Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 75663 [2022-26799]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Determinations
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The cultural items were removed
from Arizona.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis,
3000 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis,
IN 46208, telephone (317) 334–3722,
email jenn@childrensmuseum.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 Children’s
Museum of Indianapolis. 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 Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis.
SUMMARY:
Description
The three sacred objects are a
Chapayeka mask, sword, and knife. The
mask was donated to the museum in
1969, and the sword and knife were
purchased in 1969 from the same
individual who donated the mask.
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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
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Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, The Children’s Museum
of Indianapolis has determined that:
• The three 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona.
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 9, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
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
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 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: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0034978;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
intends to repatriate a cultural item that
meets the definition of a sacred object
and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural item was removed from
Arizona.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
January 9, 2023.
DATES:
Jennifer Noffze, The
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis,
3000 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis,
IN 46208, telephone (317) 334–3722,
email jenn@childrensmuseum.org.
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 The Children’s
Museum of Indianapolis. 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 Children’s Museum of
Indianapolis.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Description
The sacred object is a feathered prayer
stick that was purchased by the museum
in 1964.
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,
historical, and oral traditional.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034977; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
items were removed from Arizona.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000
N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208, telephone (317) 334-3722,
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
Children's Museum of Indianapolis. 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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Description
The three sacred objects are a Chapayeka mask, sword, and knife.
The mask was donated to the museum in 1969, and the sword and knife
were purchased in 1969 from the same individual who donated the mask.
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,
historical information, and consultation.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has determined
that:
The three 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Pascua Yaqui
Tribe of Arizona.
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 9, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 Children's Museum of
Indianapolis 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: November 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-26799 Filed 12-8-22; 8:45 am]
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