Notice2024-14106
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
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Published
June 27, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand Rapids Public Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 124 (Thursday, June 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14106]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum has completed
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after July 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street
NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1809, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c0d0a031e051f182c0b1e1c0142031e0b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8beaede4f9e2f8ffcbecf9fbe6a5e4f9ec">[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
Grand Rapids Public Museum and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. At an unknown date, an individual named
Mrs. Stahl discovered ancestral remains representing a minimum of one
individual in her garden in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. At an unknown
date, Dr. Ruth Herrick acquired the remains from Stahl. Museum records
indicate Stahl resided on Weeks Road. However, no exact location has
been identified. Herrick (1895-1974) was an amateur archaeologist and
an avid collector of ancestral remains, funerary objects and cultural
objects. In 1974 the Grand Rapids Public Museum acquired these remains
from Dr. Ruth Herrick by bequest.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Match-e-be-nash-she-
wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation; Quechan Tribe of Fort Yuma Indian Reservation,
California & Arizona; and the Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after July 29, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Grand Rapids Public Museum must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Grand Rapids Public Museum is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14106 Filed 6-26-24; 8:45 am]
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