Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa, CA, 13364-13365 [2024-03580]

Download as PDF 13364 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2024 / Notices Dated: February 9, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Durand (Durant’s) Bend Site (1Ds1) Dallas County, Alabama, in 1899 by C.B. Moore and donated to the PMAE the same year. The 14 associated funerary objects are: seven beads; one lot consisting of ceramic fragments and a bead; four lots consisting of ceramic vessels and vessel fragments; one ceramic vessel fragment; and one shell gorget. [FR Doc. 2024–03581 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037411; 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, Harvard University (PMAE) 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 Dallas and Wilcox Counties, Alabama. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–3702, email pcapone@ fas.harvard.edu. SUMMARY: 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. 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 PMAE. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Description Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from the Dale Site (1Wx77) Wilcox County, Alabama, in 1899 by C.B. Moore and donated to the PMAE the same year. The one associated funerary object is one lot consisting of a ceramic vessel and fragments. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Feb 21, 2024 Jkt 262001 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: anthropological information, archeological information, geographical information, historical information, kinship, linguistics, oral tradition, 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 PMAE has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. • The 15 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 as removed from the Dale Site (1Wx77; Wilcox County, Alabama), and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. • 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 as removed from the Durand (Durant’s) Bend Cemetery (1Ds1; Dallas County, Alabama), and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Choctaw Indians; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation. 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 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 March 25, 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 and associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal Register and includes the required information, the National Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. Dated: February 9, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–03578 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037414; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: E:\FR\FM\22FEN1.SGM 22FEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2024 / Notices In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum (SRJCMM) 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 Los Angeles County and Santa Barbara County, CA. SUMMARY: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. DATES: Rachel Minor, Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural Museum, 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401, telephone (707) 524–1862, email rminor@santarosa.edu. 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 SRJCMM. 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 SRJCMM. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description The three cultural items were removed from Santa Barbara and Los Angeles, CA. Accession #87.027: one Chumash Steatite Bowl, pre-1800, found on the island of Catalina. Bowl has several old breaks that have been repaired. Was probably found in shards. Donated by Charles Beardsley to the SRJCMM in 1987. Accession #92.065 A and B: one stone mortar and one stone pestle, found on the Santa Barbara Coast in the 1800s by the Harrington family. Donated in 1992 by Mr. Jess Rathbun. The three unassociated funerary objects are one steatite bowl, one stone mortar, and one stone pestle. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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: Geographical information and expert opinion. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:10 Feb 21, 2024 Jkt 262001 Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the SRJCMM has determined that: • The three 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 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 March 25, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SRJCMM 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 SRJCMM is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12, 2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal Register and includes the required information, the National Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 13365 Dated: February 9, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–03580 Filed 2–21–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037417; 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, Harvard University (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 collected at the Pawnee Indian Reservation in Pawnee County, OK, and Chilocco Indian Agricultural School in Kay County, OK. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 2024. ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@ fas.harvard.edu. SUMMARY: 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. 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 PMAE. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were collected at the Pawnee Indian Reservation, Pawnee County, OK. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was recorded as being 37 years old, one individual who was recorded as being E:\FR\FM\22FEN1.SGM 22FEN1

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037414; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Santa Rosa Junior 
College Multicultural Museum, Santa Rosa, 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 Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural 
Museum (SRJCMM) 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 Los 
Angeles County and Santa Barbara County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after March 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Rachel Minor, Santa Rosa Junior College Multicultural 
Museum, 1501 Mendocino Ave., Santa Rosa, CA 95401, telephone (707) 524-
1862, 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 
SRJCMM. 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 SRJCMM.

Description

    The three cultural items were removed from Santa Barbara and Los 
Angeles, CA. Accession #87.027: one Chumash Steatite Bowl, pre-1800, 
found on the island of Catalina. Bowl has several old breaks that have 
been repaired. Was probably found in shards. Donated by Charles 
Beardsley to the SRJCMM in 1987. Accession #92.065 A and B: one stone 
mortar and one stone pestle, found on the Santa Barbara Coast in the 
1800s by the Harrington family. Donated in 1992 by Mr. Jess Rathbun.
    The three unassociated funerary objects are one steatite bowl, one 
stone mortar, and one stone pestle.

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: Geographical 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 SRJCMM has determined that:
     The three 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 Santa Ynez Band of 
Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez 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 March 25, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the SRJCMM 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 SRJCMM is responsible for sending a copy of 
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice.
    This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised 
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12, 
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal 
Register and includes the required information, the National Park 
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: February 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03580 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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