Notice2022-22516
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
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Published
October 17, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan SHPO) has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object, 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 the associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary object should submit a written request to the Michigan SHPO. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and the associated funerary object to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62889-62890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22516]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034714; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan
SHPO) has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated
funerary object, 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 the associated
funerary object 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 this associated funerary
object should submit a written request to the Michigan SHPO. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and the associated funerary object 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 this associated funerary
object should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to the Michigan SHPO at the address in this notice by
November 16, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hambacher, Staff
Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Economic
Development Corporation, 300 N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913,
telephone (517) 243-9513, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2cac3cfc0c3c1cac7d0cfe2cfcbc1cacbc5c3cc8cc5cdd4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="472f262a2526242f22352a072a2e242f2e20262969202831">[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 an
associated funerary object under the control of the Michigan State
Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains and the
associated funerary object were removed from Wexford County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR
10.11(d). 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 the associated funerary object. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and the associated
funerary object was made by the Michigan SHPO professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana
(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana); Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. In
addition, the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Lac Courte Oreilles
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau
Reservation of Wisconsin; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech
Lake Band; White Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff Band
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin;
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band
of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota were invited to consult but did not
participate. Hereafter all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Human Remains
In October of 1957, human remains and an associated object
representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from the Sun
and Snow Mounds site (20WX7) in Wexford County, MI. Records of the
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA)
note that the Director of the Cadillac-Wexford Public Library donated
the human remains and the associated funerary object to the Museum on
December 23, 1957. The human remains reportedly came from two separate
burials, but how the site was found and how the human remains and
associated funerary object were collected are unclear. The human
remains include one child, 4-6 years old; one adolescent, 16-19 years
old, possibly male; and one adult, indeterminate sex. The human remains
date to the Woodland Period (850 B.C.-A.D. 1400) based on the
diagnostic chert blade. No known individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is one chert blade.
Determinations Made by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
Officials of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on cranial morphology, dental
traits, accession documentation, and archeological context.
<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(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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 the associated funerary object 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 were removed is the aboriginal land of
The Consulted and Invited Tribes.
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains and the
associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of The
Consulted and Invited Tribes.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and the associated funerary object may be to The
Consulted and Invited 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 this associated funerary object should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Michael Hambacher, Staff Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation
Office, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 300 N. Washington
Square, Lansing, MI 48913, telephone (517) 243-9513, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#523a333f3033313a37203f123f3b313a3b35333c7c353d24"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbb3bab6b9bab8b3bea9b69bb6b2b8b3b2bcbab5f5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>, by November 16, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and the associated funerary object to The Consulted and
Invited Tribes may proceed.
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 5, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22516 Filed 10-14-22; 8:45 am]
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