[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 16, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70027-70028]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-28743]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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
Denver Museum of Nature & Science, Denver, CO. The human remains were
removed from Brown 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) 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 Denver
Museum of Nature & Science professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Citizen Potawatomi 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; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation 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 & Arizona; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
In 1915, human remains representing a minimum of three individuals
were removed from an unspecified archeological site near Chambersburg,
in Brown County, IL. In 1950, the remains were donated to the museum by
Robert L. Landberg and Harvey C. Markman and accessioned into the
collections (A463.1 (CUI 62), A146.2-3 (CUI 63), and A146.4 (CUI 64)).
No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Based on non-destructive physical analysis and catalogue records,
the human remains are determined to be Native American.
Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), that a relationship of shared group
identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American human
remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
Multiple lines of evidence, including treaties, Acts of Congress,
Executive Orders, consultation, and other credible lines of evidence
indicate the Native American human remains were removed from the
aboriginal land of the Citizen Potawatomi 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; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
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Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Pawnee Nation 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 & Arizona; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
Officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science have determined,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American
ancestry. Lastly, officials of the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
have determined, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), that the disposition
of the human remains is to the Citizen Potawatomi 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; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Pawnee Nation 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 & Arizona; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi
in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 Dr. Chip Colwell-Chanthaphonh, Denver Museum of Nature &
Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver, CO 80205, telephone (303) 370-
6378 before December 16, 2010. Disposition of the human remains to the
Citizen Potawatomi 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; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
Texas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation 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 & Arizona; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, may proceed after that date
if no additional requestors come forward.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science is responsible for notifying
the Citizen Potawatomi 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; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of
Texas; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan; Osage Nation, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians,
Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation 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 & Arizona; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 5, 2010.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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