Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 52998-52999 [2022-18737]

Download as PDF 52998 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 / Notices individual were excavated and removed from Site 1Tu876, the Fitts site, a small Mississippian farmstead. No known individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Determinations Made by the University of Alabama Museums Officials of the University of Alabama Museums have determined that: • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 10,245 individuals of Native American ancestry. • Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 1,520 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 Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ‘‘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 and associated funerary objects should submit a written request with information in support of the request to Dr. William Bomar, Executive Director, University of Alabama Museums, Box 870340, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487, telephone (205) 348–7551, email bbomar@ua.edu, by September 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 Tribes may proceed. The University of Alabama Museums is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published. Dated: August 24, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–18741 Filed 8–29–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Aug 29, 2022 Jkt 256001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034428; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 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, 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 Michigan State University. 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 Michigan State University at the address in this notice by September 29, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Arts and Collections, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432–2524, email stoddart@msu.edu. 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 under the control of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. The human remains were removed from Kite Pueblo, Torrance County, NM. 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas. In addition, the following Indian Tribes were invited to consult but did not participate: Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo (previously listed as Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, and as Pueblo of Santo Domingo); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to as ‘‘The Tribes.’’ History and Description of the Remains In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were removed from Kite Pueblo (LA–199) in Torrance County, NM. Excavations were conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) under the direction of Dr. Alison Rautman. Kite Pueblo is a 50-room masonry-and-adobe pueblo organized around a central plaza that was occupied from A.D. 1250 to 1350. Excavations conducted in the northwest corner of the plaza located a fetal burial, likely around 9.5 lunar months of age. No funerary objects were found in association with the burial. In addition to the burial, isolated human remains belonging to at least two individuals— an adult and juvenile—were recovered from midden and room fill across the site. The landowner signed a letter requesting the human remains not be reinterred on their property and donating the collections from the site to MSU; however, they were not accessioned into the MSU Museum system. Kite Pueblo was occupied by Ancestral Puebloan people from approximately A.D. 1250 to 1350. All the individuals listed in this notice are reasonably believed to be Ancestral Puebloan based on the E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2022 / Notices provenience and documentation associated with the human remains. A relationship of shared group identity can be traced between Ancestral Puebloan people and modern Puebloan groups, based on oral tradition, historical evidence, folkloric, archeological, geographical, linguistic, kinship, and scientific studies. 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 three individuals 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 Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Arts and Collections, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432–2524, email stoddart@msu.edu, by September 29, 2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed. Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published. Dated: August 24, 2022. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2022–18737 Filed 8–29–22; 8:45 am] NEW HAMPSHIRE BILLING CODE 4312–52–P khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES before August 20, 2022, for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. DATES: Comments should be submitted electronically by September 14, 2022. ADDRESSES: Comments are encouraged to be submitted electronically to National_Register_Submissions@ nps.gov with the subject line ‘‘Public Comment on <property or proposed district name, (County) State>.’’ If you have no access to email you may send them via U.S. Postal Service and all other carriers to the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service, 1849 C Street NW, MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register of Historic Places/National Historic Landmarks Program, 1849 C Street NW, MS 7228, Washington, DC 20240, sherry_frear@nps.gov, 202–913–3763. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The properties listed in this notice are being considered for listing or related actions in the National Register of Historic Places. Nominations for their consideration were received by the National Park Service before August 20, 2022. Pursuant to section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60, comments are being accepted concerning the significance of the nominated properties under the National Register criteria for evaluation. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be aware that your entire comment—including your personal identifying information—may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so. Nominations submitted by State or Tribal Historic Preservation Officers: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Grafton County Lower Intervale Grange #321, 471 Daniel Webster Hwy., Plymouth, SG100008224 National Park Service OHIO [NPS–WASO–NRNHL–DTS#–34417; PPWOCRADI0, PCU00RP14.R50000] AGENCY: Cuyahoga County Sidaway Bridge (Twentieth-Century African American Civil Rights Movement in Ohio MPS), Sidaway Avenue over Kingsbury Run, connecting Sidaway Ave., and East 67th and Sidaway Ave., near Berwick Rd., Cleveland, MP100008227 ACTION: VERMONT National Register of Historic Places; Notification of Pending Nominations and Related Actions National Park Service, Interior. Notice. The National Park Service is soliciting electronic comments on the significance of properties nominated SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Aug 29, 2022 Jkt 256001 Windham County Broad Brook Grange Hall, 3940 Guilford Center Rd., Guilford, SG10000822 PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 52999 WASHINGTON Franklin County Morning Star Baptist Church, (The Black American Experience in Pasco, Washington MPS), 631 South Douglas Ave., Pasco, MP100008226 WISCONSIN St. Croix County New Richmond East Side Historic District, Bounded by South Arch Ave., the rear of properties facing East 2nd St., South Starr Ave., and East 3rd St., New Richmond, SG100008225 WYOMING Hot Springs County Downtown Thermopolis Historic District (Boundary Increase), 531–541 Broadway, 109 South 6th St., Thermopolis, BC100008220 Authority: Section 60.13 of 36 CFR part 60. Dated: August 23, 2022. Sherry A. Frear, Chief, National Register of Historic Places/ National Historic Landmarks Program. [FR Doc. 2022–18682 Filed 8–29–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034425; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, Mobile, AL National Park Service, Interior. Notice; amendment. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on April 5, 2016. This notice amends the previously reported minimum number of 21 individuals and 5,281 associated funerary objects in a collection removed from the Burnt Village Site 9TP9, Troup County, GA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after September 29, 2022. ADDRESSES: Ms. Alexandria Smith, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Mobile District, 109 St. Joseph Street, P.O. Box 2288, Mobile, AL 36628–0001, telephone (251) 690–2728, email Alexandria.N.Smith@usace.army.mil. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30AUN1.SGM 30AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034428; 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, 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 Michigan State University. 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 Michigan 
State University at the address in this notice by September 29, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judith Stoddart, Associate Provost, 
University Arts and Collections, Michigan State University, 287 Delta 
Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, 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 under 
the control of Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI. The human 
remains were removed from Kite Pueblo, Torrance County, NM.
    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 Michigan 
State University professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Pueblo of Acoma, New 
Mexico; and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo of Texas. In addition, the 
following Indian Tribes were invited to consult but did not 
participate: Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (previously listed as Pueblo of 
San Juan); Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of 
Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, 
New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New 
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; 
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo 
Pueblo (previously listed as Kewa Pueblo, New Mexico, and as Pueblo of 
Santo Domingo); and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. 
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to 
as ``The Tribes.''

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1994, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals 
were removed from Kite Pueblo (LA-199) in Torrance County, NM. 
Excavations were conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) under the 
direction of Dr. Alison Rautman. Kite Pueblo is a 50-room masonry-and-
adobe pueblo organized around a central plaza that was occupied from 
A.D. 1250 to 1350. Excavations conducted in the northwest corner of the 
plaza located a fetal burial, likely around 9.5 lunar months of age. No 
funerary objects were found in association with the burial. In addition 
to the burial, isolated human remains belonging to at least two 
individuals--an adult and juvenile--were recovered from midden and room 
fill across the site.
    The landowner signed a letter requesting the human remains not be 
reinterred on their property and donating the collections from the site 
to MSU; however, they were not accessioned into the MSU Museum system. 
Kite Pueblo was occupied by Ancestral Puebloan people from 
approximately A.D. 1250 to 1350.
    All the individuals listed in this notice are reasonably believed 
to be Ancestral Puebloan based on the

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provenience and documentation associated with the human remains. A 
relationship of shared group identity can be traced between Ancestral 
Puebloan people and modern Puebloan groups, based on oral tradition, 
historical evidence, folkloric, archeological, geographical, 
linguistic, kinship, and scientific studies.

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 three individuals 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 Judith 
Stoddart, Associate Provost, University Arts and Collections, Michigan 
State University, 287 Delta Court, East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone 
(517) 432-2524, email [email protected], by September 29, 2022. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
    Michigan State University is responsible for notifying The Tribes 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 24, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-18737 Filed 8-29-22; 8:45 am]
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