Notice2021-22741
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH
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Published
October 19, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Ohio History Connection, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written request to the Ohio History Connection. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural item to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 199 (Tuesday, October 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57853-57854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-22741]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032768; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Ohio History
Connection, Columbus, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Ohio History Connection, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should
submit a written request to the Ohio History Connection. If no
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural
item to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim this cultural item should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Ohio History Connection at
the address in this notice by November 18, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nekole Alligood, NAGPRA Specialist,
Ohio History Connection, 800 E 17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211,
telephone (405) 933-7643, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#adc3ccc1c1c4cac2c2c9edc2c5c4c2c5c4ded9c2dfd483c2dfca"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc3ccc1c1c4cac2c2c9edc2c5c4c2c5c4ded9c2dfd483c2dfca">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the
control of the Ohio History Connection, Columbus, OH, that meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary object under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
In 1886, one cultural item was removed from Duck River in
Tennessee. According to the Ohio History Connection catalog, the
object, a shell gorget, was part of the W.K. Moorehead collection.
While the collection as a whole is described on an accession card as
``general collection of archaeological specimens, mainly surface,
assembled by W.K. Moorehead,'' the notes for catalog number A0067/60
describe the object as belonging to ``shell ornaments . . . from a
grave, Duck River, Tenn.'' Based upon evidence linking the Chickasaw
people to the southeastern United States, including Tennessee, as
documented in the Treaties of 1805 and 1816, a relationship of shared
group identity can reasonably be traced between Muskogean linguistic
cultures and this object.
Determinations Made by the Ohio History Connection
Officials of the Ohio History Connection have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group
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identity that can be reasonably traced between the unassociated
funerary object and The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Nekole Alligood, Ohio History Connection, 800 E
17th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43211, telephone (405) 933-7643, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcd2ddd0d0d5dbd3d3d8fcd3d4d5d3d4d5cfc8d3cec592d3cedb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4bab5b8b8bdb3bbbbb094bbbcbdbbbcbda7a0bba6adfabba6b3">[email protected]</span></a>, by November 18, 2021. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary object to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Ohio History Connection is responsible for notifying The
Chickasaw Nation this notice has been published.
Dated: October 6, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-22741 Filed 10-18-21; 8:45 am]
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