Notice2024-00527
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
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Published
January 12, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan SHPO) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on October 17, 2022. This notice amends the aboriginal land determination in a collection removed from Wexford County, MI.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 2244]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00527]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037230; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State Historic Preservation
Office (Michigan SHPO) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion in
the Federal Register on October 17, 2022. This notice amends the
aboriginal land determination in a collection removed from Wexford
County, MI.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after February 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Sarah Surface-Evans, Senior Archaeologist, State
Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Economic Development
Corporation, 300 N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913, telephone
(517) 282-7959, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c5f797e6a6d6f69497a6d627f5f3d4c61656f64656b6d62226b637a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3f0d6d1c5c2c0c6e6d5c2cdd0f092e3cecac0cbcac4c2cd8dc4ccd5">[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
Michigan SHPO. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the Michigan SHPO.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (87 FR 62889-62890,
October 17, 2022). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. Two Tribes consulted were
inadvertently omitted from Notice of Inventory Completion as published.
They are the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan and the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Michigan SHPO has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this amended notice
represent the physical remains of three individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this amended 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
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; Grand
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota.
Requests 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 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after February 12, 2024. If
competing requests for disposition are received, the Michigan SHPO 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
Michigan SHPO 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, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: January 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00527 Filed 1-11-24; 8:45 am]
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