[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 41351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14781]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Police, Lansing, 
MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Michigan State Police (MSP) have completed an inventory of 
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is no 
cultural affiliation between the human 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 should 
submit a written request to the Michigan State Police. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this 
notice may proceed.

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 should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the Michigan 
State Police at the address in this notice by August 11, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hanna Friedlander, Human Remains 
Analyst, Michigan State Police, Intelligence Operations Division--
Missing Persons Coordinator Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Lansing, MI 48821, 
telephone (517) 242-5731, 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 under 
the control of the Michigan State Police, Lansing, MI. The human 
remains were removed from the City of Caro in Tuscola 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. 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 Michigan 
State Police (MSP) professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.

History and Description of the Remains

    On April 9, 2021, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from the City of Caro, Tuscola County, MI. As 
the human remains were extremely fragmentary, osteobiographical 
information for this individual was indeterminate. The human remains 
(known as MPC-7-21) were sent for radiocarbon dating to DirectAMS, who 
provided a date ranging between A.D. 993 and 1031. On November 1, 2021, 
the human remains were returned to the MSP. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations Made by the Michigan State Police

    Officials of the Michigan State Police have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on radiocarbon dating.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa 
and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Veux Desert Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 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; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe 
of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Tribes.

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 should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Hanna Friedlander, Human Remains Analyst, 
Michigan State Police, Intelligence Operations Division--Missing 
Persons Coordinator Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Lansing, MI 48821, 
telephone (517) 242-5731, email [email protected], by August 
11, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may 
proceed. If joined to a request from one or more of The Tribes, the 
following non-federally recognized Indian groups also may receive 
transfer of control of the human remains: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa 
and Chippewa Indians and the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians.
    The Michigan State Police are responsible for notifying The Tribes; 
Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians; and the Grand River Band 
of Ottawa Indians that this notice has been published.

    Dated: June 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-14781 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
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