Notice2021-14310
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Published
July 6, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Michigan State University 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 Tribes 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 Michigan State University. 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35527-35528]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14310]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032217; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Michigan State University 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 Tribes
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 Michigan State University. 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 Tribes 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 Michigan State
University at the address in this notice by August 5, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost for
University Collections and Arts Initiatives, Michigan State University,
466 W Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824-1044, telephone (517) 432-
2524, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ffcfbe0ebebeefdfbcfe2fcfaa1eaebfa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9c9b808b8b8e9d9baf829c9ac18a8b9a">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. The human
remains were removed from LaPorte County, IN.
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 Michigan
State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band; White
Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Peoria Tribe of Indians
of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Wyandotte Nation; and two non-federally
recognized Indian groups, the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
An invitation to consult was extended to the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional
Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett
Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
of North Dakota.
Hereafter, all Indian Tribes and groups listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups.''
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a mound in LaPorte County, IN. The human
remains (registration number 6505 CW) were acquired by Eugene Davis
who, in turn, gave the human remains to the Chamberlain Memorial Museum
in Three Oaks, Michigan. The Chamberlain Memorial Museum was founded in
1916, by Mr. Edward K. Warren. In September of 1952, Michigan State
College Museum (now Michigan State University Museum) acquired the
contents of the Chamberlain Memorial Museum from Fred P. Warren,
President of the Board of Trustees of the E. K. Warren Foundation.
The human remains belong to an individual of unknown age and sex.
No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by Michigan State University
Officials of the Michigan State University have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on biological evidence and lab
records.
<bullet> 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human and any present-day Indian Tribe.
<bullet> 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Match-e-
be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.]; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as
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Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas].
<bullet> 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 Consulted and Notified Tribes.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The Consulted and Notified 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 Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost for
University Collections and Arts Initiatives, Michigan State University,
466 W Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824-1044, telephone (517) 432-
2524, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#364542595252574442765b454318535243"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b282f343f3f3a292f1b36282e753e3f2e">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 5, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Consulted and Notified Tribes may proceed.
Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The
Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 28, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-14310 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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