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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038160; 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 object of cultural patrimony 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) 898-6067, 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 cultural
patrimony object is a horn ladle taken from the camp of Sitting Bull who was captured by Lt.
Frank D. Baldwin, 5th Infantry, December 8, 1876, at Red Water Creek, Montana. Acquired by
Michigan Historical Commission from an unknown donor at an unknown date.
Determinations
The Michigan History Center has determined that:
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The one object of cultural patrimony described in this notice have ongoing historical,

traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any
constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
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There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and
the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.

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 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-14103 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]