Notice2024-27502
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Police, Dimondale, MI
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Published
November 25, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State Police has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with cultural affiliation.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92962-92963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27502]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039090; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Police, Dimondale,
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 Michigan State Police has completed an
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice
may occur on or after December 26, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Hanna Friedlander, Forensic Anthropologist, Michigan State
Police, Intelligence Operations Division--Missing Persons Coordination
Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, MI 48821, telephone (517) 242-5731,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5137233834353d303f35342339113c3832393836303f7f363e27"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2e485c474b4a424f404a4b5c466e43474d4647494f4000494158">[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 State Police, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. On May 21
and 22, 2024, human remains representing one individual were removed
from their resting spot in Harrison, MI (Clare County). The human
remains (MPC-11-24) consist of a near compete set of remains, missing
three cervical vertebrae, the sternum (including manubrium and
xiphoid), the hyoid, the coccyx, majority of the carpals, four
metacarpals, most hand phalanges, three tarsals, most metatarsals, and
most foot phalanges. Radiocarbon dating done by ICA (International
Chemical Analysis) in June of 2024; radiocarbon dating came back to
A.D. 1400-1460. On Sept. 17, 2024, the Clare County Sheriff's
Department, which had been storing the human remains, requested
assistance in carrying out NAGPRA responsibilities. Subsequently, Ms.
Hanna Friedlander collected the human remains and transferred them to
temporary holding at the Michigan State Police Headquarters in
Dimondale, MI. No known individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Consultation
Invitations to consult were sent to 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; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 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; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Potawatomi Indians of 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); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
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Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; 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.
The Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin, and the Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan requested consultation.
Cultural Affiliation
The following types of information about the cultural affiliation
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical.
The information, including the results of consultation, identified:
1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
2. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan as an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the human remains.
3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be
reasonably traced through time.
Determinations
The Michigan State Police has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the
human remains in this notice has been identified.
<bullet> No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been
clearly or reasonably identified.
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
any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
with cultural affiliation.
Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this
notice may occur on or after December 26, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Michigan State Police 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 Michigan State Police is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27502 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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