Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West and California, Los Angeles, CA, and California Department of Parks and Recreation, Sacramento, CA, 80921 [2024-22889]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 80921]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22889]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038782; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 
(Southwest Museum) jointly with California Department of Parks and 
Recreation have 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 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 inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing at 
least 14 individuals have been reasonably identified. The 30 associated 
funerary objects are one olivella shell, 19 faunal bone fragments, 
three charcoal pieces, one clam shell fragment, three oyster shell 
fragments, one mussel fragment, one crab shell fragment, and one 
unmodified stone. In 1982, human remains were found ``in collection'', 
wrapped in a Los Angeles Examiner newspaper dated September 4th, 1933, 
and a paper bag with ``Carpinteria'' written across it with no 
associated object number. Mishopshnow (CA-SBa-7) is a Chumash village 
and cemetery site that dates to the Late Period (A.D. 1100 to contact) 
that is located in the city of Carpinteria. It is unknown how or when 
the human remains (17.C.71) came to the Southwest Museum (now part of 
the Autry Museum).

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.

Determinations

    The Autry Museum of the American West jointly with California 
Department of Parks and Recreation has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of 14 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 30 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 reasonable connection between the human remains 
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Santa 
Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, 
California.

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 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 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 human remains and 
associated funerary objects 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.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22889 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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