FR Doc E7-21378
[Federal Register: October 31, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 210)]
[Notices]
[Page 61670-61672]
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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.
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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 control of Oregon
State University Department of Anthropology, Corvallis, OR. The human
remains were removed from Adams and Fulton Counties, IL, and unknown
sites in Illinois and Indiana.
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 Caddo Nation of Oklahoma;
Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan;
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut; Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Oklahoma; Omaha Tribe of
Nebraska; Oneida Nation of New York; Onondaga Nation of New York;
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma; and Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of five
individuals were removed from unknown sites in Adams County, IL, by
George Karl Neumann, a physical anthropologist working out of Indiana
State University, Terre Haute, IN. In 1976, the Oregon State University
Department of Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana
State University. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with a numerical identification
followed by the letter ``A,'' which is believed to indicate they were
removed from a site in Adams County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of one
individual were removed from an unknown site in Fulton County, IL, by
Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana State
University. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
The human remains are labeled with a numerical identification and
followed by the letter ``F,'' which is believed to indicate they were
removed from Fulton County, IL.
Between 1930 and 1959, human remains representing a minimum of two
individuals were removed from unknown sites in Illinois and Indiana, by
Dr. Neumann. In 1976, the Oregon State University Department of
Anthropology acquired the Neumann Collection from Indiana State
University. No known individuals were identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
The two individuals described above are not listed as being from
Adams or Fulton county sites, but are described in the acquisition list
as "Lenid type Hopewell" and "Hopewell," and are accompanied by a
distribution map. In absence of detailed records pertaining to the
human remains and in combination with the major areas of Dr. Neumann's
work, this map provides some geographic reference for the affiliation
of the human remains to most likely Illinois or Indiana.
Dr. Neumann collected human remains from several archeological
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projects with a focus on Hopewell archeological sites, skeletal
characteristics of Native American races, and general human physical
variation and skeletal morphology. The culmination of this research is
published as "Archaeology and Race in the American Indian," in the
1952 Yearbook of Physical Anthropology Vol. 8. The Neumann Collection
contained numerous Native American human remains, many from sites
associated with Mound Builder cultures. The human remains are
determined to be Native American based on skeletal morphology and
collection records.
The Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and
Nebraska have provided both written and oral history of their
traditional occupation of Midwest areas east of the Mississippi and
have demonstrated land area claims in Illinois. The two tribes at one
time constituted a single tribe with shared cultural affiliation. The
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
traditionally occupied areas that have been demonstrated to include
Hopewell sites throughout Illinois. Specific published works cite the
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska
having villages along the Rock River in Illinois, and between the Iowa
and Des Moines Rivers to the confluence of the Salt and Mississippi
Rivers. Documentation links early Ioway cultural heritage to the
Hopewell culture group, citing Ioway mound builder cultural practices
to be consistent with Hopewell religious practices. There is additional
information linking the Hopewell culture group to geographic areas
including western Missouri and the upper Mississippi River valley,
including Effigy Mounds in northeastern Iowa and western Illinois.
Based on the preponderance of the evidence, including the primary body
of Dr. Neumann's work in Illinois, and collection records, officials of
the Oregon State University Department of Anthropology reasonably
believe that the human remains are affiliated with the Ho-Chunk Nation
of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and 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 eight
individuals 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 Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact David
McMurray, Oregon State University Department of Anthropology, 238 Waldo
Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, telephone (541) 737-4515, before November
30, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin and Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
Oregon State University Department of Anthropology is responsible
for notifying the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Apache Tribe 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;
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Cayuga Nation of New York; Cherokee Nation,
Oklahoma; Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation,
South Dakota; Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma; Chickasaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Comanche Nation, Oklahoma;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Fort
Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Kaw Nation,
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kialegee Tribal
Town, Oklahoma; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma;
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; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Lower Brule Sioux Tribe of the Lower Brule Reservation, South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota;
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band
of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; Modoc Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut; Muscogee (Creek) Nation,
Oklahoma; Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island; Oglala Sioux Tribe
of the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska;
Oneida Nation of New York; Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin;
Onondaga Nation of New York; Osage Tribe, Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Poarch Band of Creek
Indians of Alabama; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Ponca Tribe of Nebraska;
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota; Quapaw Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake
Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation, South Dakota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in
Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Seneca Nation of New York;
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community
of Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the
Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York; Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota; Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Oklahoma; Three Affiliated Tribes
of the Fort Berthold Reservation, North
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Dakota; Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New York; Tonkawa Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; Tuscarora Nation of
New York; United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma; Upper
Sioux Community, Minnesota; White Earth Band of Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita, Keechi, Waco
& Tawakonie), Oklahoma; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma; and Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 12, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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