Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson Museum of Anthropology, University Park, PA, 2119-2120 [2023-00475]
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Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
the LMA in 1956, from C.H. Boyd of
Minocqua, WI.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Beloit College, Logan Museum
of Anthropology, Beloit, WI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Beloit
College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology (LMA) intends to
repatriate a cultural item that meets the
definition of an object of cultural
patrimony and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The cultural item was removed
from Oklahoma.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit
College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, 700 College Street,
Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363–
2305, email meistern@beloit.edu.
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 summary or related records held
by the LMA.
SUMMARY:
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Description
In 1901, one item of cultural
patrimony was removed from Oklahoma
by Dr. George A. Dorsey. The object of
cultural patrimony is a shield cover
(31207.2) that originally belonged to
Tall Chief. Osage shield covers of this
nature are objects of cultural patrimony
consecrated during ceremonies
conducted by Osage clan priests. This
shield was bestowed on a warrior who
had earned all thirteen ceremonial war
honors as part of the ‘‘Rite of the Vigil’’
ritual. The shield cover was received by
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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: linguistic, oral
traditional, geographical, kinship,
historical, and anthropological.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the LMA has determined
that:
• The one cultural item described
above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural item and
The Osage Nation (previously listed as
Osage Tribe).
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 February 13, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the LMA 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 LMA 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.
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Dated: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn
State University, Matson Museum of
Anthropology, University Park, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Matson
Museum of Anthropology, Penn State
University has completed an inventory
of human remains and has determined
that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe. The human remains were
removed from Smyth and Washington
Counties, VA.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. James Doyle, Director,
Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn
State University, 216 Carpenter
Building, University Park, PA 16802,
telephone (814) 865–2033, email
matsonmuseum@psu.edu.
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 Matson
Museum of Anthropology, Penn State
University. 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 Matson Museum of
Anthropology, Penn State University.
SUMMARY:
Description
In 1978, Mrs. Bertha H. Lucas donated
human remains that had been removed
from the State of Virginia to
Pennsylvania State University. Since
1902, her husband, Mr. Howard K.
Lucas, had been collecting prehistoric
items, and during the 1920s and 1930s,
he purchased some items from other
collectors. Although the Matson
Museum’s accession file does not
specify how and when particular items
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in the Lucas Collection were acquired,
it does state that human remains
representing, at minimum, 25
individuals were removed from Smyth
and Washington Counties, VA. The
Lucas Collection (Penn State Lot 27)
contains 25 skulls. Four crania have no
mandibles (PSU27:137 belonging to a
young adult female, PSU27:141
belonging to an adult female, PSU27:146
belonging to an aged adult, and
PSU27:175 belonging to an adult male).
Six crania have matching mandibles
(PSU27:142 belonging to a young adult,
PSU27:159 belonging to a young adult,
PSU27:165 belonging to an adult male,
PSU27:171 belonging to an adult female,
PSU27:172 belonging to an adult male,
and PSU27:173 belonging to an adult
male). Three crania have uncertain
matching mandibles (PSU27:140
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:166
belonging to an adult male, and
PSU27:168 belonging to a young adult).
Twelve crania have attached,
unassociated mandibles (PSU27:135
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:138
belonging to a female with an attached
mandible belonging to an adult male,
PSU27:139 belonging to an adult male,
PSU27:143 belonging to an adult male,
PSU27:144 belonging to a young adult,
PSU27:145 belonging to an adult,
PSU27:147 belonging to an adult,
PSU27:148 belonging to a young adult
male with an attached mandible
belonging to a female, PSU27:167
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:169
belonging to an adult female, PSU27:170
belonging to an adult male, and
PSU27:174 belonging to an adult). One
cranium with matching mandible came
from Keywood in Washington County
(PSU27:172); one cranium with
matching mandible came from
Broadford in Smyth County
(PSU27:171); and the remaining 23
skulls came from Saltville in Smyth
County. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
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Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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.
Based on the 1884 Cherokee Land
Cessions map compiled by C.C. Royce,
there were two colonial era treaties
between the Cherokee and the British
that include Smyth and Washington
Counties—the Treaty of October 14,
1770 at Lochabar, South Carolina, and
the Treaty of March 17, 1775 with
Richard Henderson.
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Determinations
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes, the Matson Museum of
Anthropology, Penn State University
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of, at minimum, 25 individuals
of Native American ancestry.
• No relationship of shared group
identity can be reasonably traced
between the human remains and any
Indian Tribe.
• The human remains described in
this notice were removed from the
aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation;
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
National Park Service
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the Responsible Official
identified in 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
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 13, 2023.
If competing requests for disposition are
received, the Matson Museum of
Anthropology, Penn State University
must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Matson
Museum of Anthropology, Penn State
University 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: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice To Rescind a Notice of
Inventory Completion: Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Jackson, MS
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Mississippi Department
of Archives and History, is rescinding a
Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on
June 20, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jessica Walzer, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Mississippi Department of Archives and
History, Museum Division, 222 North
Street, P.O. Box 571, Jackson, MS 39205,
telephone (601) 359–6851, email
jwalzer@mdah.ms.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice
was previously given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
under the control of the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History,
Jackson, MS. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from the Alston-Wilson site
(MLe14) in Lee County, MS.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
this notice are the sole responsibility of
the institution that has control of the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
The Mississippi Department of
Archives and History is rescinding a
Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register (70
FR 35451–35452, June 20, 2005).
Transfer of control of the items in that
notice has not occurred.
SUMMARY:
Correction
All paragraphs in the Federal Register
notice of June 20, 2005 (70 FR 35451–
35452) are deleted in their entirety.
The Mississippi Department of
Archives and History is responsible for
notifying the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe
of Texas (previously listed as AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035105; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Penn State University, Matson
Museum of Anthropology, University Park, 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), the Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn
State University has completed an inventory of human remains and has
determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human
remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Smyth
and Washington Counties, VA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. James Doyle, Director, Matson Museum of Anthropology,
Penn State University, 216 Carpenter Building, University Park, PA
16802, telephone (814) 865-2033, email [email protected].
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
Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University. 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 Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State
University.
Description
In 1978, Mrs. Bertha H. Lucas donated human remains that had been
removed from the State of Virginia to Pennsylvania State University.
Since 1902, her husband, Mr. Howard K. Lucas, had been collecting
prehistoric items, and during the 1920s and 1930s, he purchased some
items from other collectors. Although the Matson Museum's accession
file does not specify how and when particular items
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in the Lucas Collection were acquired, it does state that human remains
representing, at minimum, 25 individuals were removed from Smyth and
Washington Counties, VA. The Lucas Collection (Penn State Lot 27)
contains 25 skulls. Four crania have no mandibles (PSU27:137 belonging
to a young adult female, PSU27:141 belonging to an adult female,
PSU27:146 belonging to an aged adult, and PSU27:175 belonging to an
adult male). Six crania have matching mandibles (PSU27:142 belonging to
a young adult, PSU27:159 belonging to a young adult, PSU27:165
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:171 belonging to an adult female,
PSU27:172 belonging to an adult male, and PSU27:173 belonging to an
adult male). Three crania have uncertain matching mandibles (PSU27:140
belonging to an adult male, PSU27:166 belonging to an adult male, and
PSU27:168 belonging to a young adult). Twelve crania have attached,
unassociated mandibles (PSU27:135 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:138
belonging to a female with an attached mandible belonging to an adult
male, PSU27:139 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:143 belonging to an
adult male, PSU27:144 belonging to a young adult, PSU27:145 belonging
to an adult, PSU27:147 belonging to an adult, PSU27:148 belonging to a
young adult male with an attached mandible belonging to a female,
PSU27:167 belonging to an adult male, PSU27:169 belonging to an adult
female, PSU27:170 belonging to an adult male, and PSU27:174 belonging
to an adult). One cranium with matching mandible came from Keywood in
Washington County (PSU27:172); one cranium with matching mandible came
from Broadford in Smyth County (PSU27:171); and the remaining 23 skulls
came from Saltville in Smyth County. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains 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. Based on the 1884 Cherokee Land Cessions map compiled
by C.C. Royce, there were two colonial era treaties between the
Cherokee and the British that include Smyth and Washington Counties--
the Treaty of October 14, 1770 at Lochabar, South Carolina, and the
Treaty of March 17, 1775 with Richard Henderson.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Matson Museum of
Anthropology, Penn State University has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of, at minimum, 25 individuals of Native American
ancestry.
No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in
Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after February 13, 2023. If competing
requests for disposition are received, the Matson Museum of
Anthropology, Penn State University must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint disposition of the
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Matson Museum of Anthropology, Penn State University 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: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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