Notice2022-00226
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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Published
January 10, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1180-1181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-00226]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033205; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native
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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 these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology at the address in this notice by February 9, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Director, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, Beloit College, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone
(608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e489818d979081968aa48681888b8d90ca818091"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c1aca4a8b2b5a4b3af81a3a4adaea8b5efa4a5b4">[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 cultural items under the
control of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI,
that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 Items
Sometime between 1875 and 1889, 26 cultural items were removed from
San Nicolas Island in Ventura County, CA. The cultural items were
removed by Reverend Stephen Bowers. Bowers made multiple collecting
trips to San Nicolas Island, during which he removed thousands of
cultural items. He later sold those items to museums and collectors.
Between 1880 and 1881, Reverend Bowers owned two newspapers in
Wisconsin, one in Clinton and one in Beloit, and they provide the
context for his sale of cultural items to the Logan Museum. The 26
unassociated funerary objects are 13 modified shells (965.01; 965.02;
965.03; 965.04; 965.05; 965.06; 965.07; 965.08; 965.09; 965.10; 965.11;
966.01; 966.02), six unmodified shells (1008.01; 1008.02; 1008.03;
1009.01; M.05.0085), two modified shells or bone (907), and five stone
pestles (18204; 18205; 18206; 18207; 18208). One pestle (18208) is
currently missing from museum collections, but upon being located, it
will be transferred with the other cultural items listed in this
notice.
Based on archeological information, a relationship of shared group
identity may reasonably be traced between the following Indian Tribes
and the people who occupied San Nicolas for at least 10,000 years: La
Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California [previously listed as La
Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation];
Pala Band of Mission Indians [previously listed as Pala Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California]; Pauma Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California;
Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation,
California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of Rincon
Reservation, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of
the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the Soboba Band of Luiseno
Indians, California. Hereafter, these Indian Tribes are referred to as
``The Tribes.''
Determinations Made by Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology
Officials of Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology have
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 26 cultural items
described above are 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 identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and The Tribes.
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
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Nicolette B. Meister, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, Beloit College, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f39e969a808796819db391969f9c9a87dd969786"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9a4aca0babdacbba789abaca5a6a0bde7acadbc">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 9,
2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward,
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes
may proceed.
Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: January 3, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-00226 Filed 1-7-22; 8:45 am]
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