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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Indian Affairs 

[189A2100DD/AAKC001030/ 

A0A501010.999900 253G] 

Bureau of Indian Education Strategic 

Plan 

AGENCY: Bureau of Indian Affairs, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of tribal consultations. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) 

will conduct a series of consultation 

sessions regarding its proposed strategic 

plan. The BIE will conduct five on-site 

tribal consultation sessions and one 

telephonic session. The on-site 

consultation sessions will be held at 

geographically diverse locations across 

the country to maximize Tribal input 

early in the process. The telephonic 

session will be held on December 14, 

2017. 

DATES: The BIE will conduct the 

following five on-site consultation 

sessions and one telephonic 

consultation. The on-site sessions will 

be held: 

1. Wednesday November 15, 2017, in 

Salem, OR from 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

PST. 

2. Tuesday November 28, 2017, in 

Anadarko, OK from 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

CST. 

3. Tuesday December 5, 2017, in 

Bismarck, ND from 1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m. 

MDT. 

4. Tuesday December 12, 2017, in 

Albuquerque, NM from 1:00 p.m.–5:00 

p.m. MDT. 

The last session will be held 

telephonically and by webinar on 

Thursday December 14, 2017, by calling 

631–992–3221 and entering the 

passcode 759–763–471. The Web site for 

the webinar is https://attendee.goto

webinar.com/register/772775073559

5699458, and the webinar ID is 993– 

210–731. This session can accommodate 

500 participants. 

ADDRESSES: The on-site sessions will be 

held at the following locations: 

• Wednesday November 15, 2017, onsite consultation session will be held 

at Chemawa Indian School 

Auditorium, 3700 Chemawa Road 

NE., Salem, OR 97305 

• Tuesday November 28, 2017, on-site 

consultation session will be held at 

Riverside Indian School, 101 

Riverside Drive, Anadarko, OK 73005 

• Tuesday December 5, 2017, on-site 

consultation session will be held at 

United Tribes Technical College, 

Lewis Goodhouse Wellness Center, 

3315 University Drive, Bismarck, ND 

58504 

• Tuesday December 12, 2017, on-site 

consultation session will be held at 

the National Indian Programs 

Training Center, 1011 Indian School 

Road NW., Albuquerque, NM 87104 

The draft strategic plan will be 

available at: https://www.bie.edu/ 

consultation/index.htm. Send written 

comments to Ms. Paulina Bell, Bureau 

of Indian Education, by any of the 

following methods: (Preferred method) 

email: paulina.bell@bie.edu; mail, handcarry or use an overnight courier service 

to Bureau of Indian Education, ATTN: 

Ms. Paulina Bell, RE: BIE Draft Strategic 

Plan Consultation Comments, 1849 C 

Street NW., Mail Stop 3609, 

Washington, DC 20240. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Paulina Bell, Bureau of Indian 

Education; telephone: (202) 208–3479. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BIE is 

committed to improving and enhancing 

its service delivery and improving the 

education of Indian students served by 

BIE-funded schools. The BIE is 

developing a bureau-wide strategic plan 

to guide its work and service delivery to 

students, schools, and tribes. To that 

end, the BIE recently engaged its staff in 

a process of strategic performance 

planning with the intention of 

submitting the proposed draft strategic 

plan for collaborative and meaningful 

consultation with Tribes early in the 

process. 

On March 8, 2017, April 11, 2017, 

June 14, 2017, July 18–20, 2017, and 

August 29–30, 2017, the BIE convened 

local, regional, and central office BIE 

personnel in order to formulate 

proposed strategic plan vision, mission, 

and organizational values statements as 

well as goals and strategies to 

implement the goals in the planning 

process. 

In order to ensure that its strategic 

planning efforts result in a high quality, 

effective, and useful plan, BIE partnered 

with external subject matter expert 

organizations specializing in 

educational strategic performance 

planning, including the Council of Chief 

State School Officers (CCSSO), the 

South Central Comprehensive Center 

located at the University of Oklahoma 

(SC3), and the Building State Capacity 

and Productivity Center (BSCPC). These 

organizations are providing BIE with 

valuable technical subject matter 

expertise and shared best practices in 

developing an effective, five-year 

strategic plan proposal with which to 

engage tribes in meaningful and timely 

consultation. 

BIE emphasizes that it is early in the 

strategic planning process and views the 

proposed strategic plan as a useful draft 

document that will assist Tribes in 

affording meaningful and substantive 

input during the scheduled consultation 

sessions. BIE earnestly appreciates and 

values any constructive input regarding 

its draft strategic plan and invites tribes, 

tribal leaders, and/or their designees to 

consult on the proposed plan during the 

aforementioned meetings. 

Dated: October 11, 2017. 

Tony Dearman, 

Director, Bureau of Indian Education. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024109; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, 

WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Wisconsin Historical 

Society has completed an inventory of 

human remains in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 to the Wisconsin Historical 

Society. If no additional requestors 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations stated in 

this notice may proceed. 

DATES: 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 the Wisconsin Historical 

Society at the address in this notice by 

November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin 

Historical Society, 816 State St., 

Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 

264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@

wisconsinhistory.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 


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48242 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 199 / Tuesday, October 17, 2017 / Notices 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

the Wisconsin Historical Society, 

Madison, WI. The human remains were 

removed from Pickerel Island, Vilas 

County, WI. 

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. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Wisconsin 

Historical Society professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of 

Forest County Potawatomi Community, 

Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of 

Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the 

Lac du Flambeau Reservation of 

Wisconsin; Menominee Indian Tribe of 

Wisconsin; and the Upper Sioux 

Community, Minnesota. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1991, human remains representing, 

at minimum, one individual were 

removed from Pickerel Island (47–VI– 

0197) in Vilas County, WI. The human 

remains are from multiple discoveries 

and excavations but collectively 

represent one adult male. They were 

originally found eroding out of a slope 

caused by ice expansion on the 

northwestern portion of the island in 

1991 by the President of the Big St. 

Germain Lake Home Owners 

Association. In 1992, the WHS in 

conjunction with the Wisconsin Valley 

Improvement Company, the Mississippi 

Valley Archaeology Center, and the 

Wisconsin Department of Natural 

Resources excavated the rest of the 

burial, which they determined to be in 

a secondary burial context. The human 

remains were then taken to the 

Wisconsin Historical Society that same 

year. No known individuals were 

identified. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Determinations Made by the Wisconsin 

Historical Society 

Officials of the Wisconsin Historical 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

are Native American based on 

Wisconsin Historical Society records, 

burial location, archeological context, 

oral histories, and skeletal analysis. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described in this notice 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual 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. 

• 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 Bad River Band of the Lake 

Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake 

Superior Chippewa Indians of 

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; 

Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Red Cliff 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 

Indians of Wisconsin; and White Earth 

Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota (hereafter referred to as The 

Aboriginal Land Tribes). 

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

disposition of the human remains may 

be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes. 

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 Jennifer Kolb, Wisconsin 

Historical Society, 816 State St., 

Madison, WI 53706, telephone (608) 

264–6434, email Jennifer.Kolb@

wisconsinhistory.org, by November 16, 

2017. After that date, if no additional 

requestors have come forward, transfer 

of control of the human remains to The 

Aboriginal Land Tribes may proceed. 

The Wisconsin Historical Society is 

responsible for notifying The Aboriginal 

Land Tribes and the Forest County 

Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 

Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 

and the Upper Sioux Community, 

Minnesota, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: September 5, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024051; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Defense, Defense 

Health Agency, National Museum of 

Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Defense, Defense Health Agency, 

National Museum of Health and 

Medicine, has completed an inventory 

of human remains, in consultation with 

the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and any present-day Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations. 

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 to the National Museum of 

Health and Medicine. If no additional 

requestors come forward, transfer of 

control of the human remains to the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations stated in this notice may 

proceed. 

DATES: 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 the National Museum of 

Health and Medicine at the address in 

this notice by November 16, 2017. 

ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola, 

Curator of Anatomical Division, 

National Museum of Health and 

Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest 

Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353, 

email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil. 

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 under the control of 

the National Museum of Health and 

Medicine, Silver Spring, MD. The 

human remains were removed from the 

Moundville site (1TU500) in Hale 

County, AL. 

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). 


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