Notice2023-06480
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA
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Published
March 29, 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 objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Wayne County, MI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 60 (Wednesday, March 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18584-18585]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-06480]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035568; 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items
were removed from Wayne County, MI.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 28, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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#bad7cddfd6ded5d4fad8c8c3d4d7dbcdc894dfdecf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="523f25373e363d3c1230202b3c3f3325207c373627">[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 Bryn
Mawr College. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations
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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
Two cultural items were removed from Wayne County, MI. In 1882,
William Sansom Vaux bequeathed a collection to the Academy of Natural
Sciences (ANS), and ANS accessioned them on June 27, 1912. In 1961, ANS
loaned approximately 3,000 items to Bryn Mawr College, including the
two objects listed in this notice. In 1997, the ANS board voted to
transfer control of the items to Bryn Mawr College, and in 1998, it
executed the paperwork. The two objects of cultural patrimony are two
effigy pipes (70.45.5; 70.45.6).
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 two cultural items described above have 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 items and the Nottawaseppi
Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan.
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 April 28, 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 College 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: March 22, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-06480 Filed 3-28-23; 8:45 am]
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