82 FR 27283 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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The University of Michigan has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the University of Michigan. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

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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 and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has 
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human 
remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or 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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request 
to the University of Michigan. If no additional requestors come 
forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Native 
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the University of Michigan at the address in 
this notice by July 14, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
Michigan, Office of Research, 4080 Fleming Building, 503 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 and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the University of 
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from the Backlund Mound Group site (20ME2), 
Menominee County, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). 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 and associated funerary objects. 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 
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; 
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; 
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed 
as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); and Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, 
Michigan and Indiana (hereafter ``The Consulted Tribes'').
    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; Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's 
Reservation, Montana; 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; Prairie Band of Potawatomi 
Nation, Kansas; Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, 
California and Arizona; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; St. 
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 
Wisconsin; Turtle

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Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; White Earth Band of 
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and Winnebago Tribe of 
Nebraska (hereafter ``The Tribes Invited to Consult'').

History and Description of the Remains

    In the summer of 1956, human remains representing, at minimum, 20 
individuals were removed from the Backlund Mound Group site (20ME2) in 
Menominee County, MI. Archeologists from the UMMAA excavated three low, 
conical mounds on the bank of the Menominee River. Two features within 
one of the mounds held human remains and funerary objects. In one 
feature, the human remains consist of 1 child, 4-8 years old, sex 
indeterminate, and an infant, sex indeterminate. Another feature within 
the mound, described as a rock-capped ossuary, held the human remains 
of, at minimum, 18 individuals. The human remains consist of 1 older 
adult, possibly female; 1 adult female over 50 years old; 4 adult males 
over 50 years old; 1 adult female over 40 years old; 1 adult male, 30-
50 years old; 1 adult male, 35-49 years old; 1 adult male, 30-40 years 
old; 1 young adult, possibly male, 20-35 years old; 1 adult male, age 
indeterminate; 1 young adult female, 20-25 years old; 1 adolescent, 11-
14 years old, sex indeterminate; 1 child, 8-10 years old, sex 
indeterminate; 1 child, age and sex indeterminate; 1 neonate; and 1 
cremated adult. One lot of DNA extractions, taken from the human 
remains in this collection between 1996 and 2006, are also included in 
this notice. The burials have been dated to the Late Woodland Period 
(A.D. 1350, +/-110 years) based on Carbon 14 analysis of charcoal from 
the site. No known individuals were identified. Three associated 
funerary objects found in the mound fill are one copper spear point; 
one perforated long bone fragment, possibly deer; and one lot of beak 
fragments from a female eagle.
    The human remains have been determined to be Native American, based 
on cranial morphology and dental traits. A relationship of shared group 
identity can be reasonably traced between the Native American human 
remains from this site and the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, 
based on multiple lines of evidence. The mode of burial, specifically 
ossuary burial within a conical mound, suggests a merging of practices 
between the large ossuary burials recorded at late pre-contact sites in 
the northern Great Lakes area and earlier practices of mound burial 
observed among northern forager groups. The ceramic assemblage 
collected from contemporary midden deposits identified at the site is 
strongly suggestive of Algonquian origin. The site is located within 
the aboriginal lands of the Menominee as described in traditional and 
historical accounts, and at a date that makes these descriptions 
relevant.

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 represent the physical remains of 20 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 3 objects described 
in this notice 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the 
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or 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 and associated 
funerary objects 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 
Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340, telephone (734) 647-9085, 
email [email protected], by July 14, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Menominee Indian 
Tribe of Wisconsin may proceed.
    The University of Michigan is responsible for notifying The 
Consulted Tribes and The Tribes Invited to Consult that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: April 28, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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accomplished by individuals who have Dated: April 27, 2017. The human remains and associated
been specifically trained to perform this Melanie O’Brien, funerary objects were removed from the
task, and is the only way to restore Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Backlund Mound Group site (20ME2),
physical possession of the item to the [FR Doc. 2017–12291 Filed 6–13–17; 8:45 am] Menominee County, MI.
Creator and to begin completion of the BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
This notice is published as part of the
ceremony. The Creator is the only One National Park Service’s administrative
who has the right to possess this type of responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
cultural item after its use by humans. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
The traditional cultural authorities who this notice are the sole responsibility of
have been consulted have determined National Park Service the museum, institution, or Federal
that this cultural item must now be agency that has control of the Native
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23331;
properly put away. American human remains and
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
associated funerary objects. The
Determinations Made by the Heard Notice of Inventory Completion: National Park Service is not responsible
Museum University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI for the determinations in this notice.
Officials of the Heard Museum have AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Consultation
determined that: ACTION: Notice. A detailed assessment of the human
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), remains was made by the University of
the one cultural item described above is SUMMARY: The University of Michigan Michigan Museum of Anthropological
a specific ceremonial object needed by has completed an inventory of human Archaeology (UMMAA) professional
traditional Native American religious remains and associated funerary objects, staff in consultation with
leaders for the practice of traditional in consultation with the appropriate representatives of the Hannahville
Native American religions by their Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-
present-day adherents. organizations, and has determined that Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Keweenaw
there is a cultural affiliation between the Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), human remains and associated funerary Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
the one cultural item described above objects and present-day Indian tribes or Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Match-
has ongoing historical, traditional, or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
cultural importance central to the descendants or representatives of any Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Native American group or culture itself, Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
rather than property owned by an organization not identified in this notice Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
individual. that wish to request transfer of control Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there of these human remains and associated as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); and
is a relationship of shared group funerary objects should submit a written Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
identity that can be reasonably traced request to the University of Michigan. If Michigan and Indiana (hereafter ‘‘The
between the sacred object and object of no additional requestors come forward, Consulted Tribes’’).
cultural patrimony and Yavapai-Apache transfer of control of the human remains Additional requests for consultation
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian and associated funerary objects to the were sent to the Bad River Band of the
Reservation, Arizona. lineal descendants, Indian tribes, or Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Additional Requestors and Disposition this notice may proceed. Wisconsin; Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake)
DATES: Lineal descendants or
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Lineal descendants or representatives Minnesota; Chippewa-Cree Indians of
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana;
organization not identified in this notice Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
that wish to claim these cultural items identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these Fond du Lac Band of the Minnesota
should submit a written request with Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Forest
information in support of the claim to human remains and associated funerary
County Potawatomi Community,
David M. Roche, Heard Museum, 2301 objects should submit a written request
Wisconsin; Grand Portage Band of the
North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ with information in support of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
85004, telephone (602) 251–0226, email request to the University of Michigan at
Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
droche@heard.org, by July 14, 2017. the address in this notice by July 14,
Superior Chippewa Indians of
After that date, if no additional 2017.
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
claimants have come forward, transfer ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the
of control of the sacred object and object Project Manager, University of Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
of cultural patrimony to Yavapai- Michigan, Office of Research, 4080 Wisconsin; Leech Lake Band of the
Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Fleming Building, 503 Thompson Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Indian Reservation, Arizona, may Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1340, Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
proceed. telephone (734) 647–9085, email Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Prairie
The Heard Museum is responsible for bsecunda@umich.edu. Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas;
notifying the San Carlos Apache Tribe SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is Quechan Tribe of the Fort Yuma Indian
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona; here given in accordance with the Reservation, California and Arizona;
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White Native American Graves Protection and Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and 3003, of the completion of an inventory Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp of human remains and associated Minnesota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona, that funerary objects under the control of the of Wisconsin; Sokaogon Chippewa
this notice has been published. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI. Community, Wisconsin; Turtle

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Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of collected from contemporary midden DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
North Dakota; White Earth Band of the deposits identified at the site is strongly
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; suggestive of Algonquian origin. The National Park Service
and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska site is located within the aboriginal
(hereafter ‘‘The Tribes Invited to lands of the Menominee as described in [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23404;
Consult’’). traditional and historical accounts, and PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
History and Description of the Remains at a date that makes these descriptions
relevant. Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
In the summer of 1956, human Items: State Historical Society of North
remains representing, at minimum, 20 Determinations Made by the University Dakota, Bismarck, ND
individuals were removed from the of Michigan
Backlund Mound Group site (20ME2) in AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
Menominee County, MI. Archeologists Officials of the University of Michigan ACTION: Notice.
from the UMMAA excavated three low, have determined that:
conical mounds on the bank of the • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of
Menominee River. Two features within human remains described in this notice North Dakota, in consultation with the
one of the mounds held human remains represent the physical remains of 20 appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
and funerary objects. In one feature, the individuals of Native American Hawaiian organizations, has determined
human remains consist of 1 child, 4–8 that the cultural items listed in this
ancestry.
years old, sex indeterminate, and an notice meet the definition of objects of
infant, sex indeterminate. Another • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants
feature within the mound, described as the 3 objects described in this notice are or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
a rock-capped ossuary, held the human reasonably believed to have been placed Native Hawaiian organization not
remains of, at minimum, 18 individuals. with or near individual human remains identified in this notice that wish to
The human remains consist of 1 older at the time of death or later as part of claim these cultural items should
adult, possibly female; 1 adult female the death rite or ceremony. submit a written request to the State
over 50 years old; 4 adult males over 50 • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Historical Society of North Dakota. If no
years old; 1 adult female over 40 years additional claimants come forward,
is a relationship of shared group
old; 1 adult male, 30–50 years old; 1 transfer of control of the cultural items
identity that can be reasonably traced
adult male, 35–49 years old; 1 adult to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
male, 30–40 years old; 1 young adult, between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
possibly male, 20–35 years old; 1 adult in this notice may proceed.
male, age indeterminate; 1 young adult and the Menominee Indian Tribe of
female, 20–25 years old; 1 adolescent, Wisconsin. DATES: Lineal descendants or
11–14 years old, sex indeterminate; 1 representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Additional Requestors and Disposition
child, 8–10 years old, sex indeterminate; Native Hawaiian organization not
1 child, age and sex indeterminate; 1 Lineal descendants or representatives identified in this notice that wish to
neonate; and 1 cremated adult. One lot of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian claim these cultural items should
of DNA extractions, taken from the organization not identified in this notice submit a written request with
human remains in this collection that wish to request transfer of control information in support of the claim to
between 1996 and 2006, are also of these human remains and associated the State Historical Society of North
included in this notice. The burials have funerary objects should submit a written Dakota at the address in this notice by
been dated to the Late Woodland Period July 14, 2017.
request with information in support of
(A.D. 1350, +/¥110 years) based on the request to Dr. Ben Secunda, ADDRESSES: Melissa Thompson, State
Carbon 14 analysis of charcoal from the Historical Society of North Dakota, 612
NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
site. No known individuals were East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
Michigan, Office of Research, 4080
identified. Three associated funerary 58505, telephone (701) 328–2691, email
objects found in the mound fill are one Fleming Building, 503 Thompson
Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1340, methompson@nd.gov.
copper spear point; one perforated long
bone fragment, possibly deer; and one telephone (734) 647–9085, email SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
lot of beak fragments from a female bsecunda@umich.edu, by July 14, 2017. here given in accordance with the
eagle. After that date, if no additional Native American Graves Protection and
The human remains have been requestors have come forward, transfer Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
determined to be Native American, of control of the human remains and 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
based on cranial morphology and dental associated funerary objects to the items under the control of the State
traits. A relationship of shared group Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin Historical Society of North Dakota,
identity can be reasonably traced may proceed. Bismarck, ND, that meet the definition
between the Native American human of objects of cultural patrimony under
The University of Michigan is 25 U.S.C. 3001.
remains from this site and the
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, This notice is published as part of the
Tribes and The Tribes Invited to Consult
based on multiple lines of evidence. The National Park Service’s administrative
that this notice has been published.
mode of burial, specifically ossuary responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
mstockstill on DSK30JT082PROD with NOTICES

burial within a conical mound, suggests Dated: April 28, 2017. U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
a merging of practices between the large Melanie O’Brien, this notice are the sole responsibility of
ossuary burials recorded at late pre- Manager, National NAGPRA Program. the museum, institution, or Federal
contact sites in the northern Great Lakes [FR Doc. 2017–12290 Filed 6–13–17; 8:45 am]
agency that has control of the Native
area and earlier practices of mound American cultural items. The National
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burial observed among northern forager Park Service is not responsible for the
groups. The ceramic assemblage determinations in this notice.

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82 FR 27283 - Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

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