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From: "CATHERINE DAVIDS" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Organization: The University of Michigan - Flint
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 11:28:13 EDT
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Subject: Re: Skulls, Bones likely Indian
Flint Journal, Tuesday, June 22, 1999
by James L. Smith, Journal Staff Writer
Four skulls and sets of bones unearthed last week by a couple
digging in their yard might be American Indian remains, said Lapeer
County Sheriff's Lt. Gary Parks.
An inspection is scheduled today by a forensic anthropologist at
Michigan State University.
The couple called deputies after they found a skull about 18"
underground. Deputies excavated the site Thursday and Friday,
Parks said.
Although the department wants to ensure the bones aren't from
any recent crimes, their age indicates they are most likely Indian
remains, Parks said.
The property owner who found the remains has requested
anonymity.
Sheriff's Department Detective Sgt. Nancy Stimson was
scheduled to drive the bones to MSU early today to meet with
Professor Norman Sauer for examination.
If confirmed to be Indian remains, the bones would be turned
over to the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe for reburial in a
reservation plot, said Kayle Crampton, historic preservation
coordinator for the tribe in Mt. Pleasant.
Under the federal Native American Grave Protetion and
Repatriation Act, developers and museums are required to turn over
Indian remains for reburial.
The finding of remains is not uncommon and always increases in
the summer with building and road construction, Crampton said.
The Hadley Township find is the second recently in Michigan,
but one in Grand Rapids will be harder to resolve becaue a building
has been built over the remains, Crampton said.
If the bones are turned over to the Chippewa tribe, other area
tribes will be notified and offered a chance to participate in a reburial
ceremony at a reservation cemetary in Isabella County.
Often clothing and other materials that would help identify a
tribal connection have decayed or are nonexistsent.
It generally is difficult to determine an Indian's tribe from skeletal
remains, Crampton said. For that reason, other tribes are invited to
participate and often do.
Burials are supervised by the Ziibiwing Cultural Society, said
CarolAkiyama, an intern with the soceity.
Under the federal act, construction companies must stop and
notify police when they encounter an Indian burial site, Crampton
said. Often they do not.
A private homeowner is not under the same obligation, but tribes
are thankful when people are considerate enough to notify
authorities, Akiyama said.
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