[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 19 (Monday, January 30, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 5910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-01848]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035191; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East 
Lansing, 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 University has completed 
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were 
removed from Sacramento County, CA.

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

ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Ct, 
East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, 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 
Michigan State University. 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 records held by Michigan State 
University.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from Sacramento County, CA. On an unknown date, this individual was 
acquired by Kalamazoo resident Donald Boudeman, who collected Native 
American material culture during the first half of the twentieth 
century. In July of 1961, some years after her husband's death, Donna 
Boudeman donated these human remains to the Michigan State University 
Museum. The Museum's record indicates the remains of this individual 
were recovered from a mound in Sacramento County, CA. Mounds in this 
region could be as much as 7,000 years old. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical, 
and other relevant information.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Michigan State University has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; 
California Valley Miwok Tribe, California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians 
of California; Jackson Band of Miwuk Indians (previously listed as 
Jackson Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California); Shingle Springs 
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 
California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 
California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after March 1, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, Michigan State University must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. Michigan State University 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: January 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-01848 Filed 1-27-23; 8:45 am]
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