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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 92962-92963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27502]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039090; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Inventory Completion: Michigan State Police, Dimondale, 
MI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Michigan State Police has completed an 
inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no lineal 
descendant and no Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.

DATES: Upon request, repatriation of the human remains in this notice 
may occur on or after December 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Hanna Friedlander, Forensic Anthropologist, Michigan State 
Police, Intelligence Operations Division--Missing Persons Coordination 
Unit, 7150 Harris Drive, Dimondale, MI 48821, telephone (517) 242-5731, 
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 the 
Michigan State Police, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
its inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. There are no associated funerary objects present. On May 21 
and 22, 2024, human remains representing one individual were removed 
from their resting spot in Harrison, MI (Clare County). The human 
remains (MPC-11-24) consist of a near compete set of remains, missing 
three cervical vertebrae, the sternum (including manubrium and 
xiphoid), the hyoid, the coccyx, majority of the carpals, four 
metacarpals, most hand phalanges, three tarsals, most metatarsals, and 
most foot phalanges. Radiocarbon dating done by ICA (International 
Chemical Analysis) in June of 2024; radiocarbon dating came back to 
A.D. 1400-1460. On Sept. 17, 2024, the Clare County Sheriff's 
Department, which had been storing the human remains, requested 
assistance in carrying out NAGPRA responsibilities. Subsequently, Ms. 
Hanna Friedlander collected the human remains and transferred them to 
temporary holding at the Michigan State Police Headquarters in 
Dimondale, MI. No known individual was identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present.

Consultation

    Invitations to consult were sent to the Bad River Band of the Lake 
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, 
Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa Cree Indians 
of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana; Citizen Potawatomi Nation, 
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse 
Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian 
Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac 
Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 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 of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, 
Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little 
Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish 
Band of Potawatomi Indians of Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, 
Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); 
Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; 
White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; 
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of

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Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi 
Nation; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; 
Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian 
Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, 
Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa 
Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians 
of North Dakota.
    The Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin, and the Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan requested consultation.

Cultural Affiliation

    The following types of information about the cultural affiliation 
of the human remains in this notice are available: geographical.
    The information, including the results of consultation, identified:
    1. No earlier group connected to the human remains.
    2. The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan as an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization connected to the human remains.
    3. No relationship of shared group identity between the earlier 
group and the Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization that can be 
reasonably traced through time.

Determinations

    The Michigan State Police has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     No known lineal descendant who can trace ancestry to the 
human remains in this notice has been identified.
     No Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation to the human remains in this notice has been 
clearly or reasonably identified.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 
who shows, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a 
lineal descendant or an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization 
with cultural affiliation.
    Upon request, repatriation of the human remains described in this 
notice may occur on or after December 26, 2024. If competing requests 
for repatriation are received, the Michigan State Police must determine 
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for 
joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request 
and not competing requests. The Michigan State Police is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to any consulting lineal descendant, 
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: November 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27502 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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