[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 199 (Monday, October 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62889-62890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-22516]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034714; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic 
Preservation Office, Lansing, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan 
SHPO) has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated 
funerary object, 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 the associated 
funerary object 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 this associated funerary 
object should submit a written request to the Michigan SHPO. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human 
remains and the associated funerary object 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 and this associated funerary 
object should submit a written request with information in support of 
the request to the Michigan SHPO at the address in this notice by 
November 16, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hambacher, Staff 
Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Economic 
Development Corporation, 300 N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913, 
telephone (517) 243-9513, 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 an 
associated funerary object under the control of the Michigan State 
Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains and the 
associated funerary object were removed from Wexford County, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative

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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 the associated funerary object. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and the associated 
funerary object was made by the Michigan SHPO professional staff in 
consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community, 
Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana 
(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana); Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux 
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell 
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 
and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. In 
addition, the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois 
Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech 
Lake Band; White Earth Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff Band 
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; 
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band 
of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota were invited to consult but did not 
participate. Hereafter all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are 
referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Human Remains

    In October of 1957, human remains and an associated object 
representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from the Sun 
and Snow Mounds site (20WX7) in Wexford County, MI. Records of the 
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) 
note that the Director of the Cadillac-Wexford Public Library donated 
the human remains and the associated funerary object to the Museum on 
December 23, 1957. The human remains reportedly came from two separate 
burials, but how the site was found and how the human remains and 
associated funerary object were collected are unclear. The human 
remains include one child, 4-6 years old; one adolescent, 16-19 years 
old, possibly male; and one adult, indeterminate sex. The human remains 
date to the Woodland Period (850 B.C.-A.D. 1400) based on the 
diagnostic chert blade. No known individuals were identified. The one 
associated funerary object is one chert blade.

Determinations Made by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office

    Officials of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have 
determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on cranial morphology, dental 
traits, accession documentation, and archeological context.
     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 one object described 
in this notice is 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 the associated funerary object 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 Consulted and Invited Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains and the 
associated funerary object were removed is the aboriginal land of The 
Consulted and Invited Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains and the associated funerary object may be to The 
Consulted and Invited 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 and this associated funerary object should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Michael Hambacher, Staff Archaeologist, State Historic Preservation 
Office, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, 300 N. Washington 
Square, Lansing, MI 48913, telephone (517) 243-9513, email 
[email protected], by November 16, 2022. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and the associated funerary object to The Consulted and 
Invited Tribes may proceed.
    The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office is responsible for 
notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: October 5, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-22516 Filed 10-14-22; 8:45 am]
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