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Published to the Federal Register on September 11, 2020

These ancestors were returned to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan on August 25, 2022.

  • Matthews Site (20CL61)

    Accession 3688

    Published in the Federal Register on September 11, 2020

    During the spring of 1966, human remains and funerary items were disturbed by Clyde Anderson, a resident of St. Johns, Michigan. Mr. Anderson explored the area in search of an early nineteenth‐century Native American village. He removed the human remains and later re‐buried them in the summer of 1966. He then loaned the funerary items found at the site to Michigan State University but kept many of the intact and more appealing items.

    During 1966, human remains and funerary items were uncovered by the Upper Grand Valley Chapter of the Michigan Archaeological Society (UGVC). The UGVC donated the remains and cultural items to Michigan State University, which accessioned them in 1970.

    MNI = 6

    AFO = 93

    The original NAGPRA listing for this case was MNI = 4 and AFO = 60. After reviewing the material, this listing is being updated with the 2019/2020 inventory update to an MNI = 6 and AFO = 93.

    Documentation: We have the archaeological site form, forensic report, artifact inventory, excavation square sheets, site report, and and article published in the Michigan Archaeologist 18(4) available upon request.

    These ancestors were included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) for September 11, 2020.

  • Cutler (20CL108)
    Published in the Federal Register on September 11, 2020

    In 1969, human remains and funerary objects were excavated/salvaged by Michigan State University graduate student Marla Buckmaster. Buckmaster removed the human remains and cultural items from a gravel pit located on private property.

    MNI = 17

    AFO = 32

    These individuals were originally listed as MNI = 17 and AFO = 20. After reviewing the artifact inventory, the 2019/2020 update has amended the AFO listing to 32 objects.

    Documentation: We have the archaeologial site form, limited field notes and excavation records, skeletal inventory, and the "Looking Glass River Archaeological Project" survey report on file and available upon request.

    These ancestors were included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) for September 11, 2020.

  • Root site
    The Root site was originally listed as being located in Clinton County; however, the site is actually in Ingham County - site number 20IN2. Please refer to the Ingham County page for additional information on this site and the individuals found there.

Transfer of Legal Control

Legal control for these ancestors was transferred to the following Tribes on October 20, 2020:

  • Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan
  • Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan
  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan
  • Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
  • Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan

Tribes Consulted/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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