Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan History Center, Lansing, MI, 16011-16012 [2024-04667]
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Marion County, OR. The human
remains are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded
as being 15 years old and identified as
‘‘Siletz.’’ James T. Ryan took the hair
clippings at the Chemawa (Salem)
Indian School between 1930 and 1933.
Ryan sent the hair clippings to George
Woodbury, who donated the hair
clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: kinship and
anthropological.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains
described in this notice and the
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after April 5, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
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competing requests. The PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted after the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024) but in the
older format. As the notice conforms to
the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required
information, the National Park Service
is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–04658 Filed 3–5–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Michigan History Center, Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Michigan History Center 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 in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Allen County, IN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tobi Voigt, Director of
Museums, Michigan History Center, 702
W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48915,
telephone (517) 243–4041, email
VoigtT@Michigan.gov.
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 Michigan
History Center. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
SUMMARY:
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the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Michigan History Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Allen County, IN. On an unknown
date in 1912, Joseph Edinger was said to
have excavated the burial site of the
Miami leader, Little Turtle. A braid of
hair with silver buckles was donated to
the Michigan History Center. According
to the Michigan History Center’s
records, most of what Edinger excavated
from the burial site was said to have
been donated to the Smithsonian
Museum in Washington, DC, but this is
unconfirmed, and no further details are
known. The one associated funerary
object is one lot of silver buckles.
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. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: historical
information, other relevant information,
or expert opinion.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to an identifiable individual
whose descendants can be traced
directly and without interruption by
means of a traditional kinship system or
by the common law system of
descendance. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: historical
information, other relevant information,
or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the Michigan History
Center has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The one lot 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
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traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice to Daryl Baldwin (Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma) and Scott Willard
(Miami Tribe of Oklahoma).
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.
2. Any lineal descendant or Indian
Tribe 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.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after April 5, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Michigan History Center must
determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary object
are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Michigan
History Center is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–04667 Filed 3–5–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: New
York State Office of Parks, Recreation,
& Historic Preservation, Waterford, NY
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
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Description
In 1876, human remains representing,
at minimum, six individuals were
removed from Alton in Madison
County, IL, by Reverend Robert West.
Artifacts recovered from this informal
excavation were later transferred to
William Letchworth at an unknown
point. The 29 associated funerary
objects are 27 bones (identified as
belonging to a white-tailed deer that
represent at least four adults and two
immature deer), one whale cervical
vertebral body, and one black stone/
ceramic pipe stem fragment
(approx.10mm in length).
Cultural Affiliation
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New
York State Office of Parks, Recreation, &
Historic Preservation (NYOPRHP) 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 Alton, Madison
County, IL.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jessica Vavrasek, New York
State Office of Parks, Recreation &
Historic Preservation, Peebles Island
State Park, P.O. Box 189, Waterford, NY
12188–0189, telephone (518) 268–2199,
email Jessica.Vavrasek@parks.ny.gov.
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 NYOPRHP.
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 NYOPRHP.
SUMMARY:
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
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trace the relationship: anthropological
information, archeological information,
and geographical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the NYOPRHP has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 29 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 Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma.
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 April 5, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the NYOPRHP 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 NYOPRHP is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037537; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan History Center, 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), the Michigan History Center 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 in this
notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed
from Allen County, IN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Tobi Voigt, Director of Museums, Michigan History Center,
702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48915, telephone (517) 243-4041,
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
Michigan History Center. 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 Michigan
History Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Allen County, IN. On an unknown date in 1912, Joseph Edinger was
said to have excavated the burial site of the Miami leader, Little
Turtle. A braid of hair with silver buckles was donated to the Michigan
History Center. According to the Michigan History Center's records,
most of what Edinger excavated from the burial site was said to have
been donated to the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, DC, but this is
unconfirmed, and no further details are known. The one associated
funerary object is one lot of silver buckles.
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. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical information,
other relevant information, or expert opinion.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to an identifiable individual whose descendants can be
traced directly and without interruption by means of a traditional
kinship system or by the common law system of descendance. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: historical information, other relevant information, or
expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Michigan History
Center has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
The one lot 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably
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traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to Daryl Baldwin (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) and
Scott Willard (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma).
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.
2. Any lineal descendant or Indian Tribe 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 5, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Michigan History
Center must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary object are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Michigan History Center is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this
notice.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04667 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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