Notice2022-17768
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
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Published
August 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
Bryn Mawr College has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Bryn Mawr College. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 159 (Thursday, August 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50881-50882]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17768]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034370; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Bryn Mawr College has completed an inventory of human remains
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to Bryn
Mawr College. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to Bryn Mawr College at the address in this
notice by September 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 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#c4a9b3a1a8a0abaa84a6b6bdaaa9a5b3b6eaa1a0b1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6409130108000b0a2406161d0a090513164a010011">[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. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects under the control of Bryn Mawr College,
Bryn Mawr, PA. The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from a mound in the City of Natchez, Adams County, MS.
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
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the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the
Native American human remains and associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Bryn Mawr
College professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. The
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Caddo Nation of Oklahoma; Catawba Indian
Nation (previously listed as Catawba Tribe of South Carolina); Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Kialegee Tribal Town; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Miccosukee Tribe of Indians; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; Poarch Band of Creek Indians (previously listed as
Poarch Band of Creeks); Quapaw Nation (previously listed as The Quapaw
Tribe of Indians); Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, &
Tampa Reservations)); Shawnee Tribe; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage
Tribe); The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; Thlopthlocco Tribal Town;
Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma were invited to consult but did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to
as ``The Consulted and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime in the nineteenth century, human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were removed from a burial at a mound site
in the City of Natchez, Adams County, MS. Upon his death in 1882,
William Sansom Vaux bequeathed a collection to the Academy of Natural
Sciences in Philadelphia (ANS) that included the human remains and
associated funerary objects listed in this notice. The ANS accessioned
them on June 27, 1912. In 1961, the ANS loaned approximately 3,000
items, including these human remains and associated funerary objects,
to Bryn Mawr College. In 1997, the ANS transferred control of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to Bryn Mawr College. No known
individuals were identified. The 10 associated funerary objects are one
lot of iron rings or beads, three copper bracelets, three copper beads,
one bone bead, one shell bead, and one shell ring.
Mound sites in the region are associated with the Plaquemine
Mississippian period (circa 1200-1730 CE) and the Natchez people. Based
on the presence of iron cultural items, the burial occurred after
contact with European material culture.
Determinations Made by Bryn Mawr College
Officials of Bryn Mawr College have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of, at minimum, three
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 10 objects described
in this notice 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the
Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation (hereafter referred
to as ``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
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request 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#cda0baa8a1a9a2a38dafbfb4a3a0acbabfe3a8a9b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bed3c9dbd2dad1d0fedcccc7d0d3dfc9cc90dbdacb">[email protected]</span></a>, by September 19, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may
proceed.
Bryn Mawr College is responsible for notifying The Consulted and
Invited Tribes that this notice has been published.
Dated: August 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-17768 Filed 8-17-22; 8:45 am]
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