Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA, 29946 [2023-09764]
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the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. Mercyhurst
University 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 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–09770 Filed 5–8–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
AGENCY:
ACTION:
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Museum of Us intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The cultural items were removed
from Sacramento County, CA.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after June
8, 2023.
DATES:
Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA
Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us,
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA 92101, telephone (619) 239–2001
Ext. 42, email cmosley@
museumofus.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 Museum of Us.
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 Museum of Us.
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Description
Between 1930 and 1936, 190 cultural
items were removed from Wamser
Mound (CV–10; CA–SAC–157) in
Sacramento County, CA, by Henry
Gibbs, a private collector and looter. In
1937, Paul A. Walker purchased Gibbs’
Central Valley, California archeological
collection. Walker was an amateur
archeologist and collector who worked
by himself and with other amateur
archeologists, and in collaboration with
the University of California and
Sacramento Junior College. Over the
course of his life, Walker amassed an
extensive archeological collection from
California’s Central Valley and smaller
collections from Northern and Southern
California, and outside of California. In
1968, Walker’s private archeological
collection was acquired by the San
Diego Museum of Man (now Museum of
Us) through a purchase/donation
transaction with Walker’s widow, Bessie
B. Walker. The 190 unassociated
funerary objects are 12 strings of
Olivella beads, three strings of clam
shell beads, 21 Haliotis pendants, 128
Haliotis ornaments, seven
miscellaneous shell ornaments, two
faunal teeth, 10 faunal bone fragments,
one stone bead, one charmstone
fragment, three perforated slate discs,
one faunal bone bead, and one
bipointed faunal bone artifact.
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: archeological,
geographical, and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Museum of Us has
determined that:
• The 190 cultural items described
above are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from the specific burial
sites of Native American individuals.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
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traced between the cultural items and
the Wilton Rancheria, California.
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 June 8, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Museum of Us 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 Museum of Us
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: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023–09764 Filed 5–8–23; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Alabama Department of
Transportation, Montgomery, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Alabama Department of Transportation
(ALDOT) 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 Montgomery
County, AL.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035802; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San
Diego, CA
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 Museum of Us intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural
items were removed from Sacramento County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after June 8, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us,
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-
2001 Ext. 42, 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
Museum of Us. 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 Museum of
Us.
Description
Between 1930 and 1936, 190 cultural items were removed from Wamser
Mound (CV-10; CA-SAC-157) in Sacramento County, CA, by Henry Gibbs, a
private collector and looter. In 1937, Paul A. Walker purchased Gibbs'
Central Valley, California archeological collection. Walker was an
amateur archeologist and collector who worked by himself and with other
amateur archeologists, and in collaboration with the University of
California and Sacramento Junior College. Over the course of his life,
Walker amassed an extensive archeological collection from California's
Central Valley and smaller collections from Northern and Southern
California, and outside of California. In 1968, Walker's private
archeological collection was acquired by the San Diego Museum of Man
(now Museum of Us) through a purchase/donation transaction with
Walker's widow, Bessie B. Walker. The 190 unassociated funerary objects
are 12 strings of Olivella beads, three strings of clam shell beads, 21
Haliotis pendants, 128 Haliotis ornaments, seven miscellaneous shell
ornaments, two faunal teeth, 10 faunal bone fragments, one stone bead,
one charmstone fragment, three perforated slate discs, one faunal bone
bead, and one bipointed faunal bone artifact.
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: archeological, geographical,
and historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Museum of Us has determined that:
The 190 cultural items described above are reasonably
believed to have been placed with or near individual human remains at
the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from the specific burial sites of Native American individuals.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Wilton
Rancheria, California.
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 June 8, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Museum of Us 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 Museum of Us 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: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09764 Filed 5-8-23; 8:45 am]
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