Notice2023-10033
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY
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Published
May 11, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson Historical Society 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 Fulton County, KY; Hickman County, KY; Lake County, TN; and Shelby County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30339-30340]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-10033]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035849; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson
Historical Society, Louisville, KY
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 Filson Historical Society intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary
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objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from Fulton County, KY; Hickman County, KY; Lake County, TN;
and Shelby County, TN.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after June 12, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, The Filson Historical Society, 1310 South
3rd Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone (502) 635-5083, 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 the
Filson Historical Society. 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 Filson
Historical Society.
Description
On an unknown date, five unassociated funerary objects were removed
from Hickman County, KY. These objects were removed by Phil Porter,
most likely from a Mississippian mound complex known as McLeod's Bluff.
The Filson purchased these items from Ira Archer in 1933. The five
unassociated funerary objects are three ceramic effigy bottles, one
ceramic water bottle with a stopper, and one ceramic water bottle.
On an unknown date, nine unassociated funerary objects were removed
from either Fulton County, KY, or Hickman County, KY. These objects
were removed by Frank White, possibly from a Mississippian mound
complex known as McLeod's Bluff. Filson records suggest that White and
Phil Porter possibly worked in tandem to remove burial items from
ceremonial and burial mounds. The Filson purchased these items from Ira
Archer in 1933. The nine unassociated funerary objects are one stone
plummet, one ceramic water bottle with incised curvilinear designs,
three ceramic bowls, one ceramic water bottle, one ceramic bird effigy
bowl, one plain ceramic bowl with loop-style handles, and one ceramic
bowl with incised designs.
On an unknown date, one associated funerary object was removed from
a burial mound on the shore of Reelfoot Lake in Lake County, TN. The
object was removed by an unknown resident of Hornbeak, TN, identified
in Filson records only as a local bank cashier. The Filson purchased
this item from Ira Archer in 1933. The one unassociated funerary object
is a ceramic bottle.
On an unknown date, one associated funerary object was removed by
C.E. Hadley from a burial mound on the Mississippi River near Memphis
in Shelby County, TN. The Filson purchased this item from Ira Archer in
1933. The one unassociated funerary object is a ceramic bowl.
On an unknown date, one associated funerary object was removed by
C.C. Bacon from a mound on the Mississippi River near Memphis in Shelby
County, TN. The Filson purchased this item from Ira Archer in 1933. The
one unassociated funerary object is a carved shell mask.
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: anthropological,
archeological, and geographical information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Filson Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The 17 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 Chickasaw
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 June 12, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Filson Historical Society 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 Filson Historical Society is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
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: May 5, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-10033 Filed 5-10-23; 8:45 am]
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