Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, and Pasadena City College, Los Angeles, CA, 63970 [2024-17259]

Download as PDF 63970 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 151 / Tuesday, August 6, 2024 / Notices Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 5, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF State NAGPRA Program 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 26, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–17268 Filed 8–5–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038397; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, and Pasadena City College, Los Angeles, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College intend 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. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after September 5, 2024. ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323) 495–4203, email krichardson@ theautry.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 Autry Museum ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:40 Aug 05, 2024 Jkt 262001 of the American West and Pasadena City College, 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 two lots of cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of shell beads and one lot of woven grass mat fragments. In an unknown year, an unknown collector collected cultural material from unknown site(s) on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, in Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Keith Dixon (1073.G) obtained the shell beads from Pasadena City College at an unknown year. Additionally, Mr. Dixon collected the woven sea grass mat at an unknown year from an unknown burial site on Santa Rosa Island. Mr. Dixon gifted the cultural items to the Southwest Museum in 1946. Determinations The Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College has determined that: • The two lots of unassociated funerary objects described above are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains, and are connected, either 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 an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the 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 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 September 5, 2024. If competing PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 requests for repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College 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 Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College 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 25, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–17259 Filed 8–5–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038401; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort Leavenworth, Fort Leavenworth, KS National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Fort Leavenworth 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 September 5, 2024. ADDRESSES: Dale Cleland, Fort Leavenworth, 820 McClellan Avenue, Fort Leavenworth, KS 66027, telephone (913) 680–5270, email dale.d.cleland.civ@army.mil. 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 Fort Leavenworth, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\06AUN1.SGM 06AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 151 (Tuesday, August 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 63970]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17259]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038397; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American 
West, Los Angeles, CA, and Pasadena City College, 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), Autry Museum of the American West and 
Pasadena City College intend 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after September 5, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of 
Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American 
West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323) 
495-4203, 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 
Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College, 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 two lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The two unassociated funerary objects are one lot of 
shell beads and one lot of woven grass mat fragments. In an unknown 
year, an unknown collector collected cultural material from unknown 
site(s) on Santa Rosa Island, Channel Islands, in Santa Barbara County, 
CA. Mr. Keith Dixon (1073.G) obtained the shell beads from Pasadena 
City College at an unknown year. Additionally, Mr. Dixon collected the 
woven sea grass mat at an unknown year from an unknown burial site on 
Santa Rosa Island. Mr. Dixon gifted the cultural items to the Southwest 
Museum in 1946.

Determinations

    The Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College has 
determined that:
     The two lots of unassociated funerary objects described 
above are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or 
near individual human remains, and are connected, either 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 an individual or individuals with cultural 
affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the 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 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 September 5, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West and 
Pasadena City College 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 
Autry Museum of the American West and Pasadena City College 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 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17259 Filed 8-5-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P


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