67998 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 213 / Thursday, November 4, 2010 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Western Michigan University, 

Anthropology Department, Kalamazoo, 

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 Western Michigan 

University, Anthropology Department, 

Kalamazoo, MI. The human remains and 

associated funerary objects were 

removed from Mackinac 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 was made by Western Michigan 

University professional staff in 

consultation with representatives of the 

Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

Indians, Michigan, and the Sault Ste. 

Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians of 

Michigan. 

In 1973, human remains representing 

a minimum of eight individuals were 

removed from the Gyftakis site 

(20MK51), St. Ignace, Moran Township, 

Mackinac County, MI, during an 

archeological excavation directed by Dr. 

James Fitting. The human remains were 

transferred to Western Michigan 

University for curation and further 

analysis. The 20 associated funerary 

objects are 8 black bear scapula and 

fragments, 1 black bear atlas, 1 black 

bear proximal femur head, 1 large bird 

long bone shaft, 1 possible black bear 

phalanx, 1 possible crane 

carpometacarpus, 1 raptor 

carpometacarpus, 1 possible small bird 

long bone, 1 unidentified non-human 

cranium fragment, 2 bird or small 

mammal long bones and 2 probable bird 

phalanxes. 

In 1972, Middle Woodland period 

ceramic sherds were found during test 

excavations for the St. Ignace 

Archaeological Survey Project, which 

prompted the archeological survey. The 

burials were found to be in good 

condition. Dr. Robert Sundick, a 

physical anthropologist in the 

Anthropology Department at Western 

Michigan University, studied the 

remains. Native American ancestry was 

determined based on the temporal 

association of the Gyftakis Site to the 

Middle Woodland period (A.D. 170), 

radiocarbon dating of a sample from an 

associated hearth and AMS date of 

ceramic pot residue. Additionally, 

seriation of the pottery and lithic tools 

discovered at the Gyftakis Site, but 

which are not associated funerary 

objects, are indicative of the Middle 

Woodland period and are clearly of preContact/European manufacturing. 

According to oral tradition, the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians 

have occupied the St. Ignace area for 

numerous generations preceding 

European arrival into the Great Lakes. 

The archeological evidence of prehistoric Native American occupation of 

the Gyftakis site supports the Odawa 

oral histories. In 1615, the French were 

the first Europeans to record the Odawa 

in the Great Lakes. Since this first 

encounter in the early 17th century to 

the present-day, the Odawa have a long, 

documented history at St. Ignace and 

the surrounding Mackinac region. 

Officials of Western Michigan 

University have determined, pursuant to 

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

described above represent the physical 

remains of eight individuals of Native 

American ancestry. Officials of Western 

Michigan University also have 

determined, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 

3001(3)(A), the 20 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 Western 

Michigan University have determined, 

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 Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa 

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 LouAnn Wurst, Department of 

Anthropology, Western Michigan 

University, 1005 Moore Hall, 

Kalamazoo, MI 49008, telephone (269) 

387–2753, before December 6, 2010. 

Repatriation of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects to the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan, may proceed after that date if 

no additional claimants come forward. 

Western Michigan University is 

responsible for notifying the Little 

Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, 

Michigan, and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe 

of Chippewa Indians of Michigan, that 

this notice has been published. 

Dated: October 29, 2010. 

Sherry Hutt, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27916 Filed 11–3–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S. 

Department of Agriculture, Forest 

Service, Chattahoochee-Oconee 

National Forests, Gainesville, GA 

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 U.S. Department 

of Agriculture, Forest Service, 

Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forests, 

Gainesville, GA. The human remains 

and associated funerary objects were 

removed from Greene County, GA. 

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 was made by the professional 

staff of the Chattahoochee-Oconee 

National Forests, University of Georgia, 

and Southeastern Archaeological 

Services, Inc., and in consultation with 

the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 

Oklahoma, and the Poarch Band of 

Creek Indians of Alabama. 

Sometime between 1985 and 1986, 

human remains representing a 

minimum of two individuals were 

removed from site 9GE1083, Greene 

County, GA. This site was disturbed by 

logging operations, and the human 

remains were removed by a local 

collector in late 1985 or early 1986. No 

known individuals were identified. The 

131 associated funerary objects are 

Lamar period ceramic pottery sherds. 


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