Notice of Inventory Completion: Bridgewater College's Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection, Bridgewater, VA, 45911-45912 [2023-15100]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 / Notices action is the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). Steven Mullen, Information Collection Clearance Officer, Office of Regulatory Affairs and Collaborative Action—Indian Affairs. [FR Doc. 2023–15121 Filed 7–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4337–15–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036185; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Northern Colorado, Greeley, CO National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Northern Colorado (UNC), 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 most likely were removed either from New Mexico or Weld County, CO. DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after August 17, 2023. ADDRESSES: Dr. Andrew T. Creekmore, III, University of Northern Colorado, 501 20th Street, Greeley, CO 80638, telephone (970) 351–2761, email andrew.creekmore@unco.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 UNC. 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 UNC. SUMMARY: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description Human remains representing, at minimum, 29 individuals most likely were removed and donated by Edgar Lee Hewett from New Mexico sometime in the early 20th century, or removed and donated by R.W. Bullock from New Mexico sometime in the early 20th century or were removed and donated by George Fay, or unknown individuals, from Weld County, CO, between 1890– 1980. The human remains belong to one VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:16 Jul 17, 2023 Jkt 259001 female adult, one male adult, 24 adults of indeterminate sex, two juveniles, and one adolescent. No associated funerary objects are present. Aboriginal Land The human remains in this notice were likely 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. The UNC consulted with all Indian Tribes who are aboriginal to the area from which these human remains were likely removed. None of these Indian Tribes agreed to accept control of the human remains. The UNC agreed to transfer control of the human remains to the Indian Tribes identified in the Determinations section. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the UNC has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 29 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 Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana. • The disposition of the human remains described in this notice may be to the Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado, and the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45911 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 August 17, 2023. If competing requests for disposition are received, UNC 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. UNC 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: July 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–15102 Filed 7–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036183; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection, Bridgewater, VA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the Lewis Creek Burial Mound, Augusta County, VA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after August 17, 2023. ADDRESSES: Andrew L. Pearson, Bridgewater College, 402 East College Street, Bridgewater, VA 22812, telephone (540) 828–5410, email apearson@bridgewater.edu. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\18JYN1.SGM 18JYN1 45912 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 136 / Tuesday, July 18, 2023 / Notices ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection. 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 Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection. Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Lewis Creek Burial Mound, Augusta County, VA, by the Virginia Archaeological Society in the autumn of 1964 around the time the State Highway Department announced plans to work on access roads and ramps in the area. During the dig, Ruth Kent and Dr. Robert K. Burns, who according to the Museum’s records, was an embryologist and a member of the American Academy of Sciences, discovered the infant remains. The human remains, a skeleton, was given to the Museum by the Southern Shenandoah Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia in 1964 and given the catalog number 64.1.001. On an unknown date(s), 52 cultural items were removed from the Lewis Creek Indian Mound in Augusta County, VA. The items were purchased from George Rusmiselle by Dr. Robert K. Burns circa 1936–1950, and were donated to the Museum in 1978 by Robert K. Burns. The 52 associated funerary objects are: eight red glass beads with blue and white stripes on a string (78.7.003a); 32 projectile points, some of which are carved from white quartz (78.7.003b); eight bone or shell beads (78.7.003c); one string of shell or bone wampum beads (78.7.003c); one string of shell beads (78.7.003d); one partial steatite pipe (78.7.003e); and one partial clay pipe (78.7.003f). On an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from the Lewis Creek Indian Mound in Augusta County, VA. The item was donated to the Museum in 1954 by Reuel B. Pritchett. The one associated funerary object is an unidentified Native American stone implement that may be marked, ‘‘Lewis.’’ The item was given the catalog number: 54.1.956. Cultural Affiliation The human remains and associated funerary objects 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:16 Jul 17, 2023 Jkt 259001 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: archaeological information, geographical information, historical information, consultation with one or more Indian Tribes, and expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • The 53 objects described in this notice 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Monacan Indian Nation. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 17, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Bridgewater College’s Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: July 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–15100 Filed 7–17–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036192; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and determined they are related to the lineal descendant in this notice. The human remains were collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after August 17, 2023. ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@ fas.harvard.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 PMAE. 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 PMAE. SUMMARY: Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA. The human remains are hair clippings collected E:\FR\FM\18JYN1.SGM 18JYN1

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[FR Doc No: 2023-15100]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036183; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Bridgewater College's Reuel B. 
Pritchett Museum Collection, Bridgewater, VA

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 Bridgewater College's Reuel B. Pritchett 
Museum Collection has completed an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects 
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from the 
Lewis Creek Burial Mound, Augusta County, VA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary 
objects in this notice may occur on or after August 17, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Andrew L. Pearson, Bridgewater College, 402 East College 
Street, Bridgewater, VA 22812, telephone (540) 828-5410, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The

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determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Bridgewater College's Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection. 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 Bridgewater College's Reuel B. Pritchett 
Museum Collection.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed 
from the Lewis Creek Burial Mound, Augusta County, VA, by the Virginia 
Archaeological Society in the autumn of 1964 around the time the State 
Highway Department announced plans to work on access roads and ramps in 
the area. During the dig, Ruth Kent and Dr. Robert K. Burns, who 
according to the Museum's records, was an embryologist and a member of 
the American Academy of Sciences, discovered the infant remains. The 
human remains, a skeleton, was given to the Museum by the Southern 
Shenandoah Chapter of the Archaeological Society of Virginia in 1964 
and given the catalog number 64.1.001.
    On an unknown date(s), 52 cultural items were removed from the 
Lewis Creek Indian Mound in Augusta County, VA. The items were 
purchased from George Rusmiselle by Dr. Robert K. Burns circa 1936-
1950, and were donated to the Museum in 1978 by Robert K. Burns. The 52 
associated funerary objects are: eight red glass beads with blue and 
white stripes on a string (78.7.003a); 32 projectile points, some of 
which are carved from white quartz (78.7.003b); eight bone or shell 
beads (78.7.003c); one string of shell or bone wampum beads 
(78.7.003c); one string of shell beads (78.7.003d); one partial 
steatite pipe (78.7.003e); and one partial clay pipe (78.7.003f).
    On an unknown date, one cultural item was removed from the Lewis 
Creek Indian Mound in Augusta County, VA. The item was donated to the 
Museum in 1954 by Reuel B. Pritchett. The one associated funerary 
object is an unidentified Native American stone implement that may be 
marked, ``Lewis.'' The item was given the catalog number: 54.1.956.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains and associated funerary objects 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: archaeological information, geographical information, 
historical information, consultation with one or more Indian Tribes, 
and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Bridgewater College's Reuel B. Pritchett Museum 
Collection has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     The 53 objects described in this notice 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary 
objects described in this notice and the Monacan Indian Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects 
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 17, 2023. If 
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Bridgewater 
College's Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Bridgewater 
College's Reuel B. Pritchett Museum Collection is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations 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: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15100 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

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