[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62593-62595]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19600]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036524; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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), Michigan State University intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after October 12, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court, 
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 summary or related records held by Michigan State 
University.

Description

    The 381 cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI. 
Beginning in 1958, these objects were removed from the Gros Cap 
Archaeological District in Mackinac County, MI. Sites and localities 
within the District and surrounding area include the Gros Cap site 
(20MK6), the Campfire Site (20MK7), the post-contact era Gros Cap 
Cemetery, ``Ryerse Beach Cottage,'' ``Graham Point,'' and ``Killarney 
Beach.'' The objects were acquired by Orlando Greenlees. On at least 
one occasion, Greenlees acquired Native American cultural items from 
other individuals, including a Mr. Bicknell. Mr. Greenlees owned the 
property adjacent to the Gros Cap Cemetery and served as its caretaker. 
In 1970, Alicia Mackin acquired Greenlees' collection, and on April 12, 
1976, she donated it to Michigan State University Museum.

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    The 381 unassociated funerary objects are five catlinite beads 
(3901.18.3.5; 3901.18.3.6; No catalog #), three catlinite pipe 
fragments (3901.18.2.6; 3901.26.5; 3901.26.13), one catlinite effigy 
pipe fragment (3901.18.3.1), three catlinite beaver effigies 
(3901.18.3.2), three catlinite pendant fragments (3901.18.3.3; 
3901.18.3.4; 3901.18.3.8), one catlinite cross effigy (3901.18.3.7), 
one stone pipe fragment (3901.24.5), nine clay pipe bowl and stem 
fragments (3901.26.2; 3901.26.3; 3901.26.4; 3901.26.8; 3901.26.9; 
3901.26.10; 3901.26.11; 3901.26.12; 3901.30.12), one Scottish pipe 
fragment (3901.26.7), one French pipe bowl fragment (3901.26.1), one 
ceramic pipe bowl with incising (3901.28.18), six lots consisting of 
ceramic sherds (3901.15.7; 3901.22.19; 3901.32.17; 3901.33.19; 
3901.99.5), two refit ceramic vessels (3901.15.6/3901.99.4 and 
3901.12.14/3901.15.7/3901.99.4/3901.99.5), 14 grit tempered ceramic 
sherds (3901.12.13; 3901.12.15; 3901.12.16; 3901.15.5; 3901.15.6; 
3901.18.5.5; 3901.30.14; 3901.30.15; 3901.30.16; 3901.30.17; 3901.99.6; 
3901.99.7; 3901.99.8; 3901.99.9), one copper bracelet (3901.18.2.4), 
one copper nugget (3901.22.17), two copper sheet sections (3901.30.13), 
two copper hair pullers (3901.33.12; 3901.33.13), two lots of copper 
strips (3901.15.8; 3901.22.21), two copper axe heads (3901.24.9; 
3901.25.1), two lots consisting of copper beads (3901.22.22; 
3901.24.10), three lots consisting of rolled copper kettle fragments 
(3901.22.20; 3901.30.23; 3901.33.16), one copper handle cover 
(3901.27.19); one copper kettle (3901.101); one copper kettle latch 
(3901.15.10), three lots consisting of copper tinkling cones 
(3901.15.9; 3901.22.23; 3901.31.7), three lots consisting of copper 
scrap (3901.31.8; 3901.99.3), 12 lots consisting of animal bones 
(3901.12.9; 3901.27.2; 3901.27.5; 3901.28.16; 3901.28.17; 3901.30.20; 
3901.30.21; 3901.31.4; 3901.31.5; 3901.33.24; 3901.34.9; 3901.100.1), 
two lots consisting of burnt animal bones (3901.15.14; 3901.32.15), 
three lots consisting of animal teeth (3901.26.21; 3901.26.23; 
3901.27.7), five lots consisting of worked animal bones (3901.27.9; 
3901.27.11; 3901.27.12; 3901.27.13; 3901.32.14), three lots consisting 
of bird bones (3901.26.20; 3901.33.18; 3901.34.10), one lot consisting 
of turtle shells (3901.27.8), 11 lots consisting of fish bones 
(3901.18.5.4; 3901.27.4; 3901.30.2; 3901.30.6; 3901.30.7; 3901.31.3; 
3901.34.8), six lots consisting of sturgeon bones (3901.12.8; 
3901.15.4; 3901.27.1; 3901.31.2), three beaver mandible fragments 
(3901.12.12; 3901.26.17; 3901.30.8), two beaver incisors (3901.30.9), 
two eagle talons (3901.26.18), one boar tusk (3901.26.19), one raccoon 
mandible (3901.20.8), one deer tibia (2901.18.2.5), seven lots 
consisting of dog mandibles and teeth (3901.15.1; 3901.15.2; 3901.15.3; 
3901.26.22; 3901.27.3; 3901.30.3; 3901.30.10), one piece of cut antler 
(3901.12.11), one small animal horn (3901.26.24), two bone needles 
(3901.18.4.1; 3901.18.4.2), one bone gorge (3901.28.14); one bone 
wedding spoon with birds on handle (3901.18.5.2), two bone awls 
(3901.28.13; 3901.34.7), five bone points (3901.28.8; 3901.28.9; 
3901.28.10; 3901.28.11; 3901.28.12), four bone flakers (3901.28.4; 
3901.28.5; 3901.28.6; 3901.28.7), one antler scraper (3901.24.3), one 
antler gorge (3901.28.15), one antler pressure flaker (3901.12.10), one 
bone carving (3901.33.2), one bone bracelet (3901.18.2.3), one bone 
knife (3901.18.2.2), one bone effigy of a standing man (3901.33.17), 
one carved bone comb (3901.26.15), four bone harpoon heads (3901.27.10; 
3901.28.1; 3901.28.2; 3901.28.3), one carved boar tusk with hand and 
heart design (3901.26.16), two lots consisting of rolled birch bark 
fragments (3901.18.5.1; 3901.22.18), one piece of leather with bell 
attached (3901.22.28), one band of woven fibers with copper 
(3901.18.5.3), two lots consisting of fiber pieces (3901.22.29; 
3901.31.11), 12 hand forged nails (3901.12.17; 3901.15.11; 3901.27.18; 
3901.31.10; 3901.33.1), 10 square nails (3901.30.19 (n=2); 3901.34.22 
(n=8)), one piece of decorative metal (3901.33.21), four lots 
consisting of iron and iron scrap (3901.31.9; 3901.33.22; 3901.34.24; 
3901.100.5), two lots consisting of metal pieces and scrap (3901.12.7; 
3901.27.17), one thin metal rod (3091.33.3), one iron rod fragment 
(3901.23.1), one shell (3901.27.6), three shell runtees (3901.33.6; 
3901.33.7; 3901.33.8), two shell runtee fish effigies (3901.33.9; 
3901.33.10), one shell standing man effigy (3901.34.11), two shell/bone 
ornaments (3901.18.2.6), three lots consisting of glass trade beads in 
various colors (3901.18.2.1; 3901.33.20), one lot consisting of black 
glass beads (3901.22.3), three lots consisting of blue glass trade 
beads (3901.22.13; 3901.22.14; 3901.27.23), one lot consisting of blue 
and white glass trade beads (3901.22.2), one lot consisting of brown 
glass trade beads (3901.22.12), two lots consisting of clear glass 
beads (3901.22.1; 3901.27.22), one lot consisting of green glass trade 
beads (3901.22.4), one lot consisting of light green glass trade beads 
(3901.22.9), two lots consisting of navy blue glass trade beads 
(3901.22.8; 3901.22.15), one lot consisting of red glass trade beads 
(3901.22.10), one lot consisting of red/amber glass trade beads 
(3901.22.7), one lot consisting of turquoise glass beads (3901.30.25), 
four lots consisting of white glass trade beads (3901.22.5; 3901.22.6; 
3901.22.11; 3901.30.24), one lot consisting of yellow glass trade beads 
(3901.22.16), one lot consisting of chipped glass (3901.33.23); one lot 
consisting of melted glass (3901.33.25); four lots consisting of red 
ochre (3901.22.26; 3901.26.14; 3901.32.18; 3901.34.14), nine bifaces 
(3901.23.6; 3901.24.4; 3901.24.6; 3901.24.7; 3901.25.19; 3901.25.20; 
3901.25.21; 3901.25.22; 3901.33.11), one flint drill (3901.25.5), one 
argillite projectile point (3901.25.18), 40 projectile points 
(3901.15.12; 3901.23.7; 3901.23.10; 3901.23.11; 3901.23.12; 3901.23.13; 
3901.23.14; 3901.23.15; 3901.23.16; 3901.23.17; 3901.23.18; 3901.23.19; 
3901.23.20; 3901.23.21; 3901.23.22; 3901.23.23; 3901.23.24; 3901.23.25; 
3901.23.26; 3901.23.27; 3901.23.28; 3901.23.29; 3901.23.30; 3901.23.31; 
3901.23.32; 3901.23.33; 3901.23.34; 3901.23.35; 3901.23.36; 3901.25.7; 
3901.25.8; 3901.25.9; 3901.25.10; 3901.25.11; 3901.25.12; 3901.25.13; 
3901.25.14; 3901.25.15; 3901.25.16; 3901.25.17), 9 flakes (3901.23.8; 
3901.23.9; 3901.25.23; 3901.27.20; 3901.27.21; 2901.30.22; 3901.99.1; 
3901.100.2; 3901.100.3), two slate pendants (3901.25.3; 3901.25.4), one 
stone ball (3901.30.4), one stone gorget (3901.25.2), one side notched 
stone gorget (3901.24.1), three stone pipe fragments (3901.25.6; 
3901.26.6; 3901.28.19), one stone plummet (3901.24.2), two stones used 
for pottery temper (3901.30.1), one stone tamper (3901.27.24), one 
smooth stone (3901.30.11), one translucent stone pendant (3901.33.5), 
one piece of worked stone (3901.24.8), one piece of granite temper 
(3901.22.25), one soapstone fragment (3901.18.3.9), nine brass Jesuit 
rings (3901.18.1.1), one uniform braid (3901.29.3), four brass 
hawkbells (3901.18.1.2), one lot consisting of brass scrap (3901.99.2), 
16 iron knives and fragments (3901.12.1; 3901.12.2; 3901.12.3; 
3901.12.4; 3901.12.5; 3901.12.6; 3901.27.14; 3901.27.15; 3901.30.5 
(n=2); 3901.32.16; 3901.34.16; 3901.34.17; 3901.34.18; 3901.34.19), one 
iron strike-a-lite (3901.22.24), two metal awls (3901.27.16; 
3901.30.18), one gun fragment (3901.33.14), four French honey-colored 
gunflints (3901.23.2; 3901.23.3; 3901.23.4; 3901.33.4), one

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pewter dish (3901.33.15), one lot of wood with leather and fabric, and 
attached copper mail and trade beads (3901.15.13); one strap handled 
pot (3901.102), three iron axe heads (3901.103; 3901.104; 3901.105), 
three porcelain sherds (3901.31.6; 3901.34.13; 3901.100.4), one brass 
navigational compass (3901.97), one metal disk (3901.34.23), two three-
pronged forks with wooden handles (3901.34.20; 3901.34.21), one wire 
wound metal bracelet (3901.34.15), one lot consisting of carved wood 
fragments (3901.29.9), four lots consisting of wood fragments 
(3901.18.5.6, 3901.29.8, 3901.33.26, 3901.34.12), one grinding stone 
(3901.34.6), four whetstones (3901.34.2, 3901.34.3, 3901.34.4, 
3901.34.5), one fossilized clam (3901.22.27), and one fossilized fern 
(3901.23.5).

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items 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, 
historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, Michigan State University has determined that:
     The 381 cultural items described above 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 and 
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed 
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and 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 Vieux 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; Pokagon 
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa 
Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after October 12, 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 cultural items 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 10.8, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19600 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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