Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 42096 [E9-19978]
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and for the reburial to occur contingent
on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact the Forest Archaeologist,
Daniel Boone National Forest,
Winchester, KY 40391, telephone (859)
745–3138, before September 21, 2009.
Disposition of the human remains to the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of
North Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe,
Oklahoma; and United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Daniel Boone National Forest is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians of North
Carolina; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
and United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 20, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19971 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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
in the possession of The Public
Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from an unknown site in
or near Bay City, Bay 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
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National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by The Public Museum’s
professional staff in consultation with
the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan and Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
At an unknown date, human remains
representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from a burial
mound at an unknown location in or
near Bay City, Bay County, MI. In 1917,
the human remains were purchased by
The Public Museum from E.C. Crane. No
known individuals were identified. The
19 associated funerary objects are 2
copper kettles, 14 stone flakes, 2
scrapers, and 1 hammerstone.
Museum records indicate the material
is from ‘‘mound b2,’’ an unknown site
that is not recorded in the Michigan
State Historic Preservation Office
records. Museum records indicate that
the human remains were removed from
burial mounds, but do not indicate
where the removal was for the objects.
However, since the objects were found
stored with the human remains and are
consistent with other associated
funerary objects removed from the Bay
City area from burial mounds, the
cultural items have been determined to
be funerary objects associated with
these individuals. The remains of one
individual are associated with copper
kettles suggesting a historic date, and
the remaining two individuals were
associated with the lithic artifacts,
suggesting an unknown earlier context.
The associated funerary objects indicate
this was a multicomponent mound, and
that an historic burial was intrusive to
an earlier mound context.
Based on archeological expert
opinion, the human remains and
associated funerary objects are from a
site located within the Saginaw River
watershed which has been inhabited by
both the Ottawa and Chippewa people,
with the Chippewa becoming the
dominant group in the Saginaw River
Valley by the end of the 17th century.
Based on consultation with both the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan and Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan, as well as
historical, geographical, and
archeological evidence, The Public
Museum’s professional staff reasonably
believe the human remains and
associated funerary objects are affiliated
with the Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan.
Officials of The Public Museum have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
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remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of The
Public Museum also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the 19 cultural items described above
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual remains
at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony. Lastly,
officials of The Public Museum have
determined that, 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
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of
Collections and Preservation, The
Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW.,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone
(616) 456–3521, before September 21,
2009. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan may proceed after that date
if no additional claimants come
forward.
The Public Museum is responsible for
notifying the Little Traverse Bay Bands
of Odawa Indians, Michigan and
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 9, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9–19978 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: State
of Alaska, Alaska State Office of
History and Archaeology, Anchorage,
AK and Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 in the control of the State of
Alaska, Alaska Office of History and
Archaeology, Anchorage, AK, and in the
possession of the Alutiiq Museum and
Archaeological Repository, Kodiak, AK.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 in the possession of The Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from an
unknown site in or near Bay City, Bay 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.
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by The Public Museum's professional staff in
consultation with the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
At an unknown date, human remains representing a minimum of three
individuals were removed from a burial mound at an unknown location in
or near Bay City, Bay County, MI. In 1917, the human remains were
purchased by The Public Museum from E.C. Crane. No known individuals
were identified. The 19 associated funerary objects are 2 copper
kettles, 14 stone flakes, 2 scrapers, and 1 hammerstone.
Museum records indicate the material is from ``mound b2,'' an
unknown site that is not recorded in the Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office records. Museum records indicate that the human
remains were removed from burial mounds, but do not indicate where the
removal was for the objects. However, since the objects were found
stored with the human remains and are consistent with other associated
funerary objects removed from the Bay City area from burial mounds, the
cultural items have been determined to be funerary objects associated
with these individuals. The remains of one individual are associated
with copper kettles suggesting a historic date, and the remaining two
individuals were associated with the lithic artifacts, suggesting an
unknown earlier context. The associated funerary objects indicate this
was a multicomponent mound, and that an historic burial was intrusive
to an earlier mound context.
Based on archeological expert opinion, the human remains and
associated funerary objects are from a site located within the Saginaw
River watershed which has been inhabited by both the Ottawa and
Chippewa people, with the Chippewa becoming the dominant group in the
Saginaw River Valley by the end of the 17th century. Based on
consultation with both the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
and Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, as well as
historical, geographical, and archeological evidence, The Public
Museum's professional staff reasonably believe the human remains and
associated funerary objects are affiliated with the Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan.
Officials of The Public Museum have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
Officials of The Public Museum also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 19 cultural items described above are
reasonably believed to have been placed with or near individual remains
at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
Lastly, officials of The Public Museum have determined that, 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 Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of Collections and
Preservation, The Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., Grand Rapids, MI
49504, telephone (616) 456-3521, before September 21, 2009.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects to
the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan may proceed after that
date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Public Museum is responsible for notifying the Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan and Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe
of Michigan that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 9, 2009.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E9-19978 Filed 8-19-09; 8:45 am]
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