Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 87798-87799 [2023-27788]
Download as PDF
<![CDATA[
87798
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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
information, geographical information,
historical information, kinship,
linguistics.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, AMNH has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 57 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 55 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Delaware Nation,
Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians;
Shinnecock Indian Nation; and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after January 18, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
AMNH must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:33 Dec 18, 2023
Jkt 262001
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. AMNH is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–27800 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037075;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Michigan has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from San Joaquin County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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: 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 Grand Rapids
Public Museum. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00064
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were
removed from San Joaquin County, CA.
In the early 1880s, Mr. E. D.
Zimmerman, an amateur archeologist,
excavated a burial mound at the Leon
Ranch in Stockton. At an unknown date,
these human remains (and associated
funerary objects) were purchased by
Herman J. Rush (b. 1902—d. 1965), a
collector from Belvidere, New Jersey
from a sale of Zimmerman’s collection.
In the 1960s, Dr. Ruth Herrick, a
collector in Grand Rapids, Michigan,
purchased these human remains (and
associated funerary objects) from Rush,
and in 1974, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum acquired them from Herrick by
bequest. The human remains consist of
one glass vial containing cremated
human hair and one vial containing
cremated cerebral matter. The 18
associated funerary objects are one
burned shell, one lot consisting of
cremated seeds, one lot consisting of
burned pinon nuts, two lots consisting
of wampum, one vial containing
vermillion, one lot consisting of red
paint, one lot consisting of burned
beads, one bone gouge, one awl, one
shell pendant, one Medicine Man’s
hollow bone tube, one hollow bone
tube, one spear, three bone fish skewers,
and one bone fish gorge.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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, and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 18 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
E:\FR\FM\19DEN1.SGM
19DEN1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices
lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; California Valley Miwok
Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights
Indian Community of the Trinidad
Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of
California; Federated Indians of Graton
Rancheria, California; Guidiville
Rancheria of California; Ione Band of
Miwok Indians of California;
Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians
of California; Picayune Rancheria of the
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa
Rosa Indian Community of the Santa
Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle
Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle
Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
California; Table Mountain Rancheria;
Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule
River Reservation, California; Tuolumne
Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California;
United Auburn Indian Community of
the Auburn Rancheria, California; and
the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice and, if
joined to a request from one or more of
the Indian Tribes, the Muwekma Ohlone
Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area,
California; Nashville Enterprise MiwokMaidu-Nishinam Tribe, California;
North Valley Yokuts Tribe, California;
Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley
Band, California; and the Confederated
Villages of Lisjan Nation.
2. 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after January 18, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Grand Rapids Public Museum must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
VerDate Sep<11>2014
17:33 Dec 18, 2023
Jkt 262001
remains and associated funerary objects
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Grand Rapids
Public Museum 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 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–27788 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037079;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand
Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids,
MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand
Rapids Public Museum has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Lee County, FL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Chief Curator,
272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI
49504, telephone (616) 929–1809, email
aforist@grpm.org.
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 the Grand Rapids
Public 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum.
SUMMARY:
PO 00000
Frm 00065
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
87799
Description
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from Lee
County, FL. At an unknown date, Dr.
J.W. Velie, a medical professional and
professor who lived in St. Joseph, MI,
and wintered in Florida reportedly
purchased the human remains and
artifact from an unknown individual
that were said to have been found in a
grave in 1880. From 1870 to 1893, Velie
was employed as an assistant curator for
the Academy of Science in Chicago, IL,
and following the Great Chicago Fire, he
conducted field work in Cuba, Florida,
and the Yucatan to collect specimens to
help rebuild the Academy’s collections.
The Grand Rapids Public Museum
acquired the human remains and
funerary object from Velie in 1909. The
age of the human remains is unknown.
The one associated funerary object is an
ornamental metal coin piece that has
been hammered and has punched holes.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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
information, geographical information,
oral history, and historical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The one object 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma.
E:\FR\FM\19DEN1.SGM
19DEN1
]]>Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87798-87799]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27788]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037075; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand Rapids Public Museum, Michigan has
completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from San Joaquin County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: 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: 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
Grand Rapids Public 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from San Joaquin County, CA. In the early 1880s, Mr. E. D.
Zimmerman, an amateur archeologist, excavated a burial mound at the
Leon Ranch in Stockton. At an unknown date, these human remains (and
associated funerary objects) were purchased by Herman J. Rush (b.
1902--d. 1965), a collector from Belvidere, New Jersey from a sale of
Zimmerman's collection. In the 1960s, Dr. Ruth Herrick, a collector in
Grand Rapids, Michigan, purchased these human remains (and associated
funerary objects) from Rush, and in 1974, the Grand Rapids Public
Museum acquired them from Herrick by bequest. The human remains consist
of one glass vial containing cremated human hair and one vial
containing cremated cerebral matter. The 18 associated funerary objects
are one burned shell, one lot consisting of cremated seeds, one lot
consisting of burned pinon nuts, two lots consisting of wampum, one
vial containing vermillion, one lot consisting of red paint, one lot
consisting of burned beads, one bone gouge, one awl, one shell pendant,
one Medicine Man's hollow bone tube, one hollow bone tube, one spear,
three bone fish skewers, and one bone fish gorge.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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, and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Grand Rapids Public Museum has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry.
The 18 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have
[[Page 87799]]
been placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-
Wuk Indians of California; California Valley Miwok Tribe, California;
Cher-Ae Heights Indian Community of the Trinidad Rancheria, California;
Chicken Ranch Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California; Federated
Indians of Graton Rancheria, California; Guidiville Rancheria of
California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Middletown
Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California; Picayune Rancheria of the
Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa Rosa Indian Community of the
Santa Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; Table
Mountain Rancheria; Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River
Reservation, California; Tuolumne Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the
Tuolumne Rancheria of California; United Auburn Indian Community of the
Auburn Rancheria, California; and the Wilton Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice
and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the
Muwekma Ohlone Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area, California; Nashville
Enterprise Miwok-Maidu-Nishinam Tribe, California; North Valley Yokuts
Tribe, California; Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley Band, California;
and the Confederated Villages of Lisjan Nation.
2. 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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 18, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Grand Rapids
Public Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Grand Rapids Public Museum 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 10.9, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27788 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
