Notice2023-01848
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Published
January 30, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01848]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035191; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State University has completed
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were
removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 1, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Ct,
East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b787f646f6f6a797f4b66787e256e6f7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98ebecf7fcfcf9eaecd8f5ebedb6fdfced">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of
Michigan State University. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by Michigan State
University.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Sacramento County, CA. On an unknown date, this individual was
acquired by Kalamazoo resident Donald Boudeman, who collected Native
American material culture during the first half of the twentieth
century. In July of 1961, some years after her husband's death, Donna
Boudeman donated these human remains to the Michigan State University
Museum. The Museum's record indicates the remains of this individual
were recovered from a mound in Sacramento County, CA. Mounds in this
region could be as much as 7,000 years old. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical,
and other relevant information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Michigan State University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California;
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians
of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of
California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after March 1, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Michigan State University must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Michigan State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-01848 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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