Notice2022-22517
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
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October 17, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan SHPO) 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 Michigan SHPO. 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 199 (Monday, October 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62888-62889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22517]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034715; 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 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 Michigan SHPO. 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 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#cca4ada1aeadafa4a9bea18ca1a5afa4a5abada2e2aba3ba"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0e666f636c6f6d666b7c634e63676d6667696f6020696178">[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 Michigan State
Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Genesee, Oakland, and
Washtenaw Counties, 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 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 and associated funerary
objects was made by 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; 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 Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); 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; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan and
the Wyandotte Nation. The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
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;
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band of
Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 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
Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted
and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Human Remains
In the summer of 1960, human remains and associated funerary
objects representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the
Warner School site (20GS6) in Genesee County, MI. A researcher from the
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA)
excavated the multi-component site which is located in Flint Township
on a high terrace overlooking the Flint River. One burial was
identified with the individual interred as a partly articulated in a
bundle burial. The human remains date to the Late Woodland Period (A.D.
500-1400) based on two ceramic sherds collected near the burial pit.
The human remains include one adult, 45+ years old, female with
osteoarthritis in her vertebrae and a healed fracture of the right
clavicle. No known individual was identified. The two associated
funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds; and one lot of chert
flakes, fire cracked rock, pebbles, and cobbles.
On May 22, 1935, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Leeson site (20OK01) in Oakland
County, MI. A construction crew working on a Civilian Conservation
Corps project encountered human remains while removing earth from the
crown of a hill on the shore of Cass Lake. Faculty from the UMMAA were
contacted to conduct a salvage excavation at the site. The burial was
determined to be an isolated secondary bundle burial. The human remains
were in extremely fragile condition and red
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sand had been packed inside the cranium. (Two additional fragmentary
bundle burials with red ochre were noted at the site, but they were not
transferred to the UMMAA.) The human remains broadly date to pre-
contact (9150 B.C. to A.D.1640) based on mortuary treatment.
The human remains are one adult, 40-55 years old, indeterminate
sex. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects
are present.
On May 11, 1933, human remains and associated funerary objects
representing, at minimum, four individuals were removed from the GL-539
(or M-17) site (20WA5) in Washtenaw County, MI. Workers unearthed the
burials while digging a sewer trench near Michigan State Highway M-17.
They contacted faculty from the UMMAA to excavate the site. UMMAA
records indicate the burials were located in a defined pit. Human
remains from an infant buried at the site were located under a flat
boulder within the burial pit. The human remains date to the Late
Woodland Period (A.D. 500-1400) based on diagnostic artifacts
associated with the site.
The human remains include one infant 0-6 months old; one
adolescent, 14-17 years old; one adult, possibly female; and one adult,
35-50 years old, male. No known individuals were identified. The four
associated funerary objects are one lot of raccoon maxillary bone
fragments; one lot of charcoal; one lot of fossil shells; and one lot
of ceramic sherds.
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 six individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the six 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 Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, 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; Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas); and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
<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
Consulted and Invited Tribes.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects 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#0e666f636c6f6d666b7c634e63676d6667696f6020696178"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="630b020e0102000b06110e230e0a000b0a04020d4d040c15">[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 associated funerary objects 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. 2022-22517 Filed 10-14-22; 8:45 am]
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