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Published to the Federal Register on September 15, 2020

These ancestors were returned to the Pokagon Band of Potawatomi on November 11, 2020.

  • 6365 CW

    On an unknown date, human remains were discovered on a farm that was originally a Native American cemetery. Paul Wynn, the property owner, gave the remains to Eugene Davis. Mr. Davis then gave the remains to the Chamberlain Memorial Museum, which was located in Three Oaks, Michigan. In 1916, the Chamberlain Memorial Museum was founded by Mr. Edward K. Warren. Mr. Warren named the Museum after Henry Chamberlain, his father‐in‐law. In September of 1952, Michigan State College Museum (now the Michigan State University Museum) acquired the contents of the Chamberlain Memorial Museum from Fred P. Warren, President of the Board of Trustees of the E. K. Warren Foundation.

    MNI = 1

    AFO = 0

    This individual was on the original NAGPRA inventory, however they were listed as unprovenienced. The 2019/2020 inventory update has amended this to include more specific provenience information.

    We have the original object catalog card and the skeletal summary available upon request.

    This ancestor was included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) on September 15, 2020.

  • 6453 CW

    On an unknown date, human remains were discovered and became part of the William Bard Collection, which was acquired by the Chamberlain Memorial Museum, which was located in Three Oaks, Michigan. In 1916, the Chamberlain Memorial Museum was founded by Mr. Edward K. Warren. Mr. Warren named the Museum after Henry Chamberlain, his father‐in‐law. In September of 1952, Michigan State College Museum (now the Michigan State University Museum) acquired the contents
    of the Chamberlain Memorial Museum from Fred P. Warren, President of the Board of Trustees of the E. K. Warren Foundation.

    MNI = 1

    AFO = 0

    This individual was on the original NAGPRA inventory, however they were listed as unprovenienced. The 2019/2020 inventory update has amended this to include more specific provenience information.

    We have the object catalog card and the skeletal summary available upon request.

    This ancestor was included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) on September 15, 2020.

Tribes Consulted with and Invited to Consult:

  • Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  • Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin
  • Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
  • Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana (previously listed as the Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana)
  • Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma
  • Delaware Nation, Oklahoma
  • Delaware Tribe of Indians
  • Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin
  • Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
  • Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan
  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan
  • Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
  • Kickapoo Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas
  • Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
  • Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan
  • Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan
  • Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana
  • Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan
  • Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
  • Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
  • Miami Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band)
  • Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi, Michigan
  • Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma
  • Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma
  • Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana
  • Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation
  • Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
  • Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, Minnesota
  • Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska
  • Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma
  • Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa
  • Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
  • Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan
  • Seneca Nation of Indians
  • Seneca-Cayuga Nation
  • Shawnee Tribe
  • Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin
  • St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin
  • Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin
  • Tonawanda Band of Seneca
  • Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota
  • Wyandotte Nation

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