Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American West and California, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, 80923-80924 [2024-22884]
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individuals are identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In 1996, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual was
excavated and removed from site
1Tu768, the Gerald Wiggins Site. Site
1Tu768 was originally recorded by
Margaret Scarry, John Scarry, and
Mintcy Maxham of the University of
North Carolina, Chapel Hill. The Gerald
Wiggins site is a Late Moundville I
farmstead in the Black Warrior
floodplain. The site was identified by
the landowner, Gerald Wiggins, on the
basis of a feature eroding from a road
cut on his property. Surface collection
yielded artifacts only in the immediate
vicinity of the darker soil of the feature.
No human remains were recorded as
being excavated. The individual
identified was housed with faunal
remains and so it is likely it was
misidentified as faunal at the time of
excavation. No known individuals are
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
During a period from the 1930s to the
late 1980s, 29 lots of associated funerary
objects were excavated and removed
from Site 1Tu500, the Moundville site,
during various excavations, including
field schools conducted by the
University of Alabama. Moundville, a
large mound complex on the banks of
the Black Warrior River whose
occupation spans the Late Woodland
and the West Jefferson phase through
the Moundville I, II, and III phases, and
terminates in the Late Mississippian/
Protohistoric Moundville IV phase, has
been the subject of two centuries of
archaeological inquiry. The 29 lots of
associated funerary objects include
ceramic vessels, ceramic sherds,
discoidals, shell, copper, and a stone
disk.
In the 1930s and again in 1997, 69 lots
of associated funerary objects were
excavated and removed from Site 1Tu1,
the Pride Place site. The site dates from
Late Woodland, West Jefferson phase to
the Moundville III phase. The lots of
associated funerary objects include
ceramic vessels, ceramic sherds, lithics,
charcoal, ground stone, burial fill,
discoidal, sandstone, faunal bone, and
shell.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
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Determinations
The University of Alabama Museums
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 23 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 152 lots of 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.
• There is a connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Seminole
Tribe of Florida (previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma with letters of support from
the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
and the Jena Band of Choctaw Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
authorized representative identified in
this notice under 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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after November 4, 2024.
If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the University of Alabama
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 University of
Alabama 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 10.10.
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Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–22885 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038783;
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Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry
Museum of the American West and
California, Los Angeles, CA, and
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, Sacramento, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry
Museum of the American West jointly
with California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
November 4, 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 and Leslie Hartzell,
NAGPRA Coordinator, at California
State Parks, 715 P Street, Suite 13,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (415)
831–2700, email leslie.hartzell@
parks.ca.gov.
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 Autry Museum
of the American West jointly with
California Department of Parks and
Recreation, 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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
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unassociated funerary object is one lot
of cordage. In an unknown year, Mr.
Willy Stahl (830.G) collected material
from Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7),
Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, in
Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Stahl
gifted the cultural item to the Southwest
Museum (now part of the Autry
Museum of the American West) in 1942.
Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7) is a
Chumash village and cemetery site that
dates to the Late Period (1100 AD to
contact).
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
unassociated funerary object is one
fishhook. In 1930, Mr. Bruce Bryan
(1864.G) collected the cultural item
from a burial at Mishopshnow (CA–
SBA–7) Carpinteria, Carpinteria State
Beach, in Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr.
Bryan gifted the cultural item in 1966 to
the Southwest Museum.
A total of eight cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The
eight unassociated funerary objects are
eight trade beads. The trade beads were
found in the museum collection (5.C.98)
with no object number in a box with
cultural material from Misphopshnow/
Carpinteria from the Mr. Willy Stahla
(830.G) collection. Thus, it is likely they
came from that collection, exact
collection number could not be found.
A total of 186 cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The 186
unassociated funerary objects are one lot
of shell beads (missing), 137 shell beads,
45 shell beads, and three ochre
fragments. At an unknown date, Mr.
Harry Clayton Davis (1052.G), and
members of the Archaeological Society
of Southern California (ASSC), a nonprofessional group, collected cultural
items from a sandbank at Mishopshnow
Village (CA–SBa–7) in Carpinteria,
Carpinteria State Beach, Santa Barbara
County, CA. Mr. Davis’s wife gifted the
cultural items to the Southwest Museum
in 1946.
A total of five cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The five
unassociated funerary objects are one
bone bead and four shell beads. At an
unknown date, Mr. Francis H. Elmore
collected cultural items from near the
tar pits at Mishopshnow (CA–SBa–7), in
Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach,
Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Elmore
gifted the cultural items to the
Southwest Museum in 1959.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American
West jointly with California Department
of Parks and Recreation has determined
that:
• The 201 unassociated funerary
objects described above are reasonably
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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 November 4, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Autry Museum of the American
West jointly with California Department
of Parks and Recreation 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 jointly with
California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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: September 24, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–22884 Filed 10–3–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038786;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San
Francisco State University NAGPRA
Program, San Francisco, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San
Francisco State University (SF State)
NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate
a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of an object of cultural
patrimony and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco
State University NAGPRA Program,
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco,
CA 94132, telephone (415) 338–1381,
email egreen@sfsu.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 SF State
NAGPRA Program 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.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item is
requested for repatriation. The one
object of cultural patrimony is a fern
and conifer basket cap. This basket cap
was donated to the Treganza
Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San
Francisco State University in the 1960s
and 1970s. When the TAM closed in
2012, all the Native American items
were transferred to the SF State
NAGPRA Program. The basket cap is
from the Northwest California Basket
Collection and there are no records of
the donor at SF State.
It was once common practice by
museums to use chemicals on cultural
items to prevent deterioration by mold,
insects, and moisture. To date, the SF
State NAGPRA Program has no records
documenting use of chemicals at our
facilities, and we currently do not use
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038783; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American
West and California, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of
Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, 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 Autry Museum of the American West
jointly with California Department of Parks and Recreation 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after November 4, 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] and Leslie Hartzell, NAGPRA
Coordinator, at California State Parks, 715 P Street, Suite 13,
Sacramento, CA 95814, telephone (415) 831-2700, 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 jointly with California Department of
Parks and Recreation, 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one
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unassociated funerary object is one lot of cordage. In an unknown year,
Mr. Willy Stahl (830.G) collected material from Mishopshnow (CA-SBa-7),
Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, in Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr.
Stahl gifted the cultural item to the Southwest Museum (now part of the
Autry Museum of the American West) in 1942. Mishopshnow (CA-SBa-7) is a
Chumash village and cemetery site that dates to the Late Period (1100
AD to contact).
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one unassociated funerary object is one fishhook. In 1930, Mr.
Bruce Bryan (1864.G) collected the cultural item from a burial at
Mishopshnow (CA-SBA-7) Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, in Santa
Barbara County, CA. Mr. Bryan gifted the cultural item in 1966 to the
Southwest Museum.
A total of eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The eight unassociated funerary objects are eight trade
beads. The trade beads were found in the museum collection (5.C.98)
with no object number in a box with cultural material from
Misphopshnow/Carpinteria from the Mr. Willy Stahla (830.G) collection.
Thus, it is likely they came from that collection, exact collection
number could not be found.
A total of 186 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 186 unassociated funerary objects are one lot of shell beads
(missing), 137 shell beads, 45 shell beads, and three ochre fragments.
At an unknown date, Mr. Harry Clayton Davis (1052.G), and members of
the Archaeological Society of Southern California (ASSC), a non-
professional group, collected cultural items from a sandbank at
Mishopshnow Village (CA-SBa-7) in Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach,
Santa Barbara County, CA. Mr. Davis's wife gifted the cultural items to
the Southwest Museum in 1946.
A total of five cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The five unassociated funerary objects are one bone bead
and four shell beads. At an unknown date, Mr. Francis H. Elmore
collected cultural items from near the tar pits at Mishopshnow (CA-SBa-
7), in Carpinteria, Carpinteria State Beach, Santa Barbara County, CA.
Mr. Elmore gifted the cultural items to the Southwest Museum in 1959.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American West jointly with California
Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that:
The 201 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 November 4, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West
jointly with California Department of Parks and Recreation 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 jointly with California Department of Parks and
Recreation 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: September 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22884 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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