Notice2022-15547
Notice of Inventory Completion: City of Saugatuck, Saugatuck, MI
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Published
July 21, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The City of Saugatuck, MI, has completed an inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written request to the City of Saugatuck, MI. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 139 (Thursday, July 21, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43552-43553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15547]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034232; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: City of Saugatuck, Saugatuck, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The City of Saugatuck, MI, has completed an inventory of human
remains, 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 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
should submit a written request to the City of Saugatuck, MI. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the City
of Saugatuck, MI, at the address in this notice by August 22, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ryan Heise, City Manager, Saugatuck
City Hall, 102 Butler Street, P.O. Box 86, Saugatuck, MI 49453,
telephone (269) 857-2603, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05577c646b4576647062647170666e666c717c2b666a68"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b9ebc0d8d7f9cad8ccded8cdccdad2dad0cdc097dad6d4">[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 the City of Saugatuck, Saugatuck, MI. The human remains
were removed from the Saugatuck site (20AE1) in Allegan 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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by City of
Saugatuck, MI, professional staff in consultation with representatives
of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, 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; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and
the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas) (hereafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date after 1929, human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were removed from the Saugatuck site (20AE1)
in Allegan County, MI. Workers encountered the burials while
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constructing the foundation for Saugatuck City Hall. Sometime prior to
1964, the human remains were transferred to the University of Michigan
Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) to be reposited. In 1935,
George Quimby, an undergraduate student of Archeology studying at
UMMAA, recorded in an unpublished report that several post-contact
period objects were found in association with the burials. The objects
were never transferred to the UMMAA and their current whereabouts are
unknown. The human remains are of one child, 2-4 years old,
indeterminate sex; one child, approximately 5 years old, indeterminate
sex; and one adolescent, under 16 years old, indeterminate sex. No
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are
present.
The human remains have been determined to be Native American based
on dental traits, burial treatment, and diagnostic artifacts. A
relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains from this site and the Potawatomi and
Ottawa based on multiple lines of evidence. The associated funerary
objects noted from the site were typical of the types of goods traded
in the region in A.D. 1700-1800. Quimby suggested that, based on a
gorget with the American eagle emblem noted at the site, the burials
slightly postdate the British monopoly on trade that lasted from 1780
to 1815. Additionally, records of the Saugatuck Historical Society and
the UMMAA note that the Potawatomi and Ottawa were the predominant
Indian Tribes in the area at the time these three individuals were
buried, and that they used the area of the Saugatuck site as a cemetery
until the 1860s.
Determinations Made by the City of Saugatuck, MI
Officials of the City of Saugatuck, MI, have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<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 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 should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Ryan
Heise, City Manager, Saugatuck City Hall, 102 Butler Street, P.O. Box
86, Saugatuck, MI 49453, telephone (269) 857-2603, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6e3c170f002e1d0f1b090f1a1b0d050d071a17400d0103"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="613318000f2112001406001514020a020815184f020e0c">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 22, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
The City of Saugatuck, MI, is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 13, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-15547 Filed 7-20-22; 8:45 am]
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