Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, 37575-37576 [2023-12285]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices • The 10 objects described in this notice 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Oneida Indian Nation; Oneida Nation; Onondaga Nation; and the Tuscarora Nation. Requests for Repatriation ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 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 and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Rochester Museum & Science Center must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Rochester Museum & Science Center 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 31, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–12282 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035980; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definitions of both a sacred object and 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 Acoma, NM. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after July 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Christina Hellmich, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 50 Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, telephone (415) 750–2621, email chellmich@famsf.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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. SUMMARY: Description On an unknown date the one cultural item was removed from Acoma, NM. The cultural item is a shield. The provenance of the shield is documented by two art exhibitions and accompanying catalogues at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Aspen Center for the Visual arts in 1977 and 1979, respectively. In 1977, Robert & Sharon Ashton of Santa Fe, NM, were listed as the owners of the shield. From 1979 to 1985, the shield was in the private collection of Jonathan and Philip M. Holstein of The Thundercloud Corporation, Aspen, CO. In 1985, the shield was sold to Thomas W. Weisel. It was in the Thomas W. Weisel Family Collection, Ross, CA, from 1985 until PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 37575 2013, when it was gifted to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The shield is both a sacred object and an object of culturally patrimony. 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: art 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has determined that: • The one cultural item described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents. • The one cultural item described above has 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 Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1 37576 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 110 / Thursday, June 8, 2023 / Notices 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 31, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–12285 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035975; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kansas City Museum 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 Amchitka Island, AK. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after July 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Lisa Shockley, Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64133, telephone (816) 702– 7700, email lshockley@ kansascitymuseum.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 Kansas City 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 inventory or related records held by the Kansas City Museum. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: Description In 1943, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:15 Jun 07, 2023 Jkt 259001 removed from Amchitka Island, AK, (catalogue number: 1961.56.8). The collector removed these human remains while stationed at a now-abandoned nuclear test site on Amchitka Island, in the Aleutian Islands, and subsequently donated them to the Kansas City Museum. The human remains—a jawbone fragment without teeth and a jawbone fragment with a single tooth— belong to an individual of unknown age and sex. The one associated funerary object is a faunal tooth, possibly from a bear. Cultural Affiliation The human remains and associated funerary objects 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 expert opinion. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Kansas City Museum has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • The one object described in this notice is 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. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary object described in this notice and the Native Village of Atka. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Kansas City Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Kansas City 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 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: May 31, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–12280 Filed 6–7–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035976; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Kansas City Museum, Kansas City, MO National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Kansas City Museum (KCM) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were removed from Platte County, MO. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after July 10, 2023. ADDRESSES: Lisa Shockley, Kansas City Museum, 3218 Gladstone Blvd., Kansas City, MO 64133, telephone (816) 702– 7700, email lshockley@ kansascitymuseum.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 Kansas City Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\08JNN1.SGM 08JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 110 (Thursday, June 8, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37575-37576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-12285]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035980; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: Fine Arts Museums 
of San Francisco, San Francisco, 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 
intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definitions of 
both a sacred object and 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 Acoma, 
NM.

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

ADDRESSES: Christina Hellmich, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, 50 
Hagiwara Tea Garden Drive, San Francisco, CA 94118, telephone (415) 
750-2621, 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 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.

Description

    On an unknown date the one cultural item was removed from Acoma, 
NM. The cultural item is a shield. The provenance of the shield is 
documented by two art exhibitions and accompanying catalogues at the 
Art Institute of Chicago and the Aspen Center for the Visual arts in 
1977 and 1979, respectively. In 1977, Robert & Sharon Ashton of Santa 
Fe, NM, were listed as the owners of the shield. From 1979 to 1985, the 
shield was in the private collection of Jonathan and Philip M. Holstein 
of The Thundercloud Corporation, Aspen, CO. In 1985, the shield was 
sold to Thomas W. Weisel. It was in the Thomas W. Weisel Family 
Collection, Ross, CA, from 1985 until 2013, when it was gifted to the 
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The shield is both a sacred object 
and an object of culturally patrimony.

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: art 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco has determined 
that:
     The one cultural item described above is a specific 
ceremonial object needed by traditional Native American religious 
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by 
their present-day adherents.
     The one cultural item described above has 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 Pueblo of Acoma, 
New Mexico.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after July 10, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 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 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco is

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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 31, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-12285 Filed 6-7-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

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