Anishinabe Ancestral Repatriation Observance
8/15/2019 9:59:00 AM
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Ziibiwing Cultural Center
The Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan and its Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways, in cooperation with the Michigan Anishinaabek
Cultural Preservation & Repatriation Alliance and Mille Lacs Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe, will recommit to the earth the ancestral human remains of nine (9) Native American individuals and one (1) funerary object from the Sloan Museum of Flint, MI.
In 1945, human remains representing, at minimum, nine individuals were removed from the Scoto Mounds in Genesee County, MI. The human remains were excavated from the mounds by the acting curator of the Genesee County Historical Society and a group of
volunteers, and were added to the collection of that organization. In 1966, upon the opening of the Sloan Museum, ownership of the collection of the Genesee County
Historical Society was transferred to the Sloan Museum. Many of the human remains are too fragmentary to define age or sex; however, it was determined that among
the nine individuals, there are four children and two adults, of whom two are male and two are probably female. The one associated funerary object is a deer scapula.
The Notice of Inventory Completion posted to the Federal Register on June 28, 2019.
PREPARING FOR THE JOURNEY
Thursday, August 22, 2019 • 10am
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways 6650 East Broadway • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan Witness the final preparations and
ceremonial protocols for the ancestors.
Skirts suggested for women.
RECOMMITMENT TO THE EARTH
Thursday, August 22, 2019 • 12pm
Nibokaan Ancestral Cemetery
7525 East Tomah Rd. • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
The interested public is invited to attend.
Skirts suggested for women.
JOURNEY FEAST
Thursday, August 22, 2019 • 1pm
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways
6650 East Broadway • Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
A Journey Feast will conclude the ancestral protocols.