80 FR 62099 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 199 (October 15, 2015)

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The University of Michigan has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the University of Michigan. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-19369; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann 
Arbor, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The University of Michigan has completed an inventory of human 
remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and any present-day Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish 
to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a 
written request to the University of Michigan. If no additional 
requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to 
the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this 
notice may proceed.

DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written 
request with information in support of the request to the University of 
Michigan at the address in this notice by November 16, 2015.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
Michigan Office of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 S. Thompson 
Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340, telephone (734) 647-9085, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains under 
the control of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The human 
remains were removed from Ionia and Van Buren Counties, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole 
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has 
control of the Native American human remains. The National Park Service 
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the 
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology (UMMAA) 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Bay 
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky 
Boy's Reservation, Montana; 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, 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; 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and 
the Sault Ste.

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Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.
    Additional requests for consultation were sent to the Bad River 
Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Fond du 
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest County 
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Leech 
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Mille Lacs Band 
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band 
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian 
Reservation, California & Arizona; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Minnesota; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota; and the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota.
    Hereafter, all tribes listed in this section are referred to as 
``The Invited and Consulted Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1956, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals 
were removed from the Lyons Prairie site (20IA51) in Ionia County, MI. 
An amateur archeologist collected the human remains in 1956 and donated 
them to the UMMAA in 1964. The human remains are from an adolescent and 
an adult. It is uncertain how the site was identified or excavated. 
However, records at the UMMAA indicated there were 3 mounds that had 
been leveled off, located on a ``prairie'' between Lyons and Muir, 
south of the Grand River. The human remains are dated to the Woodland 
Period (850 B.C.-A.D. 1400) based on the presumption that they were 
removed from one of the burial mounds noted in the UMMAA's records. No 
known individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    On an unknown date between 1939 and 1940, human remains 
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Ament 
Village site (20VA01) in Van Buren County, MI. Amateur collectors found 
scattered objects that had emerged from 16 blowholes on the bank of 
School Section Lake. They reported that weathered bone was found near 
one of the blowholes. The collections were sent to the UMMAA on March 
13, 1941, for identification. On December 9, 1941, museum experts 
determined some of the bone fragments collected from the site to 
possibly be human. In 2012, UMMAA staff conducting re-inventory work 
located a box containing the cremated human remains of an adult that 
were noted as coming from the Ament Village site. These human remains 
are calcined, highly weathered, sun-bleached, and show horizontal 
cracking. No date or time period could be established for the human 
remains. No known individuals were identified. No associated funerary 
objects are present.

Determinations Made by the University of Michigan

    Officials of the University of Michigan have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on cranial morphology, dental 
traits, archeological context, and accession documentation.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of three individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American 
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, the land from which the 
Native American human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of 
The Invited and Consulted Tribes.
     Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate 
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed 
is the aboriginal land of The Invited and Consulted Tribes.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The Invited and Consuled Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control 
of these human remains should submit a written request with information 
in support of the request to Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, 
University of Michigan Office of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 
S. Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340, telephone (734) 647-9085, 
email [email protected], by November 16, 2015. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Invited and Consulted Tribes may proceed.
    The University of Michigan is responsible for notifying The Invited 
and Consulted Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: September 22, 2015.
Melanie O'Brien
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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the property owner at the time he of the Shoalwater Bay Indian transfer of control of the human remains
documented the site. Reservation (previously listed as the to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater organizations stated in this notice may
located on the north bank of the Bay Indian Reservation, Washington). proceed.
Columbia River near the mouth of the
Additional Requestors and Disposition DATES: Representatives of any Indian
river, in Pacific County, WA. Site 45–
Lineal descendants or representatives tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
PC–25 is a village site and site 45–PC–
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian not identified in this notice that wish to
4 is an adjacent burial ground. The
organization not identified in this notice request transfer of control of these
objects documented from site 45–PC–4
that wish to claim these cultural items human remains should submit a written
include beads. Funerary objects found
should submit a written request with request with information in support of
in burials at a nearby site include
information in support of the claim to the request to the University of
copper metal bracelets and blue and
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University Michigan at the address in this notice by
white glass trade beads that are similar
of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA November 16, 2015.
to the objects listed above. Additionally,
information provided during 98195, telephone (206) 685–3849 x2, ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
consultation indicates that these objects email plape@uw.edu, by November 16, Project Manager, University of Michigan
are consistent with funerary objects 2015. After that date, if no additional Office of Research, 4080 Fleming
typically found in Chinook territory. claimants have come forward, transfer Building, 503 S. Thompson Street, Ann
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are within of control of the unassociated funerary Arbor, MI 48109–1340, telephone (734)
an area of a known historic Chinook objects to Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe 647–9085, email bsecunda@umich.edu.
village, in the traditional aboriginal of the Shoalwater Bay Indian SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
territory of the Lower Chinook people. Reservation (previously listed as the here given in accordance with the
According to historical and Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater Native American Graves Protection and
anthropological sources (Kidd, 1967; Bay Indian Reservation, Washington) Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
Mooney, 1896; Ray, 1938; Ruby 1986; may proceed. 3003, of the completion of an inventory
Spier, 1936; Suttles 1990), as well as The Burke Museum is responsible for of human remains under the control of
information provided during notifying the Confederated Tribes of the the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor,
consultation, the aboriginal territory of Chehalis Reservation, Washington and MI. The human remains were removed
the Lower Chinook people included the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater from Ionia and Van Buren Counties, MI.
northern bank of the Columbia River Bay Indian Reservation (previously
This notice is published as part of the
mouth and lands north along the shore listed as the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the
National Park Service’s administrative
and into Willapa Bay. The people of this Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
area spoke a Chinook dialect and were Washington), that this notice has been
linguistically separate from other U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d).
published.
Chinook who lived farther up the The determinations in this notice are
Dated: September 17, 2015. the sole responsibility of the museum,
Columbia River (Suttles, 1990). Today Melanie O’brien,
the Chinook people are members of the institution, or Federal agency that has
Manager, National NAGPRA Program. control of the Native American human
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation [FR Doc. 2015–26296 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am] remains. The National Park Service is
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay BILLING CODE 4312–50–P not responsible for the determinations
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian in this notice.
Reservation, Washington), and the Consultation
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Chinook Indian Tribe, a non-federally
recognized Indian group represented by A detailed assessment of the human
National Park Service remains was made by the University of
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–19369; Michigan Museum of Anthropological
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Archaeology (UMMAA) professional
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian staff in consultation with
Notice of Inventory Completion: representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Reservation, Washington). University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree
Determinations Made by the Burke AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Museum Montana; Grand Traverse Band of
ACTION: Notice.
Officials of the Burke Museum have Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
determined that: SUMMARY: The University of Michigan Michigan; Hannahville Indian
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), has completed an inventory of human Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
the three cultural items described above remains, in consultation with the Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
are reasonably believed to have been appropriate Indian tribes or Native Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
placed with or near individual human Hawaiian organizations, and has Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little
remains at the time of death or later as determined that there is no cultural River Band of Ottawa Indians,
part of the death rite or ceremony and affiliation between the human remains Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
are believed, by a preponderance of the and any present-day Indian tribes or Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-
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evidence, to have been removed from a Native Hawaiian organizations. nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
specific burial site of a Native American Representatives of any Indian tribe or Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
individual. Native Hawaiian organization not Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there identified in this notice that wish to Michigan (previously listed as the
is a relationship of shared group request transfer of control of these Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band
identity that can be reasonably traced human remains should submit a written of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
between the unassociated funerary request to the University of Michigan. If Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
objects and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe no additional requestors come forward, Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.

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Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, (20VA01) in Van Buren County, MI. Fleming Building, 503 S. Thompson
Michigan. Amateur collectors found scattered Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1340,
Additional requests for consultation objects that had emerged from 16 telephone (734) 647–9085, email
were sent to the Bad River Band of the blowholes on the bank of School bsecunda@umich.edu, by November 16,
Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Section Lake. They reported that 2015. After that date, if no additional
Indians of the Bad River Reservation, weathered bone was found near one of requestors have come forward, transfer
Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) the blowholes. The collections were of control of the human remains to The
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, sent to the UMMAA on March 13, 1941, Invited and Consulted Tribes may
Minnesota; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, for identification. On December 9, 1941, proceed.
Oklahoma; Fond du Lac Band of the museum experts determined some of the The University of Michigan is
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; bone fragments collected from the site to responsible for notifying The Invited
Forest County Potawatomi Community, possibly be human. In 2012, UMMAA and Consulted Tribes that this notice
Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the staff conducting re-inventory work has been published.
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; located a box containing the cremated Dated: September 22, 2015.
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake human remains of an adult that were Melanie O’Brien
Superior Chippewa Indians of noted as coming from the Ament Village
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
site. These human remains are calcined,
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the [FR Doc. 2015–26317 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
highly weathered, sun-bleached, and
Lac du Flambeau Reservation of show horizontal cracking. No date or BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the time period could be established for the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; human remains. No known individuals
Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
were identified. No associated funerary
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Ottawa objects are present.
Tribe of Oklahoma; Prairie Band National Park Service
Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as Determinations Made by the University [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–
the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, of Michigan 19365;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Kansas); Quechan Tribe of the Fort Officials of the University of Michigan
Yuma Indian Reservation, California & have determined that: Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arizona; Red Cliff Band of Lake • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Superior Chippewa Indians of human remains described in this notice AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa are Native American based on cranial ACTION: Notice.
Indians, Minnesota; Sokaogon morphology, dental traits, archeological
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. context, and accession documentation. SUMMARY: The University of Michigan
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the has completed an inventory of human
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa human remains described in this notice remains and associated funerary objects,
Indians of North Dakota; and the White represent the physical remains of three in consultation with the appropriate
Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa individuals of Native American Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
Tribe, Minnesota. ancestry. organizations, and has determined that
Hereafter, all tribes listed in this • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a there is no cultural affiliation between
section are referred to as ‘‘The Invited relationship of shared group identity the human remains and any present-day
and Consulted Tribes.’’ cannot be reasonably traced between the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
History and Description of the Remains Native American human remains and organizations. Representatives of any
any present-day Indian tribe. Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
In 1956, human remains representing, • According to final judgments of the organization not identified in this notice
at minimum, two individuals were Indian Claims Commission or the Court
removed from the Lyons Prairie site that wish to request transfer of control
of Federal Claims, the land from which of these human remains and associated
(20IA51) in Ionia County, MI. An the Native American human remains
amateur archeologist collected the funerary objects should submit a written
were removed is the aboriginal land of request to the University of Michigan. If
human remains in 1956 and donated The Invited and Consulted Tribes. no additional requestors come forward,
them to the UMMAA in 1964. The • Treaties, Acts of Congress, or transfer of control of the human remains
human remains are from an adolescent Executive Orders, indicate that the land
and an adult. It is uncertain how the site and associated funerary objects to the
from which the Native American human Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
was identified or excavated. However, remains were removed is the aboriginal
records at the UMMAA indicated there organizations stated in this notice may
land of The Invited and Consulted proceed.
were 3 mounds that had been leveled Tribes.
off, located on a ‘‘prairie’’ between • Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the DATES: Representatives of any Indian
Lyons and Muir, south of the Grand disposition of the human remains may tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
River. The human remains are dated to be to The Invited and Consuled Tribes. not identified in this notice that wish to
the Woodland Period (850 B.C.–A.D. request transfer of control of these
1400) based on the presumption that Additional Requestors and Disposition human remains and associated funerary
they were removed from one of the Representatives of any Indian tribe or objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
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burial mounds noted in the UMMAA’s Native Hawaiian organization not
records. No known individuals were identified in this notice that wish to request to the University of Michigan at
identified. No associated funerary request transfer of control of these the address in this notice by November
objects are present. human remains should submit a written 16, 2015.
On an unknown date between 1939 request with information in support of ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
and 1940, human remains representing, the request to Dr. Ben Secunda, Project Manager, University of Michigan
at minimum, one individual were NAGPRA Project Manager, University of Office of Research, 4080 Fleming
removed from the Ament Village site Michigan Office of Research, 4080 Building, 503 S. Thompson Street, Ann

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80 FR 62099 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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