Notice2022-18740
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Published
August 30, 2022
Issuing agencies
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 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 Michigan State University. 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 167 (Tuesday, August 30, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53000-53001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-18740]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034427; 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 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 Michigan State University. 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 Michigan
State University at the address in this notice by September 29, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost,
University Arts and Collections, Michigan State University, 287 Delta
Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5427203b3030352620143927217a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="661512090202071412260b151348030213">[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 Mesa Verde, Montezuma County, CO.
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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 Michigan
State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of
the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
(previously listed as Ute Mountain Tribe of the Ute Mountain
Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah). In addition, the following
Indian Tribes were invited to consult but did not participate: Apache
Tribe of Oklahoma; Colorado River Indian Tribes of the Colorado River
Indian Reservation, Arizona and California; Fort McDowell Yavapai
Nation, Arizona; Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache
Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay
Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo
of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico;
San Carlos Apache Tribe of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; Santo
Domingo Pueblo (previously listed as Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, and as
Pueblo of Santo Domingo); Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; Ute Indian Tribe
of the Uintah & Ouray Reservation, Utah; White Mountain Apache Tribe of
the Fort Apache Reservation, Arizona; Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo (previously
listed as Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo of Texas); and the Zuni Tribe of the
Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed
in this section are referred to as ``The Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, three
individuals were removed from Mesa Verde in Montezuma County, CO. They
were acquired by Kalamazoo resident Donald Boudeman, who collected
Native American material culture in the first half of the 20th century.
In July of 1961, some years after her husband's death, Donna Boudeman
donated the human remains to the Michigan State University Museum. In
February of 2019, during an intertribal consultation, the remains of
these individuals were found in the Michigan State University Forensic
Anthropology Laboratory. The human remains belong to a child 6.5-8.5
years old and two adult females. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Mesa Verde was occupied by Ancestral Puebloan people from
approximately A.D. 500 to 1200. All the individuals listed in this
Notice of Inventory Completion are reasonably believed to be Puebloan,
based on the provenience and documentation associated with the human
remains. A relationship of shared group identity can be traced between
Ancestral Puebloan people and modern Puebloan groups, based on oral
tradition, historical evidence, archeological, geographical, and
scientific studies.
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 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 Judith
Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Arts and Collections, Michigan
State University, 287 Delta Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone
(517) 432-2524, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c0f081318181d0e083c110f0952191809"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4f3c3b202b2b2e3d3b0f223c3a612a2b3a">[email protected]</span></a>, by September 29, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The Tribes
that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 24, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-18740 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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