Notice2022-19826
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
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September 14, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Museum of Cultural and Natural History at Central Michigan 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 the Museum of Cultural and Natural History. 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 87, Number 177 (Wednesday, September 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56442-56443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19826]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034494; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Cultural and Natural
History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Museum of Cultural and Natural History at Central Michigan
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 the Museum of
Cultural and Natural History. 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 the Museum of Cultural and Natural History at
the address in this notice by October 14, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Jay C. Martin, Director, Museum of
Cultural and Natural History, Central Michigan University, 103 Rowe
Hall, Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859, telephone (989) 774-3829, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d6bbb7a4a2bfe0bcb596b5bbbfb5bef8b3b2a3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c111d0e08154a161f3c1f11151f1452191809">[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.
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3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the Museum of Cultural and
Natural History, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, MI. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from
Montezuma County, CO.
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 the Museum
of Cultural and Natural History staff and consultation occurred with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico
(previously listed as Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico;
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 Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo
(previously listed as Kew Pueblo, New Mexico, and as Pueblo of Santo
Domingo); Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe (previously listed as Ute Mountain
Tribe of the Ute Mountain Reservation, Colorado, New Mexico, & Utah);
and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico (hereafter
referred to as ``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed from Montezuma County, CO, by Terry Ballard, an amateur
archeologist from Overland Park, KS. The site was located on a farm
owned by Mr. Ray Stanley in the vicinity of Hovenweep National Monument
and approximately 12 miles outside the municipality of Cortez, in
Montezuma County, Colorado. Central Michigan University acquired these
human remains in 1971, through two separate donations. The human
remains belong to a young adult female. No known individual was
identified. The five associated funerary objects are one bone awl,
three ceramic pieces, and one lot of faunal remains.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by
Anthropologists Jacqueline T. Eng and Janet Gardner who determined the
individual was of Native American descent. Based upon the burial
context detailed in the original site report, the site is reasonably
believed to be Anasazi and to date from the Basketmaker II (1000 B.C.)
to Pueblo III (A.D. 1300) periods. The stylistic attributes of the
associated funerary objects from the Stanley Site indicate that they
are of Ancestral Puebloan manufacture.
Determinations Made by the Museum of Cultural and Natural History,
Central Michigan University
Officials of the Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Central
Michigan 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 one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the five 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 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 Dr. Jay C. Martin, Museum of Cultural and
Natural History, Central Michigan University, 103 Rowe Hall, Mt.
Pleasant, MI 48859, telephone (989) 774-3829, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee3effcfae7b8e4edceede3e7ede6a0ebeafb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="224f4350564b14484162414f4b414a0c474657">[email protected]</span></a>,
by October 14, 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.
The Museum of Cultural and Natural History, Central Michigan
University is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 1, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19826 Filed 9-13-22; 8:45 am]
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