Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Lyon County Historical Society, Marshall, MN, 47170-47171 [2023-15524]

Download as PDF 47170 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2023 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036220; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA 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 Sacramento and Yolo Counties, CA. SUMMARY: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after August 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278–6504, email dhyson@csus.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 California State University, Sacramento. 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 California State University, Sacramento. DATES: ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description The 1,061 cultural items were removed from several sites in Sacramento and Yolo Counties, CA. These sites include CA–SAC–01, CA– SAC–25, CA–SAC–28, CA–SAC–35, CA–SAC–43, CA–SAC–64, CA–SAC– 109, CA–SAC–111, CA–SAC–197, CA– SAC–Sherman Island, CA–SAC– Unknown, CA–YOL–29, CA–YOL–53, CA–YOL–54, and unknown locations in these counties. Many of these cultural items were part of collections donated to California State University, Sacramento by private collectors, among them Anthony Zallio and Charles VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:06 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 McKee. Collections from CA–SAC–109, CA–YOL–29 and CA–YOL–53 derive from surveys led by William Beeson for Sacramento State College (now California State University, Sacramento). The 1,061 unassociated funerary objects consist of faunal and floral remains; baked clay objects; flaked and ground stones; thermally-altered rocks; unmodified stones; historic materials; and modified bones, shells, and stones. Of this number, 15 objects are currently missing, and California State University, Sacramento continues to look for them. 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, folkloric, geographical, historical, kinship, linguistic, oral traditional, other relevant information, and expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, California State University, Sacramento has determined that: • The 1,061 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California and the Wilton Rancheria, California. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 21, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, California State University, Sacramento 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. California State University, Sacramento 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: July 14, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–15521 Filed 7–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036226; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Lyon County Historical Society, Marshall, MN National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Lyon County Historical Society intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Lyon County, MN. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after August 21, 2023. ADDRESSES: Jennifer Andries, Lyon County Historical Society, 301 West Lyon Street, Marshall, MN 56258, telephone (507) 537–6580, email director@lyoncomuseum.org. 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 Lyon County Historical Society. The National Park Service is not responsible for the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 139 / Friday, July 21, 2023 / Notices 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 Lyon County Historical Society. Description The one cultural item was removed from Lyon County, MN. Known as the Camden Vase, this unassociated funerary object is a small, shelltempered pottery vessel. It was removed by George Chamberlain from a burial mound in 1934, near what is today, Camden State Park, in southwestern Minnesota. In 1972, Chamberlain’s son, Horace Chamberlain, donated the object to the Lyon County Historical Society. The mound from which the unassociated funerary object was removed belonged to a group of mounds, all of which were completely obliterated from the landscape during road construction in the mid-1960s. Archeologists associate these mounds with the Oneota cultural tradition (circa A.D. 1000–1500), The Oneota, an agricultural society linked to the Mississippian culture at Cahokia, in southern Illinois, is thought to be ancestral to the present-day Otoe and Iowa. Cultural Affiliation The cultural item in this notice is 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 type of information was used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Lyon County Historical Society has determined that: • The one cultural item 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:06 Jul 20, 2023 Jkt 259001 Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after August 21, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Lyon County Historical Society must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Lyon County Historical Society 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. Dated: July 14, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–15524 Filed 7–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Bureau of Ocean Energy Management [Docket No. BOEM–2023–0038] Notice of Availability of the Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project Final Environmental Impact Statement Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Interior. ACTION: Notice of availability; final environmental impact statement. AGENCY: The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announces the availability of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) for the construction and operations plan (COP) submitted by Revolution Wind, LLC (Revolution Wind) for its proposed Revolution Wind Farm and Revolution Wind Export Cable Project (Project) offshore Rhode Island. The FEIS analyzes the potential environmental impacts of the Project as described in the COP (the proposed action) and the alternatives to the proposed action. The SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 47171 FEIS will inform BOEM’s decision whether to approve, approve with modifications, or disapprove the COP. ADDRESSES: The FEIS and detailed information about the Project, including the COP, can be found on BOEM’s website at: https://www.boem.gov/ renewable-energy/state-activities/ revolution-wind. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jessica Stromberg, BOEM Office of Renewable Energy Programs, 45600 Woodland Road, VAM–OREP, Sterling, Virginia 20166, (703) 787–1730 or jessica.stromberg@boem.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Proposed Action: Revolution Wind seeks approval to construct, operate, and maintain the Project on the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) offshore Rhode Island. The Project would be developed within the range of design parameters outlined in the Revolution Wind COP, subject to applicable mitigation measures. The Project, as proposed in the COP, would have a maximum capacity ranging between 704 and 880 megawatts, would include up to 100 wind turbine generators connected by a network of inter-array cables, up to 2 offshore substations, an offshore cable linking the two substations, up to 2 export cables making landfall in North Kingstown, Rhode Island, 1 onshore substation, and 1 interconnection facility that would connect to the regional onshore transmission grid at The Narragansett Electric Company Davisville Substation. The Project would be located on the OCS approximately 15 nautical miles (18 statute miles) southeast of Point Judith, Rhode Island, within an area defined by Renewable Energy Lease OCS–A 0486. The offshore export cables would be buried below the seabed in the OCS and State of Rhode Island- owned submerged lands. The cable landfall, onshore substation, and interconnection facility would be located in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. Alternatives: BOEM considered 18 alternatives when preparing the draft environmental impact statement (DEIS), then included 3 additional alternatives based on public comments received on the DEIS and carried forward 7 alternatives for further analysis in the FEIS. These seven alternatives include six action alternatives and the no action alternative. Fourteen alternatives were not carried forward because they did not meet the purpose and need for the proposed action or did not meet screening criteria, which are presented in FEIS chapter 2 and appendix K. The screening criteria included consistency with law and regulations; technical and E:\FR\FM\21JYN1.SGM 21JYN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036226; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Lyon County 
Historical Society, Marshall, MN

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 Lyon County Historical Society intends 
to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an 
unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
cultural item was removed from Lyon County, MN.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after August 21, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Andries, Lyon County Historical Society, 301 West 
Lyon Street, Marshall, MN 56258, telephone (507) 537-6580, 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 
Lyon County Historical Society. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the

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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 Lyon County 
Historical Society.

Description

    The one cultural item was removed from Lyon County, MN. Known as 
the Camden Vase, this unassociated funerary object is a small, shell-
tempered pottery vessel. It was removed by George Chamberlain from a 
burial mound in 1934, near what is today, Camden State Park, in 
southwestern Minnesota. In 1972, Chamberlain's son, Horace Chamberlain, 
donated the object to the Lyon County Historical Society.
    The mound from which the unassociated funerary object was removed 
belonged to a group of mounds, all of which were completely obliterated 
from the landscape during road construction in the mid-1960s. 
Archeologists associate these mounds with the Oneota cultural tradition 
(circa A.D. 1000-1500), The Oneota, an agricultural society linked to 
the Mississippian culture at Cahokia, in southern Illinois, is thought 
to be ancestral to the present-day Otoe and Iowa.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural item in this notice is 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 type of information was 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: archeological.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Lyon County Historical Society has determined that:
     The one cultural item 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Iowa Tribe of 
Kansas and Nebraska.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after August 21, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Lyon County Historical Society must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Lyon County Historical 
Society 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.

    Dated: July 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15524 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P


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