Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono, ME, 15076-15077 [2023-04895]

Download as PDF 15076 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hudson Museum 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. The cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Amber Sky Heller, Registrar, Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469, telephone (207) 581–1902, email amber.sky.heller@ maine.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 the Hudson Museum. 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 Hudson Museum. Description The three cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY. Sometime in the 1960s, three masks were removed from a long house on the Allegheny Reservation prior to the building’s inundation by the Kinzua Dam. In 1969, the three masks were purchased by the University of Maine from Sheldon M. Tucker, M.D., of Houston, TX. Dr. Richard Emerick, founding Director, coordinated the purchase of the masks for the University’s Anthropology Museum, which became the Hudson Museum in 1986. The three objects of cultural patrimony are a Wolf Clan Mask (HM4838), a Consolation Mask (HM4839), and a New Year’s Ceremonial Mask (HM4840). In March of 2020, the Hudson Museum began consultation with Dr. Joe Stahlman, Director of the SenecaIroquois National Museum and Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Seneca Nation of Indians. Subsequently, the Hudson Museum determined that the masks are culturally affiliated with the Coldspring Longhouse of the Seneca Nation of Indians. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 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, geographical, historical, and other relevant information. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Determinations AGENCY: Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Hudson Museum has determined that: • The three cultural items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Seneca Nation of Indians. 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 April 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hudson Museum 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 Hudson Museum 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: March 1, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–04893 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P PO 00000 Frm 00107 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035442; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono, ME ACTION: National Park Service, Interior. Notice. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hudson Museum intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Wrangell Borough, AK. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Amber Sky Heller, Registrar, Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469, telephone (207) 581–1902, email amber.sky.heller@ maine.edu. 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 Hudson Museum. 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 Hudson Museum. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description The cultural item was removed from Wrangell Borough, AK. At an unknown date, Proctor Stafford acquired a helmet from an unidentified woman living in Honolulu, HI. Subsequently, William P. Palmer, III purchased it from Stafford. In 1982, Palmer bequeathed this object to the University of Maine and it became part of the Hudson Museum’s holdings. The object of cultural patrimony is a Frog Clan helmet (HM5040). In June of 2018, a delegation from the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska came to the Hudson Museum for consultation. Subsequently, the Hudson Museum determined that this helmet is culturally affiliated with both the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Kiks.a´di clan of the Wrangell Cooperative Association. E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 47 / Friday, March 10, 2023 / Notices Cultural Affiliation The cultural item in this notice is 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, historical, oral traditional, other relevant 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 Hudson Museum has determined that: • The one cultural item described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes and the Wrangell Cooperative Association. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 April 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hudson Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Hudson Museum 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. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, § 10.10, and § 10.14. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:45 Mar 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 Dated: March 1, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–04895 Filed 3–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035443; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California San Diego 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 San Diego County, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after April 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Eva Trujillo, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, telephone (858) 414–4609, email e7trujillo@ ucsd.edu. 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 University of California San Diego. 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 the University of California San Diego. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Shumway Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘1958:XII:13 (A) SEA. (Scripps Estates) Shumway Lot.’’ In 1958, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs, an PO 00000 Frm 00108 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 15077 employee of the University of California, San Diego/Scripps Institution of Oceanography (UCSD), removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 19 associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one lot of modified faunal material, five lots of modified shell, one lot of pebbles, one lot of plant leaf fragments, one lot of soil, two lots of unmodified faunal material, and seven lots of unmodified shell. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Spindrift Drive of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘1961:IX:28A Dec 6’’ and ‘‘Spindrift Drive Midden Dec VI (W–1).’’ In 1961, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of ceramic sherds, one lot of charcoal, one lot of stone, one lot of unmodified faunal material, and one lot of unmodified shell. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Holter’s Lot of the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘1964:IV:Holters Lot Box 6.’’ In 1964, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The five associated funerary objects are one lot of chipped stone, one fishing weight, one metate fragment, one lot of pebbles and gravel, and one lot of unmodified shell. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘SMT 2 (maybe SMT 1) and Isaac’s Lot.’’ In 1958–1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 17 associated funerary objects are one chipped stone biface, two lots of lithics, two lots of plant matter, one small volcanic stone, one lot of stones, four lots of unmodified faunal material, and six lots of unmodified shell. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Scripps Estates in La Jolla, San Diego County, CA. This location is identified as Hubbs site number ‘‘SDI– 525 Pit 6.’’ In 1958–1959, Dr. Carl Leavitt Hubbs of UCSD removed the human remains and associated funerary objects from the site. The 14 associated funerary objects are one lot of modified faunal material, three lots of pebbles, three lots of plant matter, one shell E:\FR\FM\10MRN1.SGM 10MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Hudson Museum, 
University of Maine, Orono, ME

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 Hudson Museum intends to repatriate a 
cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural 
patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was 
removed from Wrangell Borough, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after April 10, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Amber Sky Heller, Registrar, Hudson Museum, University of 
Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469, telephone 
(207) 581-1902, 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 
Hudson Museum. 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 Hudson 
Museum.

Description

    The cultural item was removed from Wrangell Borough, AK. At an 
unknown date, Proctor Stafford acquired a helmet from an unidentified 
woman living in Honolulu, HI. Subsequently, William P. Palmer, III 
purchased it from Stafford. In 1982, Palmer bequeathed this object to 
the University of Maine and it became part of the Hudson Museum's 
holdings. The object of cultural patrimony is a Frog Clan helmet 
(HM5040).
    In June of 2018, a delegation from the Central Council of Tlingit 
and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska came to the Hudson Museum for 
consultation. Subsequently, the Hudson Museum determined that this 
helmet is culturally affiliated with both the Central Council of 
Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and the Kiks.[aacute]di clan 
of the Wrangell Cooperative Association.

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Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural item in this notice is 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, historical, 
oral traditional, other relevant 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 Hudson Museum has determined that:
     The one cultural item described above have ongoing 
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native 
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an 
individual.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Central Council 
of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes and the Wrangell Cooperative 
Association.

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 April 10, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Hudson Museum must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Hudson Museum 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. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.  
10.10, and Sec.  10.14.

    Dated: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04895 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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