Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 27283-27284 [2017-12290]
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accomplished by individuals who have
been specifically trained to perform this
task, and is the only way to restore
physical possession of the item to the
Creator and to begin completion of the
ceremony. The Creator is the only One
who has the right to possess this type of
cultural item after its use by humans.
The traditional cultural authorities who
have been consulted have determined
that this cultural item must now be
properly put away.
Determinations Made by the Heard
Museum
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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
David M. Roche, Heard Museum, 2301
North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ
85004, telephone (602) 251–0226, email
droche@heard.org, by July 14, 2017.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred object and object
of cultural patrimony to YavapaiApache Nation of the Camp Verde
Indian Reservation, Arizona, may
proceed.
The Heard Museum is responsible for
notifying the San Carlos Apache Tribe
of the San Carlos Reservation, Arizona;
Tonto Apache Tribe of Arizona; White
Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort
Apache Reservation, Arizona; and
Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp
Verde Indian Reservation, Arizona, that
this notice has been published.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23331;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Officials of the Heard Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the one cultural item described above is
a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the one cultural item described above
has ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an
individual.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred object and object of
cultural patrimony and Yavapai-Apache
Nation of the Camp Verde Indian
Reservation, Arizona.
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Dated: April 27, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
SUMMARY:
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
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 and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
ADDRESSES:
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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; HoChunk Nation of Wisconsin; Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Matche-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 precontact sites in the northern Great Lakes
area and earlier practices of mound
burial observed among northern forager
groups. The ceramic assemblage
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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
bsecunda@umich.edu, 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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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23404;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural
Items: State Historical Society of North
Dakota, Bismarck, ND
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The State Historical Society of
North Dakota, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of objects of
cultural patrimony. 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 to the State
Historical Society of North Dakota. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
SUMMARY:
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
the State Historical Society of North
Dakota at the address in this notice by
July 14, 2017.
DATES:
Melissa Thompson, State
Historical Society of North Dakota, 612
East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505, telephone (701) 328–2691, email
methompson@nd.gov.
ADDRESSES:
Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural
items under the control of the State
Historical Society of North Dakota,
Bismarck, ND, that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony under
25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23331; 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 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
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 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 bsecunda@umich.edu, 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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