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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038097; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Michigan History Center, Lansing, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), the Michigan History Center intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary objects and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after [INSERT DATE
30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES: Tobi Voigt, Director of Museums, Michigan History Center, 702 W. Kalamazoo
Street, Lansing, MI 48915, telephone (517) 243-4041, email VoigtT@Michigan.gov.
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 History Center, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary
or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of information available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated
funerary object is a pottery bowl “found in an ‘Indian mound’ near Waverly,
Tennessee, Collected by W.O. Emery. Acquired by J.T. Reeder (Calumet, Michigan). Acquired
by Michigan Historical Commission from J.T. Reeder, date unknown.”
Determinations
The Michigan History Center has determined that:
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The one unassociated funerary object described in this notice are reasonably believed to

have been placed intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The unassociated funerary object has
been identified by a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific
individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
•

There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and
The Chickasaw Nation.

Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 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 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Michigan History Center
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation
of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Michigan
History Center is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
AUTHORITY: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and
the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

Dated: June 7, 2024

Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-13248 Filed: 6/14/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/17/2024]