[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19622-19624]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07775]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-20611; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 
Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace, St. Ignace, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City 
of St. Ignace has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request to the Museum of 
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary 
objects should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, 
City of St. Ignace at the address in this notice by May 5, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 
Marquette Mission Park, 500 North State Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781, 
telephone (906) 430-0446, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Museum of Ojibwa 
Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace, St. Ignace, MI. 
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from 
Marquette Mission Site (20MK82), Mackinac County, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains and associated funerary 
objects. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Museum 
of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Bois 
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe; Chippewa Cree 
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the 
Chippewa-Cree of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Delaware Nation, 
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of 
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, 
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 
Indians, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Mille Lacs 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Nottawaseppi Huron 
Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as the Huron 
Potawatomi, Inc.); Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Red Cliff Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa 
Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault 
Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Seneca Nation of 
Indians (previously listed as the Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-
Cayuga Nation (previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of 
Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin; and Wyandotte Nation.
    On September 8, 2015, an invitation to consult was extended to the 
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay 
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the 
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 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; Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage 
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 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; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa 
Tribe, Minnesota; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Seneca Nation of Indians (previously listed as the Seneca 
Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as the 
Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Sokaogon 
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; White Earth 
Band of Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and Wyandotte Nation 
(hereinafter referred to as ``The Tribes''). The invitation was 
followed by telephone calls and emails.
    On November 13, 2015, an offer of joint disposition was extended to 
The Tribes.

History and Description of the Remains

    On August 21, 1986, during an excavation of the site by an 
archeologist from Michigan State University (MSU), human remains 
representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from the 
Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) in Mackinac County, MI. In September 
1986, the human remains and cultural items found in the burial fill 
were transported to MSU where they continue to be housed. An infant and 
two adults of indeterminate sex were identified. No known individuals 
were identified. The three associated funerary objects are 1 aqua glass 
pendant and 2 seed beads.
    The archeological site is within the Marquette Mission Park. The 
Museum of Ojibwa Culture manages the Park. Both the Park and the Museum 
are under the auspices of the City of St. Ignace. Based on the mode of 
burial and typological cross dating of seed beads found in the burial 
fill, the time period of burial is A.D. 1673-1701 when French, Huron, 
and Odawa (Ottawa) people were present in the area.

Determinations Made by the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette 
Mission Park, City of St. Ignace

    Officials of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission 
Park, City of St. Ignace have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the

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history of the site, the time period, and the nature of the burial.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the three objects 
described in this notice 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects and any present-day 
Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, or Treaties, Acts of 
Congress, or Executive Orders the land from which the Native American 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed is the 
aboriginal land of The Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to The Tribes. To 
date, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and Sault Ste. 
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan, have requested disposition 
jointly.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Shirley 
Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, 
500 North State Street, St. Ignace, MI 49781, telephone (906) 430-0446, 
email [email protected], by May 5, 2016. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may 
proceed. To date, the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan, have requested 
disposition jointly.
    The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of 
St. Ignace is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: March 14, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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