Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 62593-62595 [2023-19600]
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Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the David
A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State
University intends to repatriate a certain
cultural item that meets the definition of
an object of cultural patrimony and that
has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice. The cultural item was
removed from Sutter County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, David A.
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections
Facility at Sonoma State University,
1801 East Cotati Avenue, Building 29,
Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone
(530) 514–8472, email caradine@
sonoma.edu.
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at
Sonoma State University has
determined that:
• The one cultural item described
above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural item and the
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria of California.
National Park Service
This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the David A.
Fredrickson Archaeological Collections
Facility at Sonoma State University. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at
Sonoma State University.
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after October 12, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the David A. Fredrickson
Archaeological Collections Facility at
Sonoma State University must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural
items are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The David
A. Fredrickson Archaeological
Collections Facility at Sonoma State
University is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
One cultural item (Accession Number
91–29) was removed from archeological
site CA–SUT–17 in Sutter County, CA,
in 1991. The object of cultural
patrimony is one lot consisting of flaked
stone tools and debitage; faunal bone
tools; groundstone objects; shell beads;
and unmodified faunal bones and
shells.
Cultural Affiliation
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The cultural item in this notice is
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
and expert opinion in the form of Tribal
Traditional Knowledge.
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Requests for Repatriation
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan
State University intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The cultural items were removed
from Mackinac County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan
State University, 287 Delta Court, East
Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517)
432–2524, email stoddart@msu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of Michigan State
University. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice. Additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records held by Michigan State
University.
SUMMARY:
Description
The 381 cultural items were removed
from Mackinac County, MI. Beginning
in 1958, these objects were removed
from the Gros Cap Archaeological
District in Mackinac County, MI. Sites
and localities within the District and
surrounding area include the Gros Cap
site (20MK6), the Campfire Site
(20MK7), the post-contact era Gros Cap
Cemetery, ‘‘Ryerse Beach Cottage,’’
‘‘Graham Point,’’ and ‘‘Killarney
Beach.’’ The objects were acquired by
Orlando Greenlees. On at least one
occasion, Greenlees acquired Native
American cultural items from other
individuals, including a Mr. Bicknell.
Mr. Greenlees owned the property
adjacent to the Gros Cap Cemetery and
served as its caretaker. In 1970, Alicia
Mackin acquired Greenlees’ collection,
and on April 12, 1976, she donated it to
Michigan State University Museum.
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The 381 unassociated funerary objects
are five catlinite beads (3901.18.3.5;
3901.18.3.6; No catalog #), three
catlinite pipe fragments (3901.18.2.6;
3901.26.5; 3901.26.13), one catlinite
effigy pipe fragment (3901.18.3.1), three
catlinite beaver effigies (3901.18.3.2),
three catlinite pendant fragments
(3901.18.3.3; 3901.18.3.4; 3901.18.3.8),
one catlinite cross effigy (3901.18.3.7),
one stone pipe fragment (3901.24.5),
nine clay pipe bowl and stem fragments
(3901.26.2; 3901.26.3; 3901.26.4;
3901.26.8; 3901.26.9; 3901.26.10;
3901.26.11; 3901.26.12; 3901.30.12), one
Scottish pipe fragment (3901.26.7), one
French pipe bowl fragment (3901.26.1),
one ceramic pipe bowl with incising
(3901.28.18), six lots consisting of
ceramic sherds (3901.15.7; 3901.22.19;
3901.32.17; 3901.33.19; 3901.99.5), two
refit ceramic vessels (3901.15.6/
3901.99.4 and 3901.12.14/3901.15.7/
3901.99.4/3901.99.5), 14 grit tempered
ceramic sherds (3901.12.13; 3901.12.15;
3901.12.16; 3901.15.5; 3901.15.6;
3901.18.5.5; 3901.30.14; 3901.30.15;
3901.30.16; 3901.30.17; 3901.99.6;
3901.99.7; 3901.99.8; 3901.99.9), one
copper bracelet (3901.18.2.4), one
copper nugget (3901.22.17), two copper
sheet sections (3901.30.13), two copper
hair pullers (3901.33.12; 3901.33.13),
two lots of copper strips (3901.15.8;
3901.22.21), two copper axe heads
(3901.24.9; 3901.25.1), two lots
consisting of copper beads (3901.22.22;
3901.24.10), three lots consisting of
rolled copper kettle fragments
(3901.22.20; 3901.30.23; 3901.33.16),
one copper handle cover (3901.27.19);
one copper kettle (3901.101); one
copper kettle latch (3901.15.10), three
lots consisting of copper tinkling cones
(3901.15.9; 3901.22.23; 3901.31.7), three
lots consisting of copper scrap
(3901.31.8; 3901.99.3), 12 lots consisting
of animal bones (3901.12.9; 3901.27.2;
3901.27.5; 3901.28.16; 3901.28.17;
3901.30.20; 3901.30.21; 3901.31.4;
3901.31.5; 3901.33.24; 3901.34.9;
3901.100.1), two lots consisting of burnt
animal bones (3901.15.14; 3901.32.15),
three lots consisting of animal teeth
(3901.26.21; 3901.26.23; 3901.27.7), five
lots consisting of worked animal bones
(3901.27.9; 3901.27.11; 3901.27.12;
3901.27.13; 3901.32.14), three lots
consisting of bird bones (3901.26.20;
3901.33.18; 3901.34.10), one lot
consisting of turtle shells (3901.27.8), 11
lots consisting of fish bones
(3901.18.5.4; 3901.27.4; 3901.30.2;
3901.30.6; 3901.30.7; 3901.31.3;
3901.34.8), six lots consisting of
sturgeon bones (3901.12.8; 3901.15.4;
3901.27.1; 3901.31.2), three beaver
mandible fragments (3901.12.12;
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3901.26.17; 3901.30.8), two beaver
incisors (3901.30.9), two eagle talons
(3901.26.18), one boar tusk (3901.26.19),
one raccoon mandible (3901.20.8), one
deer tibia (2901.18.2.5), seven lots
consisting of dog mandibles and teeth
(3901.15.1; 3901.15.2; 3901.15.3;
3901.26.22; 3901.27.3; 3901.30.3;
3901.30.10), one piece of cut antler
(3901.12.11), one small animal horn
(3901.26.24), two bone needles
(3901.18.4.1; 3901.18.4.2), one bone
gorge (3901.28.14); one bone wedding
spoon with birds on handle
(3901.18.5.2), two bone awls
(3901.28.13; 3901.34.7), five bone points
(3901.28.8; 3901.28.9; 3901.28.10;
3901.28.11; 3901.28.12), four bone
flakers (3901.28.4; 3901.28.5; 3901.28.6;
3901.28.7), one antler scraper
(3901.24.3), one antler gorge
(3901.28.15), one antler pressure flaker
(3901.12.10), one bone carving
(3901.33.2), one bone bracelet
(3901.18.2.3), one bone knife
(3901.18.2.2), one bone effigy of a
standing man (3901.33.17), one carved
bone comb (3901.26.15), four bone
harpoon heads (3901.27.10; 3901.28.1;
3901.28.2; 3901.28.3), one carved boar
tusk with hand and heart design
(3901.26.16), two lots consisting of
rolled birch bark fragments (3901.18.5.1;
3901.22.18), one piece of leather with
bell attached (3901.22.28), one band of
woven fibers with copper (3901.18.5.3),
two lots consisting of fiber pieces
(3901.22.29; 3901.31.11), 12 hand forged
nails (3901.12.17; 3901.15.11;
3901.27.18; 3901.31.10; 3901.33.1), 10
square nails (3901.30.19 (n=2);
3901.34.22 (n=8)), one piece of
decorative metal (3901.33.21), four lots
consisting of iron and iron scrap
(3901.31.9; 3901.33.22; 3901.34.24;
3901.100.5), two lots consisting of metal
pieces and scrap (3901.12.7;
3901.27.17), one thin metal rod
(3091.33.3), one iron rod fragment
(3901.23.1), one shell (3901.27.6), three
shell runtees (3901.33.6; 3901.33.7;
3901.33.8), two shell runtee fish effigies
(3901.33.9; 3901.33.10), one shell
standing man effigy (3901.34.11), two
shell/bone ornaments (3901.18.2.6),
three lots consisting of glass trade beads
in various colors (3901.18.2.1;
3901.33.20), one lot consisting of black
glass beads (3901.22.3), three lots
consisting of blue glass trade beads
(3901.22.13; 3901.22.14; 3901.27.23),
one lot consisting of blue and white
glass trade beads (3901.22.2), one lot
consisting of brown glass trade beads
(3901.22.12), two lots consisting of clear
glass beads (3901.22.1; 3901.27.22), one
lot consisting of green glass trade beads
(3901.22.4), one lot consisting of light
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green glass trade beads (3901.22.9), two
lots consisting of navy blue glass trade
beads (3901.22.8; 3901.22.15), one lot
consisting of red glass trade beads
(3901.22.10), one lot consisting of red/
amber glass trade beads (3901.22.7), one
lot consisting of turquoise glass beads
(3901.30.25), four lots consisting of
white glass trade beads (3901.22.5;
3901.22.6; 3901.22.11; 3901.30.24), one
lot consisting of yellow glass trade
beads (3901.22.16), one lot consisting of
chipped glass (3901.33.23); one lot
consisting of melted glass (3901.33.25);
four lots consisting of red ochre
(3901.22.26; 3901.26.14; 3901.32.18;
3901.34.14), nine bifaces (3901.23.6;
3901.24.4; 3901.24.6; 3901.24.7;
3901.25.19; 3901.25.20; 3901.25.21;
3901.25.22; 3901.33.11), one flint drill
(3901.25.5), one argillite projectile point
(3901.25.18), 40 projectile points
(3901.15.12; 3901.23.7; 3901.23.10;
3901.23.11; 3901.23.12; 3901.23.13;
3901.23.14; 3901.23.15; 3901.23.16;
3901.23.17; 3901.23.18; 3901.23.19;
3901.23.20; 3901.23.21; 3901.23.22;
3901.23.23; 3901.23.24; 3901.23.25;
3901.23.26; 3901.23.27; 3901.23.28;
3901.23.29; 3901.23.30; 3901.23.31;
3901.23.32; 3901.23.33; 3901.23.34;
3901.23.35; 3901.23.36; 3901.25.7;
3901.25.8; 3901.25.9; 3901.25.10;
3901.25.11; 3901.25.12; 3901.25.13;
3901.25.14; 3901.25.15; 3901.25.16;
3901.25.17), 9 flakes (3901.23.8;
3901.23.9; 3901.25.23; 3901.27.20;
3901.27.21; 2901.30.22; 3901.99.1;
3901.100.2; 3901.100.3), two slate
pendants (3901.25.3; 3901.25.4), one
stone ball (3901.30.4), one stone gorget
(3901.25.2), one side notched stone
gorget (3901.24.1), three stone pipe
fragments (3901.25.6; 3901.26.6;
3901.28.19), one stone plummet
(3901.24.2), two stones used for pottery
temper (3901.30.1), one stone tamper
(3901.27.24), one smooth stone
(3901.30.11), one translucent stone
pendant (3901.33.5), one piece of
worked stone (3901.24.8), one piece of
granite temper (3901.22.25), one
soapstone fragment (3901.18.3.9), nine
brass Jesuit rings (3901.18.1.1), one
uniform braid (3901.29.3), four brass
hawkbells (3901.18.1.2), one lot
consisting of brass scrap (3901.99.2), 16
iron knives and fragments (3901.12.1;
3901.12.2; 3901.12.3; 3901.12.4;
3901.12.5; 3901.12.6; 3901.27.14;
3901.27.15; 3901.30.5 (n=2); 3901.32.16;
3901.34.16; 3901.34.17; 3901.34.18;
3901.34.19), one iron strike-a-lite
(3901.22.24), two metal awls
(3901.27.16; 3901.30.18), one gun
fragment (3901.33.14), four French
honey-colored gunflints (3901.23.2;
3901.23.3; 3901.23.4; 3901.33.4), one
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pewter dish (3901.33.15), one lot of
wood with leather and fabric, and
attached copper mail and trade beads
(3901.15.13); one strap handled pot
(3901.102), three iron axe heads
(3901.103; 3901.104; 3901.105), three
porcelain sherds (3901.31.6; 3901.34.13;
3901.100.4), one brass navigational
compass (3901.97), one metal disk
(3901.34.23), two three-pronged forks
with wooden handles (3901.34.20;
3901.34.21), one wire wound metal
bracelet (3901.34.15), one lot consisting
of carved wood fragments (3901.29.9),
four lots consisting of wood fragments
(3901.18.5.6, 3901.29.8, 3901.33.26,
3901.34.12), one grinding stone
(3901.34.6), four whetstones (3901.34.2,
3901.34.3, 3901.34.4, 3901.34.5), one
fossilized clam (3901.22.27), and one
fossilized fern (3901.23.5).
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Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: archeological,
geographical, historical, oral traditional,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Michigan State
University has determined that:
• The 381 cultural items described
above 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; 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 Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
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Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after October 12, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Michigan State University must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural
items are considered a single request
and not competing requests. Michigan
State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Witte
Museum, San Antonio, TX
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Witte
Museum has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is
no cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Val Verde County,
TX.
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Re-interment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Barron, Witte
Museum, 3801 Broadway Street, San
Antonio, TX 78209, telephone (210)
357–1900, email jenniferbarron@
wittemuseum.org.
DATES:
This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Witte Museum.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on
the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related
records held by the Witte Museum.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
From 1931 to 1969, human remains
representing, at minimum, 25
individuals were recovered during
multiple excavations, some organized
by the Southwest Texas Archaeological
Society and/or the Witte Museum from
sites that include Shumla Caves 1–8,
Eagle Cave, Jacal Canyon, and
Zubermiller Cave in Val Verde County,
TX. These human remains belong to six
adult males, three adult females, one
juvenile, seven infants, and eight
individuals of indeterminate age and/or
sex. They date to the Archaic period.
The one associated funerary object is
one lot consisting of ‘‘shaman’s kit.’’
In the 1930s, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were collected by George
Nalle II during an excavation in the
Lower Pecos Canyonlands in Val Verde
County, TX. In 2018, these human
remains were given to the Witte
Museum. They date to the Archaic
period. No associated funerary objects
are present.
Sometime prior to 1969, human
remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were collected from the Fate
Bell Shelter in Val Verde County, TX.
These human remains date to the
Archaic period. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Sometime prior to 1969, human
remains representing, at minimum, five
individuals were collected by Richard
and Ben McReynolds from sites in Val
Verde Canyon in Val Verde County, TX,
including a shelter in Deadman’s
Canyon. In 2019, these human remains
were given to the Witte Museum. They
date to the Archaic period. No
associated funerary objects are present.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Michigan State
University, East Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan State University intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan State University, 287 Delta Court,
East Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517) 432-2524, email
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of
Michigan State University. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records held by Michigan State
University.
Description
The 381 cultural items were removed from Mackinac County, MI.
Beginning in 1958, these objects were removed from the Gros Cap
Archaeological District in Mackinac County, MI. Sites and localities
within the District and surrounding area include the Gros Cap site
(20MK6), the Campfire Site (20MK7), the post-contact era Gros Cap
Cemetery, ``Ryerse Beach Cottage,'' ``Graham Point,'' and ``Killarney
Beach.'' The objects were acquired by Orlando Greenlees. On at least
one occasion, Greenlees acquired Native American cultural items from
other individuals, including a Mr. Bicknell. Mr. Greenlees owned the
property adjacent to the Gros Cap Cemetery and served as its caretaker.
In 1970, Alicia Mackin acquired Greenlees' collection, and on April 12,
1976, she donated it to Michigan State University Museum.
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The 381 unassociated funerary objects are five catlinite beads
(3901.18.3.5; 3901.18.3.6; No catalog #), three catlinite pipe
fragments (3901.18.2.6; 3901.26.5; 3901.26.13), one catlinite effigy
pipe fragment (3901.18.3.1), three catlinite beaver effigies
(3901.18.3.2), three catlinite pendant fragments (3901.18.3.3;
3901.18.3.4; 3901.18.3.8), one catlinite cross effigy (3901.18.3.7),
one stone pipe fragment (3901.24.5), nine clay pipe bowl and stem
fragments (3901.26.2; 3901.26.3; 3901.26.4; 3901.26.8; 3901.26.9;
3901.26.10; 3901.26.11; 3901.26.12; 3901.30.12), one Scottish pipe
fragment (3901.26.7), one French pipe bowl fragment (3901.26.1), one
ceramic pipe bowl with incising (3901.28.18), six lots consisting of
ceramic sherds (3901.15.7; 3901.22.19; 3901.32.17; 3901.33.19;
3901.99.5), two refit ceramic vessels (3901.15.6/3901.99.4 and
3901.12.14/3901.15.7/3901.99.4/3901.99.5), 14 grit tempered ceramic
sherds (3901.12.13; 3901.12.15; 3901.12.16; 3901.15.5; 3901.15.6;
3901.18.5.5; 3901.30.14; 3901.30.15; 3901.30.16; 3901.30.17; 3901.99.6;
3901.99.7; 3901.99.8; 3901.99.9), one copper bracelet (3901.18.2.4),
one copper nugget (3901.22.17), two copper sheet sections (3901.30.13),
two copper hair pullers (3901.33.12; 3901.33.13), two lots of copper
strips (3901.15.8; 3901.22.21), two copper axe heads (3901.24.9;
3901.25.1), two lots consisting of copper beads (3901.22.22;
3901.24.10), three lots consisting of rolled copper kettle fragments
(3901.22.20; 3901.30.23; 3901.33.16), one copper handle cover
(3901.27.19); one copper kettle (3901.101); one copper kettle latch
(3901.15.10), three lots consisting of copper tinkling cones
(3901.15.9; 3901.22.23; 3901.31.7), three lots consisting of copper
scrap (3901.31.8; 3901.99.3), 12 lots consisting of animal bones
(3901.12.9; 3901.27.2; 3901.27.5; 3901.28.16; 3901.28.17; 3901.30.20;
3901.30.21; 3901.31.4; 3901.31.5; 3901.33.24; 3901.34.9; 3901.100.1),
two lots consisting of burnt animal bones (3901.15.14; 3901.32.15),
three lots consisting of animal teeth (3901.26.21; 3901.26.23;
3901.27.7), five lots consisting of worked animal bones (3901.27.9;
3901.27.11; 3901.27.12; 3901.27.13; 3901.32.14), three lots consisting
of bird bones (3901.26.20; 3901.33.18; 3901.34.10), one lot consisting
of turtle shells (3901.27.8), 11 lots consisting of fish bones
(3901.18.5.4; 3901.27.4; 3901.30.2; 3901.30.6; 3901.30.7; 3901.31.3;
3901.34.8), six lots consisting of sturgeon bones (3901.12.8;
3901.15.4; 3901.27.1; 3901.31.2), three beaver mandible fragments
(3901.12.12; 3901.26.17; 3901.30.8), two beaver incisors (3901.30.9),
two eagle talons (3901.26.18), one boar tusk (3901.26.19), one raccoon
mandible (3901.20.8), one deer tibia (2901.18.2.5), seven lots
consisting of dog mandibles and teeth (3901.15.1; 3901.15.2; 3901.15.3;
3901.26.22; 3901.27.3; 3901.30.3; 3901.30.10), one piece of cut antler
(3901.12.11), one small animal horn (3901.26.24), two bone needles
(3901.18.4.1; 3901.18.4.2), one bone gorge (3901.28.14); one bone
wedding spoon with birds on handle (3901.18.5.2), two bone awls
(3901.28.13; 3901.34.7), five bone points (3901.28.8; 3901.28.9;
3901.28.10; 3901.28.11; 3901.28.12), four bone flakers (3901.28.4;
3901.28.5; 3901.28.6; 3901.28.7), one antler scraper (3901.24.3), one
antler gorge (3901.28.15), one antler pressure flaker (3901.12.10), one
bone carving (3901.33.2), one bone bracelet (3901.18.2.3), one bone
knife (3901.18.2.2), one bone effigy of a standing man (3901.33.17),
one carved bone comb (3901.26.15), four bone harpoon heads (3901.27.10;
3901.28.1; 3901.28.2; 3901.28.3), one carved boar tusk with hand and
heart design (3901.26.16), two lots consisting of rolled birch bark
fragments (3901.18.5.1; 3901.22.18), one piece of leather with bell
attached (3901.22.28), one band of woven fibers with copper
(3901.18.5.3), two lots consisting of fiber pieces (3901.22.29;
3901.31.11), 12 hand forged nails (3901.12.17; 3901.15.11; 3901.27.18;
3901.31.10; 3901.33.1), 10 square nails (3901.30.19 (n=2); 3901.34.22
(n=8)), one piece of decorative metal (3901.33.21), four lots
consisting of iron and iron scrap (3901.31.9; 3901.33.22; 3901.34.24;
3901.100.5), two lots consisting of metal pieces and scrap (3901.12.7;
3901.27.17), one thin metal rod (3091.33.3), one iron rod fragment
(3901.23.1), one shell (3901.27.6), three shell runtees (3901.33.6;
3901.33.7; 3901.33.8), two shell runtee fish effigies (3901.33.9;
3901.33.10), one shell standing man effigy (3901.34.11), two shell/bone
ornaments (3901.18.2.6), three lots consisting of glass trade beads in
various colors (3901.18.2.1; 3901.33.20), one lot consisting of black
glass beads (3901.22.3), three lots consisting of blue glass trade
beads (3901.22.13; 3901.22.14; 3901.27.23), one lot consisting of blue
and white glass trade beads (3901.22.2), one lot consisting of brown
glass trade beads (3901.22.12), two lots consisting of clear glass
beads (3901.22.1; 3901.27.22), one lot consisting of green glass trade
beads (3901.22.4), one lot consisting of light green glass trade beads
(3901.22.9), two lots consisting of navy blue glass trade beads
(3901.22.8; 3901.22.15), one lot consisting of red glass trade beads
(3901.22.10), one lot consisting of red/amber glass trade beads
(3901.22.7), one lot consisting of turquoise glass beads (3901.30.25),
four lots consisting of white glass trade beads (3901.22.5; 3901.22.6;
3901.22.11; 3901.30.24), one lot consisting of yellow glass trade beads
(3901.22.16), one lot consisting of chipped glass (3901.33.23); one lot
consisting of melted glass (3901.33.25); four lots consisting of red
ochre (3901.22.26; 3901.26.14; 3901.32.18; 3901.34.14), nine bifaces
(3901.23.6; 3901.24.4; 3901.24.6; 3901.24.7; 3901.25.19; 3901.25.20;
3901.25.21; 3901.25.22; 3901.33.11), one flint drill (3901.25.5), one
argillite projectile point (3901.25.18), 40 projectile points
(3901.15.12; 3901.23.7; 3901.23.10; 3901.23.11; 3901.23.12; 3901.23.13;
3901.23.14; 3901.23.15; 3901.23.16; 3901.23.17; 3901.23.18; 3901.23.19;
3901.23.20; 3901.23.21; 3901.23.22; 3901.23.23; 3901.23.24; 3901.23.25;
3901.23.26; 3901.23.27; 3901.23.28; 3901.23.29; 3901.23.30; 3901.23.31;
3901.23.32; 3901.23.33; 3901.23.34; 3901.23.35; 3901.23.36; 3901.25.7;
3901.25.8; 3901.25.9; 3901.25.10; 3901.25.11; 3901.25.12; 3901.25.13;
3901.25.14; 3901.25.15; 3901.25.16; 3901.25.17), 9 flakes (3901.23.8;
3901.23.9; 3901.25.23; 3901.27.20; 3901.27.21; 2901.30.22; 3901.99.1;
3901.100.2; 3901.100.3), two slate pendants (3901.25.3; 3901.25.4), one
stone ball (3901.30.4), one stone gorget (3901.25.2), one side notched
stone gorget (3901.24.1), three stone pipe fragments (3901.25.6;
3901.26.6; 3901.28.19), one stone plummet (3901.24.2), two stones used
for pottery temper (3901.30.1), one stone tamper (3901.27.24), one
smooth stone (3901.30.11), one translucent stone pendant (3901.33.5),
one piece of worked stone (3901.24.8), one piece of granite temper
(3901.22.25), one soapstone fragment (3901.18.3.9), nine brass Jesuit
rings (3901.18.1.1), one uniform braid (3901.29.3), four brass
hawkbells (3901.18.1.2), one lot consisting of brass scrap (3901.99.2),
16 iron knives and fragments (3901.12.1; 3901.12.2; 3901.12.3;
3901.12.4; 3901.12.5; 3901.12.6; 3901.27.14; 3901.27.15; 3901.30.5
(n=2); 3901.32.16; 3901.34.16; 3901.34.17; 3901.34.18; 3901.34.19), one
iron strike-a-lite (3901.22.24), two metal awls (3901.27.16;
3901.30.18), one gun fragment (3901.33.14), four French honey-colored
gunflints (3901.23.2; 3901.23.3; 3901.23.4; 3901.33.4), one
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pewter dish (3901.33.15), one lot of wood with leather and fabric, and
attached copper mail and trade beads (3901.15.13); one strap handled
pot (3901.102), three iron axe heads (3901.103; 3901.104; 3901.105),
three porcelain sherds (3901.31.6; 3901.34.13; 3901.100.4), one brass
navigational compass (3901.97), one metal disk (3901.34.23), two three-
pronged forks with wooden handles (3901.34.20; 3901.34.21), one wire
wound metal bracelet (3901.34.15), one lot consisting of carved wood
fragments (3901.29.9), four lots consisting of wood fragments
(3901.18.5.6, 3901.29.8, 3901.33.26, 3901.34.12), one grinding stone
(3901.34.6), four whetstones (3901.34.2, 3901.34.3, 3901.34.4,
3901.34.5), one fossilized clam (3901.22.27), and one fossilized fern
(3901.23.5).
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological, geographical,
historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Michigan State University has determined that:
The 381 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; 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 Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa
Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa
Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 12, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Michigan State University must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Michigan State University is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this
notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: August 30, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19600 Filed 9-11-23; 8:45 am]
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