83 FR 32322 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace, MI

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)

The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace, 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 Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace. 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.

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32322-32323]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-14900]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025758; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 
Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace, MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City 
of St. Ignace, 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 Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission 
Park, City of St. Ignace. 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 Museum of 
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace at the 
address in this notice by August 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and 
Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein & Associates, 1041 N Lafayette 
Street, Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, 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 Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, 
City of St. Ignace. The human remains were removed from Marquette 
Mission Site (20MK82), Mackinac 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) 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 Museum 
of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of St. Ignace 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Forest 
County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan.

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1983, 1997, and 2001, (during excavations by Michigan State 
University archeologists), human remains representing, at minimum, 
three individuals were removed with faunal remains from the Marquette 
Mission site (20MK82) in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, MI. After each 
excavation season, the excavated material were transported to the 
Michigan State University Museum, where they were curated. In early 
2017, during an examination of the faunal remains, three human teeth 
were identified: A child's worn shovel-shaped maxillary incisor 
(5810.005.02 box 8), an adult shovel-shaped incisor (5810.169.91.01), 
and an adult molar (5810.123.03.03). No known individuals

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were identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    The archeological site is within Marquette Mission Park. The Museum 
of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park manages the Park. Both the 
Park and the Museum are under the auspices of the City of St. Ignace. 
Based on the archaeological context, the human remains date to A.D. 
17th century, when Native Americans representing many different 
cultures, including but not limited to, the Wendat (Huron), 
Anishinaabek [Ojibwa/Ojibwe (Chippewa), Odawa (Ottawa)], 
Bod[eacute]wadmi (Potawatomi), and Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), lived in 
proximity to the Marquette Mission site.

Determinations Made by the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette 
Mission Park, City of St. Ignace

    Officials of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission 
Park, City of St. Ignace have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice are Native American based on the biological and 
archeological evidence.
     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, or Treaties, Acts of 
Congress, or Executive Orders, the land from which the Native American 
human remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians 
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the 
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen 
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe 
of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 
Indian Community, Michigan; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; 
Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; 
Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; 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; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); 
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; 
White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of 
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation (previously listed as the Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, 
Kansas); Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North 
Dakota; and Wyandotte Nation (hereinafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'')
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
human remains may be to The 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 Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of 
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein & Associates, 
1041 N Lafayette Street, Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, 
email [email protected], by August 13, 2018. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park, City of 
St. Ignace is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: June 11, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-14900 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am]
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