Notice2023-00474
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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Published
January 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology (LMA) intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Oklahoma.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00474]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035104; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology (LMA) intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the
definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural item was removed from Oklahoma.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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#7d1018140e09180f133d1f181112140953181908"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="49242c203a3d2c3b27092b2c2526203d672c2d3c">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
LMA. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records held by the LMA.
Description
In 1901, one item of cultural patrimony was removed from Oklahoma
by Dr. George A. Dorsey. The object of cultural patrimony is a shield
cover (31207.2) that originally belonged to Tall Chief. Osage shield
covers of this nature are objects of cultural patrimony consecrated
during ceremonies conducted by Osage clan priests. This shield was
bestowed on a warrior who had earned all thirteen ceremonial war honors
as part of the ``Rite of the Vigil'' ritual. The shield cover was
received by the LMA in 1956, from C.H. Boyd of Minocqua, WI.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: linguistic, oral
traditional, geographical, kinship, historical, and anthropological.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the LMA has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above has ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and The Osage Nation
(previously listed as Osage Tribe).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 13, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the LMA must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
cultural items are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The LMA is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00474 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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