Notice2022-20300
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
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September 20, 2022
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Abstract
The Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne 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 the Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne 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 87, Number 181 (Tuesday, September 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57513-57514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-20300]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034566; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of
Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne 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 the Gordon L.
Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne 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 the Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of
Anthropology, Wayne State University at the address in this notice by
October 20, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Megan McCullen, Gordon L. Grosscup
Museum of Anthropology, Wayne State University, 4841 Cass Avenue, Suite
2155, Detroit, MI 48201, telephone (313) 577-6455, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dcbbaeb3afafbfa9acb1a9afb9a9b19cabbda5b2b9f2b9b8a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e2f7eaf6f6e6f0f5e8f0f6e0f0e8c5f2e4fcebe0abe0e1f0">[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 Gordon L. Grosscup
Museum of Anthropology, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Gibraltar
Site (20WN10) in Wayne 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 the Gordon
L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne 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, 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.); Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and
the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan (hereafter
referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1970 and 1972, and again in 1978, human remains
representing, at minimum, 35 individuals were removed from the
Gibraltar Site (20WN10) in Wayne County, MI. Salvage excavations were
undertaken at the site by S. Demeter and C. Martinez between 1970 and
1972, and a Wayne State University Field School was conducted at the
site in 1971 and 1978. There is no report on the total number of
burials excavated
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during 1970-1972; the highest number assigned to a burial is No. 37.
The majority of the individuals are represented only by fragmentary and
incomplete remains. No known individuals were identified. The 21
associated funerary objects are seven wood fragments, two iron
fragments, two silver brooches, two ribbon brooches, two white seed
beads, two copper springs, two square nails, one belt buckle, and one
silver coin.
While the Gibraltar Site was occupied as early as the Woodland
period, the human remains and associated funerary objects listed in
this notice all derive from a historic period Native American cemetery
that was once located near the intersection of West Jefferson and
Gibraltar Roads, in Gibraltar, Michigan. In 1968, this burial ground
was bulldozed for development of the Kingsbridge Apartment Complex.
The Wayne State University archeologists who excavated the
Gibraltar Site did not compile written reports, but their historical
research led them to believe that it was Wyandot. More recent
archeological work in the region has also documented the Gibraltar Site
and possibly additional nearby sites as Wyandot (see Demeter, C.S.
``Phase I Archaeological Survey and Literature Search of the Proposed
Woodland Meadows Van Buren Expansion Wetland Mitigation Site, Parcel
III D. Gibraltar, Wayne County, Michigan''). Also, historical records
document Wyandot settlements near Gibraltar during the early 18th
century, as well as the establishment of the village of Brownstown in
present day Gibraltar, in 1742. Today, the local Wyandot of Anderdon
Nation recognize the area around Gibraltar as a significant cultural
landscape.
Determinations Made by the Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology,
Wayne State University
Officials of the Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne
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 35 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 21 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
Wyandotte Nation.
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. Megan McCullen, Gordon L. Grosscup Museum
of Anthropology, Wayne State University, 4841 Cass Avenue, Suite 2155,
Detroit, MI 48201, telephone (313) 577-6455, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c6a1b4a9b5b5a5b3b6abb3b5a3b3ab86b1a7bfa8a3e8a3a2b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89eefbe6fafaeafcf9e4fcfaecfce4c9fee8f0e7eca7ecedfc">[email protected]</span></a>, by October 20, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Wyandotte Nation
may proceed.
The Gordon L. Grosscup Museum of Anthropology, Wayne State
University, is responsible for notifying the Wyandotte Nation and The
Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: September 14, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-20300 Filed 9-19-22; 8:45 am]
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