Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA, 35914 [2023-11692]
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the Responsible Official
identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for
repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice and, if
joined to a request from one or more of
the Indian Tribes, the Mono Lake
Kootzaduka’a Tribe, a non-federally
recognized Indian group.
2. 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 human remains in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 3, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural
History must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Santa Barbara
Museum of Natural History 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 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035951;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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.
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Determinations
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.
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 four 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 a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria
(Verona Tract), California.
Description
Requests for Repatriation
In 1932, the four cultural items were
removed by Paul A. Walker from the
Sacramento County home of Tom
Cleanso, a Nisenan man, after his
passing. Walker was an amateur
archeologist and collector who worked
both alone 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, as well as
smaller collections from Northern and
Southern California, and from outside of
California. In 1968, Walker’s
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 four
unassociated funerary objects are four
Haliotis ornaments.
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 July 3, 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.
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:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Cultural Affiliation
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
ACTION:
Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after July
3, 2023.
DATES:
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: anthropological,
archeological, biological, folkloric,
geographical, historical, kinship,
linguistic, oral traditional, other
relevant information, and expert
opinion.
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Dated: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035951; 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 July 3, 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
In 1932, the four cultural items were removed by Paul A. Walker
from the Sacramento County home of Tom Cleanso, a Nisenan man, after
his passing. Walker was an amateur archeologist and collector who
worked both alone 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, as well as
smaller collections from Northern and Southern California, and from
outside of California. In 1968, Walker's 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 four unassociated funerary objects are four Haliotis ornaments.
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: anthropological,
archeological, biological, folkloric, geographical, historical,
kinship, linguistic, 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 Museum of Us has determined that:
The four 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Shingle Springs
Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract),
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 July 3, 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 24, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11692 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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