Notice2022-04108
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
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Published
February 28, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Bryn Mawr College, 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 Bryn Mawr College. 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 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 11092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04108]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033435; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Bryn Mawr College, 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 Bryn Mawr College. 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.
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 Bryn Mawr College at the address
in this notice by March 30, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College,
101 N Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610) 526-5022, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#117c66747d757e7f517363687f7c7066633f747564"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d6bba1b3bab2b9b896b4a4afb8bbb7a1a4f8b3b2a3">[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 Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, 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
On an unknown date, two cultural items were removed from the Yazoo
River region of Mississippi. William Sansom Vaux bequeathed a
collection to the Academy of Natural Sciences (ANS) upon his death in
1882. That collection included the two cultural items. ANS accessioned
them on June 27, 1912. In 1961, ANS loaned approximately 3,000 items to
Bryn Mawr College, including the cultural items. In 1997, the ANS board
voted to transfer control of the items to Bryn Mawr College and in
1998, ANS executed the transfer. The two unassociated funerary objects
are one effigy pipe and one bowl.
Based on geographical and historical information provided by The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, the effigy pipe and bowl are culturally
affiliated with The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The geographical and
historical evidence includes the 1820 Treaty of Doak's Stand, whereby
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma ceded lands in the Yazoo River region to
the United States.
Determinations Made by Bryn Mawr College
Officials of Bryn Mawr College have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the two 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 Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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 Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N
Merion Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610) 526-5022, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#137e64767f777c7d5371616a7d7e7264613d767766"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="69041e0c050d0607290b1b100704081e1b470c0d1c">[email protected]</span></a>, by March 30, 2022. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma may
proceed.
Bryn Mawr College is responsible for notifying the Cherokee Nation;
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma
that this notice has been published.
Dated: February 16, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-04108 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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