[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49186-49187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12708]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038052; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, 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 University of Michigan intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects and that have a known lineal descendant.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after July 11, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Office Managing Director, University 
of Michigan, Office of Research, Suite G269, Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI 
48109-1274, telephone (734) 615-8936, 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 
University of Michigan and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of nickel silver 
brooches and one lot of shell and glass beads. On an unknown date in 
1913, two lots of Cultural Items were removed from the Ft. Wayne site 
in Allen Co, Indiana on the property of Dr. Gillis, Lawton Place, and 
donated to the University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological 
Archaeology (UMMAA) by Mrs. Gertrude E. Dean on June 19, 1936. UMMAA 
records note ``a sword with the burial. Someone in Wash. D. C. got most 
of the material . . . silver crosses and arm bands.'' The site is dated 
to the post-contact A.D. 1700-1850 based on diagnostic artifacts. This 
location is known to be the burial site of the Miami leader, Little 
Turtle. The University of Michigan has no record of, nor do its 
officials have any knowledge of, any treatment of items with 
pesticides, preservatives, or other substances that represent a 
potential hazard to the collection(s) or to persons handling the 
collection(s).

Determinations

    The University of Michigan has determined that:
     The two unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     The known lineal descendants, Daryl Baldwin (Miami Tribe 
of Oklahoma) and Scott Willard (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma), are connected 
to the cultural items described in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under 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 July 11, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Michigan 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. The University of Michigan is 
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and 
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any 
other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.


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    Dated: May 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12708 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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