Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK, 86366-86367 [2023-27376]

Download as PDF 86366 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at an unknown location or locations. Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@fieldmuseum.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 Field 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 Field Museum. DATES: Description Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were collected at an unknown location or locations. The human remains are hair clippings belonging to two individuals, identified with the tribal designations ‘‘Delaware’’ and ‘‘Shawnee’’ (Field Museum catalog numbers 193208.3 and 193213.3). Field Museum staff believe they were collected under the direction of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward Putnam for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The hair clippings were accessioned into the Field Museum’s collection in 1939. No information regarding the individual’s name, sex, age, or geographic location has been found. No associated funerary objects are present. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES 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: historical. Determinations 16:54 Dec 12, 2023 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Munsee-Delaware Nation or the Eelu¨naape´ewi Lahke´ewiit, both nonfederally recognized Indian groups. 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 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Field Museum 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 Field Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–27382 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian VerDate Sep<11>2014 organizations, the Field Museum has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe. Jkt 262001 BILLING CODE 4312–52–P PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037062; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Alaska Museum of the North intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census Area, AK. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of Alaska Museum of the North, 1962 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, telephone (907) 474–6945, email jreuther@alaska.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 University of Alaska Museum of the North. 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 University of Alaska Museum of the North. SUMMARY: Description The one cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census Area, AK. In 1958, a single unassociated funerary object was collected from Unalaska Island by Lt. William Trafton and deposited at the University of Alaska Museum of the North. The exact location is unknown; the provenience is listed as Dutch Harbor. The unassociated funerary object is an ivory labret. 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, E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 13, 2023 / Notices 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 and oral traditional. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the University of Alaska Museum of the North has determined that: • The one cultural item 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 Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska. 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 January 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of Alaska Museum of the North must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item is considered a single request and not competing requests. The University of Alaska Museum of the North 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: December 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–27376 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:54 Dec 12, 2023 Jkt 262001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037054; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items Amendment: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA AGENCY: National Park Service, ACTION: Notice; amendment. Interior. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Andy Warhol Museum has amended a Notice of Intent to Repatriate published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2023. This notice amends the cultural affiliation in a collection removed from Moody County, SD. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after January 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Matt Gray, Director of Archives, The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, telephone (412) 237–8363, email graym@warhol.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 Andy Warhol Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by The Andy Warhol Museum. SUMMARY: Amendment This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate in the Federal Register (88 FR 51345, August 3, 2023). Repatriation of the item in the original Notice of Intent to Repatriate has not occurred. Before the date when repatriation could occur (September 5, 2023), a request for repatriation of the same object from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota was submitted to The Andy Warhol Museum. The Tribe that submitted the first request for repatriation, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota was informed of the second request. Soon after, on August 28, 2023, the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota rescinded their request in favor of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 86367 of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota. Determinations (as Amended) Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, The Andy Warhol Museum 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 items in this notice and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River Reservation, South Dakota. 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 January 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, The Andy Warhol 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 Andy Warhol Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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, 10.13, and 10.14. Dated: December 6, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–27368 Filed 12–12–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P E:\FR\FM\13DEN1.SGM 13DEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of 
Alaska Museum of the North, Fairbanks, AK

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 University of Alaska Museum of the North 
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition 
of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. 
The cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census Area, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after January 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Josh Reuther, University of Alaska Museum of the North, 1962 
Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, telephone (907) 474-6945, 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 
University of Alaska Museum of the North. 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 University of Alaska Museum of the North.

Description

    The one cultural item was removed from the Aleutians West Census 
Area, AK. In 1958, a single unassociated funerary object was collected 
from Unalaska Island by Lt. William Trafton and deposited at the 
University of Alaska Museum of the North. The exact location is 
unknown; the provenience is listed as Dutch Harbor. The unassociated 
funerary object is an ivory labret.

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,

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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 and oral traditional.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the University of Alaska Museum of the North has 
determined that:
     The one cultural item 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 Qawalangin 
Tribe of Unalaska.

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 January 12, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Alaska Museum of the North 
must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item is considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of Alaska 
Museum of the North 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: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27376 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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