87798 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, 

linguistics. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, AMNH has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of 57 individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 55 objects described in this 

notice 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Delaware Nation, 

Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 

Shinnecock Indian Nation; and the 

Stockbridge Munsee Community, 

Wisconsin. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 18, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

AMNH 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. AMNH 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 10.9, § 10.10, and 

§ 10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27800 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037075; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, Michigan 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. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from San Joaquin County, 

CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Chief Curator, 

Grand Rapids Public Museum. 272 Pearl 

Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, 

telephone (616) 929–1809, email 

aforist@grpm.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 Grand Rapids 

Public 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum. 

Description 

Human remains representing, at 

minimum, two individuals were 

removed from San Joaquin County, CA. 

In the early 1880s, Mr. E. D. 

Zimmerman, an amateur archeologist, 

excavated a burial mound at the Leon 

Ranch in Stockton. At an unknown date, 

these human remains (and associated 

funerary objects) were purchased by 

Herman J. Rush (b. 1902—d. 1965), a 

collector from Belvidere, New Jersey 

from a sale of Zimmerman’s collection. 

In the 1960s, Dr. Ruth Herrick, a 

collector in Grand Rapids, Michigan, 

purchased these human remains (and 

associated funerary objects) from Rush, 

and in 1974, the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum acquired them from Herrick by 

bequest. The human remains consist of 

one glass vial containing cremated 

human hair and one vial containing 

cremated cerebral matter. The 18 

associated funerary objects are one 

burned shell, one lot consisting of 

cremated seeds, one lot consisting of 

burned pinon nuts, two lots consisting 

of wampum, one vial containing 

vermillion, one lot consisting of red 

paint, one lot consisting of burned 

beads, one bone gouge, one awl, one 

shell pendant, one Medicine Man’s 

hollow bone tube, one hollow bone 

tube, one spear, three bone fish skewers, 

and one bone fish gorge. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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, and oral 

traditional. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of two individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The 18 objects described in this 

notice are reasonably believed to have 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1
Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 242 / Tuesday, December 19, 2023 / Notices 87799 

been placed with or near individual 

human remains at the time of death or 

later as part of the death rite or 

ceremony. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Buena Vista 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; California Valley Miwok 

Tribe, California; Cher-Ae Heights 

Indian Community of the Trinidad 

Rancheria, California; Chicken Ranch 

Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of 

California; Federated Indians of Graton 

Rancheria, California; Guidiville 

Rancheria of California; Ione Band of 

Miwok Indians of California; 

Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians 

of California; Picayune Rancheria of the 

Chukchansi Indians of California; Santa 

Rosa Indian Community of the Santa 

Rosa Rancheria, California; Shingle 

Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle 

Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 

California; Table Mountain Rancheria; 

Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule 

River Reservation, California; Tuolumne 

Band of Me-Wuk Indians of the 

Tuolumne Rancheria of California; 

United Auburn Indian Community of 

the Auburn Rancheria, California; and 

the Wilton Rancheria, California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects in this notice must be sent to the 

Responsible Official identified in 

ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation 

may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes identified in this notice and, if 

joined to a request from one or more of 

the Indian Tribes, the Muwekma Ohlone 

Indian Tribe of the SF Bay Area, 

California; Nashville Enterprise MiwokMaidu-Nishinam Tribe, California; 

North Valley Yokuts Tribe, California; 

Wuksache Indian Tribe/Eshom Valley 

Band, California; and the Confederated 

Villages of Lisjan Nation. 

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 

a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or 

Native Hawaiian organization. 

Repatriation of the human remains 

and associated funerary objects in this 

notice to a requestor may occur on or 

after January 18, 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 identified in this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: December 8, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2023–27788 Filed 12–18–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037079; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand 

Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from Lee County, FL. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 18, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Alex Forist, Chief Curator, 

272 Pearl Street NW, Grand Rapids, MI 

49504, telephone (616) 929–1809, email 

aforist@grpm.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 Grand Rapids 

Public 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, four 

individuals were removed from Lee 

County, FL. At an unknown date, Dr. 

J.W. Velie, a medical professional and 

professor who lived in St. Joseph, MI, 

and wintered in Florida reportedly 

purchased the human remains and 

artifact from an unknown individual 

that were said to have been found in a 

grave in 1880. From 1870 to 1893, Velie 

was employed as an assistant curator for 

the Academy of Science in Chicago, IL, 

and following the Great Chicago Fire, he 

conducted field work in Cuba, Florida, 

and the Yucatan to collect specimens to 

help rebuild the Academy’s collections. 

The Grand Rapids Public Museum 

acquired the human remains and 

funerary object from Velie in 1909. The 

age of the human remains is unknown. 

The one associated funerary object is an 

ornamental metal coin piece that has 

been hammered and has punched holes. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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 

information, geographical information, 

oral history, and historical information. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Grand Rapids Public 

Museum has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of four individuals of Native 

American ancestry. 

• The one object described in this 

notice 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. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains and 

associated funerary objects described in 

this notice and the Miccosukee Tribe of 

Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The 

Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and The 

Seminole Nation of Oklahoma. 


lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1