Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 50882-50884 [2022-17769]
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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 Bryn Mawr
College professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma; Catawba Indian Nation
(previously listed as Catawba Tribe of
South Carolina); Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma;
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee
Tribal Town; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma;
Miccosukee Tribe of Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
(previously listed as Poarch Band of
Creeks); Quapaw Nation (previously
listed as The Quapaw Tribe of Indians);
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously
listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida
(Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations));
Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation;
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage
Tribe); The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma were invited to
consult but did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in
this section are referred to as ‘‘The
Consulted and Invited Tribes.’’
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History and Description of the Remains
Sometime in the nineteenth century,
human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
removed from a burial at a mound site
in the City of Natchez, Adams County,
MS. Upon his death in 1882, William
Sansom Vaux bequeathed a collection to
the Academy of Natural Sciences in
Philadelphia (ANS) that included the
human remains and associated funerary
objects listed in this notice. The ANS
accessioned them on June 27, 1912. In
1961, the ANS loaned approximately
3,000 items, including these human
remains and associated funerary objects,
to Bryn Mawr College. In 1997, the ANS
transferred control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
to Bryn Mawr College. No known
individuals were identified. The 10
associated funerary objects are one lot of
iron rings or beads, three copper
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bracelets, three copper beads, one bone
bead, one shell bead, and one shell ring.
Mound sites in the region are
associated with the Plaquemine
Mississippian period (circa 1200–1730
CE) and the Natchez people. Based on
the presence of iron cultural items, the
burial occurred after contact with
European material culture.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by Bryn Mawr
College
AGENCY:
Officials of Bryn Mawr College have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of, at
minimum, three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 10 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 Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana;
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians;
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation (hereafter referred to as
‘‘The Tribes’’).
SUMMARY:
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 to Marianne Weldon, Bryn
Mawr College, 101 N Merion Avenue,
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610)
526–5022, email mweldon@
brynmawr.edu, by September 19, 2022.
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.
Bryn Mawr College is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Invited
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
The Grand Rapids Public
Museum 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 Grand Rapids Public
Museum. 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 Grand Rapids Public
Museum at the address in this notice by
September 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex
Forist, Chief Curator, Grand Rapids
Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone
(616) 929–1809, email aforist@grpm.org.
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
Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Norton Mounds (20KT01)
in Kent 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
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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.
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Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the Grand Rapids
Public Museum professional staff in
consultation with representatives of
representatives of the Bay Mills Indian
Community, Michigan; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; 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 of 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
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan
and the following non-federally
recognized Indian groups: the Burt Lake
Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and the
Grand River Bands of Ottawa Indians
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Consulted
Indian Tribes and Groups’’).
History and Description of the Remains
During 1962–1964, human remains
representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from Norton
Mounds (20KT01) in Kent County, MI.
This site was excavated by staff from the
University of Michigan in cooperation
with the Grand Rapids Public Museum
(GRPM). The human remains consist of
eight fragments of human bone that
include: two rib end fragments, three
fragments of shaft (these were not
accompanied with any context), one
fragment of a distal end of the sacrum,
and one inferior border fragment. One
human manubrium fragment was found
in a mix of mammal bones and fill. No
known individuals were identified. The
35 lots of associated funerary objects
include one lot of ceramic sherds with
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seed, one lot of lithic debitage, one lot
of turtle shell and bone, one lot of wood
fragments, one lot of ash sample, one lot
of faunal bone, one lot of fish bones, one
lot of mammal bones, one lot of
sturgeon bone, one lot of woodchuck
bones, one lot of deer bones, one lot of
turkey bone, one lot of catfish bones,
one lot of silt sample, one lot of soil
sample, one lot of mussel shells, one lot
of snail shell, one lot of walleye bone,
one lot of skunk bones, one lot of
charcoal, one lot of pebbles, one lot of
rocks, one lot of chipmunk mandibles,
one lot of weasel bones, one lot of
raccoon bones, one lot of blade, one lot
of shell, one lot of flake, one lot of bird
bones, one lot of copper beads, one lot
of textile, one lot of shell, one lot of celt,
one lot of bark fragments in ash and soil,
and one lot of lithic flake.
Norton Mounds is a Middle
Woodland burial location that, based on
radiocarbon dates, diagnostic ceramics,
and lithics, dates between 100 B.C. and
A.D. 200. The collection from this site
is extensively documented in a report
by Griffin, Flanders and Titterington
(1970).
Determinations Made by the Grand
Rapids Public Museum
Officials of the Grand Rapids Public
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on the
Middle Woodland culture at Norton
Mounds.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of eight
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 35 lots of 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
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
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Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of 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
Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation (previously listed as Prairie Band
of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation,
Oklahoma; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
• 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 Tribes.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
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 Alex Forist, Chief Curator,
Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl
Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929–1809, email
aforist@grpm.org, by September 19,
2022. 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 following two non-federally
recognized Indian groups may receive
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects: the Burt
Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and
the Grand River Bands of Ottawa
Indians.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is
responsible for notifying The Consulted
Indian Tribes and Groups that this
notice has been published.
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Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022–17769 Filed 8–17–22; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine 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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 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 with information in support of
the request to the National Museum of
Health and Medicine at the address in
this notice by September 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
Brian F. Spatola, Curator of Anatomical
Division, National Museum of Health
and Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison
Forest Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver
Spring, MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–
3353, email brian.f.spatola.civ@
mail.mil.
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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 under the control of
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring,
MD. The human remains were removed
from San Nicolas Island, Ventura
County, CA.
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 the National
Museum of Health and Medicine
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the La Jolla Band of
Luiseno Indians, California (previously
listed as La Jolla Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the La Jolla
Reservation); Pala Band of Mission
Indians (previously listed as Pala Band
of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala
Reservation, California); Pauma Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma
& Yuima Reservation, California;
Pechanga Band of Indians (previously
listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pechanga
Reservation, California); Rincon Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon
Reservation, California; Santa Ynez
Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California;
and the Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians, California (hereafter referred to
as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1889, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from San Nicolas Island in
Ventura County, CA. The human
remains were removed by amateur
archeologist Reverend Stephen Bowers
and donated to the Army Medical
Museum (today the National Museum of
Health and Medicine) by Reverend
Bowers on March 10, 1890, through
Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Smith, U.S.
Army, Medical Department. The human
remains consist of the mandible
belonging to an adult of indeterminate
age with antemortem tooth loss. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains are Native
American based on archeological,
biological, and geographical evidence.
Descendants of the original inhabitants
of San Nicolas Island are found today
among the Bands of the
Payo´mkawichum (‘‘Luisen˜o’’) Tribe and
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the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, California.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Health
Agency, National Museum of Health
and Medicine
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine 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(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and The Tribes.
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 should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Mr. Brian F.
Spatola, Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil, by
September 19, 2022. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to The Tribes may
proceed.
The U.S. Department of Defense,
Defense Health Agency, National
Museum of Health and Medicine is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Grand Rapids Public Museum 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
Grand Rapids Public Museum. 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum at the address in this
notice by September 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Forist, Chief Curator, Grand
Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504,
telephone (616) 929-1809, 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 Grand Rapids
Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Norton Mounds (20KT01) in Kent
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
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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 Grand
Rapids Public Museum professional staff in consultation with
representatives of representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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 of 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
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan and the following non-federally recognized
Indian groups: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and the Grand
River Bands of Ottawa Indians (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
Indian Tribes and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
During 1962-1964, human remains representing, at minimum, eight
individuals were removed from Norton Mounds (20KT01) in Kent County,
MI. This site was excavated by staff from the University of Michigan in
cooperation with the Grand Rapids Public Museum (GRPM). The human
remains consist of eight fragments of human bone that include: two rib
end fragments, three fragments of shaft (these were not accompanied
with any context), one fragment of a distal end of the sacrum, and one
inferior border fragment. One human manubrium fragment was found in a
mix of mammal bones and fill. No known individuals were identified. The
35 lots of associated funerary objects include one lot of ceramic
sherds with seed, one lot of lithic debitage, one lot of turtle shell
and bone, one lot of wood fragments, one lot of ash sample, one lot of
faunal bone, one lot of fish bones, one lot of mammal bones, one lot of
sturgeon bone, one lot of woodchuck bones, one lot of deer bones, one
lot of turkey bone, one lot of catfish bones, one lot of silt sample,
one lot of soil sample, one lot of mussel shells, one lot of snail
shell, one lot of walleye bone, one lot of skunk bones, one lot of
charcoal, one lot of pebbles, one lot of rocks, one lot of chipmunk
mandibles, one lot of weasel bones, one lot of raccoon bones, one lot
of blade, one lot of shell, one lot of flake, one lot of bird bones,
one lot of copper beads, one lot of textile, one lot of shell, one lot
of celt, one lot of bark fragments in ash and soil, and one lot of
lithic flake.
Norton Mounds is a Middle Woodland burial location that, based on
radiocarbon dates, diagnostic ceramics, and lithics, dates between 100
B.C. and A.D. 200. The collection from this site is extensively
documented in a report by Griffin, Flanders and Titterington (1970).
Determinations Made by the Grand Rapids Public Museum
Officials of the Grand Rapids Public Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on the Middle Woodland culture
at Norton Mounds.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of eight individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 35 lots of 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 Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; 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 of 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
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation
(previously listed as Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas); Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
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
Tribes.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary objects may be to 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 Alex
Forist, Chief Curator, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1809, email
[email protected], by September 19, 2022. 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
following two non-federally recognized Indian groups may receive
transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary
objects: the Burt Lake Band of Ottawa & Chippewa and the Grand River
Bands of Ottawa Indians.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum is responsible for notifying The
Consulted Indian Tribes and Groups that this notice has been published.
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Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-17769 Filed 8-17-22; 8:45 am]
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