Ionia County

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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.

  • Ionia Site

    The collection history is unknown for this collection.

    MNI = 3

    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 only documentation available for these individuals is the skeletal inventory sheet.

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

  • Muir Site

    Also known as West Muir, Accession 3350

    On March 4, 1958, the Central Michigan Chapter of the Michigan Archeological Society donated human remains and funerary items to the Michigan State University Museum.

    MNI = 1

    AFO = 8

    This individual was originally listed on the NAGPRA inventory as an MNI = 1, AFO = 0. With the 2019/2020 update, this listing is being amended to an MNI = 1; AFO = 8.

    Available documentation includes:

    • Skeletal inventory sheet
    • Accession record
    • Catalog cards

    This ancestor was included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) for September 11, 2020.

  • Portland burial

    Accession 1031

    In 1890, human remains were discovered on the Grand River a few miles south of Portland, MI. The remains were discovered by Henry Clay Newman, a local resident of the area who removed the remains from a mound near Shimnecon, a former Native American village. On May 8, 1959, Mrs. David Baldwin and Henry Clay Newman donated the remains to the Michigan State University Museum. The donors thought the remains were those of Chief Okemos.

    MNI = 1

    AFO = 0

    This individual was on the original NAGPRA inventory. No amendments are being made to the MNI or AFOs.

    Available documentation includes:

    • Accession record
    • Letter from Ionia Historical Society
    • Skeletal inventory summary and form
    • Newspaper articles
    • Handwritten notes and transcription
    • Notes from History of Ionia County
    • Letter from Sheline to Newman, 1930
    • Image of field where remains were supposedly found

    This ancestor was included in the Federal Register publication (link to published notice) for September 11, 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
  • 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 Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan
  • Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan
  • Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan

Tribes Consulted 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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