Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI, 61143-61144 [2024-16714]
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Inventory Completion was published in
the Federal Register on January 16,
2014 (79 FR 2864–2866) listing a
minimum of five individuals and no
associated funerary objects.
Subsequently, 53 associated funerary
objects were discovered in collections at
the University of Arkansas. The
collection is stored in the University of
Arkansas Museum, University of
Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR. The 53
associated funerary objects are one
charcoal sample, 46 ceramic sherds, and
six lithics.
In the early 1960s, archaeological
research was conducted at the Millwood
Reservoir site (3SV21) in Sevier County,
AR. Artifacts indicate a late prehistoric
period occupation of the site from A.D.
900 to 1500. A Notice of Inventory
Completion was published in the
Federal Register on January 16, 2014
(79 FR 2864–2866) listing a minimum of
two individuals and no associated
funerary objects. Subsequently, five
associated funerary objects were
discovered collections at the in
University of Arkansas. The collection
is stored in the University of Arkansas
Museum, University of Arkansas,
Fayetteville, AR. The five associated
funerary objects are two projectile
points, one groundstone, one chipped
stone, and one shell.
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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Little Rock District 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 U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, Little Rock District
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 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation with the Caddo Nation of
Oklahoma is clearly identified by the
information available about the
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Little Rock District has determined that:
• The 1,257 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038356;
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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Grand Rapids
Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW,
Grand Rapids, MI 49504 telephone (616)
929–1809, email aforist@grpm.org.
SUMMARY:
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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 and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in its
inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The ancestral remains were acquired in
or before 1875 from a burial mound at
Aurora, Kane County, Illinois excavated
by E.H. Crane (1840–1917).
Human remains representing, at least,
nine individuals have been identified.
The eight associated funerary objects are
two bear jaws, one rodent tooth, one lot
of mammal teeth, one lot of shell beads,
one stone pendant, one pearl bead, and
one arrowhead. The ancestral remains
and associated funerary objects were
acquired in or before 1877 from a burial
mound at Portage Mounds (11JD1), Jo
Daviess County, Illinois excavated by
E.H. Crane (1840–1917).
Human remains representing at least,
three individuals have been identified.
The one associated funerary object is a
busycon shell. The ancestral remains
and associated funerary object were
acquired in or before 1875 from a burial
mound at Jo Daviess County, Illinois
excavated by E.H. Crane (1840–1917).
Museum records indicate they were
removed from a site called ‘‘Battle Bluff
Edgerton Farm Group.’’ An 1870 and
1880 census listed an Edgerton family of
farmers in Hanover, Jo Daviess County.
On July 10, 1917, the Grand Rapids
Public Museum purchased a substantial
number of objects from the E. H. Crane
Estate that included ancestral remains
and associated funerary objects from
these three sites. Crane was a collector
and proprietor of Crane’s Museum in
Grand Rapids who excavated mounds in
the Midwest in the late 1800s.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has
determined that:
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• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 13 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The nine objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of
the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin;
Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan;
Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky
Boy’s Reservation, Montana; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow
Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of
Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of
Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Keweenaw Bay Indian
Community, Michigan; Lac Courte
Oreilles Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little
River Band of Ottawa Indians,
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians,
Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan;
Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
component reservations: Bois Forte
Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band;
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa
Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of
Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi
Nation; Prairie Island Indian
Community in the State of Minnesota;
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian
Tribe of Michigan; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of
Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of
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Minnesota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of
Chippewa Indians of North Dakota;
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the
Yankton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after August 29, 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 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 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038348;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Tennessee Department of
Conservation and Environment,
Division of Archaeology, Nashville, TN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), and in
response to claims from the Chickasaw
SUMMARY:
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Nation dated December 22, 2023, the
Tennessee Department of Conservation
and Environment, Division of
Archaeology (TDEC–TDOA) has
completed an inventory of human
remains from Benton County, Tennessee
and has determined in consultation that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Phillip R. Hodge, Tennessee
Department of Environment and
Conservation, Division of Archaeology,
1216 Foster Avenue, Cole Building #3,
Nashville, TN 37243, telephone (615)
626–2025, email Phil.Hodge@tn.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 TDEC–TDOA,
and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing at
minimum eight individuals have been
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
‘‘Eva Mo #6,’’ Benton County, TN
Ancestral remains of at minimum four
individuals were donated to the TDEC–
TDOA on March 9, 1989. No records
exist as to the timing, donor, or
circumstances of this donation. The
specific geographical location of this
site was originally reported to National
NAGPRA as ‘‘unknown.’’ The
Chickasaw Nation claimed these
ancestors on December 22, 2023, and
consultation took place on May 2, 2024.
In consultation, The Chickasaw Nation
requested that the geographical location
be updated to Benton County,
Tennessee. There is no known exposure
to hazardous substances or treatments.
Cypress Creek Area, Nathan Bedford
Forrest State Park, Benton County, TN
Ancestral remains of at minimum one
individual were donated to the TDEC–
TDOA on September 8, 1990. No
records exist as to the timing, donor, or
circumstances of this donation. The
specific geographical location of this
site was originally reported to National
NAGPRA only as ‘‘Cypress Creek,
NBSP.’’ The Chickasaw Nation claimed
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038356; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand
Rapids, 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 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, 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 and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The ancestral
remains were acquired in or before 1875 from a burial mound at Aurora,
Kane County, Illinois excavated by E.H. Crane (1840-1917).
Human remains representing, at least, nine individuals have been
identified. The eight associated funerary objects are two bear jaws,
one rodent tooth, one lot of mammal teeth, one lot of shell beads, one
stone pendant, one pearl bead, and one arrowhead. The ancestral remains
and associated funerary objects were acquired in or before 1877 from a
burial mound at Portage Mounds (11JD1), Jo Daviess County, Illinois
excavated by E.H. Crane (1840-1917).
Human remains representing at least, three individuals have been
identified. The one associated funerary object is a busycon shell. The
ancestral remains and associated funerary object were acquired in or
before 1875 from a burial mound at Jo Daviess County, Illinois
excavated by E.H. Crane (1840-1917). Museum records indicate they were
removed from a site called ``Battle Bluff Edgerton Farm Group.'' An
1870 and 1880 census listed an Edgerton family of farmers in Hanover,
Jo Daviess County.
On July 10, 1917, the Grand Rapids Public Museum purchased a
substantial number of objects from the E. H. Crane Estate that included
ancestral remains and associated funerary objects from these three
sites. Crane was a collector and proprietor of Crane's Museum in Grand
Rapids who excavated mounds in the Midwest in the late 1800s.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has determined that:
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The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The nine objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills
Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Crow Creek
Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin; Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma;
Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota
(Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac
Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth
Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Otoe-
Missouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria
Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation; Prairie Island
Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Red Cliff Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa
Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Santee
Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians,
Michigan; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians
of North Dakota; Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska; and the Yankton Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August
29, 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 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 10.10.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-16714 Filed 7-29-24; 8:45 am]
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