Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 61136-61137 [2024-16703]
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by a preponderance of the evidence, that
they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains in
this notice may occur on or after August
29, 2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, Reclamation
must determine the most appropriate
claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains are considered a single request
and not competing requests.
Reclamation is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
Determinations
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has
determined that:
• The one sacred object described in
this notice is a specific ceremonial
object needed by a traditional Native
American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to
the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural item described in
this notice and the Pueblo of Santa Ana,
New Mexico.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts,
Richmond, VA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that
meets the definition of a sacred object,
and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kelly Burrow, Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, 200 N. Arthur
Ashe Boulevard, Richmond, VA 23220,
telephone (804) 204–2669, email
Kelly.burrow@vmfa.museum.
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 Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts, and additional
information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
sacred object is a painted shield made
of buffalo hide, and the Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts records identify
the shield as Pueblo of Santa Ana. The
shield was purchased from Christie’s
New York, Sale 1688, Lot 144, January
12, 2006, by Robert and Nancy Nooter,
who donated it to the Virginia Museum
of Fine Arts in June 2017. Results of
consultation with the Pueblo of Santa
Ana Tribal Historic Preservation Office
and Conservation Enforcement confirm
that this sacred object originated from
the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural item in this
notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under 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 August 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts 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 Virginia
Museum of Fine Arts is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice
and to any other consulting parties.
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Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intended Repatriation: The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,
NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met)
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects or objects
of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
listed in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Day, NAGPRA
Coordinator & Community Liaison, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth
Avenue, New York, NY 10028,
telephone (212) 396–2616, email
jennifer.day@metmuseum.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 Met, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of nine cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The five
objects of cultural patrimony are one
Raven Rattle (Met acc. no.
1979.206.439), one Dagger
(1979.206.884), two Ceremonial Robes
(Chilkat Blankets) (1979.206.1040 and
1986.476.8), and one Headdress Frontlet
(2011.154.37). The four unassociated
funerary objects are one necklace with
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pendants (1978.412.212), one amulet
(1979.206.518), one transformation
mask (2002.602.2a–d), and one mask
(1979.206.440). The latter mask was
obtained by Walter C. Waters in
Wrangell, AK, under unknown
conditions. Consultation with the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida
Indian Tribes indicate that these four
items were shamanic items and so likely
would have been placed at the shaman’s
gravesite. Museum records indicate that
the cultural items are from Alaska; with
the exceptions indicated, the Met has no
other geographical information about
the items.
Determinations
The Met has reasonably determined
that:
• The four unassociated funerary
objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and are connected, either at the
time of death or later as part of the death
rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been
identified by a preponderance of the
evidence as related to human remains,
specific individuals, or families, or
removed from a specific burial site or
burial area of an individual or
individuals with cultural affiliation to
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• The five objects of cultural
patrimony described in this notice have
ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group, including any
constituent sub-group (such as a band,
clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or
other subdivision), according to the
Native American traditional knowledge
of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, and furthermore, these
objects are reasonably identified as
being of such importance central to the
group that they cannot or could not be
alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by
any person, including their caretaker,
regardless of whether the person is a
member of the group, and they have
been considered inalienable by the
group at the time the object was
separated from the group.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and the Central Council of
the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
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notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under 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 August 29, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Met 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 Met is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
This Notice And To Any Other
Consulting Parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Kansas State University, Manhattan,
KS
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Kansas
State University 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Megan Williamson,
Department of Sociology, Anthropology,
and Social Work, Kansas State
SUMMARY:
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University, 204 Waters Hall, 1603 Old
Claflin Place, Manhattan, KS 66506–
4003, telephone (785) 532–6005, email
mwillia1@ksu.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 Kansas State
University, and additional information
on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation,
can be found in its inventory or related
records. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations
in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been identified.
There are 2,002 associated funerary
objects present. The associated funerary
objects include ceramics, chipped and
ground stone tools, numerous pieces of
chipped stone debris, unmodified stone,
five pieces of modified animal bone,
unmodified animal bone and teeth,
fragments of mussel shell, one piece of
daub, one charcoal sample, and 20 items
of non-native manufacture (e.g., EuroAmerican ceramics, glass, lamp parts
and other metal).
The Leary site located in Richardson
County, Nebraska on the bounds of the
reservation of the Iowa Tribe of Kansas
and Nebraska. The Leary assemblage
housed at Kansas State University is
believed to be a day long surface
collection from a field school in June of
1968 under the lead of Dr. Patricia
O’Brien of Kansas State University. The
assemblage also includes artifacts
collected and donated by Dr. Dale
Henning to Kansas State University in
2002.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by
geographic location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
the notice.
Determinations
Kansas State University has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 2,002 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed intentionally with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038347; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York, NY
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 Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met)
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects or objects of cultural patrimony and
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations listed in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after August 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Day, NAGPRA Coordinator & Community Liaison, The
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10028,
telephone (212) 396-2616, 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
Met, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of nine cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The five objects of cultural patrimony are one Raven
Rattle (Met acc. no. 1979.206.439), one Dagger (1979.206.884), two
Ceremonial Robes (Chilkat Blankets) (1979.206.1040 and 1986.476.8), and
one Headdress Frontlet (2011.154.37). The four unassociated funerary
objects are one necklace with
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pendants (1978.412.212), one amulet (1979.206.518), one transformation
mask (2002.602.2a-d), and one mask (1979.206.440). The latter mask was
obtained by Walter C. Waters in Wrangell, AK, under unknown conditions.
Consultation with the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian
Tribes indicate that these four items were shamanic items and so likely
would have been placed at the shaman's gravesite. Museum records
indicate that the cultural items are from Alaska; with the exceptions
indicated, the Met has no other geographical information about the
items.
Determinations
The Met has reasonably determined that:
The four unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
The five objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, and furthermore, these
objects are reasonably identified as being of such importance central
to the group that they cannot or could not be alienated, appropriated,
or conveyed by any person, including their caretaker, regardless of
whether the person is a member of the group, and they have been
considered inalienable by the group at the time the object was
separated from the group.
There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 August 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Met 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 Met is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in This
Notice And To Any Other Consulting Parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: July 17, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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