Notice2025-08030
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Published
May 8, 2025
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Michigan has completed an inventory of human remains (hereinafter referred to as "Ancestral remains" or "Ancestors") and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the Ancestral remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19519-19521]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08030]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040080; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 has completed an
inventory of human remains (hereinafter referred to as ``Ancestral
remains'' or ``Ancestors'') and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the Ancestral
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the Ancestral remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after June 9, 2025.
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#4f2d3c2a2c3a212b2e0f3a22262c27612a2b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96f4e5f3f5e3f8f2f7d6e3fbfff5feb8f3f2e3">[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 its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
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Abstract of Information Available
Ancestral remains representing, at least, seven individuals have
been identified. The 17 associated funerary objects are one lot of
Stiegel glass bottle with metal cap and painted decoration; one lot of
pewter vessel fragments; one lot of two brass vessels; one lot of brass
ring (from a vessel); one lot of metal nozzle; one lot of Florentine
double-barred cross; one lot of chert scraper; one lot of unworked
animal bone fragments; one lot of unworked animal bone fragments; one
lot of historic ceramic pipe stem/bowl fragment; one lot of brass
bracelet; three lots of earthenware sherds; one lot of lithic flake;
one lot of bifacially worked stone; and one lot of unworked shell
fragment. On July 23rd, 1923, the Ancestral remains and objects were
found by workmen on the property of Captain Smith during excavations
for a cellar and donated to University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology by one of the workmen. The site is
multicomponent without continuous occupation, dating to the Late
Historic period A.D. 1772-1820 and Late Late Woodland period A.D. 1200-
1400, based on diagnostic artefacts. The Ancestors and associated
funerary objects were removed from the Harsen's Island site (20SC2) in
St. Clair Co, MI. The Ancestors are one perinate, one child 2-4 years,
one juvenile, one adolescent 16-19 years, one adult 22-45 years female,
one adult 40+ years male, and one cremated adult.
Ancestral remains representing, at least, 18 individuals have been
identified. The 10 associated funerary objects are one lot of unworked
antler fragment; one lot of lithic biface; one lot of chert flakes; one
lot of unworked quartz pebbles; one lot of fire cracked rock; one lot
of cremated and non-cremated faunal bone and shell fragments; two lots
of earthenware sherds; one lot of debitage; and one lot of unworked
animal bone. In 1963 the Ancestors and associated funerary objects were
inadvertently uncovered during sand removal for road construction in
Saint Clair County, Michigan, from the Hunter Site (20SC30). At the
request of the property owner, the site was then salvage excavated by
archaeologists from the University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropological Archaeology. Dating for the site is to the Late
Woodland A.D. 800-1400, based on diagnostic artifacts from the site.
The Ancestors are an adult 30-55 years with osteoarthritis; an infant;
an adult 40+ years possible male with osteoarthritis; an adolescent 16-
20 years with a possible underlying infection; a child 6-10 years; a
child 4-6 years; an adolescent 13-15 years; a child 7.5-12.5 years with
a possible underlying infection; an adolescent 14-15 years; a cremated
adult 40+ years; a cremated adult; an adult 45+ years; an adult 24-35
years female; an adult; an adult male; an adult possible male with a
possible healed fracture, porosity on pelvis, and osteoarthritis; an
adult 30+ years possible female with porosity on pelvis; an adolescent
11-17 years with porosity on femora.
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).
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 Ancestral remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The University of Michigan has determined that:
<bullet> The Ancestral remains described in this notice represent
the physical remains of 25 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 27 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
Ancestral remains at the time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the Ancestral remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 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; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; 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; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; 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; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
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; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox
Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca
Nation of Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the Ancestral remains and
associated funerary objects 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the Ancestral remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after
June 9, 2025. 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 Ancestral
remains and associated funerary objects
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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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08030 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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