Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 12, 2023 / Notices 62593 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the David 

A. Fredrickson Archaeological 

Collections Facility at Sonoma State 

University intends to repatriate a certain 

cultural item that meets the definition of 

an object of cultural patrimony and that 

has a cultural affiliation with the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

in this notice. The cultural item was 

removed from Sutter County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 12, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Doshia Dodd, David A. 

Fredrickson Archaeological Collections 

Facility at Sonoma State University, 

1801 East Cotati Avenue, Building 29, 

Rohnert Park, CA 94928, telephone 

(530) 514–8472, email caradine@

sonoma.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 the David A. 

Fredrickson Archaeological Collections 

Facility at Sonoma State University. 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 summary or related records held 

by the David A. Fredrickson 

Archaeological Collections Facility at 

Sonoma State University. 

Description 

One cultural item (Accession Number 

91–29) was removed from archeological 

site CA–SUT–17 in Sutter County, CA, 

in 1991. The object of cultural 

patrimony is one lot consisting of flaked 

stone tools and debitage; faunal bone 

tools; groundstone objects; shell beads; 

and unmodified faunal bones and 

shells. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural item in this notice is 

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: anthropological, 

archeological, geographical, historical, 

and expert opinion in the form of Tribal 

Traditional Knowledge. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the David A. Fredrickson 

Archaeological Collections Facility at 

Sonoma State University has 

determined that: 

• The one cultural item described 

above has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural item and the 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria of California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 12, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the David A. Fredrickson 

Archaeological Collections Facility at 

Sonoma State University must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The David 

A. Fredrickson Archaeological 

Collections Facility at Sonoma State 

University is responsible for sending a 

copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 

identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: August 30, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19601 Filed 9–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036524; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: 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 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Mackinac County, MI. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 12, 2023. 

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. 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 summary or related 

records held by Michigan State 

University. 

Description 

The 381 cultural items were removed 

from Mackinac County, MI. Beginning 

in 1958, these objects were removed 

from the Gros Cap Archaeological 

District in Mackinac County, MI. Sites 

and localities within the District and 

surrounding area include the Gros Cap 

site (20MK6), the Campfire Site 

(20MK7), the post-contact era Gros Cap 

Cemetery, ‘‘Ryerse Beach Cottage,’’ 

‘‘Graham Point,’’ and ‘‘Killarney 

Beach.’’ The objects were acquired by 

Orlando Greenlees. On at least one 

occasion, Greenlees acquired Native 

American cultural items from other 

individuals, including a Mr. Bicknell. 

Mr. Greenlees owned the property 

adjacent to the Gros Cap Cemetery and 

served as its caretaker. In 1970, Alicia 

Mackin acquired Greenlees’ collection, 

and on April 12, 1976, she donated it to 

Michigan State University Museum. 


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The 381 unassociated funerary objects 

are five catlinite beads (3901.18.3.5; 

3901.18.3.6; No catalog #), three 

catlinite pipe fragments (3901.18.2.6; 

3901.26.5; 3901.26.13), one catlinite 

effigy pipe fragment (3901.18.3.1), three 

catlinite beaver effigies (3901.18.3.2), 

three catlinite pendant fragments 

(3901.18.3.3; 3901.18.3.4; 3901.18.3.8), 

one catlinite cross effigy (3901.18.3.7), 

one stone pipe fragment (3901.24.5), 

nine clay pipe bowl and stem fragments 

(3901.26.2; 3901.26.3; 3901.26.4; 

3901.26.8; 3901.26.9; 3901.26.10; 

3901.26.11; 3901.26.12; 3901.30.12), one 

Scottish pipe fragment (3901.26.7), one 

French pipe bowl fragment (3901.26.1), 

one ceramic pipe bowl with incising 

(3901.28.18), six lots consisting of 

ceramic sherds (3901.15.7; 3901.22.19; 

3901.32.17; 3901.33.19; 3901.99.5), two 

refit ceramic vessels (3901.15.6/ 

3901.99.4 and 3901.12.14/3901.15.7/ 

3901.99.4/3901.99.5), 14 grit tempered 

ceramic sherds (3901.12.13; 3901.12.15; 

3901.12.16; 3901.15.5; 3901.15.6; 

3901.18.5.5; 3901.30.14; 3901.30.15; 

3901.30.16; 3901.30.17; 3901.99.6; 

3901.99.7; 3901.99.8; 3901.99.9), one 

copper bracelet (3901.18.2.4), one 

copper nugget (3901.22.17), two copper 

sheet sections (3901.30.13), two copper 

hair pullers (3901.33.12; 3901.33.13), 

two lots of copper strips (3901.15.8; 

3901.22.21), two copper axe heads 

(3901.24.9; 3901.25.1), two lots 

consisting of copper beads (3901.22.22; 

3901.24.10), three lots consisting of 

rolled copper kettle fragments 

(3901.22.20; 3901.30.23; 3901.33.16), 

one copper handle cover (3901.27.19); 

one copper kettle (3901.101); one 

copper kettle latch (3901.15.10), three 

lots consisting of copper tinkling cones 

(3901.15.9; 3901.22.23; 3901.31.7), three 

lots consisting of copper scrap 

(3901.31.8; 3901.99.3), 12 lots consisting 

of animal bones (3901.12.9; 3901.27.2; 

3901.27.5; 3901.28.16; 3901.28.17; 

3901.30.20; 3901.30.21; 3901.31.4; 

3901.31.5; 3901.33.24; 3901.34.9; 

3901.100.1), two lots consisting of burnt 

animal bones (3901.15.14; 3901.32.15), 

three lots consisting of animal teeth 

(3901.26.21; 3901.26.23; 3901.27.7), five 

lots consisting of worked animal bones 

(3901.27.9; 3901.27.11; 3901.27.12; 

3901.27.13; 3901.32.14), three lots 

consisting of bird bones (3901.26.20; 

3901.33.18; 3901.34.10), one lot 

consisting of turtle shells (3901.27.8), 11 

lots consisting of fish bones 

(3901.18.5.4; 3901.27.4; 3901.30.2; 

3901.30.6; 3901.30.7; 3901.31.3; 

3901.34.8), six lots consisting of 

sturgeon bones (3901.12.8; 3901.15.4; 

3901.27.1; 3901.31.2), three beaver 

mandible fragments (3901.12.12; 

3901.26.17; 3901.30.8), two beaver 

incisors (3901.30.9), two eagle talons 

(3901.26.18), one boar tusk (3901.26.19), 

one raccoon mandible (3901.20.8), one 

deer tibia (2901.18.2.5), seven lots 

consisting of dog mandibles and teeth 

(3901.15.1; 3901.15.2; 3901.15.3; 

3901.26.22; 3901.27.3; 3901.30.3; 

3901.30.10), one piece of cut antler 

(3901.12.11), one small animal horn 

(3901.26.24), two bone needles 

(3901.18.4.1; 3901.18.4.2), one bone 

gorge (3901.28.14); one bone wedding 

spoon with birds on handle 

(3901.18.5.2), two bone awls 

(3901.28.13; 3901.34.7), five bone points 

(3901.28.8; 3901.28.9; 3901.28.10; 

3901.28.11; 3901.28.12), four bone 

flakers (3901.28.4; 3901.28.5; 3901.28.6; 

3901.28.7), one antler scraper 

(3901.24.3), one antler gorge 

(3901.28.15), one antler pressure flaker 

(3901.12.10), one bone carving 

(3901.33.2), one bone bracelet 

(3901.18.2.3), one bone knife 

(3901.18.2.2), one bone effigy of a 

standing man (3901.33.17), one carved 

bone comb (3901.26.15), four bone 

harpoon heads (3901.27.10; 3901.28.1; 

3901.28.2; 3901.28.3), one carved boar 

tusk with hand and heart design 

(3901.26.16), two lots consisting of 

rolled birch bark fragments (3901.18.5.1; 

3901.22.18), one piece of leather with 

bell attached (3901.22.28), one band of 

woven fibers with copper (3901.18.5.3), 

two lots consisting of fiber pieces 

(3901.22.29; 3901.31.11), 12 hand forged 

nails (3901.12.17; 3901.15.11; 

3901.27.18; 3901.31.10; 3901.33.1), 10 

square nails (3901.30.19 (n=2); 

3901.34.22 (n=8)), one piece of 

decorative metal (3901.33.21), four lots 

consisting of iron and iron scrap 

(3901.31.9; 3901.33.22; 3901.34.24; 

3901.100.5), two lots consisting of metal 

pieces and scrap (3901.12.7; 

3901.27.17), one thin metal rod 

(3091.33.3), one iron rod fragment 

(3901.23.1), one shell (3901.27.6), three 

shell runtees (3901.33.6; 3901.33.7; 

3901.33.8), two shell runtee fish effigies 

(3901.33.9; 3901.33.10), one shell 

standing man effigy (3901.34.11), two 

shell/bone ornaments (3901.18.2.6), 

three lots consisting of glass trade beads 

in various colors (3901.18.2.1; 

3901.33.20), one lot consisting of black 

glass beads (3901.22.3), three lots 

consisting of blue glass trade beads 

(3901.22.13; 3901.22.14; 3901.27.23), 

one lot consisting of blue and white 

glass trade beads (3901.22.2), one lot 

consisting of brown glass trade beads 

(3901.22.12), two lots consisting of clear 

glass beads (3901.22.1; 3901.27.22), one 

lot consisting of green glass trade beads 

(3901.22.4), one lot consisting of light 

green glass trade beads (3901.22.9), two 

lots consisting of navy blue glass trade 

beads (3901.22.8; 3901.22.15), one lot 

consisting of red glass trade beads 

(3901.22.10), one lot consisting of red/ 

amber glass trade beads (3901.22.7), one 

lot consisting of turquoise glass beads 

(3901.30.25), four lots consisting of 

white glass trade beads (3901.22.5; 

3901.22.6; 3901.22.11; 3901.30.24), one 

lot consisting of yellow glass trade 

beads (3901.22.16), one lot consisting of 

chipped glass (3901.33.23); one lot 

consisting of melted glass (3901.33.25); 

four lots consisting of red ochre 

(3901.22.26; 3901.26.14; 3901.32.18; 

3901.34.14), nine bifaces (3901.23.6; 

3901.24.4; 3901.24.6; 3901.24.7; 

3901.25.19; 3901.25.20; 3901.25.21; 

3901.25.22; 3901.33.11), one flint drill 

(3901.25.5), one argillite projectile point 

(3901.25.18), 40 projectile points 

(3901.15.12; 3901.23.7; 3901.23.10; 

3901.23.11; 3901.23.12; 3901.23.13; 

3901.23.14; 3901.23.15; 3901.23.16; 

3901.23.17; 3901.23.18; 3901.23.19; 

3901.23.20; 3901.23.21; 3901.23.22; 

3901.23.23; 3901.23.24; 3901.23.25; 

3901.23.26; 3901.23.27; 3901.23.28; 

3901.23.29; 3901.23.30; 3901.23.31; 

3901.23.32; 3901.23.33; 3901.23.34; 

3901.23.35; 3901.23.36; 3901.25.7; 

3901.25.8; 3901.25.9; 3901.25.10; 

3901.25.11; 3901.25.12; 3901.25.13; 

3901.25.14; 3901.25.15; 3901.25.16; 

3901.25.17), 9 flakes (3901.23.8; 

3901.23.9; 3901.25.23; 3901.27.20; 

3901.27.21; 2901.30.22; 3901.99.1; 

3901.100.2; 3901.100.3), two slate 

pendants (3901.25.3; 3901.25.4), one 

stone ball (3901.30.4), one stone gorget 

(3901.25.2), one side notched stone 

gorget (3901.24.1), three stone pipe 

fragments (3901.25.6; 3901.26.6; 

3901.28.19), one stone plummet 

(3901.24.2), two stones used for pottery 

temper (3901.30.1), one stone tamper 

(3901.27.24), one smooth stone 

(3901.30.11), one translucent stone 

pendant (3901.33.5), one piece of 

worked stone (3901.24.8), one piece of 

granite temper (3901.22.25), one 

soapstone fragment (3901.18.3.9), nine 

brass Jesuit rings (3901.18.1.1), one 

uniform braid (3901.29.3), four brass 

hawkbells (3901.18.1.2), one lot 

consisting of brass scrap (3901.99.2), 16 

iron knives and fragments (3901.12.1; 

3901.12.2; 3901.12.3; 3901.12.4; 

3901.12.5; 3901.12.6; 3901.27.14; 

3901.27.15; 3901.30.5 (n=2); 3901.32.16; 

3901.34.16; 3901.34.17; 3901.34.18; 

3901.34.19), one iron strike-a-lite 

(3901.22.24), two metal awls 

(3901.27.16; 3901.30.18), one gun 

fragment (3901.33.14), four French 

honey-colored gunflints (3901.23.2; 

3901.23.3; 3901.23.4; 3901.33.4), one 


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pewter dish (3901.33.15), one lot of 

wood with leather and fabric, and 

attached copper mail and trade beads 

(3901.15.13); one strap handled pot 

(3901.102), three iron axe heads 

(3901.103; 3901.104; 3901.105), three 

porcelain sherds (3901.31.6; 3901.34.13; 

3901.100.4), one brass navigational 

compass (3901.97), one metal disk 

(3901.34.23), two three-pronged forks 

with wooden handles (3901.34.20; 

3901.34.21), one wire wound metal 

bracelet (3901.34.15), one lot consisting 

of carved wood fragments (3901.29.9), 

four lots consisting of wood fragments 

(3901.18.5.6, 3901.29.8, 3901.33.26, 

3901.34.12), one grinding stone 

(3901.34.6), four whetstones (3901.34.2, 

3901.34.3, 3901.34.4, 3901.34.5), one 

fossilized clam (3901.22.27), and one 

fossilized fern (3901.23.5). 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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: archeological, 

geographical, historical, oral traditional, 

and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, Michigan State 

University has determined that: 

• The 381 cultural items 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 and are believed, by a 

preponderance of the evidence, to have 

been removed from a specific burial site 

of a Native American individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Bay Mills Indian Community, 

Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of 

Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, 

Michigan; Hannahville Indian 

Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 

Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 

Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 

River Band of Ottawa Indians, 

Michigan; Little Traverse Bay Bands of 

Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi 

Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of 

Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and 

Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 

Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 12, 2023. 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 

items 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 identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: August 30, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19600 Filed 9–11–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036523; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Witte 

Museum, San Antonio, TX 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Witte 

Museum has completed an inventory of 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and has determined that there is 

no cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects and any Indian Tribe or Native 

Hawaiian organization. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Val Verde County, 

TX. 

DATES: Re-interment of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 12, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Barron, Witte 

Museum, 3801 Broadway Street, San 

Antonio, TX 78209, telephone (210) 

357–1900, email jenniferbarron@

wittemuseum.org. 

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 Witte Museum. 

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 Witte Museum. 

Description 

From 1931 to 1969, human remains 

representing, at minimum, 25 

individuals were recovered during 

multiple excavations, some organized 

by the Southwest Texas Archaeological 

Society and/or the Witte Museum from 

sites that include Shumla Caves 1–8, 

Eagle Cave, Jacal Canyon, and 

Zubermiller Cave in Val Verde County, 

TX. These human remains belong to six 

adult males, three adult females, one 

juvenile, seven infants, and eight 

individuals of indeterminate age and/or 

sex. They date to the Archaic period. 

The one associated funerary object is 

one lot consisting of ‘‘shaman’s kit.’’ 

In the 1930s, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were collected by George 

Nalle II during an excavation in the 

Lower Pecos Canyonlands in Val Verde 

County, TX. In 2018, these human 

remains were given to the Witte 

Museum. They date to the Archaic 

period. No associated funerary objects 

are present. 

Sometime prior to 1969, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were collected from the Fate 

Bell Shelter in Val Verde County, TX. 

These human remains date to the 

Archaic period. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Sometime prior to 1969, human 

remains representing, at minimum, five 

individuals were collected by Richard 

and Ben McReynolds from sites in Val 

Verde Canyon in Val Verde County, TX, 

including a shelter in Deadman’s 

Canyon. In 2019, these human remains 

were given to the Witte Museum. They 

date to the Archaic period. No 

associated funerary objects are present. 


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