Notice of Intended Repatriation: Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, 4798 [2025-01007]
Download as PDF
4798
Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 10 / Thursday, January 16, 2025 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039314;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation:
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 a
certain cultural item that meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary
object and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
February 18, 2025.
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, and additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
unassociated funerary object is a
preserved textile fragment in plaster
(catalog number 2002.29.27). The textile
was removed from the Sumnerville
Mound (20CS6) in Pokagon Township,
Cass County, Michigan. The textile was
likely removed from the mound in 1888
by Eliot Crane, who sold/gave away the
objects recovered (most to the Kent
Scientific Institute). We believe Crane
gave some of these textiles to local
collectors and eventually it made it into
Donald Boudeman’s collection, which
was donated to the Michigan State
University Museum in 1961 by Donna
Boudeman after his passing. While the
textile has been modified by placing it
in plaster, no hazardous substances are
known to have been used.
Determinations
Michigan State University has
determined that:
VerDate Sep<11>2014
19:42 Jan 15, 2025
Jkt 265001
• The one unassociated funerary
object described in this notice is
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and is connected, either at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary object has been
identified by a preponderance of the
evidence as related to human remains,
specific individuals, or families, or
removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural item described in
this notice and the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural item in this
notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under 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 item in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after February 18, 2025. 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 item
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
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice and to any other
consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025–01007 Filed 1–15–25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
PO 00000
Frm 00087
Fmt 4703
Sfmt 4703
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039312;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE)
has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational
School, Bernalillo County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–2374, email jpickering@
fas.harvard.edu.
SUMMARY:
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 PMAE, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational
School, Bernalillo County, NM. The
human remains are hair clippings
collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 15 years old, one
individual who was recorded as being
14 years old, one individual who was
recorded as being 13 years old, and one
individual who was recorded as being
12 years old and identified as ‘‘Zia.’’
Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at
the U.S. Indian Vocational School
between 1930 and 1933. Perry sent the
hair clippings to George Woodbury, who
donated the hair clippings to the PMAE
E:\FR\FM\16JAN1.SGM
16JAN1
Agencies
[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 4798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01007]
[[Page 4798]]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039314; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan State University intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025.
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, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is a preserved textile fragment in
plaster (catalog number 2002.29.27). The textile was removed from the
Sumnerville Mound (20CS6) in Pokagon Township, Cass County, Michigan.
The textile was likely removed from the mound in 1888 by Eliot Crane,
who sold/gave away the objects recovered (most to the Kent Scientific
Institute). We believe Crane gave some of these textiles to local
collectors and eventually it made it into Donald Boudeman's collection,
which was donated to the Michigan State University Museum in 1961 by
Donna Boudeman after his passing. While the textile has been modified
by placing it in plaster, no hazardous substances are known to have
been used.
Determinations
Michigan State University has determined that:
The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or
near human remains, and is connected, either at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary object has been identified by a preponderance of
the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after February 18, 2025. 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 item 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 and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01007 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P