Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Riverside, Riverside, CA, 6665-6666 [2021-01338]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 13 (Friday, January 22, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6665-6666]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01338]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031328; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of 
Riverside, Riverside, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Museum of Riverside, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the 
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of sacred 
objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the 
Museum of Riverside. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer 
of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian 
Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Museum of Riverside at the 
address in this notice by February 22, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Robyn G. Peterson, Museum Director, Ph.D., Museum of 
Riverside, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, telephone 
(951) 826-5792, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Museum of Riverside, Riverside, CA, that meet the 
definition of sacred objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    In 1925, 20 Hupa sacred items affiliated with the Hoopa Valley 
Tribe were donated to the Museum of Riverside as part of the 
institution's founding. In 1951 and 1952, three additional Hupa sacred 
objects were donated by two separate individuals. None of the donors 
provided the Museum with information pertaining to the objects' 
provenience. According to the donor records, the provenance of 14 (or 
61%) of the Museum's Hupa sacred objects was the Brizard Collection. 
This collection is known to the Hoopa Valley Tribe. The 23 objects 
include: One string bag, four dance aprons, two dance baskets, two 
dentalium strings, one

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dress, four hair ornaments, one headband, four headdresses, one 
necklace, one pipe, and two purses.
    The Museum has determined the identity and cultural affiliation of 
the 23 objects in consultation with Hoopa Valley Tribe representatives 
Cutcha Risling Baldy (member), Keduescha Lara-Colegrove (Tribal 
Historic Preservation Officer), Byron Nelson, Jr. (Chairman), and 
Sillischitawn S. Jackson (Curator, Hoopa Tribal Museum).

Determinations Made by the Museum of Riverside

    Officials of the Museum of Riverside have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 23 cultural items 
described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional 
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional 
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred 
objects and the Hoopa Valley Tribe, California.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Robyn G. Peterson, Ph.D., Museum Director, 
Museum of Riverside, 3580 Mission Inn Avenue, Riverside, CA 92501, 
telephone (951) 826-5792, email [email protected], by February 
22, 2021. After that date, if no additional claimants have come 
forward, transfer of ownership of the sacred objects to the Hoopa 
Valley Tribe, California may proceed.
    The Museum of Riverside is responsible for notifying the Hoopa 
Valley Tribe, California that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 23, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-01338 Filed 1-21-21; 8:45 am]
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