Notice of Intended Repatriation: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, 68190-68191 [2024-18964]

Download as PDF 68190 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 164 / Friday, August 23, 2024 / Notices items to prevent deterioration by mold, insects, and moisture. To date, the SF State NAGPRA Program has no records documenting use of chemicals at our facilities, and we currently do not use chemicals on any cultural items. A former SF State professor, Dr. Michael Moratto, stated that staff used glues, polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural objects in the past. Prior non-invasive and non-destructive hazardous chemical tests conducted at the SF State NAGPRA Program repositories show arsenic, mercury, and/or lead in some storage containers, surfaces, and certain cultural items. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Determinations The SF State NAGPRA Program has determined that: • The three objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Hualapai Indian Tribe of the Hualapai Indian Reservation, Arizona. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 September 23, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF State NAGPRA Program is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Aug 22, 2024 Jkt 262001 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: August 15, 2024. Mariah Soriano, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–18959 Filed 8–22–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038578; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribe in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after September 23, 2024. ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769–5837, email nmurphy@amnh.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 AMNH, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUMMARY: objects that have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to a Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal descendant 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 Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the AMNH 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 AMNH 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. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: August 15, 2024. Mariah Soriano, Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–18960 Filed 8–22–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Abstract of Information Available A total of 66 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The 66 objects of cultural patrimony comprise a Thunder Medicine Pipe Bundle. The cultural items were accessioned by the Museum in 1904 and 1905 and were acquired from Dr. Clark Wissler through a Museum expedition to the Blackfeet community in Montana. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Determinations ACTION: The American Museum of Natural History has determined that: • The 66 objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice are SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038566; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 164 / Friday, August 23, 2024 / Notices College intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after September 23, 2024. DATES: Dr. Amy Margaris, Oberlin College, Department of Anthropology, King Building, 10 N Professor Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, telephone (440) 775–5173, email amy.margaris@ oberlin.edu and Dr. Andria Derstine, John G.W. Cowles Director, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, 87 N Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, telephone (440) 775–6872, email andria.derstine@oberlin.edu. ADDRESSES: 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, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Abstract of Information Available A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is a ceramic vessel. The vessel (object number 1920.8, ‘‘Water Bottle in the Shape of a Bird’’) is housed in the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) on the campus of Oberlin College and was attributed in some AMAM records as Peruvian (Chimú) in origin. However, other AMAM records describe it as ‘‘American Indian, 1100–1400, Gift of Mrs. H.H. Wright, 1920’’ which accords with a paper label on the vessel bottom that reads ‘‘This Water Jar was taken from a [. . .] grave in Prehistoric gravey [. . ., presumably ‘‘graveyard’’] S of Nashville—Aug. 1885. H.’’ [. . ., presumably H.H. Wright]. Herbert H. Wright was an 1873 graduate of Oberlin College who served as professor of mathematics and music at Fisk University in Nashville, TN, and is described in Antiquities of Tennessee (Gates P. Thruston, 1897) as having discovered a bird-shaped vessel in the Noel Cemetery. Noel Cemetery (40DV3) in Davidson County, TN, is a welldocumented Native American burial site dating to the Mississippian period. It is not known if any potentially hazardous substances were used to treat this cultural item. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:23 Aug 22, 2024 Jkt 262001 68191 Determinations DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Oberlin College has determined that: • The one unassociated funerary object described in this notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near human remains, and is connected, either at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe. The unassociated funerary object has been identified by a preponderance of the evidence as removed from a specific burial site with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma. National Park Service Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 September 23, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Oberlin College 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. Oberlin College is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: August 20, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–18964 Filed 8–22–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P PO 00000 [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038576; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Culver-Stockton College, Canton, MO National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the CulverStockton College intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. SUMMARY: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after September 23, 2024. ADDRESSES: C. Patrick Hotle, CulverStockton College, No. 1 College Hill, Canton, MO 63435, telephone (217) 592–2300, email photle@culver.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 Culver-Stockton College, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. DATES: Abstract of Information Available A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The two objects of cultural patrimony are ceremonial clubs. The first object, part of the Paul Corey collection given to the college in 1977, is a ceremonial club from Skamania Co. Washington. It is fourteen by five inches long, of grayish brown color. The geographical location is written on a label attached to the club. Nothing more is known about the object. The second ceremonial club is also from the Paul Corey collection given to the college in 1977. It is from Sherman Co., Oregon. It is eleven and one-half by three and one-half inches and grayish brown in color. The geographical location is written on a label attached to the club. Nothing more is known about the object. Determinations The Culver-Stockton College has determined that: Frm 00067 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038566; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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), the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin

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College intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the 
definition of an unassociated funerary object that has a cultural 
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after September 23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Amy Margaris, Oberlin College, Department of 
Anthropology, King Building, 10 N Professor Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, 
telephone (440) 775-5173, email [email protected] and Dr. Andria 
Derstine, John G.W. Cowles Director, Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin 
College, 87 N Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074, telephone (440) 775-6872, 
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 
Oberlin College, and additional information on the determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one unassociated funerary object is a ceramic vessel. The vessel 
(object number 1920.8, ``Water Bottle in the Shape of a Bird'') is 
housed in the Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) on the campus of Oberlin 
College and was attributed in some AMAM records as Peruvian 
(Chim[uacute]) in origin. However, other AMAM records describe it as 
``American Indian, 1100-1400, Gift of Mrs. H.H. Wright, 1920'' which 
accords with a paper label on the vessel bottom that reads ``This Water 
Jar was taken from a [. . .] grave in Prehistoric gravey [. . ., 
presumably ``graveyard''] S of Nashville--Aug. 1885. H.'' [. . ., 
presumably H.H. Wright]. Herbert H. Wright was an 1873 graduate of 
Oberlin College who served as professor of mathematics and music at 
Fisk University in Nashville, TN, and is described in Antiquities of 
Tennessee (Gates P. Thruston, 1897) as having discovered a bird-shaped 
vessel in the Noel Cemetery. Noel Cemetery (40DV3) in Davidson County, 
TN, is a well-documented Native American burial site dating to the 
Mississippian period. It is not known if any potentially hazardous 
substances were used to treat this cultural item.

Determinations

    Oberlin College has determined that:
     The one unassociated funerary object described in this 
notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or 
near human remains, and is connected, either at the time of death or 
later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an 
Indian Tribe. The unassociated funerary object has been identified by a 
preponderance of the evidence as removed from a specific burial site 
with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of 
Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in 
Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under 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 September 23, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Oberlin College 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. Oberlin College is responsible for sending a 
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: August 20, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18964 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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