Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology, Ann Arbor, MI, 73670-73673 [2011-30626]
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identified by a member of the public at
site 45WW48, and were collected by the
Walla Walla County Sherriff’s
Department and transferred to the
Corps. The Corps subsequently
transferred these remains to WSU for
identification. Distinctive
morphological characteristics indicate
that the remains are Native American.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present. Site 45WW48 is adjacent to a
pre-contact village and burial site and is
consistent with other pre-contact Snake
River burial sites.
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Site 45WW49
In 1976, the Corps collected human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual from site 45WW49, near
Charbonneau Park on the south shore of
the Snake River. Distinctive
morphological characteristics indicate
that the remains are Native American.
No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are
present.
Site 45WW49 lies within the
boundaries of Site 45WW17, a precontact occupation site. The burial was
found on a low sandy bench, above a
river terrace habitation component. This
arrangement is consistent with the
Plateau pattern of pre-contact and
historic Native American villages,
whereby a burial ground is located close
to and above the village, on a bluff or
hill slope. Both sites are now inundated.
The relevant evidence supports a
cultural affiliation between the
Confederated Tribes of the Colville
Reservation, Washington; Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation, Oregon; Confederated
Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation,
Oregon; Confederated Tribes and Bands
of the Yakama Nation, Washington; and
the Nez Perce Tribe, Idaho (hereinafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’) and the
above-documented sites and collections.
Additionally, a cultural relationship is
determined to exist between the sites
and collections and the Wanapum Band,
a non-Federally recognized Indian
group (hereinafter referred to as ‘‘The
Indian Group’’). Information provided
by The Tribes and The Indian Group
shows that they are descended from the
Native people who occupied these sites,
and that the individuals buried along
the Snake and mid-Columbia rivers are
their ancestors. The aforementioned
tribes are all part of the more broadly
defined Plateau cultural community
having shared past and present
traditional lifeways that bind them to
common ancestors.
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Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Army Corps of Engineers,
Walla Walla District, have determined
that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9)–(10)
the human remains described above
represent the physical remains of 77
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 211 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.
• 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,
The Tribes, and The Indian Group.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact LTC David Caldwell, U.S.
Department of Defense, Army Corps of
Engineers, Walla Walla District, 201
North Third Ave., Walla Walla, WA
99362, telephone (509) 527–7700, before
December 29, 2011. Repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes and The Indian
Group may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Army Corps of Engineers, Walla Walla
District, is responsible for notifying The
Tribes and The Indian Group, that this
notice has been published.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropology, 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
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Indian tribes, and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the remains and any present-day Indian
tribe. Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains may
contact the University of Michigan
Office of the Vice President for
Research. Disposition of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to the Indian tribes stated below may
occur if no additional requestors come
forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian
tribe that believes it has a cultural
affiliation with the human remains
should contact the University of
Michigan Office of the Vice President
for Research at the address below by
December 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA
Project Manager, Office of the Vice
President for Research, University of
Michigan, 4080 Fleming Building, 503
Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI
48109–1340, telephone (734) 647–9085.
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 in the possession of the
University of Michigan. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from three sites in
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 University of
Michigan officials and its Museum of
Anthropology NAGPRA collections staff
in consultation with representatives of
the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; 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 Potawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
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Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (formerly the Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan (hereinafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes’’).
Additional requests for consultation
were sent to 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; 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; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 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;
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;
Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
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; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota; White Earth
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation,
Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1932, Robert Braidwood of the
University of Michigan discovered
human remains eroding from the surface
while conducting an archeological
survey of mounds comprising the
Juntunen and Arrowhead Drive Sites in
Mackinac County, MI. Between the
initial 1932 discovery and 1960, human
remains representing, at minimum, 76
individuals were excavated from the
Juntunen Site. In 1959, Mr. Charles
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Juntunen, the landowner of the site,
found the human remains while
preparing a road using a bulldozer. Mr.
Juntunen contacted the University of
Michigan to salvage the remains, and
Alan McPherron and James Griffin
conducted multiple excavations. The
Juntunen Site contains five ossuaries
(one large and four small, both defined
by secondary-burials), one infant burial,
and additional human remains collected
from the surface of a mound. The largest
ossuary discovered at the site consisted
of a lower burial pit (Feature 10)
separated by a sterile layer of soil from
an upper burial pit (Feature 11), both of
which were lined with birch bark. At
minimum, 33 individuals were found in
this ossuary buried in bundles, with a
high number of individuals exhibiting
pathological expressions of tuberculosis
in conjunction with chronic vitamin
deficiencies. The four smaller ossuaries
contained, at minimum, 32 individuals.
Additionally, an infant burial was
discovered in a pit that was covered by
a collapsed log roof. Human remains
were also recovered from the surface of
the site representing, at minimum, 10
individuals. No known individuals were
identified. There are 71 associated
funerary objects including: 1 medicine
bundle containing 2 stone points; 1 red
ground stone or palette; 2 ground
stones; 3 flint cores; 13 stone flakes; 3
bone chisels; 3 harpoon heads; 2 small
bone awls; 2 large bone awls; 1 otter
skull with soil; 1 lot consisting of a
strike-a-light kit—iron pyrite, flint, and
‘‘skitaagin; ’’ 1 copper awl; 1 bone
punch or splinter with polished tips; 1
lot of twined textile fragments from the
medicine bag; 2 miniature ceramic
vessels; 29 shell and fish beads; 1 lot of
approximately 700 Marginella shells
that formed a shell beaded band or belt;
and 3 lots of soil from the largest
ossuary.
McPherron and Griffin noted a long
history of occupation at the site.
Archeological analysis suggests that the
location was used as a large, seasonal
fishing camp during the Late Woodland
period. The burials were found to date
between 1200–1400 A.D. based on
ceramic typology and Carbon 14
analysis. The burial treatments found at
the site and in the ossuaries are
consistent with the time period.
In 1963, human remains representing,
at minimum, seven individuals (1
elderly male, 3 adult females, 2 adult
males, and 1 infant/neonate) were
excavated from Arrowhead Drive Site by
Charles Eyman of the University of
Michigan. No known individuals were
identified. The 20 associated funerary
objects include: 1 medicine bundle
containing 7 chert fragments; 1 animal
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bone lot with beaver incisors, black bear
maxilla, bird and mammal bones; 8
stone fragments including specular
hematite; 1 lot of the remains of a skin
bag; 1 lot of shell and soil; 1 antler tool
with a beaver incisor found near Burial
7; and 1 lot of ceramic sherds from two
partial vessels.
This site is adjacent to the Juntunen
Site; however, the mortuary treatment of
the human remains buried at
Arrowhead Drive show primary
interment in the mound, whereas
burials at the Juntunen site were
interred in secondary bundles.
Individuals at this site also show more
cavities and tooth wear than those from
the adjacent excavation. The burial
feature at this site was found to date
between 70 B.C.-170 A.D. based on
Carbon 14 dating and diagnostic
artifacts, falling within the Middle
Woodland period and pre-dating the
Juntunen Site by more than 1,000 years.
Sometime prior to 1924, human
remains representing, at minimum one
individual were removed from an
unknown site in Saint Ignace, MI. The
University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropology purchased the human
remains from Reverend L. P. Rowland in
November of 1924 as part of a larger
collection known as the ‘‘Rowland
Collection,’’ which spans approximately
1,000 archeological and ethnographic
objects from various locations in North
America. No information on
provenience is present except a
reference to Saint Ignace, MI on the
catalog card. Individual number 1276
was determined to be a middle aged
adult 30–50 years of age, possibly
female with cranial modifications from
cradle boarding. No known individuals
were identified. No funerary objects are
present.
Determinations Made by the University
of Michigan
Officials of the University of Michigan
have determined that:
• Based on cranial morphology,
dental traits, as well as the pottery and
artifacts associated with the burials that
all pre-date the contact period the
human remains are determined to be
Native American.
• 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, the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects,
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
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River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Fond du Lac
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; 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,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Mille Lacs
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma;
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 of Michigan;
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.
• Multiple lines of evidence,
including treaties, Acts of Congress, and
Executive Orders, indicate that the land
from which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
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; 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; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 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;
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and
Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Kickapoo
Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
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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,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
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; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe
of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; 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; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
White Earth Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 84
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 91 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains is to
The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe
that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains or
any other Indian tribe that believes it
satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR
10.11(c)(1) should contact Dr. Ben
Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager,
University of Michigan, Office of the
Vice President for Research, 4080
Fleming Building, 503 Thompson St.,
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109–1340,
telephone (734) 647–9085, before
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December 29, 2011. Disposition of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed after that date if no additional
requestors come forward.
The University of Michigan Office of
the Vice President for Research is
responsible for notifying the AbsenteeShawnee 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; Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s
Reservation, Montana; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of 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; 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,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
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; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the
Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe
of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; 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; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
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White Earth Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma that this
notice has been published.
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Read Dunes House, 1453 Tremont Rd.,
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Fort Collins Municipal Railway No. 22, 2333
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Grace and St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church,
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Russell Gulch I.O.O.F. Hall No. 47—Wagner
and Askew, 81 Russell Gulch Rd., Russell
Gulch, 11000903
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Richmond Downtown Historic District,
Roughly Main St. between 7th & 10th Sts.
& N. 8th St. between Main & A Sts.,
Richmond, 11000918
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Prince George’s County
Piscataway Village Historic District, Bounded
by Piscataway Cr., Piscataway Rd. &
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County MPS), 15951 Captiva Dr., Captiva,
11000904
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11000920
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Wee Haven, 1509 W. Park Ave., Champaign,
11000906
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Western Headquarters Building, 201
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District, (Illinois Waterway Navigation
System Facilities MPS), Illinois Waterway
mi. 290.0–321.7, Chicago, 11000907
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Resources of Pennsylvania MPS), 1318
19th Ave., Altoona, 11000922
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Grotto, The—Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, 15
E. Garibaldi Ave., Nesquehoning, 11000923
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Cragun, Strange Nathanial, House, 404 W.
Main St., Lebanon, 11000908
Carbon County
Chester County
Hancock County
Greenfield Residential Historic District,
Roughly bounded by Hendricks, South, &
Wood Sts., & Boyd Ave., Greenfield,
11000909
Sharpless Homestead, 1045 Birmingham Rd.
(Birmingham Township), West Chester,
11000924
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Green Hill Farms, 6 E. Lancaster Ave., Lower
Merion, 11000925
Jackson County
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Carr High School, (Indiana’s Public Common
and High Schools MPS), 10059 W. Cty. Rd.
250 S., Medora, 11000910
Jackson County Courthouse, 111 S. Main St.,
Brownstown, 11000911
Park Towne Place, 2200 Park Towne Place,
Philadelphia, 11000926
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J. Paul Loether,
Chief, National Register of Historic Places/
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Pratt, Wallace E., House, Pratt Dr. at
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Address Restricted, Indianapolis, 11000912
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Washington St., Pleasant Run Pkwy., N.
Arlington Ave., and E. side of N. Irwin St.,
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St., Shelby, 11000917
Lee County
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11000898
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Mahony Historic District, Roughly bounded
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Hotchkiss Homestead, 422 Riverside Dr.,
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Dated: November 22, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
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[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 229 (Tuesday, November 29, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 73670-73673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-30626]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[2253-665]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Michigan Museum of
Anthropology, 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, and has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains may contact the University
of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research. Disposition of
the human remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian tribes
stated below may occur if no additional requestors come forward.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes it has a
cultural affiliation with the human remains should contact the
University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for Research at the
address below by December 29, 2011.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, Office of the Vice
President for Research, University of Michigan, 4080 Fleming Building,
503 Thompson Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1340, telephone (734) 647-
9085.
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 in the possession of the University of
Michigan. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from three sites in 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 University
of Michigan officials and its Museum of Anthropology NAGPRA collections
staff in consultation with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; 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 Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi
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Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the Huron Potawatomi,
Inc.); Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan (hereinafter referred to as ``The
Tribes'').
Additional requests for consultation were sent to 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; 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; Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
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; 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; Leech
Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; 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; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
of North Dakota; White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota; and the Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
History and Description of the Remains
In 1932, Robert Braidwood of the University of Michigan discovered
human remains eroding from the surface while conducting an
archeological survey of mounds comprising the Juntunen and Arrowhead
Drive Sites in Mackinac County, MI. Between the initial 1932 discovery
and 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, 76 individuals were
excavated from the Juntunen Site. In 1959, Mr. Charles Juntunen, the
landowner of the site, found the human remains while preparing a road
using a bulldozer. Mr. Juntunen contacted the University of Michigan to
salvage the remains, and Alan McPherron and James Griffin conducted
multiple excavations. The Juntunen Site contains five ossuaries (one
large and four small, both defined by secondary-burials), one infant
burial, and additional human remains collected from the surface of a
mound. The largest ossuary discovered at the site consisted of a lower
burial pit (Feature 10) separated by a sterile layer of soil from an
upper burial pit (Feature 11), both of which were lined with birch
bark. At minimum, 33 individuals were found in this ossuary buried in
bundles, with a high number of individuals exhibiting pathological
expressions of tuberculosis in conjunction with chronic vitamin
deficiencies. The four smaller ossuaries contained, at minimum, 32
individuals. Additionally, an infant burial was discovered in a pit
that was covered by a collapsed log roof. Human remains were also
recovered from the surface of the site representing, at minimum, 10
individuals. No known individuals were identified. There are 71
associated funerary objects including: 1 medicine bundle containing 2
stone points; 1 red ground stone or palette; 2 ground stones; 3 flint
cores; 13 stone flakes; 3 bone chisels; 3 harpoon heads; 2 small bone
awls; 2 large bone awls; 1 otter skull with soil; 1 lot consisting of a
strike-a-light kit--iron pyrite, flint, and ``skitaagin; '' 1 copper
awl; 1 bone punch or splinter with polished tips; 1 lot of twined
textile fragments from the medicine bag; 2 miniature ceramic vessels;
29 shell and fish beads; 1 lot of approximately 700 Marginella shells
that formed a shell beaded band or belt; and 3 lots of soil from the
largest ossuary.
McPherron and Griffin noted a long history of occupation at the
site. Archeological analysis suggests that the location was used as a
large, seasonal fishing camp during the Late Woodland period. The
burials were found to date between 1200-1400 A.D. based on ceramic
typology and Carbon 14 analysis. The burial treatments found at the
site and in the ossuaries are consistent with the time period.
In 1963, human remains representing, at minimum, seven individuals
(1 elderly male, 3 adult females, 2 adult males, and 1 infant/neonate)
were excavated from Arrowhead Drive Site by Charles Eyman of the
University of Michigan. No known individuals were identified. The 20
associated funerary objects include: 1 medicine bundle containing 7
chert fragments; 1 animal bone lot with beaver incisors, black bear
maxilla, bird and mammal bones; 8 stone fragments including specular
hematite; 1 lot of the remains of a skin bag; 1 lot of shell and soil;
1 antler tool with a beaver incisor found near Burial 7; and 1 lot of
ceramic sherds from two partial vessels.
This site is adjacent to the Juntunen Site; however, the mortuary
treatment of the human remains buried at Arrowhead Drive show primary
interment in the mound, whereas burials at the Juntunen site were
interred in secondary bundles. Individuals at this site also show more
cavities and tooth wear than those from the adjacent excavation. The
burial feature at this site was found to date between 70 B.C.-170 A.D.
based on Carbon 14 dating and diagnostic artifacts, falling within the
Middle Woodland period and pre-dating the Juntunen Site by more than
1,000 years.
Sometime prior to 1924, human remains representing, at minimum one
individual were removed from an unknown site in Saint Ignace, MI. The
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropology purchased the human
remains from Reverend L. P. Rowland in November of 1924 as part of a
larger collection known as the ``Rowland Collection,'' which spans
approximately 1,000 archeological and ethnographic objects from various
locations in North America. No information on provenience is present
except a reference to Saint Ignace, MI on the catalog card. Individual
number 1276 was determined to be a middle aged adult 30-50 years of
age, possibly female with cranial modifications from cradle boarding.
No known individuals were identified. No funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the University of Michigan
Officials of the University of Michigan have determined that:
Based on cranial morphology, dental traits, as well as the
pottery and artifacts associated with the burials that all pre-date the
contact period the human remains are determined to be Native American.
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, the land from which the Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects, were removed is the aboriginal land of the
Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the
Bad
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River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Fond du
Lac Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Portage Band
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community,
Michigan; 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, Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 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 of Michigan; 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.
Multiple lines of evidence, including treaties, Acts of
Congress, and Executive Orders, indicate that the land from which the
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects 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; 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; Delaware
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern Shawnee
Tribe of 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; 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,
Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota;
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; Mille Lacs
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Nottawaseppi Huron
Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.);
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 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; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of 84 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 91 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains is to The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe that believes itself to be
culturally affiliated with the human remains or any other Indian tribe
that believes it satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1) should
contact Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
Michigan, Office of the Vice President for Research, 4080 Fleming
Building, 503 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1340, telephone
(734) 647-9085, before December 29, 2011. Disposition of the human
remains to The Tribes may proceed after that date if no additional
requestors come forward.
The University of Michigan Office of the Vice President for
Research is responsible for notifying 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; 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;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of 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; 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, Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota; 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; Mille
Lacs Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (formerly the Huron Potawatomi,
Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 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; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Shawnee Tribe, Oklahoma;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of
Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
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White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; and the
Wyandotte Nation, Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 22, 2011.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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