Notice2023-18131
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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Published
August 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit Institute of Arts has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown geographic location.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57471-57472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18131]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036431; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts,
Detroit, 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 Detroit Institute of Arts has completed
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human
remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an unknown
geographic location.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal, Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 Woodward
Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 578-1067, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a747b7d6a687b7a5e535b1455485d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b3fdf2f4e3e1f2f3d7dad29ddcc1d4">[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 the
Detroit Institute of Arts. 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 the Detroit
Institute of Arts.
Description
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, 11
individuals were removed from an unknown geographic location. The
individuals (X1989.2344; X1989.3750; X1989.3758) were acquired by the
Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA). On May 19, 2021, museum staff
encountered human remains during a comprehensive review of the
``Indigenous Americas'' collection. The six associated funerary objects
are one lot consisting of unidentified animal teeth; one tooth or claw
fragment; one lot of claws; one piece of wood; one shell; and one lot
consisting of non-human bone fragments.
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Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.16, the Secretary of the Interior may make a
recommendation for a transfer of control of the culturally
unidentifiable human remains and associated funerary objects. In June
of 2023, the Detroit Institute of Arts requested that the Review
Committee consider a proposal to transfer control of the human remains
in this notice to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan. The Review Committee, acting pursuant to its responsibility
under 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5), considered the request at its June 2023
meeting and recommended to the Secretary that the proposed transfer of
control proceed. A July 2023 letter on behalf of the Secretary of
Interior from the Designated Federal Official transmitted the
Secretary's independent review and concurrence with the Review
Committee that:
<bullet> The Detroit Institute of Arts consulted with every
appropriate Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization,
<bullet> None of the consulted and notified Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations objected to the proposed transfer of
control, and
<bullet> The Detroit Institute of Arts may proceed with the agreed
upon transfer of control of the culturally unidentifiable human remains
and associated funerary objects to the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Determinations
Officials of the Detroit Institute of Arts have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on biological evidence.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 11 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> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2) and 10.16, the disposition
of the human remains and associated funerary objects may be to the
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
Request for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 or non-Federally recognized
Indian groups 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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September
22, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the
Detroit Institute of Arts must determine the most appropriate requestor
prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Detroit Institute of Arts is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
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: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18131 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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