Notice2023-13814
Notice of Inventory Completion: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
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Published
June 29, 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) has completed an inventory of human remains and an associated funerary object and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary object and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary object were removed from Logan County, Kentucky.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 124 (Thursday, June 29, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42097-42098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13814]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036095; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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) has completed an inventory of human remains and an
associated funerary object and has determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary object
and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary object
were removed from Logan County, Kentucky.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary object
in this notice may occur on or after July 31, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nicolette B. Meister, Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700
College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363-2305, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bad7dfd3c9cedfc8d4fad8dfd6d5d3ce94dfdecf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cda0a8a4beb9a8bfa38dafa8a1a2a4b9e3a8a9b8">[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 inventory or related records held by the LMA.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from mounds in Lewisburg in Logan County, KY. These human
remains (lot numbers 1851; 1852; 1853; 1854; 1855; 1856; 1857; 1858;
1859; 1860; 1861) were purchased from Warren K. Moorehead in 1926.
Moorehead was Curator (1901-1924) and Director (1924-1938) of the
Phillips Academy Department of Archaeology. Lot 1860 is currently
missing. No known individuals were identified. The one associated
funerary object (15488) is a plainware jar removed from a mound in
Lewisburg in Logan County, KY.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary object in this notice
were removed from known geographic locations. These locations are the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission or the United States Court of Claims, a
treaty, Act of Congress, or Executive Order.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the LMA has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of five individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is 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.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary object described
in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Quapaw Nation; Shawnee Tribe; The Osage Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary object in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
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ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
2. 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary object
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 31,
2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, the LMA must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human remains and associated funerary
object are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
LMA 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 10.9 and
10.11.
Dated: June 21, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13814 Filed 6-28-23; 8:45 am]
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