Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA, 84350-84351 [2023-26619]

Download as PDF khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 84350 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices old, two individuals recorded as 52 years old, two individuals recorded as 50 years old, one individual recorded as 49 years old, one individual recorded as 48 years old, one individual recorded as 46 years old, one individual recorded as 35 years old, one individual recorded as 33 years old, one individual recorded as 32 years old, one individual recorded as 29 years old, one individual recorded as 27 years old, one individual recorded as 26 years old, one individual recorded as 24 years old, one individual recorded as 23 years old, one individual recorded as 21 years old, one individual recorded as 18 years old, two individuals recorded as 16 years old, one individual recorded as 15 years old, four individuals recorded as 13 years old, six individuals recorded as 12 years old, two individuals recorded as 11 years old, five individuals recorded as 10 years old, four individuals recorded as 9 years old, one individual recorded as 8 years old, and one individual recorded as 3 years old. All these individuals were identified as ‘‘Sioux.’’ Orrin C. Gray took the hair clippings at Fort Totten between 1930 and 1933. Gray sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present. Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals, were collected at the Pierre Indian School in Hughes County, SD. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 19 years old, one individual recorded as 14 years old, and two individuals recorded as 13 years old. All these individuals were identified as ‘‘Sioux.’’ C.B. Dickinson took the hair clippings at the Pierre Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Dickinson sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual, from the ‘‘Standing Rock School’’ at Fort Yates in Sioux County, ND. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual recorded as 25 years old and identified as ‘‘Sioux.’’ E. D. Mossman took the hair clippings at the ‘‘Standing Rock School’’ between 1930 and 1933. Mossman sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present. Human remains representing, at minimum, four individuals, were collected at the ‘‘U.S. Indian School’’ (now Flandreau Indian School) in Flandreau, Moody County, SD. The human remains are hair clipping collected from one individual recorded VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Dec 04, 2023 Jkt 262001 as 20 years old, two individuals recorded as 18 years old, and one individual recorded as 17 years old. All these individuals were identified as ‘‘Sioux.’’ George E. Peters took the hair clippings at the ‘‘U.S. Indian School’’ (now Flandreau Indian School) between 1930 and 1933. Peters sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present. Cultural Affiliation The human remains 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: kinship and anthropological. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 61 individuals of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota and the Spirit Lake Tribe, North Dakota. 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. 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 January 4, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 considered a single request and not competing requests. The PMAE 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: November 28, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–26613 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037014; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History (LACMNH) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and 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 Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after January 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, telephone (213) 763–3370, email agusick@nhm.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 LACMNH. 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 LACMNH. SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 232 / Tuesday, December 5, 2023 / Notices Description khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES At various times, 226 objects of cultural patrimony were removed from Laguna Beach in Orange County, CA. In 1935, A.D. Griffin found one object (a digging tool) at an unidentified site in Laguna Beach. Subsequently, this item was donated to LACMNH. At a date prior to 1971, Carl D. Hegner collected one object (a donut-shaped stone) from an unidentified site in Laguna Beach, and in 1971, the Native Daughters of the Golden West donated this item to LACMNH. At a date prior to 1966, University of Southern California professor W.J. Wallace excavated 201 objects from Cameo Cove in Laguna Beach. These items were transferred to the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Hancock Foundation (Hancock Foundation), a now-disbanded museum that was once part of the University of Southern California. On February 1, 1966, the Hancock Foundation loaned these items to LACMNH, and on March 29, 1983, the loan was converted to a donation. At one or more dates prior to 1966, 23 cultural items were removed from unidentified sites in Laguna Beach and transferred to the Hancock Foundation. On February 1, 1966, the Hancock Foundation loaned these items to LACMNH, and on March 29, 1983, the loan was converted to a donation. The 226 objects of cultural patrimony are one bead, four cobble tools, five cores, one donut-shaped stone, 90 faunal bones or bone fragments, six fire affected stones, 15 flaked stones, two groundstone fragments, one hammerstone, seven manos or mano fragments, one grooved maul, five metates or metate fragments, two ochre fragments, one mortar, two pestle fragments, eight rocks, one scraper, 73 stones, and one unidentified lithic tool. In 1954, University of Southern California professor W.J. Wallace excavated 22 associated funerary objects at the Los Altos site (LAN–270) in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA. These items were transferred to the Hancock Foundation, and in 1983, the Hancock Foundation donated them to LACMNH. The 22 unassociated funerary objects are three rattles, two bone tubes, one shell, one bead, two stones, four containers or container fragments, six tools, two projectile points, and one faunal bone. 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Dec 04, 2023 Jkt 262001 Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, archeological, historical, oral traditional, and Indigenous knowledge. The Acjachemen Nation, Gabrieleno Tribes, and Tongva Tribes (‘‘People of the Earth’’) have strong cultural ties to the Laguna Beach and Long Beach coastlines. In particular, Puvungna, located on the California State University, Long Beach campus, is a site sacred to the Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen as being associated with their Creation account and Tribal history, and is the locus of annual pilgrimages by them. The Luisen˜o people, which include the Pechanga Band of Indians, share cultural practices and beliefs with the Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen, and all four groups are linguistically related. 84351 Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 4, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the LACMNH 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 LACMNH 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 28, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–26619 Filed 12–4–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the LACMNH has determined that: • The 22 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. • The 226 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 Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 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. PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037008; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (PMAE) 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 Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 4, 2024. ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–3702, email pcapone@ fas.harvard.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 PMAE. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. 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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037014; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Los Angeles County 
Museum of Natural History, Los Angeles, 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 Los Angeles County Museum of Natural 
History (LACMNH) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet 
the definition of unassociated funerary objects and 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 Orange and Los Angeles Counties, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after January 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Amy E. Gusick, NAGPRA Officer, Los Angeles County Museum of 
Natural History, 900 Exposition Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90007, 
telephone (213) 763-3370, 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 
LACMNH. 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 LACMNH.

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Description

    At various times, 226 objects of cultural patrimony were removed 
from Laguna Beach in Orange County, CA. In 1935, A.D. Griffin found one 
object (a digging tool) at an unidentified site in Laguna Beach. 
Subsequently, this item was donated to LACMNH. At a date prior to 1971, 
Carl D. Hegner collected one object (a donut-shaped stone) from an 
unidentified site in Laguna Beach, and in 1971, the Native Daughters of 
the Golden West donated this item to LACMNH. At a date prior to 1966, 
University of Southern California professor W.J. Wallace excavated 201 
objects from Cameo Cove in Laguna Beach. These items were transferred 
to the Laboratory of Anthropology of the Hancock Foundation (Hancock 
Foundation), a now-disbanded museum that was once part of the 
University of Southern California. On February 1, 1966, the Hancock 
Foundation loaned these items to LACMNH, and on March 29, 1983, the 
loan was converted to a donation. At one or more dates prior to 1966, 
23 cultural items were removed from unidentified sites in Laguna Beach 
and transferred to the Hancock Foundation. On February 1, 1966, the 
Hancock Foundation loaned these items to LACMNH, and on March 29, 1983, 
the loan was converted to a donation. The 226 objects of cultural 
patrimony are one bead, four cobble tools, five cores, one donut-shaped 
stone, 90 faunal bones or bone fragments, six fire affected stones, 15 
flaked stones, two groundstone fragments, one hammerstone, seven manos 
or mano fragments, one grooved maul, five metates or metate fragments, 
two ochre fragments, one mortar, two pestle fragments, eight rocks, one 
scraper, 73 stones, and one unidentified lithic tool.
    In 1954, University of Southern California professor W.J. Wallace 
excavated 22 associated funerary objects at the Los Altos site (LAN-
270) in Long Beach, Los Angeles County, CA. These items were 
transferred to the Hancock Foundation, and in 1983, the Hancock 
Foundation donated them to LACMNH. The 22 unassociated funerary objects 
are three rattles, two bone tubes, one shell, one bead, two stones, 
four containers or container fragments, six tools, two projectile 
points, and one faunal bone.

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, historical, oral traditional, and Indigenous knowledge.
    The Acjachemen Nation, Gabrieleno Tribes, and Tongva Tribes 
(``People of the Earth'') have strong cultural ties to the Laguna Beach 
and Long Beach coastlines. In particular, Puvungna, located on the 
California State University, Long Beach campus, is a site sacred to the 
Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen as being associated with their 
Creation account and Tribal history, and is the locus of annual 
pilgrimages by them. The Luise[ntilde]o people, which include the 
Pechanga Band of Indians, share cultural practices and beliefs with the 
Gabrieleno, Tongva, and Acjachemen, and all four groups are 
linguistically related.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the LACMNH has determined that:
     The 22 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.
     The 226 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 Pechanga Band 
of Indians (Previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission 
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, 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 January 4, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the LACMNH 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 LACMNH 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 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-26619 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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