Notice2025-14283
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Published
July 29, 2025
Issuing agencies
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 143 (Tuesday, July 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35720-35721]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14283]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6340; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040595; 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 August 28, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the Ancestral
remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Ben
Secunda, NAGPRA Office Managing Director, University of Michigan,
Office of Research, Suite G269, Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1274,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5436273137213a30351421393d373c7a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ae8f9efe9ffe4eeebcaffe7e3e9e2a4efeeff">[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.
Abstract of Information Available
Ancestral remains representing, at least, two individuals have been
identified. The 10 associated funerary objects are four lots of
earthenware sherds, two lots of charred corn kernels, one lot of
charred acorn fragments, two lots of animal bone fragments, and one
lithic fragment. The Fisher site (11WI5) is located in Will County, IL,
and excavated by multiple individuals on several different occasions.
The Ancestors are of one cremated individual and one non-cremated
individual. Dating for the site is unknown.
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 two 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; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of
Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Fond du Lac Band and Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Omaha Tribe of Nebraska; Otoe-Missouria Tribe of
Indians, Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & Fox
Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; Shawnee
Tribe; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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
August 28, 2025.
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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 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: July 9, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-14283 Filed 7-28-25; 8:45 am]
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