersey State Museum, 205 West 

State Street, Trenton, NJ 08625, 

telephone (609) 984–9327, email 

gregory.lattanzi@sos.nj.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the 

New Jersey State Museum, Trenton, NJ. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

multiple sites in New Jersey and one 

site in Pennsylvania. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative