Notice2022-17769
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
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Published
August 18, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Grand Rapids Public Museum 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the Grand Rapids Public Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50882-50884]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17769]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034372; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Grand Rapids Public Museum 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 no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 the
Grand Rapids Public Museum. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 the Grand Rapids Public Museum at the address in this
notice by September 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Forist, Chief Curator, Grand
Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929-1809, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a1c0c7ced3c8d2d5e1c6d3d1cc8fced3c6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6979099849f8582b69184869bd8998491">[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 the Grand Rapids
Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Norton Mounds (20KT01) in Kent
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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are
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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 the Grand
Rapids Public Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 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 Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi 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; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan and the following non-federally recognized
Indian groups: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and the Grand
River Bands of Ottawa Indians (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
Indian Tribes and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
During 1962-1964, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from Norton Mounds (20KT01) in Kent County,
MI. This site was excavated by staff from the University of Michigan in
cooperation with the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM). The human
remains consist of eight fragments of human bone that include: two rib
end fragments, three fragments of shaft (these were not accompanied
with any context), one fragment of a distal end of the sacrum, and one
inferior border fragment. One human manubrium fragment was found in a
mix of mammal bones and fill. No known individuals were identified. The
35 lots of associated funerary objects include one lot of ceramic
sherds with seed, one lot of lithic debitage, one lot of turtle shell
and bone, one lot of wood fragments, one lot of ash sample, one lot of
faunal bone, one lot of fish bones, one lot of mammal bones, one lot of
sturgeon bone, one lot of woodchuck bones, one lot of deer bones, one
lot of turkey bone, one lot of catfish bones, one lot of silt sample,
one lot of soil sample, one lot of mussel shells, one lot of snail
shell, one lot of walleye bone, one lot of skunk bones, one lot of
charcoal, one lot of pebbles, one lot of rocks, one lot of chipmunk
mandibles, one lot of weasel bones, one lot of raccoon bones, one lot
of blade, one lot of shell, one lot of flake, one lot of bird bones,
one lot of copper beads, one lot of textile, one lot of shell, one lot
of celt, one lot of bark fragments in ash and soil, and one lot of
lithic flake.
Norton Mounds is a Middle Woodland burial location that, based on
radiocarbon dates, diagnostic ceramics, and lithics, dates between 100
B.C. and A.D. 200. The collection from this site is extensively
documented in a report by Griffin, Flanders and Titterington (1970).
Determinations Made by the Grand Rapids Public Museum
Officials of the Grand Rapids Public Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the Middle Woodland culture
at Norton Mounds.
<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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 35 lots of 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), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; 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 Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Potawatomi 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; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of The
Tribes.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to Alex
Forist, Chief Curator, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1809, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#99f8fff6ebf0eaedd9feebe9f4b7f6ebfe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cfdfaf3eef5efe8dcfbeeecf1b2f3eefb">[email protected]</span></a>, by September 19, 2022. 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. If joined to a request from one or more of The Tribes, the
following two non-federally recognized Indian groups may receive
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and the Grand River
Bands of Ottawa Indians.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Indian Tribes and Groups that this notice has been published.
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Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-17769 Filed 8-17-22; 8:45 am]
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