Notice2023-19600
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Primary source
Metadata and text below are from the Federal Register, a public-domain U.S. government work. Always verify the official published version before relying on it for any legal matter.
Published
September 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan State University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.
Full Text
<html>
<head>
<title>Federal Register, Volume 88 Issue 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)</title>
</head>
<body><pre>
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62593-62595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19600]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036524; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan State University intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 12, 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#0370776c6767627177436e70762d666776"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dfacabb0bbbbbeadab9fb2acaaf1babbaa">[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 summary or related records held by Michigan State
University.
Description
The 381 cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.
Beginning in 1958, these objects were removed from the Gros Cap
Archaeological District in Mackinac County, MI. Sites and localities
within the District and surrounding area include the Gros Cap site
(20MK6), the Campfire Site (20MK7), the post-contact era Gros Cap
Cemetery, ``Ryerse Beach Cottage,'' ``Graham Point,'' and ``Killarney
Beach.'' The objects were acquired by Orlando Greenlees. On at least
one occasion, Greenlees acquired Native American cultural items from
other individuals, including a Mr. Bicknell. Mr. Greenlees owned the
property adjacent to the Gros Cap Cemetery and served as its caretaker.
In 1970, Alicia Mackin acquired Greenlees' collection, and on April 12,
1976, she donated it to Michigan State University Museum.
[[Page 62594]]
The 381 unassociated funerary objects are five catlinite beads
(3901.18.3.5; 3901.18.3.6; No catalog #), three catlinite pipe
fragments (3901.18.2.6; 3901.26.5; 3901.26.13), one catlinite effigy
pipe fragment (3901.18.3.1), three catlinite beaver effigies
(3901.18.3.2), three catlinite pendant fragments (3901.18.3.3;
3901.18.3.4; 3901.18.3.8), one catlinite cross effigy (3901.18.3.7),
one stone pipe fragment (3901.24.5), nine clay pipe bowl and stem
fragments (3901.26.2; 3901.26.3; 3901.26.4; 3901.26.8; 3901.26.9;
3901.26.10; 3901.26.11; 3901.26.12; 3901.30.12), one Scottish pipe
fragment (3901.26.7), one French pipe bowl fragment (3901.26.1), one
ceramic pipe bowl with incising (3901.28.18), six lots consisting of
ceramic sherds (3901.15.7; 3901.22.19; 3901.32.17; 3901.33.19;
3901.99.5), two refit ceramic vessels (3901.15.6/3901.99.4 and
3901.12.14/3901.15.7/3901.99.4/3901.99.5), 14 grit tempered ceramic
sherds (3901.12.13; 3901.12.15; 3901.12.16; 3901.15.5; 3901.15.6;
3901.18.5.5; 3901.30.14; 3901.30.15; 3901.30.16; 3901.30.17; 3901.99.6;
3901.99.7; 3901.99.8; 3901.99.9), one copper bracelet (3901.18.2.4),
one copper nugget (3901.22.17), two copper sheet sections (3901.30.13),
two copper hair pullers (3901.33.12; 3901.33.13), two lots of copper
strips (3901.15.8; 3901.22.21), two copper axe heads (3901.24.9;
3901.25.1), two lots consisting of copper beads (3901.22.22;
3901.24.10), three lots consisting of rolled copper kettle fragments
(3901.22.20; 3901.30.23; 3901.33.16), one copper handle cover
(3901.27.19); one copper kettle (3901.101); one copper kettle latch
(3901.15.10), three lots consisting of copper tinkling cones
(3901.15.9; 3901.22.23; 3901.31.7), three lots consisting of copper
scrap (3901.31.8; 3901.99.3), 12 lots consisting of animal bones
(3901.12.9; 3901.27.2; 3901.27.5; 3901.28.16; 3901.28.17; 3901.30.20;
3901.30.21; 3901.31.4; 3901.31.5; 3901.33.24; 3901.34.9; 3901.100.1),
two lots consisting of burnt animal bones (3901.15.14; 3901.32.15),
three lots consisting of animal teeth (3901.26.21; 3901.26.23;
3901.27.7), five lots consisting of worked animal bones (3901.27.9;
3901.27.11; 3901.27.12; 3901.27.13; 3901.32.14), three lots consisting
of bird bones (3901.26.20; 3901.33.18; 3901.34.10), one lot consisting
of turtle shells (3901.27.8), 11 lots consisting of fish bones
(3901.18.5.4; 3901.27.4; 3901.30.2; 3901.30.6; 3901.30.7; 3901.31.3;
3901.34.8), six lots consisting of sturgeon bones (3901.12.8;
3901.15.4; 3901.27.1; 3901.31.2), three beaver mandible fragments
(3901.12.12; 3901.26.17; 3901.30.8), two beaver incisors (3901.30.9),
two eagle talons (3901.26.18), one boar tusk (3901.26.19), one raccoon
mandible (3901.20.8), one deer tibia (2901.18.2.5), seven lots
consisting of dog mandibles and teeth (3901.15.1; 3901.15.2; 3901.15.3;
3901.26.22; 3901.27.3; 3901.30.3; 3901.30.10), one piece of cut antler
(3901.12.11), one small animal horn (3901.26.24), two bone needles
(3901.18.4.1; 3901.18.4.2), one bone gorge (3901.28.14); one bone
wedding spoon with birds on handle (3901.18.5.2), two bone awls
(3901.28.13; 3901.34.7), five bone points (3901.28.8; 3901.28.9;
3901.28.10; 3901.28.11; 3901.28.12), four bone flakers (3901.28.4;
3901.28.5; 3901.28.6; 3901.28.7), one antler scraper (3901.24.3), one
antler gorge (3901.28.15), one antler pressure flaker (3901.12.10), one
bone carving (3901.33.2), one bone bracelet (3901.18.2.3), one bone
knife (3901.18.2.2), one bone effigy of a standing man (3901.33.17),
one carved bone comb (3901.26.15), four bone harpoon heads (3901.27.10;
3901.28.1; 3901.28.2; 3901.28.3), one carved boar tusk with hand and
heart design (3901.26.16), two lots consisting of rolled birch bark
fragments (3901.18.5.1; 3901.22.18), one piece of leather with bell
attached (3901.22.28), one band of woven fibers with copper
(3901.18.5.3), two lots consisting of fiber pieces (3901.22.29;
3901.31.11), 12 hand forged nails (3901.12.17; 3901.15.11; 3901.27.18;
3901.31.10; 3901.33.1), 10 square nails (3901.30.19 (n=2); 3901.34.22
(n=8)), one piece of decorative metal (3901.33.21), four lots
consisting of iron and iron scrap (3901.31.9; 3901.33.22; 3901.34.24;
3901.100.5), two lots consisting of metal pieces and scrap (3901.12.7;
3901.27.17), one thin metal rod (3091.33.3), one iron rod fragment
(3901.23.1), one shell (3901.27.6), three shell runtees (3901.33.6;
3901.33.7; 3901.33.8), two shell runtee fish effigies (3901.33.9;
3901.33.10), one shell standing man effigy (3901.34.11), two shell/bone
ornaments (3901.18.2.6), three lots consisting of glass trade beads in
various colors (3901.18.2.1; 3901.33.20), one lot consisting of black
glass beads (3901.22.3), three lots consisting of blue glass trade
beads (3901.22.13; 3901.22.14; 3901.27.23), one lot consisting of blue
and white glass trade beads (3901.22.2), one lot consisting of brown
glass trade beads (3901.22.12), two lots consisting of clear glass
beads (3901.22.1; 3901.27.22), one lot consisting of green glass trade
beads (3901.22.4), one lot consisting of light green glass trade beads
(3901.22.9), two lots consisting of navy blue glass trade beads
(3901.22.8; 3901.22.15), one lot consisting of red glass trade beads
(3901.22.10), one lot consisting of red/amber glass trade beads
(3901.22.7), one lot consisting of turquoise glass beads (3901.30.25),
four lots consisting of white glass trade beads (3901.22.5; 3901.22.6;
3901.22.11; 3901.30.24), one lot consisting of yellow glass trade beads
(3901.22.16), one lot consisting of chipped glass (3901.33.23); one lot
consisting of melted glass (3901.33.25); four lots consisting of red
ochre (3901.22.26; 3901.26.14; 3901.32.18; 3901.34.14), nine bifaces
(3901.23.6; 3901.24.4; 3901.24.6; 3901.24.7; 3901.25.19; 3901.25.20;
3901.25.21; 3901.25.22; 3901.33.11), one flint drill (3901.25.5), one
argillite projectile point (3901.25.18), 40 projectile points
(3901.15.12; 3901.23.7; 3901.23.10; 3901.23.11; 3901.23.12; 3901.23.13;
3901.23.14; 3901.23.15; 3901.23.16; 3901.23.17; 3901.23.18; 3901.23.19;
3901.23.20; 3901.23.21; 3901.23.22; 3901.23.23; 3901.23.24; 3901.23.25;
3901.23.26; 3901.23.27; 3901.23.28; 3901.23.29; 3901.23.30; 3901.23.31;
3901.23.32; 3901.23.33; 3901.23.34; 3901.23.35; 3901.23.36; 3901.25.7;
3901.25.8; 3901.25.9; 3901.25.10; 3901.25.11; 3901.25.12; 3901.25.13;
3901.25.14; 3901.25.15; 3901.25.16; 3901.25.17), 9 flakes (3901.23.8;
3901.23.9; 3901.25.23; 3901.27.20; 3901.27.21; 2901.30.22; 3901.99.1;
3901.100.2; 3901.100.3), two slate pendants (3901.25.3; 3901.25.4), one
stone ball (3901.30.4), one stone gorget (3901.25.2), one side notched
stone gorget (3901.24.1), three stone pipe fragments (3901.25.6;
3901.26.6; 3901.28.19), one stone plummet (3901.24.2), two stones used
for pottery temper (3901.30.1), one stone tamper (3901.27.24), one
smooth stone (3901.30.11), one translucent stone pendant (3901.33.5),
one piece of worked stone (3901.24.8), one piece of granite temper
(3901.22.25), one soapstone fragment (3901.18.3.9), nine brass Jesuit
rings (3901.18.1.1), one uniform braid (3901.29.3), four brass
hawkbells (3901.18.1.2), one lot consisting of brass scrap (3901.99.2),
16 iron knives and fragments (3901.12.1; 3901.12.2; 3901.12.3;
3901.12.4; 3901.12.5; 3901.12.6; 3901.27.14; 3901.27.15; 3901.30.5
(n=2); 3901.32.16; 3901.34.16; 3901.34.17; 3901.34.18; 3901.34.19), one
iron strike-a-lite (3901.22.24), two metal awls (3901.27.16;
3901.30.18), one gun fragment (3901.33.14), four French honey-colored
gunflints (3901.23.2; 3901.23.3; 3901.23.4; 3901.33.4), one
[[Page 62595]]
pewter dish (3901.33.15), one lot of wood with leather and fabric, and
attached copper mail and trade beads (3901.15.13); one strap handled
pot (3901.102), three iron axe heads (3901.103; 3901.104; 3901.105),
three porcelain sherds (3901.31.6; 3901.34.13; 3901.100.4), one brass
navigational compass (3901.97), one metal disk (3901.34.23), two three-
pronged forks with wooden handles (3901.34.20; 3901.34.21), one wire
wound metal bracelet (3901.34.15), one lot consisting of carved wood
fragments (3901.29.9), four lots consisting of wood fragments
(3901.18.5.6, 3901.29.8, 3901.33.26, 3901.34.12), one grinding stone
(3901.34.6), four whetstones (3901.34.2, 3901.34.3, 3901.34.4,
3901.34.5), one fossilized clam (3901.22.27), and one fossilized fern
(3901.23.5).
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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,
historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
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:
<bullet> The 381 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 12, 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 cultural items 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 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19600 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
</pre><script data-cfasync="false" src="/cdn-cgi/scripts/5c5dd728/cloudflare-static/email-decode.min.js"></script></body>
</html>Indexed from Federal Register on September 12, 2023.
This is legal information, not legal advice. Laws vary by jurisdiction and change frequently. Always verify current law with official sources and consult a licensed attorney in your jurisdiction for advice on your specific situation.