Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI, 18393-18394 [2022-06666]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Michigan State Historic Preservation
Office, Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office (Michigan SHPO)
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 a 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 the Michigan SHPO. 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.
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 the Michigan SHPO at the
address in this notice by April 29, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michael Hambacher, Staff Archeologist,
State Historic Preservation Office,
Michigan Economic Development
Corporation Building, 300 N
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SUMMARY:
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telephone (517) 243–9513, email
hambacherm@michigan.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
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Michigan State Historic Preservation
Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed from the White Rapids site
(20ME3), Menominee County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
was made by the Michigan SHPO
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy’s Reservation,
Montana (previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana);
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert
Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; Little Shell Tribe
of Chippewa Indians of Montana;
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi Huron
Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
(previously listed as Huron Potawatomi,
Inc.); and the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana (hereafter referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted Tribes’’).
The Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe,
Minnesota (Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake);
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band;
Leech Lake Band; White Earth Band);
Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
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(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;
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
Invited Tribes’’) were invited to consult,
but did not participate.
History and Description of the Human
Remains
In 1956, human remains representing,
at minimum, nine individuals were
removed from the White Rapids site
(20ME3), in Menominee County, MI,
during an excavation conducted by an
archeologist from the University of
Michigan Museum of Anthropological
Archaeology. The site consists of a pair
of mounds located near the Menominee
River in the Menominee State Forest.
Human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Mound 2,
which contained three separate burial
episodes designated as Features 1, 2,
and 3. Feature 1 is described as an
extended adult female burial. Feature 2
is described as containing charred
human remains from several long bones
representing multiple individuals.
Feature 3 is described as fragmentary
human remains from a disturbed burial.
The human remains removed from the
site are one young adult 19–30 years
old, female; one adult, female; one child
9–10 years old; one older adult 40+
years old, indeterminate sex; one
cremated adult, indeterminate sex; one
older adult 40+ years old, possible male;
one adult, possible female; one
cremated adult, possible male; and one
cremated adult 35–49 years old, female.
The burials date to the Late Woodland
Period (500–1400 A.D.) based on burial
treatment. No known individuals were
identified. The six associated funerary
objects are one lot of charred wood; one
lot of charcoal, soil, and unworked
pebbles; one lot of ashes; one lot of
charcoal; one lot of fire-cracked rock;
and one lot of grit-tempered and
decorated ceramic sherd.
The human remains have been
determined to be Native American
based on cranial morphology, accession
documentation, and archeological
context. A relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains from this site and the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin,
based on the site’s location within the
lands traditionally occupied by the
Menominee. Moreover, according to oral
tradition and historical accounts, the
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Menominee were most likely the
predominant tribe in the vicinity of the
site during the date range for this burial.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the Michigan
State Historic Preservation Office
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033639;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Officials of the Michigan State
Historic Preservation Office have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of nine
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the six 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), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects
and the Menominee Indian Tribe of
Wisconsin.
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, DC
Additional Requestors and Disposition
khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES
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 object should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Michael Hambacher, Staff
Archeologist, State Historic Preservation
Office, Michigan Economic
Development Corporation Building, 300
N Washington Square, Lansing, MI
48913, telephone (517) 243–9513, email
hambacherm@michigan.gov, by April
29, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Menominee Indian Tribe
of Wisconsin may proceed.
The Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and The
Invited Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: March 23, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
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.
AGENCY:
Consultation
ACTION:
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, &
Utah.
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
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.
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 funerary objects
should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to
the Bureau of Indian Affairs at the
address in this notice by April 29, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.
B.J. Howerton, Bureau of Indian Affairs,
1001 Indian School Road NW,
Albuquerque, NM 87114, telephone
(505) 563–3013, email BJ.Howerton@
bia.gov.
SUMMARY:
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
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Indian Affairs, Washington, DC. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Coconino
County, AZ.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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History and Description of the Remains
On May 17, 1971, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a historic
Navajo site (NA11021) in Coconino
County, AZ. The human remains were
removed from a burial during
authorized excavations prior to
construction of a railroad between Black
Mesa and Page, AZ, that crossed tribal
trust lands of the Navajo Nation,
Arizona. New Mexico, & Utah. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were first placed in the custody
of the Museum of Northern Arizona in
Flagstaff, AZ, in 1971. Subsequently,
they were placed in the custody of the
Navajo Nation Museum in Window
Rock, AZ. In 2019, custody of the
remains and funerary objects reverted to
the Museum of Northern Arizona. The
human remains belong to an adult
female. No known individual was
identified. The two associated funerary
objects are one metal spoon and one
metal can with a lid.
The burial was within a brush shade
structure (chaha’oh) typical of Navajo
architecture. Ethnographic interviews
indicated the burial belonged to a
Navajo person and was dated ca. 1920.
The burial’s location away from any
habitation and the presence of a shovel
near the burial structure are typical of
Navajo burial practices.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Indian Affairs
Officials of the U.S. Department of the
Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs 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 two objects described in this notice
are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 61 (Wednesday, March 30, 2022)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033641; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Historic
Preservation Office, Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (Michigan
SHPO) 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 a 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 the
Michigan SHPO. 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.
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 the Michigan SHPO at the address in this
notice by April 29, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Hambacher, Staff Archeologist,
State Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Economic Development
Corporation Building, 300 N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913,
telephone (517) 243-9513, 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 Michigan State
Historic Preservation Office, Lansing, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from the White Rapids site
(20ME3), Menominee County, MI.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated funerary
objects was made by the Michigan SHPO professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Chippewa Cree Indians of the
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as Chippewa-Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana); Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux
Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin;
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Mille Lacs Band); Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
and Indiana (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes'').
The Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; 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; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Bois
Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech
Lake Band; White Earth Band); 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; 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 Invited Tribes'') were invited to consult, but did not
participate.
History and Description of the Human Remains
In 1956, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals
were removed from the White Rapids site (20ME3), in Menominee County,
MI, during an excavation conducted by an archeologist from the
University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology. The site
consists of a pair of mounds located near the Menominee River in the
Menominee State Forest. Human remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Mound 2, which contained three separate burial
episodes designated as Features 1, 2, and 3. Feature 1 is described as
an extended adult female burial. Feature 2 is described as containing
charred human remains from several long bones representing multiple
individuals. Feature 3 is described as fragmentary human remains from a
disturbed burial. The human remains removed from the site are one young
adult 19-30 years old, female; one adult, female; one child 9-10 years
old; one older adult 40+ years old, indeterminate sex; one cremated
adult, indeterminate sex; one older adult 40+ years old, possible male;
one adult, possible female; one cremated adult, possible male; and one
cremated adult 35-49 years old, female. The burials date to the Late
Woodland Period (500-1400 A.D.) based on burial treatment. No known
individuals were identified. The six associated funerary objects are
one lot of charred wood; one lot of charcoal, soil, and unworked
pebbles; one lot of ashes; one lot of charcoal; one lot of fire-cracked
rock; and one lot of grit-tempered and decorated ceramic sherd.
The human remains have been determined to be Native American based
on cranial morphology, accession documentation, and archeological
context. A relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the Native American human remains from this site and the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, based on the site's location
within the lands traditionally occupied by the Menominee. Moreover,
according to oral tradition and historical accounts, the
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Menominee were most likely the predominant tribe in the vicinity of the
site during the date range for this burial.
Determinations Made by the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office
Officials of the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of nine individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the six 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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin.
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 object should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Michael Hambacher, Staff Archeologist, State
Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
Building, 300 N Washington Square, Lansing, MI 48913, telephone (517)
243-9513, email [email protected], by April 29, 2022. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin may proceed.
The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and The Invited Tribes that this notice
has been published.
Dated: March 23, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-06666 Filed 3-29-22; 8:45 am]
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