Notice2021-15256
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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July 19, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
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Michigan 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 that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Michigan 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 135 (Monday, July 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38116-38117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15256]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032268; 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 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 Michigan 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 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 Michigan State University at the address in
this notice by August 18, 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#6e1d1a010a0a0f1c1a2e031d1b400b0a1b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff8c8b909b9b9e8d8bbf928c8ad19a9b8a">[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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from the Gros Cap Archaeological District,
Mackinac County, MI.
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 Michigan
State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 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; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac
Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians 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; Sac & Fox
Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation.
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
Beginning in 1958, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from the Gros Cap Archaeological District,
Mackinac County, MI. Sites and localities within the District from
which human remains were removed include the Gros Cap Site (20MK6), the
Camp Fire Site (20MK7), and the vicinity ``south of the Ryerse Beach
Cottage.'' These human remains, together with associated funerary
objects, were acquired by Orlando ``Orr'' Melvin Greenlees and Eva
Genevieve Gillmore Greenlees. On at least one occasion, the Greenlees
also acquired Native American cultural items from other people,
including a Mr. Bicknell. Mr. and Mrs. Greenlees owned the property
adjacent to the post-contact era Gros Cap Cemetery and served as its
caretakers. The Cemetery is also located within the Gros Cap
Archaeological District. In 1970, Alicia Mackin acquired the Greenlees'
collection, and on April 12, 1976, Ms. Mackin donated it to Michigan
State University Museum.
The human remains (3901.19.2; 3901.21; 3901.29.10; 3901.29.12;
3901.31.1; 3901.32.12; 3901.34.1.1; 3901.34.1.2; 3901.98.4; 3901.98.13)
belong to eight individuals of undetermined age and sex. No known
individuals were identified. The 85 associated funerary objects are:
One lot of chest fragments (3901.20), one animal effigy (3901.19.1),
one nugget (3901.19.4), one tortoise shell comb fragment (3901.19.5),
one lot of strung glass beads (3901.19.6), one lot bells and beads
strung on wire (3901.19.7), one lot of bell and beads on wire
(3901.19.10), one lot of white glass trade beads (3901.19.11), one lot
of glass trade beads of various colors (3901.19.12), one lot of blue
glass trade beads (3901.19.13), one
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lot of black glass trade beads (3901.19.14), one lot of amber glass
trade beads (3901.19.15), one translucent glass trade bead
(3901.19.17), one dark teal glass trade bead (3901.19.18), one
translucent amber glass trade bead (3901.19.19), one bone or shell bead
(3901.19.20), one unidentifiable metal item (3901.19.22), one bone ball
(3901.19.23), one shell pendant (3901.19.24), one European copper
triangular projectile point (3901.29.1.1), one bone harpoon tip
(3901.29.1.2), one brass pendant (3901.29.1.3), one bone harpoon head
(3901.29.2), one shell bird effigy runtee (3901.29.4), one shell
pendant (3901.29.5), two shell beads (3901.29.6), six blue glass beads
(3901.29.7), one lot of fabric with copper weave embedded (3901.29.11),
one lot of copper tinkling cones with attached fiber (3901.29.13), one
stone grinding stone or ball (3901.98.1), one gray chert gunflint
(3901.98.2), one bone spoon (3901.98.3), one lot of blue glass seed
beads (3901.98.5), one lot of glass trade beads (3901.98.6), one lot of
shell beads (3901.98.7), one stone ball (3901.98.8), one amber glass
trade bead (3901.98.9), one charred animal bone (3901.98.10), one
fossilized shell (3901.98.11), one lot of woven copper wire
(3901.98.12), two circular pieces of iron (3901.98.14), one lot of red
ochre (3901.98.15), one iron lock plate (3901.98.16), one grit-tempered
ceramic vessel (3901.98.17), 14 fossils (3901.32.1), two dog teeth
(3901.32.2), one deer tooth (3901.32.3), one deer toe bone (3901.32.4),
three deer bones (3901.32.5), one lot of sturgeon bones (3901.32.6),
one lot of mammal and bird bones (3901.32.7), one lot of sucker teeth
(3901.32.8), one lot of trout or pike teeth (3901.32.9), one fish bone
(3901.32.10), one lot of beaver mandibles and incisors (3901.32.11),
one worked bird bone (3901.32.13), and one fragmentary white milky
glass trade bead (3901.32.19). Five funerary objects--one awl handle
(3901.19.3), one lot of bells (3901.19.8), one lot of beads stuck to
corrosion (3901.19.9), one blue and white striped bead (3901.19.16),
and one copper tinkling cone (3901.19.21)--are currently missing, but
if found, will be transferred with the other cultural items in this
notice.
Determinations Made by Michigan State University
Officials of Michigan State University have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of eight individuals of
Native American ancestry based on archeological context, biological
evidence, geographic location, and museum records.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 85 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.
<bullet> 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
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 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; 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
(Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac
Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth
Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously
listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; 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; 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; Sault
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the
Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 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#1b686f747f7f7a696f5b76686e357e7f6e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="780b0c171c1c190a0c38150b0d561d1c0d">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 18, 2021. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may
proceed.
Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The
Consulted and Notified Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 7, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-15256 Filed 7-16-21; 8:45 am]
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