Notice2023-10557
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), Michigan State University has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Emmet County, MI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 96 (Thursday, May 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31823-31824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10557]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035862; 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), Michigan State University has completed an
inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Emmet County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court,
East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1063647f7474716264507d63653e757465"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89fafde6edede8fbfdc9e4fafca7ecedfc">[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 Emmet County, MI. This individual arrived at Michigan State
University as a police case in 1969 (Forensic Anthropology Lab (FAL)
case number F.2.69), after a metal detectorist located the remains of a
coffin burial along Five Mile Creek. The police removed human remains
belonging to this individual, along with the associated funerary
objects. After ancestry was determined to be Native American, the human
remains and associated funerary objects were donated to Michigan State
University (with a final donation date of 1971). In May of 1972,
additional remains belonging to this individual were recovered by the
Michigan State Police and donated to MSU. The burial is believed to
have been an extended burial, with the head pointing towards the west.
Given the nails and wood, this coffin burial most likely dates between
1760 and 1820. After the analysis was complete, the human remains of
this individual were stored with other forensic cases and the
associated paperwork was filed (there were no computer database records
of the analysis or final determination). This individual was mistaken
for a cold case until 2022, when a reanalysis of several cold cases at
the FAL prompted a re-investigation of this individual as well, at
which time it was learned that the human remains had been previously
identified as belonging to a Native American.
The 572 associated funerary objects are 40 silver brooch fragments,
three brooch pins, 16 conical silver bobs, 28 silver balls, five silver
loop fragments, two complete bangles, two tiered-and-faceted silver
bobs, one complete teardrop bangle tied with fabric, 29 pieces of scrap
metal, eight nail fragments with associated wood, eight scraps of loose
fabric, 21 decorated silver band fragments (representing four distinct
armbands), one amber bottle glass fragment, one burned glass fragment,
one animal bone, one animal claw, one small bit of hair, three
unidentified organic materials, two unidentified iron fragments, 25
pieces of scrap silver, six indigenous ceramic sherds, one piece of
charcoal, one lot consisting of fly casings, one piece of fabric, 29
seed beads, and 336 assorted glass beads (brown doublet, tan doublet,
faceted, dark green, brown, blue, white, amber).
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, biological, geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Michigan State University has determined that:
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<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 572 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; and the
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and, if joined to a request
from one or more of the Indian Tribes, any one or more of the following
non-federally recognized Indian groups: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 20, 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 and
associated funerary objects 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: May 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10557 Filed 5-17-23; 8:45 am]
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