Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park-City of St. Ignace, St. Ignace, MI, 7404-7406 [2021-01900]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0031386;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park—City of St.
Ignace, St. Ignace, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Museum of Ojibwa
Culture and Marquette Mission Park—
City of St. Ignace, 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 no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 Museum of Ojibwa
Culture and Marquette Mission Park—
City of St. Ignace. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 Museum of Ojibwa
Culture and Marquette Mission Park—
City of St. Ignace at the address in this
notice by March 1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Shirley Sorrels, Director,
Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 N Lafayette Street,
Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–
0648, email jan@nagpra.info.
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
Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park—City of St.
Ignace, St. Ignace, MI. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
SUMMARY:
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were removed from the Marquette
Mission Site (20MK82 and 20MK82–99),
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 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 Museum of
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission
Park—City of St. Ignace professional
staff in consultation with
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Saginaw
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan;
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; and
the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter referred
to as ‘‘The Consulted Tribes’’).
An invitation to consult was extended
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; Chippewa Cree Indians of
the Rocky Boy’s Reservation, Montana
(previously listed as Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana); Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
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component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; 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;
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and
two non-federally recognized Indian
groups, the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa
and Chippewa Indians, and the Grand
River Band of Ottawa Indians (hereafter
referred to as ‘‘The Invited Tribes and
Groups’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1987–1988, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual (excavator’s catalog number
3.2) were removed from the Marquette
Mission Site (20MK82–99) in St. Ignace,
Mackinac County, MI. The human
remains were discovered during the
installation of a wastewater treatment
system beneath the roadway. Onsite
cultural resource monitoring of
subsurface construction activities was
provided. During the excavation, the
partial human remains of a single
individual representing an adult female
were found in a round-bottomed pit
feature identified as Area 3. According
to the project report, the partial skeletal
remains reflected by the collection of
materials from Area 3 strongly suggests
that the remainder of the burial was
intact in the Area 3 zone. No known
individual was identified. The 14
associated funerary objects are the
faunal remains of one Acipense
Fulvescenes (lake sturgeon), two Alces
alces (moose), three Canis species (large
dog/wolf), one Canis cf. familiaris
(domestic dog), four Castor canadensis
(American beaver), two unidentified
mammals, and one Osteichthyes species
(bony fish).
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the
Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) in St.
Ignace, Mackinac County, MI. The
human remains (2019.01.079a;
2019.01.099a; 2019.01.100a) were found
during documentation of the Museum of
Ojibwa Culture collection. On August
13, 2020, the human remains were
identified as belonging to a child of less
than 14 years of age and of an
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indeterminate sex. No known individual
was identified. The 33 associated
funerary objects are two ceramic vessel
fragments (2019.01.079g), two clay pipe
stem fragments (2019.01.079b), one
medicine bottle (2019.01.079d), three
glass fragments (2019.01.079c), one lot
of marbles (2019.01.079f), one lot of
metal fragments (2019.01.079e), one nail
(2019.01.099b), one fragment of an
unknown material stamped ‘‘ED FRUIT
JA’’ (2019.01.079i), and 21 porcelain
fragments (2019.01.079h; 2019.01.099c;
2019.01.100b).
The Marquette Mission Site (20MK82)
and (20MK82–99) is located within
Marquette Mission Park. The Museum
of Ojibwa Culture manages the Park,
and both the Park and the Museum are
under the auspices of the City of St.
Ignace. Based on the archeological
context, the human remains from
20MK82 date to the 17th or 18th
century, when Native Americans
representing many different cultures,
including, but not limited to, the
Anishinaabek [Ojibwa/Ojibwe
(Chippewa) and Odawa (Ottawa)] and
Wendat (Huron) lived in proximity to or
visited the Marquette Mission Site.
Based on the archeological context, the
human remains from 20MK82–99 may
pre-date contact with European material
culture, at a time when many different
cultures inhabited and visited the area.
Determinations Made by the Museum of
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission
Park, City of St. Ignace
Officials of the Museum of Ojibwa
Culture and Marquette Mission Park—
City of St. Ignace 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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 47 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
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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 River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; 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); 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, Michigan;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain
Band of Chippewa Indians of North
Dakota.
• 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 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; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana (previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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
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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 River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; 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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 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; Shawnee Tribe;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Wyandotte
Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be 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; 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); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware
Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe
of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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
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Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; 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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 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; Shawnee Tribe;
Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Wyandotte
Nation (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Tribes’’).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Shirley Sorrels, Director,
Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein &
Associates, 1041 N Lafayette Street,
Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894–
0648, email jan@nagpra.info, by March
1, 2021. 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. If joined to a
request from one or more of The Tribes,
the non-federally recognized Burt Lake
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
may also receive transfer of control of
the human remains and associated
funerary objects.
The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park—City of St.
Ignace is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Tribes, The Invited Tribes
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and Groups, and The Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 14, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Interior, Fish and
Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
Anchorage, AK
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service,
Alaska Region, Anchorage, AK (Alaska
Region USFWS), has completed an
inventory of human remains, 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 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 should submit a written
request to the Alaska Region USFWS. If
no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Alaska Region USFWS
at the address in this notice by March
1, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Jeremy M. Karchut,
Regional Historic Preservation Officer,
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Alaska
Region, 1011 East Tudor Road, MS–235,
Anchorage, AK 99503, telephone (907)
786–3399, email Jeremy_Karchut@
fws.gov.
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
SUMMARY:
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of human remains under the control of
the U.S. Department of Interior, Fish
and Wildlife Service, Alaska Region,
Anchorage, AK. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from Chernabura Island,
Aleutians East Borough, AK.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Vassar College,
Department of Anthropology staff and
the Alaska Region USFWS professional
staff in consultation with the Agdaagux
Tribe of King Cove; Native Village of
Belkofski; Native Village of Unga;
Pauloff Harbor Village; Pribilof Islands
Aleut Communities of St. Paul & St.
George Islands; Qagan Tayagungin Tribe
of Sand Point (previously listed as
Qagan Tayagungin Tribe of Sand Point
Village) Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska;
and the Aleut Corporation, a nonfederally acknowledged Indian group
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Entities’’).
History and Description of the Remains
Between 1986 and 1994, human
remains representing, at minimum, 11
individuals were removed from site
XSI–007 (as recorded in the Alaska
Heritage Resource Survey database) on
Chernabura Island, Aleutians East
Borough, AK, by Dr. Lucy Johnson, a
faculty member in the Department of
Anthropology at Vassar College. Dr.
Johnson was investigating an
archeological site she named
‘‘Periwinkle Mound,’’ located on
Chernabura Island. As the land in
question is part of the Alaska Maritime
National Wildlife Refuge, this
investigation was conducted under
several Archaeological Resources
Protection Act (ARPA) permits issued
by the US Fish & Wildlife Service. Dr.
Johnson observed numerous human
remains eroding from the site and
collected the remains from the surface.
During her investigations, Dr. Johnson
collected more than 200 human bones
and teeth. Dr. Johnson recovered most of
the human remains in 1986 and 1988,
near the shore. They have been in the
physical custody of Vassar College since
Dr. Johnson completed her fieldwork at
the site in 1994.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031386; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park--City of St. Ignace, St. Ignace, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park--City
of St. Ignace, 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. 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 Museum of
Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park--City of St. Ignace. If no
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission
Park--City of St. Ignace at the address in this notice by March 1,
2021.
ADDRESSES: Shirley Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and
Marquette Mission Park, c/o Bernstein & Associates, 1041 N Lafayette
Street, Denver, CO 80218, telephone (303) 894-0648, 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 the Museum of Ojibwa
Culture and Marquette Mission Park--City of St. Ignace, St. Ignace, MI.
The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the
Marquette Mission Site (20MK82 and 20MK82-99), 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 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 Museum
of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park--City of St. Ignace
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Bay
Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas);
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shawnee Tribe; and the Wyandotte Nation
(hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
An invitation to consult was extended 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; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; 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; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 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); Nottawaseppi Huron Band
of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as Huron Potawatomi,
Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; 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;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and two non-federally recognized
Indian groups, the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, and
the Grand River Band of Ottawa Indians (hereafter referred to as ``The
Invited Tribes and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1987-1988, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual (excavator's catalog number 3.2) were removed from the
Marquette Mission Site (20MK82-99) in St. Ignace, Mackinac County, MI.
The human remains were discovered during the installation of a
wastewater treatment system beneath the roadway. Onsite cultural
resource monitoring of subsurface construction activities was provided.
During the excavation, the partial human remains of a single individual
representing an adult female were found in a round-bottomed pit feature
identified as Area 3. According to the project report, the partial
skeletal remains reflected by the collection of materials from Area 3
strongly suggests that the remainder of the burial was intact in the
Area 3 zone. No known individual was identified. The 14 associated
funerary objects are the faunal remains of one Acipense Fulvescenes
(lake sturgeon), two Alces alces (moose), three Canis species (large
dog/wolf), one Canis cf. familiaris (domestic dog), four Castor
canadensis (American beaver), two unidentified mammals, and one
Osteichthyes species (bony fish).
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) in St.
Ignace, Mackinac County, MI. The human remains (2019.01.079a;
2019.01.099a; 2019.01.100a) were found during documentation of the
Museum of Ojibwa Culture collection. On August 13, 2020, the human
remains were identified as belonging to a child of less than 14 years
of age and of an
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indeterminate sex. No known individual was identified. The 33
associated funerary objects are two ceramic vessel fragments
(2019.01.079g), two clay pipe stem fragments (2019.01.079b), one
medicine bottle (2019.01.079d), three glass fragments (2019.01.079c),
one lot of marbles (2019.01.079f), one lot of metal fragments
(2019.01.079e), one nail (2019.01.099b), one fragment of an unknown
material stamped ``ED FRUIT JA'' (2019.01.079i), and 21 porcelain
fragments (2019.01.079h; 2019.01.099c; 2019.01.100b).
The Marquette Mission Site (20MK82) and (20MK82-99) is located
within Marquette Mission Park. The Museum of Ojibwa Culture manages the
Park, and both the Park and the Museum are under the auspices of the
City of St. Ignace. Based on the archeological context, the human
remains from 20MK82 date to the 17th or 18th century, when Native
Americans representing many different cultures, including, but not
limited to, the Anishinaabek [Ojibwa/Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Odawa
(Ottawa)] and Wendat (Huron) lived in proximity to or visited the
Marquette Mission Site. Based on the archeological context, the human
remains from 20MK82-99 may pre-date contact with European material
culture, at a time when many different cultures inhabited and visited
the area.
Determinations Made by the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette
Mission Park, City of St. Ignace
Officials of the Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission
Park--City of St. Ignace 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 47 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 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 River
Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; 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);
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, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St.
Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota.
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
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; Chippewa Cree Indians
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as Chippewa-
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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 of Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; 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); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed
as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 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; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon
Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be 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; 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); Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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
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Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa
Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; 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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation (previously listed as Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); 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; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation (hereafter
referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 Shirley
Sorrels, Director, Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park,
c/o Bernstein & Associates, 1041 N Lafayette Street, Denver, CO 80218,
telephone (303) 894-0648, email [email protected], by March 1, 2021.
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. If joined to a request from one or
more of The Tribes, the non-federally recognized Burt Lake Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, may also receive transfer of control of
the human remains and associated funerary objects.
The Museum of Ojibwa Culture and Marquette Mission Park--City of
St. Ignace is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes, The
Invited Tribes and Groups, and The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: January 14, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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