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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038165; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Grand Rapids Public Museum, Grand Rapids, MI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), the Grand Rapids Public Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and
has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after [INSERT
DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
ADDRESSES:

Alex Forist, Grand Rapids Public Museum, 272 Pearl Street NW, Grand

Rapids, MI 49504, telephone (616) 929-1809, email aforist@grpm.org.
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 Grand Rapids Public Museum and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory
or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of information available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual
have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At an unknown date,
an individual named Mrs. Stahl discovered ancestral remains representing a minimum of one
individual in her garden in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. At an unknown date, Dr. Ruth Herrick
acquired the remains from Stahl. Museum records indicate Stahl resided on Weeks Road.
However, no exact location has been identified. Herrick (1895 - 1974) was an amateur

archaeologist and an avid collector of ancestral remains, funerary objects and cultural objects. In
1974 the Grand Rapids Public Museum acquired these remains from Dr. Ruth Herrick by bequest.
Cultural affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is
reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Grand Rapids Public Museum has determined that:
●

The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.

●

There is a reasonable connection between the human remains described in this notice and
the Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin;
Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Menominee Indian
Tribe of Wisconsin; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan; Pokagon
Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation;
Quechan Tribe of Fort Yuma Indian Reservation, California & Arizona; and the
Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin.

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:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
2. 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 human remains 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 Grand Rapids Public
Museum 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 Grand Rapids Public Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the
implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: June 14, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14106 Filed: 6/26/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/27/2024]