[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 36 (Monday, February 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8265-8266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-4469]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
and Unassociated Funerary Objects from Emmet County, MI, in the 
Possession of the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003 (d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
unassociated funerary objects in the possession of the Museum of 
Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Museum of 
Anthropology professional staff in consultation with representatives of 
the Grand Traverse Bay Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians and the 
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians.
    In 1924, human remains representing one individual were sold to the 
Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan by Rev. L.P. Rowlands of 
Detroit, MI. Accession and other collection information indicates this 
individual was recovered during the late nineteenth century from the 
Lake Michigan shore area in Emmet County, MI between the localities of 
Cross Village and Seven Mile Point. No known individual was identified. 
No associated funerary objects are present.
    The 510 unassociated funerary objects include silver ornaments, 
glass beads, brass and copper kettles, an iron hoe, trap fragments, a 
tomahawk pipe, and textile fragments. In 1924, these items were sold to 
the Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan by Rev. L.P. 
Rowlands of Detroit, MI. Accession and other collection information 
indicates these items came from graves in the areas of Middle

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Village, Goodhart, and Cross Village, all located in Emmet County, MI.
    Morphological evidence indicates this individual is Native 
American, based on the brachialcephalic formation of the occipital 
region of the skull. The areas of Cross Village, Gathered, and Middle 
Village are historic Odawa settlements, and the types of unassociated 
funerary objects are consistent with Odawa burials of the late 
seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Consultation evidence presented 
by the Grand Traverse Bay Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians and the 
Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians supports the Odawa 
affiliation for these sites.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Museum 
of Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), 
the human remains listed above represent the physical remains of one 
individual of Native American ancestry.  Officials of the Museum of 
Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(B), 
these 510 cultural items are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance 
of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of an 
Native American individual. Lastly, officials of the Museum of 
Anthropology have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity which can be 
reasonably traced between these Native American human remains and 
associated funerary objects and the Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa 
Indians.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Grand Traverse Bay 
Band of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians and the Little Traverse Bay Band of 
Odawa Indians. Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes 
itself to be culturally affiliated with these human remains and 
associated funerary objects should contact David Kennedy, Collections 
Manager, Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 
48901; telephone: (313) 764-0485 before March 26, 1997. Repatriation of 
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Little 
Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: February 18, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-4469 Filed 2-21-97; 8:45 am]
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