[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 159 (Friday, August 16, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50098-50099]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20001]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-13660; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: St. Joseph County Sheriff's
Department, Centreville, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department has completed an
inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian
tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any present-
day Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of
any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
should submit a written request to the St. Joseph County Sheriff's
Department. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of the request to the St. Joseph
County Sheriff's Department at the address in this notice by September
16, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Undersheriff Mark Lillywhite, St. Joseph County Sheriff's
Department, 650 East Main Street, Centreville, MI 49032, telephone
(269) 467-9045.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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
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of human remains under the control of the St. Joseph County Sheriff's
Department. The human remains were removed from Section 27, Leonidas
Township, St. Joseph 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) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Michigan
State University Forensic Anthropology Department professional staff on
behalf of the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department with
representatives of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.).
History and Description of the Remains
In December 1970, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Section 27, Leonidas Township, in St.
Joseph County, MI. The remains were transferred to the Michigan State
University Forensic Anthropology Department where they were identified
and transferred back to the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department on
June 26, 2013. The human remains were identified as a 30-40 year old
Native American female from a pre-20th century population. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Determinations Made by the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department
Officials of the St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on evaluation by the Michigan
State University Forensic Anthropology Department.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian tribe.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(15), the land from which the
Native American human remains were removed is the near the tribal land
of the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan (previously
listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.).
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi,
Michigan (previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.).
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Undersheriff Mark Lilywhite, St. Joseph
County Sheriff's Department, 650 East Main Street, Centreville, MI
49032, telephone (269) 467-9045, by September 16, 2013. After that
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan (previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.)
may proceed.
The St. Joseph County Sheriff's Department is responsible for
notifying the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan
(previously listed as the Huron Potawatomi, Inc.) that this notice has
been published.
Dated: July 30, 2013.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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