Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 56273-56274 [2020-20068]
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transferred to Michigan State
University’s Forensic Anthropology
Laboratory, where the remains were
analyzed by Anthropology Professor Dr.
Joseph Hefner. No known individuals
were identified. The one associated
funerary object is a hatchet head (FA–
040–17).
Determinations Made by Michigan
State University
Officials of Michigan State University
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
archeological context, biological
evidence, and geographic location.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 40
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 195 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), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects 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
and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of
Michigan.
• Treaties, Acts of Congress, or
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 Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
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 of
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
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(Six component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
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, Michigan;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain
Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota.
• According to other authoritative
government sources, the land from
which the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed is the aboriginal land of
the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Sac &
Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and
Nebraska; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
and the Sac & Fox Tribe of the
Mississippi in Iowa.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad
River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana (previously
listed as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
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 of
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of
Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe
of the Mississippi in Iowa; Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribes
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 Judith Stoddart, Associate
Provost for University Collections and
Arts Initiatives, Michigan State
University, 466 W Circle Drive, East
Lansing, MI 48824–1044, telephone
(517) 432–2524, email stoddart@
msu.edu, by October 13, 2020. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
Michigan State University is
responsible for notifying The Tribes,
The Consulted Tribes and Groups, and
The Invited Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 14, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Michigan State University 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 Michigan State University. 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.
SUMMARY:
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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 Michigan State University at
the address in this notice by October 13,
2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Judith Stoddart, 466 W Circle Drive,
East Lansing, MI 48824–1044, telephone
(517) 432–2524, email stoddart@
msu.edu.
DATES:
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
Michigan State University, East Lansing,
MI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
Arizona.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Michigan State
University professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Salt River
Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of
the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The
Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously
listed as Ak Chin Indian Community of
the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian
Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
were invited but did not participate.
Hereafter, the above Indian Tribes are
referred to as ‘‘The Consulted and
Invited Tribes.’’
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, probably
sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown location in Arizona. On
October 10, 1961, the Michigan State
University Museum took custody of
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these human remains and an associated
funerary object as part of the Boudeman
Collection. The donor was Mrs. Donna
Boudeman. Her husband, Donald
Boudeman, had collected in Alaska,
Siberia, and continental North America
in the 1920s and 1930s. On May 28,
2019, the human remains were found in
Michigan State University’s Forensic
Anthropology Laboratory, and in July of
2019, the association of a ceramic vessel
with the human remains was confirmed.
No known individual was identified.
The one associated funerary object
(2005.59.1) is a Gila crematory urn.
Determinations Made by Michigan
State University
Officials of Michigan State University
have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the one object described in this notice
is 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 object
and the Ak-Chin Indian Community
(previously listed as Ak Chin Indian
Community of the Maricopa (Ak Chin)
Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River
Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe
of Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
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 Judith Stoddart, Associate
Provost for University Collections and
Arts Initiatives, Michigan State
University, 466 W Circle Drive, East
Lansing, MI 48824–1044, telephone
(517) 432–2524, email stoddart@
msu.edu, by October 13, 2020. After that
date, if no additional requestors have
come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object to The Consulted and Invited
Tribes may proceed.
Michigan State University is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
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and Invited Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: August 14, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
Program.
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Notice of Proposed Administrative
Settlement Agreement and Order on
Consent for Removal Action Pursuant
to the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act
On September 1, 2020, the U.S.
Department of Justice approved an
Administrative Settlement Agreement
and Order on Consent for Removal
Action (ASAOC) at the Atlas Mill Site
in Ouray County, Colorado, between the
U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest
Service Region 2 and Good Samaritan
Trout Unlimited.
The ASAOC is authorized pursuant to
the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA). Under the terms of the
ASAOC, Good Samaritan Trout
Unlimited will conduct a non-time
critical removal action on 8.8 acres that
is contaminated by approximately
26,000 cubic yards of mill tailings and
waste rock on the banks of Sneffels
Creek in Ouray County, Colorado.
Specifically, the Atlas Mine and Mill
Site (Site) is located on the Grand Mesa,
Uncompahgre and Gunnison National
Forest about 81⁄2 miles southwest of
Ouray, Colorado, in the Mount Sneffels
Mining District. In return for conducting
the removal, the United States will
provide a covenant not to sue or take
administrative action under CERCLA at
the Site where cleanup work is
occurring.
The publication of this notice opens
a period for public comment on the
ASAOC. Comments should be
addressed to the Assistant Attorney
General, Environment and Natural
Resources Division, and should refer to
In the Matter of Atlas Mill Site, Ouray
County, Colorado, D.J. Ref. No. 90–11–
3–09760/1. All comments must be
submitted no later than thirty (30) days
after the publication date of this notice.
Comments may be submitted either by
email or by mail:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030680; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Michigan State University 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 Michigan State University. 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.
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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 Michigan State University at the address in
this notice by October 13, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Stoddart, 466 W Circle Drive,
East Lansing, MI 48824-1044, telephone (517) 432-2524, email
[email protected].
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 Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Arizona.
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 Michigan
State University professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona. The
Ak-Chin Indian Community (previously listed as Ak Chin Indian Community
of the Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River
Indian Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Tohono
O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation,
New Mexico were invited but did not participate. Hereafter, the above
Indian Tribes are referred to as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, probably sometime in the 1920s or 1930s, human
remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from an
unknown location in Arizona. On October 10, 1961, the Michigan State
University Museum took custody of these human remains and an associated
funerary object as part of the Boudeman Collection. The donor was Mrs.
Donna Boudeman. Her husband, Donald Boudeman, had collected in Alaska,
Siberia, and continental North America in the 1920s and 1930s. On May
28, 2019, the human remains were found in Michigan State University's
Forensic Anthropology Laboratory, and in July of 2019, the association
of a ceramic vessel with the human remains was confirmed. No known
individual was identified. The one associated funerary object
(2005.59.1) is a Gila crematory urn.
Determinations Made by Michigan State University
Officials of Michigan State University have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice is 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 object and the Ak-Chin
Indian Community (previously listed as Ak Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation, Arizona); Gila River Indian
Community of the Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni
Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
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 Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost for
University Collections and Arts Initiatives, Michigan State University,
466 W Circle Drive, East Lansing, MI 48824-1044, telephone (517) 432-
2524, email [email protected], by October 13, 2020. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary object to The Consulted and
Invited Tribes may proceed.
Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The
Consulted and Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 14, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation
Act (NAGPRA) Program.
[FR Doc. 2020-20068 Filed 9-10-20; 8:45 am]
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