Notice2023-02274
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, GA
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Published
February 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum (Emory) 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 Bartow County, GA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7460-7461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-02274]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035251; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Emory University,
Michael C. Carlos Museum, Atlanta, GA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum
(Emory) 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 Bartow County, GA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 6, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Todd Lamkin, Michael C. Carlos Museum, 571 S Kilgo Circle,
Atlanta, GA 30322, telephone (404) 727-4456, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6d19010c000604032d0800021f1443080918"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0f7b636e626466614f6a62607d76216a6b7a">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The
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determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of Emory. 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 Emory.
Description
Between 1925 and 1928, seven cultural items were removed from the
Etowah site (Mound C or nearby), in Bartow County, GA, under the
direction of Warren K. Moorehead of Phillips Academy, Andover, MA.
Sometime prior to 1931, Phillips Academy donated the objects to the
Michael C. Carlos Museum. The seven unassociated funerary objects are
two shell gorgets (X.0232.007, X.0232.008); two sets of beads
(X.0233.003, X.0233.004); and three bowls (X.0232.005, X.0232.006,
X.0232.029).
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: archeological, historical,
oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Emory University, Michael C. Carlos Museum has
determined that:
<bullet> The seven 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 March 6, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Emory 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. Emory is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-02274 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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