Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 62099-62100 [2015-26317]
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the property owner at the time he
documented the site.
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are
located on the north bank of the
Columbia River near the mouth of the
river, in Pacific County, WA. Site 45–
PC–25 is a village site and site 45–PC–
4 is an adjacent burial ground. The
objects documented from site 45–PC–4
include beads. Funerary objects found
in burials at a nearby site include
copper metal bracelets and blue and
white glass trade beads that are similar
to the objects listed above. Additionally,
information provided during
consultation indicates that these objects
are consistent with funerary objects
typically found in Chinook territory.
Sites 45–PC–25 and 45–PC–4 are within
an area of a known historic Chinook
village, in the traditional aboriginal
territory of the Lower Chinook people.
According to historical and
anthropological sources (Kidd, 1967;
Mooney, 1896; Ray, 1938; Ruby 1986;
Spier, 1936; Suttles 1990), as well as
information provided during
consultation, the aboriginal territory of
the Lower Chinook people included the
northern bank of the Columbia River
mouth and lands north along the shore
and into Willapa Bay. The people of this
area spoke a Chinook dialect and were
linguistically separate from other
Chinook who lived farther up the
Columbia River (Suttles, 1990). Today
the Chinook people are members of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington), and the
Chinook Indian Tribe, a non-federally
recognized Indian group represented by
the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation
(previously listed as the Shoalwater Bay
Tribe of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation, Washington).
Determinations Made by the Burke
Museum
Officials of the Burke Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the three cultural items described above
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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a
specific burial site of a Native American
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the unassociated funerary
objects and Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
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of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Peter Lape, Burke Museum, University
of Washington, Box 353010, Seattle, WA
98195, telephone (206) 685–3849 x2,
email plape@uw.edu, by November 16,
2015. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
objects to Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
of the Shoalwater Bay Indian
Reservation (previously listed as the
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation, Washington)
may proceed.
The Burke Museum is responsible for
notifying the Confederated Tribes of the
Chehalis Reservation, Washington and
Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the Shoalwater
Bay Indian Reservation (previously
listed as the Shoalwater Bay Tribe of the
Shoalwater Bay Indian Reservation,
Washington), that this notice has been
published.
Dated: September 17, 2015.
Melanie O’brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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,
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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 bsecunda@umich.edu.
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-benash-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
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(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
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Fleming Building, 503 S. Thompson
Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109–1340,
telephone (734) 647–9085, email
bsecunda@umich.edu, 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.
[FR Doc. 2015–26317 Filed 10–14–15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–50–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–
19365;PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 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 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
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 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 November
16, 2015.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
Project Manager, University of Michigan
Office of Research, 4080 Fleming
Building, 503 S. Thompson Street, Ann
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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
bsecunda@umich.edu.
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 bsecunda@umich.edu, 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.
[FR Doc. 2015-26317 Filed 10-14-15; 8:45 am]
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