[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 187 (Thursday, September 28, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 66889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-21244]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036647; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Detroit Institute of Arts, 
Detroit, 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 Detroit Institute of Arts has completed 
an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that 
there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects 
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
associated funerary objects were removed from Emmet County, MI.

DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice 
may occur on or after October 30, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal Ph.D., Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 578-1067, 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 
Detroit Institute of Arts. 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 the Detroit 
Institute of Arts.

Description

    Possibly in the 1920s, a grave marker was removed from the St. 
Ignatius Church, in Emmet County, MI. Subsequently, Alfred Heath sold 
the grave marker to Milford G. Chandler (1889-1981), who later sold it 
to Richard A. Pohrt (1911-2005) of Flint, Michigan. On April 21, 1981, 
the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased it from Richard A. Pohrt. The 
grave marker may be associated with the Kenoshaneg Family. The one 
associated funerary object is this grave marker (81.586).
    In the late 19th century, an effigy figure was removed from Cross 
Village, in Emmet County, MI. John Ojibway, who relocated from the St. 
Ignace area to Cross Village, Michigan, obtained the effigy figure. The 
figure passed through the Ojibway family before eventually coming into 
the possession of the Frank Francis family of Cross Village. 
Subsequently, in 1968, Richard A. Pohrt purchased the effigy figure. In 
1981, the Detroit Institute of Arts purchased the figure from Mr. 
Pohrt. The one associated funerary object is this effigy figure 
(81.67).

Cultural Affiliation

    The associated funerary objects 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 type 
of information was used to reasonably trace the relationship: 
historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Detroit Institute of Arts has determined that:
     The two objects described in this notice were made 
exclusively for burial purposes.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the associated funerary objects described 
in this notice and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 
Michigan.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary 
objects 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after October 30, 2023. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Detroit Institute of Arts must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Detroit 
Institute of Arts is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to 
the Indian Tribe 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, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: September 20, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-21244 Filed 9-27-23; 8:45 am]
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