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FA 039-06

Published to the Federal Register on September 15, 2020

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

On August 1, 2006, a complaint was filed with the Howard City Police Department about human remains that had been kept in an attic since 1950. The complainant's father passed away in 1950, and the remains were kept in an attic until the complainant (who asked the police to remain anonymous) alerted the police. In 1920, the complainant's father found the remains near the Lake Huron shore, eroding out of the north side of a creek that used to run into the Lake, possibly where Huron County and Sanilac County meet. The complainant's father believed the area was an Indian burial ground. On the south side of the creek, there was a Native American camp.

MNI = 7

AFO = 0

These individuals were not originally listed on MSU's NAGPRA inventory, as they were not associated with the MSU Museum but with the Forensic Anthropology Lab. In 2019, it was decided to condense our efforts and only have one department providing NAGPRA listings.

The following documentation is available upon request:

  • Email correspondence between the police and Dr. Norm Sauer (Physical anthropologist at MSU)
  • Release of Evidence forms fro Howard City PD
  • Forensic anthropology report and worksheet
  • Police Report

These individuals were listed in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) for September 15, 2020.

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
  • Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan
  • Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan
  • Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan
  • Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan
  • Little Traverse Bay Band of Odawa Indians, Michigan
  • Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan
  • Nottawaseppi Huron Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan
  • Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana
  • Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
  • Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan

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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