Notice2026-11719
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, Detroit, MI, and Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Published
June 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, and Michigan State University have completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11719]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7215; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042957; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Detroit District, Detroit, MI, and Michigan State University, East
Lansing, 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit
District, and Michigan State University have completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary objects and have determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Curtis Sedlacek, U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, 477 Michigan Avenue, 7th
Floor, Detroit, MI 48226, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1928483859882df99df8294959d9092949ab18482909294df90839c88df9c989d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b1d2c4c3c5d8c29fd99fc2d4d5ddd0d2d4daf1c4c2d0d2d49fd0c3dcc89fdcd8dd">[email protected]</span></a> and
Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court, East
Lansing, MI 48824, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c4f485358585d4e487c514f4912595849"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f182859e9595908385b19c8284df949584">[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
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, and Michigan State
University 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, seven individuals have been
identified. The 392 associated funerary objects are three lots
architectural debris, 16 lots beads, one lot bifaces, one lot bolts,
one lot bone tools, four lots botanicals, one lot bottle caps, one lot
brass objects, one lot brass tacks, 16 lots brick, one lot brooches,
one lot buckles, one bullet, one lot burlap, 10 lots buttons, 14 lots
ceramics, seven lots charcoal, five lots cloth, two lots coal, one
comb, one lot copper awls, one lot copper ingots, one lot crockery, one
lot decorative brass, one lot decorative metal, one lot door knobs, one
lot door pulls, one drain tile, 33 lots faunal remains, two lots fire
cracked rock, two lots flotation samples, 32 lots glass, one lot glass
bottles, one lot grinding stones, six lot gun flints, one hairbrush,
one harmonica, eight lots historic ceramics, one historic lightbulb,
one lot historic refitted ceramics, two lots iron, one lot kettle
fragments, one lot knife blades, two lots lead shot, one lot leather
shoes, 26 lots lithics, two lots marbles, 38 lots metal, one metal can,
one lot metal strapping, one lot mica, five lots miscellaneous historic
material, six lots mortar, one musket ball, 50 lots nails, one lot
peach pits, one pencil, two lots pendants, one lot personal objects, 15
lots pipe fragments, one lot plastic, one pocket watch, three lots
porcelain, one lot rings, one lot safety pins, one lot samples, one
scissors, three lots shell, one lot shingles, three lots slag, one lot
slate panels, three lots soil samples, one spoon, one lot stoneware,
one lot stone tools, one lot suspender fragments, one thimble, five
lots tinklers, one toothbrush, one toy gun, one lot transferware, one
lot waffle iron fragments, three lots wire, nine lots wood, one wood
sample, one wooden sill with soil, and one wood with soil.
Collections from Fort Brady, and its predecessor, Fort Repentigny,
are associated with site number 20CH51, from Chippewa County, Michigan,
and are dated to excavation years from 1967, 1976-1977 and 1989-1990.
Site 20CH51 has previously been returned to the Sault Ste Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians; a Notice of Inventory Completion was published in
the Federal Register by Michigan State University on September 11, 2020
(85 FR 56269). The collections are curated at Michigan State University
and are not known to have been treated with any hazardous materials.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, and Michigan
State University have determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 392 lots and objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human 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
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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 human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 13,
2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District, and Michigan State
University must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Detroit District,
and Michigan State University are responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-11719 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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