[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84395-84396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24424]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038933; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, 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), Bryn Mawr 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after November 21, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Marianne Weldon, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N Merion Avenue, 
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010, telephone (610) 526-5022, email 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#761b01131a1219183614040f181b17010458131203"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89e4feece5ede6e7c9ebfbf0e7e4e8fefba7ecedfc">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 Bryn 
Mawr 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 lot of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony are a lot of 
petroglyphs. The cultural items were believed to be removed from the 
Delaware Water Gap or Susquehanna River. The petroglyphs have been in 
Special Collections since prior to 2008, but it is unknown how or 
exactly when Bryn Mawr College acquired them. Bryn Mawr College has no 
knowledge of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the 
objects of cultural patrimony.

Determinations

    Bryn Mawr College has determined that:
    <bullet> The one lot of 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.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; 
Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin.

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

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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 November 21, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Bryn Mawr 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. Bryn Mawr 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: October 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-24424 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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