Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson Historical Society, Louisville, KY, 88648-88649 [2023-28182]
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housed at the University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology. The 2,502
unassociated funerary objects include:
Possibly associated with Burial 7—
lithics, ceramics, celt, lithic flakes,
faunal, fossil bead, and faunal; Possibly
associated with Burial 8—lithics, lithic
worked, lithic PPK, ceramics, and
faunal; Burial 9A, Mound A—copper
band fragment; Burial 10—alligator
tooth, stones, and UID ‘‘gallstones’’;
Possibly associated with Burial 12—
copper fragments; Mound C, Feature
30—copper flakes, bone beads, shark
vertebrae beads, animal teeth, drilled
shark vertebrae, drilled shark teeth,
faunal, pebbles from near bone rattle,
backed chert knife, copper pin w/
wooden head, copper flake, cast of fiber
plate with impression, copper plate
with fiber impressions, copper plate
fragments and microslide, copper
earspools, and woven material and fiber;
Burial 15A, Mound C, Feature 31—
PPKs, fragmented material associated
with pan pipe, copper pan pipe, shell
fragments, copper fragments, and soil
from inside pipe; Burial 16 Mound A—
copper earspool (w/microslide);
Unknown burials from Mound
context—lithics, lithic PPK, lithics
worked, ceramic, faunal, UID metal,
burned clay and bone mix, soil,
charcoal, plain vessel, material under
pan pipe, copper earspool fragments,
Flint Ridge Ohio blade, shell, shell bead
necklace, mica, and lithic spade/hoe.
The site 9DD57 was identified during
a survey conducted by Bruce Smith in
1975. At the time the site was surveyed,
a collection was made from the surface
of the cave as well as test pits and areas
just outside the cave. The collection was
then housed at the University of
Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology. The
489 unassociated funerary objects
include: lithics, hammerstone, faunal
bone, shell, burned nut shell, peach
pits, burned wood/charcoal, bone pin
fragment, and eagle raptor talon.
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: geographical
information.
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, University of Georgia,
Laboratory of Archaeology has
determined that:
• The 2,991 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 Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
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 January 22, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
University of Georgia, Laboratory of
Archaeology 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 University of
Georgia, Laboratory of Archaeology 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 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Filson Historical Society,
Louisville, KY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Filson
Historical Society 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 Essex County, VA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, Filson
Historical Society, 1310 South Third
Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone
(502) 635–5083, email khyberger@
filsonhistorical.org.
SUMMARY:
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 Filson
Historical Society. 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 Filson Historical Society.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The one unassociated funerary object
was removed from Essex County, VA.
On July 21, 1936, construction workers
uncovered a Native American grave on
the grounds of the county courthouse in
Rappahannock, Essex County, VA.
Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston collected
a stone grooved ax from the burial; he
did not take possession of the ancestral
remains. Thruston donated the ax to the
Filson Historical Society on July 26,
1936. The one unassociated funerary
object is a grooved stone ax.
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
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
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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: geographical
information, historical information, and
expert opinion.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Filson Historical
Society has determined that:
• The one cultural item described
above 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 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 Rappahannock Tribe, Inc.
AGENCY:
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 January 22, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Filson Historical Society 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 Filson
Historical Society 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 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Antelope Valley College, Lancaster, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Antelope
Valley College (AVC) 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 Yuba, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Darcy L. Wiewall,
Antelope Valley College (AVC) 3041 W
Ave. K, Lancaster, CA 93536, telephone
(661) 722–6300 Ext. 6902, email
darcy.wiewall@avc.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 AVC. 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 AVC.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 13 individuals were removed
from Yuba, CA. These human remains
and associated funerary objects came
into AVC’s possession in 2019. The
human remains were excavated in 1966
by Ernest D. Wetstein (Yuba College
Science Division) and directed by Roger
Robinson (Sacramento State) with
volunteer crews from Yuba College and
local high schools at CA–YUB–164 (aka
Yuba 58–1). Roger Robinson brought the
collection to Antelope Valley College in
1968 and subsequently transferred it to
his personal residence in 2007. In 2019,
Antelope Valley College took possession
of the collection. In July 2021, California
State University, Sacramento
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transferred four Lindhurst Site (CA–
YUB–164) items to be reunited with the
rest of the collection in AVC’s
possession. The five lots of associated
funerary objects consist of faunal,
lithics, shell, ground stone, clay objects,
sediment samples, and rocks.
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: anthropological
information, archeological information,
geographical information, folkloric,
historical, kinship, linguistic, oral
traditional, and expert opinion,
including Tribal Traditional Knowledge.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, AVC has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 13 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The five lots of 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 United Auburn
Indian Community of the Auburn
Rancheria of California.
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037127; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Filson
Historical Society, Louisville, KY
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 Filson Historical Society 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 Essex County, VA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 22, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Hyberger, Filson Historical Society, 1310 South Third
Street, Louisville, KY 40208, telephone (502) 635-5083, 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
Filson Historical Society. 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 Filson
Historical Society.
Description
The one unassociated funerary object was removed from Essex County,
VA. On July 21, 1936, construction workers uncovered a Native American
grave on the grounds of the county courthouse in Rappahannock, Essex
County, VA. Rogers Clark Ballard Thruston collected a stone grooved ax
from the burial; he did not take possession of the ancestral remains.
Thruston donated the ax to the Filson Historical Society on July 26,
1936. The one unassociated funerary object is a grooved stone ax.
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
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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:
geographical information, historical information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Filson Historical Society has determined that:
The one cultural item described above 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 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 Rappahannock
Tribe, Inc.
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 January 22, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Filson Historical Society 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 Filson Historical Society 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-28182 Filed 12-21-23; 8:45 am]
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