[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5907-5908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01847]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035186; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Police, Dimondale, 
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 Michigan State Police has completed an 
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human 
remains were removed from Gladwin County, MI.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after March 1, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Hanna Friedlander, Human Remains Analyst, Michigan State 
Police, Intelligence Operations Division--Missing Persons Coordination 
Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, MI 48821, telephone (517) 242-5731, 
email [email protected].

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 
Michigan State Police. The National Park Service is not responsible for 
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related

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records held by the Michigan State Police.

Description

    On July 30, 2002, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from their resting spot in Beaverton Township, 
MI (Gladwin County). The human remains (MPC-7-22) consist of a 
fragmented partial cranium that is missing the mandible, maxillae, 
majority of the facial bones, and teeth. Osteobiographical information 
determined by Dr. Todd Fenton of Michigan State University indicated 
the individual was Native American due to the dry bone, cortical 
exfoliation, adhered soil, lack of odor, and vault shape. On August 24, 
2022, the human remains were located at the Michigan State Police West 
Branch post, which immediately requested assistance in carrying out 
NAGPRA responsibilities. Subsequently, Ms. Hanna Friedlander collected 
the human remains and transferred them to temporary holding at the 
Michigan State Police Headquarters in Dimondale, MI. No known 
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Aboriginal Land

    The human remains in this notice are not culturally identifiable. 
They were removed from a known geographic location that is the 
aboriginal land of one or more Indian Tribes. The following information 
was used to identify the aboriginal land: a treaty.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Michigan State 
Police has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains described in this notice were removed 
from the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 
Chippewa Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); 
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; 
White Earth Band); 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; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians of North Dakota.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after March 1, 2023. If competing requests 
for disposition are received, the Michigan State Police must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Michigan State Police is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this 
notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 
10.11.

    Dated: January 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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