Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Michigan University, Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI, 5105 [2010-2008]
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Dated: December 22, 2009
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Western Michigan University,
Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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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 the inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of Western Michigan
University, Anthropology Department,
Kalamazoo, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from 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). 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 was made by Western Michigan
University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan, and the Sault Ste.
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Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan.
In 1972, human remains representing
a minimum of two individuals were
removed from the Beyer Site, Mackinac
County, MI, as part of the St. Ignace
archeological survey under the direction
of Dr. James Fitting. The burial was
encountered in a single excavation unit
and found to be partially disturbed,
most likely from agricultural plowing
evident across the site area. The burial
collection was transferred to Western
Michigan University for curation and
further analysis. Dr. Robert Sundick, a
physical anthropologist in the
Anthropology Department at Western
Michigan University, studied the human
remains. The three associated funerary
objects are a small amount of
unidentified animal bone, a lot of wood
charcoal, and one piece of chipped
stone debitage.
The human remains were determined
to be of Native American ancestry based
on skeletal and dental morphology. The
determination of a date from around
1650 C.E was based on stratigraphy,
ceramic association, and associated
trade goods, in particular local and
foreign material gunflints. French
missionary and military accounts make
it clear that Odawa and Ojibway peoples
inhabited both shores of the Straits of
Mackinac as early as 1650; their oral
histories indicate that they occupied
this area for generations before the
French arrived. In 1671, the Jesuits
established a mission at St. Ignace and
noted that many Odawa people lived
there. During the time that the Beyer
Site was occupied, circa 1650 C.E., the
Odawa and Ojibway were the major
tribes living in the St. Ignace area, in
addition to some Huron groups. In 1649,
Huron/Wyandotte refugees fled Iroquois
attacks in Ontario and some ultimately
settled on the north side of the Straits
at present-day St. Ignace. Although the
tribal affiliation of the human remains
found at St. Ignace is not scientifically
certain, the remains are likely culturally
affiliated with the Odawa, as they were
the tribe most commonly reported in the
area during the period in question.
Cultural affiliation between the Beyer
Site human remains and the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan, is based on their historic
continuity of occupation in the St.
Ignace area. Although the Beyer Site
material may relate to the Ojibway or
Huron refugees, the NAGPRA
coordinator of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of Michigan
(modern descendants of the Ojibway)
has sent Western Michigan University
letters of support for the repatriation of
the human remains removed from the
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Beyer Site to the Little Traverse Bay
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.
Consequently, the preponderance of
archeological, historic, and consultation
evidence connects the Beyer Site to the
Odawa Indians.
Officials of Western Michigan
University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), the
human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Western Michigan
University also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the
three objects 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. Lastly,
officials of Western Michigan University
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
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact LouAnn Wurst, Department of
Anthropology, Western Michigan
University, 1005 Moore Hall,
Kalamazoo, MI 49008, telephone (269)
387–2753, before March 3, 2010.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan may proceed after that date if
no additional claimants come forward.
Western Michigan University is
responsible for notifying the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan, and Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Michigan that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 5, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Western Michigan University,
Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
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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 the inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of Western Michigan University, Anthropology
Department, Kalamazoo, MI. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from 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).
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 was made by Western
Michigan University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan.
In 1972, human remains representing a minimum of two individuals
were removed from the Beyer Site, Mackinac County, MI, as part of the
St. Ignace archeological survey under the direction of Dr. James
Fitting. The burial was encountered in a single excavation unit and
found to be partially disturbed, most likely from agricultural plowing
evident across the site area. The burial collection was transferred to
Western Michigan University for curation and further analysis. Dr.
Robert Sundick, a physical anthropologist in the Anthropology
Department at Western Michigan University, studied the human remains.
The three associated funerary objects are a small amount of
unidentified animal bone, a lot of wood charcoal, and one piece of
chipped stone debitage.
The human remains were determined to be of Native American ancestry
based on skeletal and dental morphology. The determination of a date
from around 1650 C.E was based on stratigraphy, ceramic association,
and associated trade goods, in particular local and foreign material
gunflints. French missionary and military accounts make it clear that
Odawa and Ojibway peoples inhabited both shores of the Straits of
Mackinac as early as 1650; their oral histories indicate that they
occupied this area for generations before the French arrived. In 1671,
the Jesuits established a mission at St. Ignace and noted that many
Odawa people lived there. During the time that the Beyer Site was
occupied, circa 1650 C.E., the Odawa and Ojibway were the major tribes
living in the St. Ignace area, in addition to some Huron groups. In
1649, Huron/Wyandotte refugees fled Iroquois attacks in Ontario and
some ultimately settled on the north side of the Straits at present-day
St. Ignace. Although the tribal affiliation of the human remains found
at St. Ignace is not scientifically certain, the remains are likely
culturally affiliated with the Odawa, as they were the tribe most
commonly reported in the area during the period in question. Cultural
affiliation between the Beyer Site human remains and the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, is based on their
historic continuity of occupation in the St. Ignace area. Although the
Beyer Site material may relate to the Ojibway or Huron refugees, the
NAGPRA coordinator of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan (modern descendants of the Ojibway) has sent Western Michigan
University letters of support for the repatriation of the human remains
removed from the Beyer Site to the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa
Indians, Michigan. Consequently, the preponderance of archeological,
historic, and consultation evidence connects the Beyer Site to the
Odawa Indians.
Officials of Western Michigan University have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American
ancestry. Officials of Western Michigan University also have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the three objects 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. Lastly, officials of Western Michigan
University 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 Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact LouAnn Wurst, Department of Anthropology,
Western Michigan University, 1005 Moore Hall, Kalamazoo, MI 49008,
telephone (269) 387-2753, before March 3, 2010. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Little Traverse
Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
Western Michigan University is responsible for notifying the Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan, and Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Michigan that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 5, 2010
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2010-2008 Filed 1-29-10; 8:45 am]
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