Notice2024-12708
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Published
June 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Michigan intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a known lineal descendant.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49186-49187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12708]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038052; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor, 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 University of Michigan intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a known lineal descendant.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Office Managing Director, University
of Michigan, Office of Research, Suite G269, Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1274, telephone (734) 615-8936, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8cadbcdcbddc6ccc9e8ddc5c1cbc086cdccdd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6507160006100b01042510080c060d4b000110">[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
University of Michigan and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of nickel silver
brooches and one lot of shell and glass beads. On an unknown date in
1913, two lots of Cultural Items were removed from the Ft. Wayne site
in Allen Co, Indiana on the property of Dr. Gillis, Lawton Place, and
donated to the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological
Archaeology (UMMAA) by Mrs. Gertrude E. Dean on June 19, 1936. UMMAA
records note ``a sword with the burial. Someone in Wash. D. C. got most
of the material . . . silver crosses and arm bands.'' The site is dated
to the post-contact A.D. 1700-1850 based on diagnostic artifacts. This
location is known to be the burial site of the Miami leader, Little
Turtle. The University of Michigan has no record of, nor do its
officials have any knowledge of, any treatment of items with
pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a
potential hazard to the collection(s) or to persons handling the
collection(s).
Determinations
The University of Michigan has determined that:
<bullet> The two unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The known lineal descendants, Daryl Baldwin (Miami Tribe
of Oklahoma) and Scott Willard (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), are connected
to the cultural items described in this notice.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 July 11, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Michigan 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. The University of Michigan is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any
other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
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Dated: May 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12708 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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