Notice2023-17132
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
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Published
August 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Oberlin College has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from the Hawaiian Islands, HI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 153 (Thursday, August 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54346-54347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-17132]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036326; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Oberlin College has completed an inventory
of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed
from the Hawaiian Islands, HI.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 11, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Amy V. Margaris, Oberlin College, King Building, 10 N.
Professor Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, telephone (440) 775-5173, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e2838f9bcc8f83908583908b91a28d8087908e8b8ccc878697"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cfdf1e5b2f1fdeefbfdeef5efdcf3fef9eef0f5f2b2f9f8e9">[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
Oberlin 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 inventory or related records held by Oberlin
College.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Hawaiian Islands, HI. Accession #65 in the accession book of
the former Oberlin College Museum records that in August of 1875, Mr.
E. P. Church of Greenville, Michigan donated to the Museum one ``Skull
of Hawaiian, Cave Burial Place, Hawaiian Islands.'' According to
records of the Oberlin College Archives, E. P. Church was an 1863
graduate of Oberlin College who lived on O'ahu from 1865-1875. He
served as Professor of Mathematics at Oahu College (now Punahou School)
in Honolulu, Hawaii (1865-1871) and as President of Oahu College (1871-
1875). The human remains were retained by Oberlin College after the
Museum's closure in the 1950s, and they are now in the care of the
Oberlin College Department of Anthropology. The human remains consist
of a skull belonging to an adult of indeterminate age and sex. No
associated funerary remains are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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, biological,
cultural, geographical, and historical.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, Oberlin College has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Hui Iwi Kuamo'o.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after September 11, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Oberlin College must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. Oberlin College is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Native Hawaiian organization 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: August 2, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-17132 Filed 8-9-23; 8:45 am]
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