Notice2023-10556
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Published
May 18, 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Kalamazoo County and unknown locations in MI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31822-31823]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10556]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035861; 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 no
cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains were removed from Kalamazoo County and unknown
locations in MI.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Arts and
Collections, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court, East Lansing,
MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3241465d5656534046725f41471c575647"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="384b4c575c5c594a4c78554b4d165d5c4d">[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, 16 individuals were removed
from unknown locations in Michigan. These ancestors arrived at the
Forensic Anthropology Laboratory (FAL) from police authorities and
private citizens who had found human remains on their property. At some
point, likely in the 1960s and 1970s, these ancestors were included in
(former) teaching collections and disassociated from case and donation
paperwork. As the FAL only accepts cases from within Michigan, these
ancestors were most likely removed from Michigan. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals (catalog
numbers 2007.77.4; 2007.77.5) were removed from Kalamazoo County, MI.
On an unknown date, these individuals were acquired by Kalamazoo County
resident, Donald Boudeman, who collected Native American material
culture in the first half of the twentieth century. In 1961, Boudeman's
wife, Donna Boudeman, donated the human remains together with Mr.
Boudeman's collection to the Michigan State University Museum. Database
records indicate these individuals were recovered from a mound near
Vicksburg. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from a known
geographic location (Michigan). This location is the aboriginal land of
one or more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to
identify the aboriginal land: treaties and a final judgment of the
Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, Michigan State
University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation,
Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional
Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation
in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; 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; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Milles Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
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Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca
Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca;
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the
Wyandotte Nation.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after June 20, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, Michigan State University must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition 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 and
10.11.
Dated: May 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10556 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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