Notice2022-24225
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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Published
November 7, 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 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67060-67061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24225]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034805; 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 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 December 7, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College,
Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511,
telephone (608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8de0e8e4fef9e8ffe3cdefe8e1e2e4f9a3e8e9f8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c5a8a0acb6b1a0b7ab85a7a0a9aaacb1eba0a1b0">[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
On an unknown date, six cultural items were removed from Elliot
Mound, No. 3, in Sacramento County, CA. Museum catalog information
states the items most likely belong to the Horatio Nelson Rust
Collection. A native of Amherst, Massachusetts, Horatio Nelson Rust
(1826-1906) was a lifelong antiquarian and amateur archeologist who
began collecting archeological and ethnographic items as a traveling
salesman on the East Coast. He accepted artifacts for trade or payment,
and contracted the sale or collection of artifacts from institutions in
the East. In 1880, Rust moved to California, where he served as a
United States Indian Agent. In 1892, Rust sold approximately 3,000
items to Frank Granger Logan. In 1894, Logan donated the Rust
Collection to the Logan Museum of Anthropology. The six unassociated
funerary objects (catalog number 4902) are one lot of coiled basketry
fragments; one lot of loose weave net fragments; one lot of compact
weave net fragments; one lot of twisted cordage fragments; one bundle
of twisted threads; and one lot of woven blanket fragments.
Based on archeological, anthropological, geographical,
ethnohistoric, ethnographic, linguistic, and oral traditional
information, the Sacramento Valley and Delta regions, where Elliot
Mound No. 3 is located, are home to Nisenan-speaking groups, of which
Wilton Rancheria, California is one.
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 six 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 Wilton Rancheria, California.
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, Beloit College, Logan
Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone
(608) 363-2305, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4429212d373021362a042621282b2d306a212031"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="91fcf4f8e2e5f4e3ffd1f3f4fdfef8e5bff4f5e4">[email protected]</span></a>, by December 7, 2022. After
that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of
control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Wilton Rancheria,
California may proceed.
Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology is responsible for
notifying the Wilton Rancheria, California that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24225 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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