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Ethnohistorical and official 

documents link the inhabitants of the 

Kern and South Fork Kern river 

drainages to the Tule River Indian 

Reservation; Tachi Yokut Tribe and the 

Bishop Tribe. Based on the intrusion of 

white settlers in the valley of the Kern 

River, which brought diseases and loss 

of native cultures, many Tubatulabal left 

their land and sought refuge with the 

other native groups, such as the Yokuts 

at the Tule River Indian Reservation and 

Tachi Tribe, as well as the Paiute of the 

Bishop Tribe. It can be reasonably 

concluded that the Tubatulabal 

intermarried with the Yokut and Paiute 

in the Kern County region. Descendants 

of these Yokuts and Paiutes are 

members of the Federally-recognized 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Indian Reservation, California; 

Paiute-Shoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; and Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). Finally, representatives of all 

three tribes provided documentation 

including oral tradition that supported 

cultural affiliation. 

Officials of the Sequoia National 

Forest have determined, pursuant to 25 

U.S.C. 3001(9), that the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of three individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of the 

Sequoia National Forest also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(A), that the 23 objects 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. Lastly, officials of the 

Sequoia National Forest also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(2), that there is a relationship of 

shared group identity that can be 

reasonably traced between the Native 

American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and the Tule 

River Indian Tribe of the Tule River 

Reservation, California; PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; and the Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe). 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Karen Miller, Forest 

Archeologist, Sequoia National Forest, 

1839 South Newcomb St., Porterville, 

CA 93257, telephone (559) 784–1500, 

before April 14, 2011. Repatriation of 

the human remains and associated 

funerary objects to the Tule River Indian 

Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, 

California; Paiute-Shoshone Indians of 

the Bishop Community of the Bishop 

Colony, California; and the Santa Rosa 

Indian Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe), may proceed after that date if no 

additional claimants come forward. 

The Sequoia National Forest is 

responsible for notifying the PaiuteShoshone Indians of the Bishop 

Community of the Bishop Colony, 

California; Santa Rosa Indian 

Community of the Santa Rosa 

Rancheria, California (Tachi Yokut 

Tribe); and the Tule River Indian Tribe 

of the Tule River Reservation, 

California, that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[2253–665] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Michigan 

Historical Center, Lansing, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Office of the State 

Archaeologist, Michigan Historical 

Center has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes, and has 

determined that there is no cultural 

affiliation between the remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe that 

believes itself to be culturally affiliated 

with the human remains and associated 

funerary objects may contact the Office 

of the State Archaeologist, Michigan 

Historical Center. Disposition of the 

human remains to the Indian Tribe 

stated below may occur if no additional 

requestors come forward. 

DATES: Representatives of any Indian 

Tribe that believes it has a cultural 

affiliation with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects should 

contact the Office of the State 

Archaeologist, Michigan Historical 

Center at the address below by April 14, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Scott M. Grammer, 

Michigan State Historic Preservation 

Office, P.O. Box 30740, 702 W. 

Kalamazoo St., Lansing, MI 48909–8240, 

telephone (517) 373–4765. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains and associated 

funerary objects in the possession of the 

Office of the State Archaeologist, 

Michigan Historical Center, Lansing, MI. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects were removed from 

Fayette Historic State Park (20DE19), 

Delta County, MI. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.11(d). 

The determinations in this notice are 

the sole responsibility of the museum, 

institution, or Federal agency that has 

control of the Native American human 

remains and associated funerary objects. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. 

Consultation 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Office of the 

State Archaeologist professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Bad River Band of the Lake Superior 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad 

River Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills 

Indian Community, Michigan; Bois 

Forte Band (Nett Lake) of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; ChippewaCree Indians of the Rocky Boy’s 

Reservation, Montana; Fond du Lac 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Grand Portage Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; 

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, 

Michigan; Leech Lake Band of the 

Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota; 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Menominee 

Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Mille Lacs 

Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 

Minnesota; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; 

Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red 

Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 

Minnesota; St. Croix Chippewa Indians 


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of Wisconsin; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie 

Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 

Sokaogon Chippewa Community, 

Wisconsin; Turtle Mountain Band of 

Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and 

White Earth Band of the Minnesota 

Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (hereinafter 

referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’). 

On October 21, 2010, the Office of the 

State Archaeologist received a letter 

from the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 

Chippewa Indians requesting 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects from Fayette 

Historic State Park. However, the 

associated funerary objects are not part 

of this disposition. The Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians expressed 

interest in the remains, but had no 

objections to the disposition to the Sault 

Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians 

and did not submit a request for 

disposition. No objections or other 

disposition requests from the Indian 

Tribes that have Delta County, MI, as 

their aboriginal land have been 

received. 

History and Description of the Remains 

In 1972, human remains representing 

a minimum of seven individuals were 

removed from Fayette State Historic 

Park, in Delta County, MI, by Dr. Marla 

Buckmaster, an archeologist at Northern 

Michigan University, in cooperation 

with State park officials. In 1993, Dr. 

Buckmaster transferred the remains and 

entire assemblage, except for some 

potsherds, to the Office of the State 

Archaeologist, which manages cultural 

resources on State-owned lands. No 

known individuals were identified. No 

associated funerary objects are being 

transferred. 

Prior to 1972, a cranium at the base 

of a cliff found by a visitor to the Fayette 

State Historic Park was sent to the 

University of Michigan; this cranium is 

not part of the Office of the State 

Archaeologist’s collection. Later, park 

officials determined that human 

remains were eroding out of a small 

cave in the cliff, about 20 feet above the 

shoreline of Snailshell Harbor. Dr. 

Buckmaster found that the human 

remains were incomplete secondary 

burials covered with a layer of rocks. 

The mandibles were lying together in a 

niche at the back of the shallow cave. It 

is likely that part of the cave and some 

of the human remains were destroyed 

either by erosion or by quarrying that 

took place on the cliff in the 19th 

century. The use of caves for burial was 

a practice of Native Americans in the 

Upper Peninsula of Michigan for at least 

2,000 years. A Middle Woodland camp 

is located across the harbor from the 

burial cave at Fayette State Historic 

Park. The types of funerary objects 

found in the cave are consistent with 

the Middle Woodland period (circa 100 

B.C. to circa 400 A.D.). In 1994, David 

Barondess, physical anthropologist at 

Michigan State University, examined 

the remains and found that some of the 

teeth were shovel-shaped incisors. 

In 1986, human remains representing 

a minimum of one individual were 

removed from Fayette State Historic 

Park, in Delta County, MI. The remains 

were limited to a few fragments that 

were unearthed while archeologists 

from the Office of the State 

Archaeologist were looking for the 

former porch foundations on the mid19th century Supervisor’s House, a 

historic building in the park. In 2001, 

one additional bone was found while 

working on the foundation of House 3, 

another historic structure close to the 

Supervisor’s House. It is uncertain if 

these remains are from the same 

individual, but the single additional 

bone may be associated with the 1986 

fragments based on its proximity to 

them. Therefore, the park believes that 

the 1986 fragments and 2001 bone 

belong to one individual. No known 

individual was identified. No associated 

funerary objects are present. 

The earliest known Euro-American 

settlement in this location dates to the 

mid-19th century. The bones were 

included in soil that had been disturbed 

when the foundation of the Supervisor’s 

House was built in the 1860s. This 

suggests that house construction had 

damaged all or part of an older grave. 

The condition of the bones suggested 

great age. A Middle Woodland camp 

was located on this side of the park, and 

Middle Woodland burials were found in 

a cave across the harbor. It seems likely 

that the human remains around the two 

houses date to the same period, and, 

therefore, are Native American. At the 

time the human remains were removed, 

the land was the property of the State 

of Michigan. 

Determinations Made by the Office of 

the State Archaeologist 

Officials of the Office of the State 

Archaeologist have determined that: 

• For the human remains removed in 

1972, the burial practices, types of 

funerary objects, and the shovel-shaped 

incisors are all indicative of Native 

American remains. For the human 

remains removed in 1986 and 2001, 

based on the manner of disturbance, age 

of the remains, proximity and location, 

the remains are believed to represent 

one Native American individual. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• At the time the remains were 

removed, the sites were on State-owned 

land within the aboriginal territory of 

The Tribes, as indicated by 19th-century 

treaties (see ‘‘Present-Day Tribes 

Associated with Indian Land Cessions 

1784–1894’’ database on the National 

Park Service’s National NAGPRA 

Program Web site.) 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the 

human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of a 

minimum of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains is to 

the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa 

Indians of Michigan. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

Representatives of any Indian Tribe 

that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and/ 

or associated funerary objects, or any 

other Indian Tribe that believes it 

satisfies the criteria in 43 CFR 

10.11(c)(1) should contact the Office of 

the State Archaeologist’s representative, 

Scott M. Grammer, Michigan State 

Historic Preservation Office, P.O. Box 

30740, 702 W. Kalamazoo St., Lansing, 

MI 48909–8240, telephone (517) 373– 

4765, before April 14, 2011. Disposition 

of the human remains to the Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan may proceed after that date if 

no additional requestors come forward. 

The Office of the State Archaeologist 

is responsible for notifying The Tribes 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: March 9, 2011. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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Products of Respondents Found in 

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