Notice2025-10601
Notice of Inventory Completion: Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, Brighton, MI
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Published
June 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority 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 111 (Wednesday, June 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24657-24658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10601]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040331; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Huron-Clinton Metropolitan
Authority, Brighton, 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 Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority 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 July 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the Ancestral
remains in this notice to Jennifer Jaworski, Chief of Interpretive
Services, Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, 13000 High Ridge Drive,
Brighton, MI 48114-9058, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f9939c9797909f9c8bd793988e968b8a9290b9949c8d8b9689988b928ad79a9694"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4329262d2d2a2526316d2922342c3130282a032e2637312c33223128306d202c2e">[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
Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority, 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, six individuals have been
identified. The 10 associated funerary objects are one lot of charcoal
and wood, three lots of lithic flakes, two lots of debitage, one lot of
lithic core, one lot ochre, and two lots of faunal bone fragments. The
Erie River Site (20WN8) is located off the shore of Lake Erie on Lake
Erie Metropark land in Michigan. Amateur collector, William Karoly
collected material from the site during the 1960's and 1970's and
Ancestral remains from the site in 1972. These were donated to the
UMMAA in 1972 which were accessioned #2837; this accession is for the
Ancestors at UMMAA from burials 1-4. The Ancestors are of an adult 40+
years possible male, an adult with a possible underlying infection, an
adult possible female, and an adolescent 12-18 years. The site was
excavated again in 1988 by UMMAA as part of a phase II archaeological
investigation for the development of the park. Ancestral remains were
found within Early Late Woodland stratigraphy; these remains were
accessioned #1988-21. The Ancestors are of a child 5-9 years, and an
infant 3-9 months. Dating for the site is to the Early Late Woodland
A.D. 500-1100, based on diagnostic artifacts from other areas of the
site and stratigraphic data.
The Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority 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 Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority has determined that:
<bullet> The Ancestral remains described in this notice represent
the physical remains of six individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 10 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
July 11, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the
Huron-Clinton Metropolitan Authority must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the Ancestral remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Huron-
Clinton Metropolitan Authority 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: May 28, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10601 Filed 6-10-25; 8:45 am]
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