Notice2023-21244
Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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Published
September 28, 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Emmet County, MI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21244]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036647; 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
associated funerary objects were removed from Emmet County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after October 30, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal Ph.D., Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 578-1067, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#da949b9d8a889b9abeb3bbf4b5a8bd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96d8d7d1c6c4d7d6f2fff7b8f9e4f1">[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
Possibly in the 1920s, a grave marker was removed from the St.
Ignatius Church, in Emmet County, MI. Subsequently, Alfred Heath sold
the grave marker to Milford G. Chandler (1889-1981), who later sold it
to Richard A. Pohrt (1911-2005) of Flint, Michigan. On April 21, 1981,
the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased it from Richard A. Pohrt. The
grave marker may be associated with the Kenoshaneg Family. The one
associated funerary object is this grave marker (81.586).
In the late 19th century, an effigy figure was removed from Cross
Village, in Emmet County, MI. John Ojibway, who relocated from the St.
Ignace area to Cross Village, Michigan, obtained the effigy figure. The
figure passed through the Ojibway family before eventually coming into
the possession of the Frank Francis family of Cross Village.
Subsequently, in 1968, Richard A. Pohrt purchased the effigy figure. In
1981, the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased the figure from Mr.
Pohrt. The one associated funerary object is this effigy figure
(81.67).
Cultural Affiliation
The 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 type
of information was used to reasonably trace the relationship:
historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Detroit Institute of Arts has determined that:
<bullet> The two objects described in this notice were made
exclusively for burial purposes.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the associated funerary objects described
in this notice and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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.
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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after October 30, 2023. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Detroit Institute of Arts must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21244 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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