Notice2023-00476
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
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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), Bryn Mawr College intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Jackson County, AL; Montgomery County, AL; Adams County, MS; Greene County, TN; Knox County, TN; and Roane County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035106; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Bryn Mawr College intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
items were removed from Jackson County, AL; Montgomery County, AL;
Adams County, MS; Greene County, TN; Knox County, TN; and Roane County,
TN.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Avenue,
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610) 526-5022, email
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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 Bryn
Mawr College. 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 Bryn Mawr
College.
Description
William Sansom Vaux bequeathed a collection to the Academy of
Natural Sciences (ANS) upon his death in 1882. ANS accessioned them on
June 27, 1912. In 1961, ANS loaned approximately 3,000 items, including
the 29 unassociated funerary objects described below, to Bryn Mawr
College. In 1997, the ANS board voted to transfer control to Bryn Mawr
College and executed the paperwork in 1998.
One cultural item was removed from a shell mound in Jackson County,
AL. The unassociated funerary object is one discoidal or chunkey stone
(70.30.2).
One cultural item was removed from Meigs, Montgomery County, AL.
The unassociated funerary object is one spearhead (70.30.1).
Fourteen cultural items were removed from Natchez, Adams County,
MI. The 14 unassociated funerary objects are one bannerstone
(70.31.46), five bowls (73.3.3, 73.3.6, 73.3.7, 73.3.8, 73.3.9), four
celts (70.31.25, 70.31.30, 70.31.31, 70.31.32), and four vessels
(73.3.1, 73.3.2, 73.3.4, 73.3.5).
Five cultural items were removed from Lick Creek Mound, Greene
County, TN. The five unassociated funerary objects are one lot of beads
(70.24.132, 70.24.133), two gorgets (70.24.130, 70.24.131), and two
pipes (70.24.123, 70.24.124).
One cultural item was removed from a mound site in Greene County,
TN. The unassociated funerary object is one necklace (70.24.140).
Three cultural items were removed from Knoxville Mound, Knox
County, TN. The unassociated funerary objects are one lot of beads
(70.24.134, 70.24.135, 70.24.136, 70.24.137, 70.24.138, 70.24.139) and
two pins (70.24.142, 0.24.143).
One cultural item was removed from a mound site in Knoxville, Knox
County, TN. The unassociated funerary object is one gorget (70.24.129).
Two cultural items were removed from Knoxville, Knox County, TN.
The unassociated funerary objects are one pin (70.24.144) and one
gorget (70.24.145).
One cultural item was removed from the Clark River, Roane County,
TN. The unassociated funerary object is one pin (70.24.141).
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: geographical and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Bryn Mawr College has determined that:
<bullet> The 29 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation.
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, Bryn Mawr College 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. Bryn Mawr 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. 2023-00476 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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