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individuals of Native American 

ancestry. Officials of the Alaska State 

Office, Bureau of Land Management; 

Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological 

Repository; and the University of 

Wisconsin Department of Anthropology 

Curation Facility also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 

there is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the Native American human 

remains and the Village of Old Harbor, 

Old Harbor Native Corporation, and 

Koniag, Inc. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Robert E. King, 

Alaska State NAGPRA Coordinator, 

Bureau of Land Management, 222 W. 

7th Ave., Box 13, Anchorage, AK 

99513–7599, telephone (907) 271–5510, 

before September 21, 2009. Repatriation 

of the human remains to the Village of 

Old Harbor, Old Harbor Native 

Corporation, or Koniag, Inc. may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The Alaska State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management is responsible for 

notifying the Village of Old Harbor, the 

Old Harbor Native Corporation, and 

Koniag, Inc. that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: August 7, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19977 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: The 

Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 Public 

Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Kent 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). 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. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

was made by The Public Museum’s 

professional staff in consultation with 

the Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and 

Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; and Little Traverse Bay Bands 

of Odawa Indians, Michigan. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from an 

unknown location in Kent County, MI. 

On June 16, 1962, the human remains 

were obtained by Ruth Herrick from 

Bert Chaffee. In 1974, the human 

remains were obtained by The Public 

Museum from Ruth Herrick by bequest. 

No known individual was identified. 

The three associated funerary objects are 

one strike-a-light, one fish vertebrae, 

and one perforated bone. 

The context from which the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed is unknown. 

Based on artifact typology, the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

date to the 18th century. The objects 

were found stored together with human 

remains and are consistent with other 

18th century funerary objects found in 

Kent County during the historic 

occupation of the Ottawa. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of four 

individuals were removed from the N. 

Franklin Avenue site (20KT109) in 

Grandville, Kent County, MI. The site 

was inadvertently discovered by 

construction workers and reported by 

E.V. Gillis in The Coffinberry News 

Bulletin of the Michigan Archaeological 

Society in 1962. In 1963, the human 

remains were donated to The Public 

Museum by the City of Grandville. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

23 associated funerary objects are 1 

wooden spoon, 1 wooden spoon 

fragment, 1 metal knife, 1 iron fragment, 

1 metal razor, 1 metal handle fragment, 

1 strike-a-light, 1 copper tube bead, 1 

clam shell, 1 set of bird bones, 1 set of 

iron fragments with fabric adhering, 1 

iron axe, 1 set of nail fragments, 1 birch 

bark basket fragment, 1 copper mirror 

frame, 1copper pot with fabric adhering, 

1 fabric fragment, 1 glass fragment, 4 

copper kettles, and 1 set of brooch pins. 

Based on artifact typology, the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

date to the 18th and 19th centuries. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from 

underneath Cook’s bridge over the 

Thornapple River at Cascade Township 

site (20KT18), Kent County, MI. In 1925, 

the human remains were donated to The 

Public Museum by W.H. Patterson. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Physical examination identified the 

human remains as Native American. 

Funerary objects found at the site are 

consistent with those objects frequently 

found in Native American burials from 

the 18th century, although none of the 

funerary objects are present in the 

museum’s collection. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from 185 

Ottawa (site 20KT109) in Grandville, 

Kent County, MI. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

uncovered by the property owner’s 

children while digging in their yard. In 

1949, the human remains were donated 

to The Public Museum by the property 

owners, Jan and James Buddingh. No 

known individual was identified. The 

231 associated funerary objects are 1 

copper armband, 1 carved antler handle, 

1 bone awl, 1 copper thimble, 1 copper 

kettle, 1 set of iron fragments, 1 set of 

wood fragments, 1 set of textile 

fragments, 2 sets of wood fragments 

with textile adhering, 1 wooden spoon 

fragment, 209 trade beads, 6 metal 

earrings, 2 metal rings, 1 metal brooch 

pin, 1 set of gravels, and 1 set of copper 

fragments. 

Based on artifact typology, the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

date to the 18th and 19th century. The 

associated funerary objects are 

consistent with other funerary objects 

found in the area of Grandville, MI, 

during the historic occupation of the 

Ottawa. 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from the 

Warner farm site (20KT20), located on 

the Grand River, west of Ada and on the 

north side of M–21, Kent County, MI. In 

1974, The Public Museum obtained the 

human remains from Ruth Herrick by 

bequest. No known individual was 

identified. Stored with the individual 

were associated funerary objects that are 

in groupings of uncounted fragments. 

The seven associated funerary object 

groupings are two lots of pottery shard 

fragments, three lots of animal bone 

fragments, one lot of fire cracked rock 

fragments, and one lot of other stone 

fragments. 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects from the Warner farm 

site date from the Late Woodland period 

to A.D. 1850. Based on the site’s 

geographical location at the confluence 

of the Grand and Thornapple Rivers, 

archeological evidence indicates this 


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site was intermittently occupied from 

prehistoric times into the historic era. 

All of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described 

above from the Kent County sites are, by 

a preponderance of the evidence, 

culturally affiliated with the present-day 

Federally-recognized Little River Band 

of Ottawa Indians, Michigan, whose 

ancestors include the Grand River 

Ottawa Bands. The historic occupation 

of Kent County, MI, by the Little River 

Band of Ottawa Indians is well 

documented. 

Officials of The Public Museum have 

determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001 (9–10), the human remains 

described above represent the physical 

remains of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of The 

Public Museum also have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), 

the 264 associated funerary objects 

described above are reasonably believed 

to have been placed with or near 

individual remains at the time of death 

or later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. Lastly, officials of The Public 

Museum have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 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 

Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains and 

associated funerary objects should 

contact Marilyn Merdzinski, Director of 

Collections and Preservation, The 

Public Museum, 272 Pearl St. NW., 

Grand Rapids, MI 49504, telephone 

(616) 456–3521, before September 21, 

2009. Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

to the Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan may proceed after 

that date if no additional claimants 

come forward. 

The Public Museum is responsible for 

notifying the Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa 

Indians, Michigan; and Little Traverse 

Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. E9–19974 Filed 8–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC and 

New York University College of 

Dentistry, New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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 in the control of the U.S. 

Department of the Interior, Bureau of 

Indian Affairs, Washington, DC, and in 

the physical custody of the New York 

University College of Dentistry, New 

York, NY. The human remains were 

removed from Hawikuh, Cibola County, 

NM. 

This notice is published as part of the 

National Park Service’s administrative 

responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 

U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 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. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

A detailed assessment of the human 

remains was made by the Bureau of 

Indian Affairs and New York University 

College of Dentistry professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

In February 1921, human remains 

representing a minimum of one 

individual were removed from ‘‘Burial 

1263’’ at Hawikuh, Cibola County, NM, 

during legally permitted excavations by 

the Museum of the American Indian, 

Heye Foundation. At the time of 

excavation, the site of Hawikuh was 

located on Zuni tribal lands. In 1921, 

the human remains were accessioned 

into the collections of the Museum of 

the American Indian. In 1956, the 

Museum of the American Indian 

transferred the human remains to Dr. 

Theodore Kazamiroff, New York 

University College of Dentistry. No 

known individual was identified. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 

Records identify the human remains 

as ‘‘Burial 1263’’ from Hawikuh. Cranial 

morphology suggests that the human 

remains are consistent with an 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Consultation evidence, historic 

documents, and archeological data 

indicate Hawikuh was a Zuni settlement 

occupied from the 14th to 17th 

centuries. Zuni traditions identify the 

region around Hawikuh as their 

ancestral territory. Archeological data 

suggest that the site was inhabited since 

circa A.D. 1300. The first historic 

records of Hawikuh were made by the 

Spanish in 1536; over the next 150 years 

the Spanish documented their visits and 

missions at Hawikuh, which they 

identified as one of the seven cities of 

Cibola. After the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, 

the Zuni resettled at the location of the 

current Zuni Pueblo. Oral tradition and 

historic records describe both the revolt 

and the subsequent aggregation of Zuni 

people at the Zuni Pueblo. For a number 

of years, some Zuni periodically 

returned to Hawikuh for short stays. 

The Spanish granted the land at 

Hawikuh and other Zuni villages to the 

Zuni in 1689. The Zuni have remained 

in the area to the present-day. The 

present Zuni reservation was first 

established by Executive Order in 1877, 

although the boundaries were 

subsequently modified. The Zuni voted 

to hold elections under the Indian 

Reorganization Act in 1934, and 

adopted a constitution in 1970. Today 

the Zuni Tribe is recognized as the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 

Mexico. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs and New York University 

College of Dentistry have determined 

that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9–10), 

the human remains described above 

represent the physical remains of one 

individual of Native American ancestry. 

Officials of the Bureau of Indian Affairs 

and New York University College of 

Dentistry also have determined that, 

pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is 

a relationship of shared group identity 

that can be reasonably traced between 

the Native American human remains 

and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni 

Reservation, New Mexico. 

Representatives of any other Indian 

tribe that believes itself to be culturally 

affiliated with the human remains 

should contact Dr. Louis Terracio, New 

York University College of Dentistry, 

345 East 24th St., New York, NY 10010, 

telephone (212) 998–9917, before 

September 21, 2009. Repatriation of the 

human remains to the Zuni Tribe of the 

Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may 

proceed after that date if no additional 

claimants come forward. 

The New York University College of 

Dentistry and Bureau of Indian Affairs 

are responsible for notifying the Zuni 

Tribe of the Zuni Reservation of New 

Mexico that this notice has been 

published. 


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