Notice of Intended Repatriation: Oakland Museum of California, Oakland, CA, 86361-86363 [2024-25191]
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treated with any type of hazardous
chemicals/substances nor treated with
any type of preservation agent or
chemical while in the care and custody
of the SDSHS. It is reasonably believed
that the previously mentioned private
citizens did not treat the medal with any
type of hazardous or preservative
chemical, substance, or agent.
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Determinations
The SDSHS have determined that:
• The one unassociated funerary
object described in this notice is
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and is 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 object has 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.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural item described in
this notice and the Three Affiliated
Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation,
North Dakota.
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 November 29, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the SDSHS must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural item are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The SDSHS ais
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
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U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: October 22, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038962;
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Oakland Museum of California intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that
meet the definition of sacred objects and
objects of cultural patrimony 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 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Anna Bunting, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Oakland Museum of
California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland,
CA 94607, telephone (510) 318–8493,
email nagpra@museumca.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 Oakland
Museum of California, 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 332 cultural items have
been requested for repatriation. The 332
sacred objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are listed below.
The majority of the items requested
for repatriation were acquired by the
Oakland Public Museum. The Oakland
Public Museum (OPM) and its
collections were merged into the
Oakland Museum of California (OMCA)
in 1969. Unless otherwise noted below,
there are no known dates or
circumstances related to when any of
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the items on this claim were originally
removed from their source
communities. Unless otherwise noted
below, all items included on the claim
were described by OPM/OMCA as
‘‘Klamath River Indian’’ at the time of
acquisition.
One hundred and twenty-four items
(H16.10A–H16.249) representing two
smoking pipes, three stirring paddles,
10 spoons, three dishes, one model boat,
one lot of net gauges, two nets, nine lots
of lithics (i.e., spear, arrow, and drill
points, knife), one deer snare, six
arrows, one quiver, one lot of
woodpecker scalps, one lot of iris fiber,
20 regalia items (necklace, hair
ornament, headdress, mantle, dance
skirts), one deerskin, one dance wand,
and 61 baskets (basket bowls, basket
hats, basket trays, basket cradle, tobacco
basket, basket plaque, burden basket)
were purchased by the Oakland Public
Museum on April 6, 1909 from John
Dagget. The three dishes were later
described as ‘‘lower Klamath.’’ Larry
Dawson (Senior Museum
Anthropologist at UC Berkeley)
attributed the four basket plaques as
Yurok. Ron Johnson (Clarke Museum)
attributed one basket hat as Karuk. The
Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly
Resighini Rancheria) attributes the
basket hat as Yurok. The Yurok Tribe
attributed smoking pipes, dishes, dance
skirts, and headbands as Yurok.
One storage basket (H16.576) was
purchased by the Oakland Public
Museum on April 6, 1909.
Twenty-seven items (H16.984–
H16.1046) representing one fox skin, 20
regalia items (head roll, headdress,
plume, headband, skirts, necklace), two
spoons, one eel skinner, and three
basket bowls, were purchased from Paul
A. Brizard whose family owned and
operated A. Brizard, Inc. Department
Store in Arcata, California by the
Oakland Public Museum, January 22,
1910. Researchers Lynn Risling and
Julian Lang attributed one dance skirt as
Karuk. Information provided by the
Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly
Resighini Rancheria) attributes the
dance skirt as Yurok.
Five items (H16.1903–1909)
representing three basket bowls and two
basket hats were gifted to the Oakland
Public Museum on January 28, 1913 by
Mrs. William B. Pringle. Museum
records show Mrs. T.R. Hutchinson as
the collector.
One baby carrier (H16.3039) was
gifted to the Oakland Public Museum on
October 31, 1919 by Amelia Sellander.
One dance apron (H16.3050) was
gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
June 10, 1920 by Mrs. R.L. Rowley.
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Thirteen items (H16.3251–H16.3265)
representing 11 basket hats and two
trinket baskets were gifted to the
Oakland Public Museum, October 19,
1922 by Sarah W. Deming.
One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, October
26, 1922 by Mrs. F.P. Cutting. Past
museum records attributed the item to
Modoc Indians or Hupa. Both the Yurok
Tribe and the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok
People (formerly Resighini Rancheria)
attributed the basket hat as Yurok.
One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, June 18,
1925, by Mrs. C.H. King. The basket hat
was described as Lower Klamath River
and Yurok.
Seven baskets (H16.3529–H16.3551
and H16.4355–H16.4365) were gifted to
the Oakland Public Museum, July 17,
1927 by Mrs. Henry Weatherbee.
One smoking pipe (H16.3683) was
gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
September 7, 1927 by Mrs. Philip E.
Bowles.
One model basket cradle (H16.3720)
was gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, December 27, 1927 by Mrs.
W.P. Winchester.
Eleven items (H16.3764–H16.3784)
representing 10 baskets and one bow,
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, 12/13/1928 by Dr. Hayward G.
Thomas. Larry Dawson (Senior Museum
Anthropologist at UC Berkeley)
attributed two basket trays as Yurok.
Both the Yurok Tribe and the Pulikla
Tribe of Yurok People (formerly
Resighini Rancheria) attributed the bow
as Yurok.
Three items (H16.3945, H16.4061,
H16.4073) representing one basket bowl
and two necklaces were purchased by
the Oakland Public Museum, May 14,
1932 from Mrs. Viola Roseberry. The
two necklaces were described as
‘‘Northwest California Indian.’’ The
Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly
Resighini Rancheria) has attributed the
necklaces as Yurok.
Two items (H16.4125 and H16.4516)
representing one necklace and one
basket hat were gifted to the Oakland
Public Museum, May 20, 1942 by Sue
Shoemaker. Ron Johnson (Clarke
Museum) attributed the basket hat as
Yurok.
One basket hat (H16.4164) was gifted
to the Oakland Museum, July 2, 1933 by
Lily Cole. Ron Johnson (Clarke
Museum) attributed the hat as Karuk or
Yurok. The Pulikla Tribe of Yurok
People (formerly Resighini Rancheria)
attributes the basket hat as Yurok.
Eight baskets (H16.4203–H16.4216)
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, October 5, 1936 by Mona
Crellin.
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Three baskets (H16.4243–H16.4247)
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, April 5, 1938 by Mrs. Nettie
Caveney.
One model basket cradle (H16.4299)
was gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, April 26, 1943 by an
anonymous donor.
Six baskets (H16.4333–H16.4340)
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, November 19, 1938 by Mrs.
L.G. Wolfe.
One fish drying tray (H16.4452) was
loaned to the Oakland Public Museum
in 1923 and gifted April 30, 1947 by
Lillie S.B. Swain.
One basket hat (H16.4498) was gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, March
10, 1941 by Mrs. Charles H. Jurgens.
Three baskets (H16.4686–H16.4694)
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, May 2, 1956 by Herbert A.
Bruntsch.
Nineteen baskets (H16.4741–
H16.4824) including basket hats, basket
cradles and basket bowls were gifted to
Oakland Public Museum, November 11,
1961 by Florence A. Chown. Museum
files show the collector as Alfred Henry
Mason Seal. Seal traveled on business
trips up and down Northern California
and Oregon in the late 1800s and early
1900s and he acquired the baskets
during these travels. Ron Johnson
(Clarke Museum) attributes one basket
as Yurok.
One basket (H16.4870) was gifted to
the Oakland Public Museum as part of
the bequest of Laetitia Meyer, October
1961.
One basket (H4099.3) was gifted to the
Oakland Public Museum, February 8,
1963 by Mrs. Haughton Sawyer.
Three miniature basket cradles
(H4153.10A, B, F) were gifted to the
Oakland Public Museum, December 2,
1959 by Dorothy Haberman. Notes in
the donor files state that items were
collected circa 1897–1899. The objects
came from the collections of F.W.
Carlyon and his sister, Anna E.
Vaughan.
Two baskets (H4364.93 and
H4364.113) were originally received by
the Oakland Public Museum in 1920 as
a loan from Mrs. E. Shanklin. The loan
was converted to a gift in 1934.
Three baskets (H4422.5–.7) were
gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
July 1966 by Bernice Baxter.
Three baskets (H4575.6A–B, H4575.7)
were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, April 24, 1967 by Mrs. Julius
E. Lisbon.
One basket (H68.52.4) was gifted to
the Oakland Public Museum, March 21,
1968 by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Zinn.
Four baskets (H68.57.3–.5, .7) were
gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
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March 20, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. W.R.
McGary. Note in the donor file says ‘‘the
pieces were gathered by Micah
Chrisman, San Francisco, California.’’
One basket (H68.154.21G) was gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, August
19, 1968 by Mrs. George Werkley.
One basket hat (H68.192.4) was gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, October
25, 1968 by Jessie Calder.
Five baskets (H69.279.1A, .6, .32, .33,
.56) were gifted to the Oakland
Museum, August 11, 1969 by Mrs. W.J.
Gardner.
Two baskets (H79.9.1 and .2) were
gifted to the Oakland Museum, January
28, 1970 by Eleanor Jahn. Notes in the
donor file say the items were
‘‘purchased at auction by [the] donor’s
father.’’ Larry Dawson (Senior Museum
Anthropologist at UC Berkeley)
described the basket bowl as ‘‘Karuk
type.’’ The Resighini Rancheria of Yurok
People attributes it as Yurok.
Thirty-five items (H74.639.2057–
.2983 and H90.0.215, .218, .241, .243,
.244) representing 28 baskets (including
basket hats, baskets, cooking basket,
burden baskets, hopper basket, mush
dipper); four necklaces, one apron, one
quiver, one deer dew claw, have no
known acquisition information. These
catalog numbers were assigned in 1974
and 1990 for use with objects of
unknown origin encountered during
inventories of the collections. A few
items have some information attached to
them: H74.639.2086, basket hat: piece of
tape stuck to basket reads: ‘‘Hat—N.
Calif., Mrs. Cain’s (?) donation, Oakland,
Park Dept.’’ H74.639.2230, basket:
‘‘Purchased from Rev. Leo Brown
Plateau/Lower Klamath River’’.
H74.639.2231, basket: ‘‘From Mrs. Grant
Hunt, 1121 Mandana Blvd. Oakland,
CA.’’ H74.639.2982–.2983, basket hat:
‘‘Possible connection to Alice Eakin
Collection.’’ Basket (H74.639.2057) is
described as Yurok. Necklace
(H74.639.2211) is described as
Northwest CA. Indian. The Resighini
Rancheria attributes this as Yurok.
Researchers Lynn Risling and Julian
Lang attribute apron (H74.639.2218) as
Karuk. The Resighini Rancheria
attributes the apron as Yurok.
Eight baskets (H74.703.18, .32, .40,
.145, .149, .151, .153, .169) were gifted
to the Oakland Museum, February 26,
1975 by the Pardee Sisters. Notes in the
donor file state ‘‘objects probably
collected between late 1890s and 1920s
by their parents George and Helen
Pardee who visited Klamath lumber
mills between 1903–1907.
Five baskets (H79.75.5, .12, .20., .23,
.28) including a basket water bottle,
basket hats and basket bowls, were
gifted to the Snow Museum in August,
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1939, by Clark A. Bowen. Notes in the
donor file say the items were ‘‘collected
between 1900–1920. Collected by Frank
A. Bowen during the building of
wireless stations from Nome to San
Diego and while traveling.’’ The basket
water bottle, and two basket bowls are
described in museum records as ‘‘Lower
Klamath River, Yurok.’’ Basket hat
(H79.75.12) is described in museum
records as ‘‘Hupa.’’ The Resighini
Rancheria attributes this basket hat as
Yurok.
One meal sifter basket (H80.85.8) was
gifted to the Oakland Museum, August
15, 1980 by Rhona Williams. Museum
records describe this basket as Yurok.
Four baskets (H83.157.1–.5) were
gifted to the Oakland Museum,
December 22, 1983 by Oraville Jane
Tuttle.
One basket hat (H84.64.3) was gifted
to the Oakland Museum, June 18, 1984
by Mrs. Raymond Crichton.
One basket (H98.8.56) received by the
Oakland Museum, March 26, 1998 as
part of the bequest from the will of Lois
Chambers Stone.
One basket hat (2002.10.8) gifted to
the Oakland Museum, May 17, 2002 by
Bernice M. Mayer.
Two baskets (2004.108.1–.2) gifted to
the Oakland Museum, December 9, 2004
as part of the estate of Fred A
Countryman.
Two baskets (2007.22.3 and .12) gifted
to the Oakland Museum, February 8,
2007 as part of the estate of Donald V.
Hemphill. Former OMCA curator
Christiaan Kliger described these
baskets as Yurok or possibly Hupa.
Three basket hats (2007.91.1, .2, .3)
received by the Oakland Museum,
February 9, 2000 as part of a bequest
from the Ann Proctor Trust. Former
OMCA curator Christiaan Kliger
described these baskets as ‘‘Lower
Klamath River, possibly Hupa.’’ Both
the Yurok Tribe and the Resighini
Rancheria attribute these as Yurok.
In 2007, random testing of OMCA’s
basket collection was conducted using
pXRF technology. Eight baskets
included in this request for repatriation
were tested at that time with negative
results for both mercury and arsenic.
Determinations
The Oakland Museum of California
has determined that:
• The 332 sacred objects/objects of
cultural patrimony described in this
notice are, according to the Native
American traditional knowledge of an
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects
needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day
adherents to practice traditional Native
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American religion, and 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).
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and the Resighini Rancheria,
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 29, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the Oakland Museum of
California 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 Oakland
Museum of California 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: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Corning Museum of Glass, Corning,
NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
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Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG)
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.
Repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice may occur on or after
November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Katherine Larson, Corning
Museum of Glass, One Museum Way,
Corning, NY 14830, telephone (607)
438–5147, email larsonka@cmog.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 CMOG, 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 has been
requested for repatriation. The one
sacred object is an obsidian bifaced
blade. This object is a ceremonial dance
blade considered sacred by the Wiyot
Tribe. It entered the CMOG collection in
1965 as a gift from a New York Citybased dealer. XRF analysis conducted in
2020 identified the obsidian source as
Cascade Mountains. No hazardous
substances used to treat the object are
known.
Determinations
The Corning Museum of Glass 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 items described in
this notice and the Wiyot Tribe,
California.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038962; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Oakland Museum of California,
Oakland, 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 Oakland Museum of California intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and objects of cultural patrimony 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 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Anna Bunting, NAGPRA Coordinator, Oakland Museum of
California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 318-
8493, 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
Oakland Museum of California, 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 332 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 332 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are listed below.
The majority of the items requested for repatriation were acquired
by the Oakland Public Museum. The Oakland Public Museum (OPM) and its
collections were merged into the Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) in
1969. Unless otherwise noted below, there are no known dates or
circumstances related to when any of the items on this claim were
originally removed from their source communities. Unless otherwise
noted below, all items included on the claim were described by OPM/OMCA
as ``Klamath River Indian'' at the time of acquisition.
One hundred and twenty-four items (H16.10A-H16.249) representing
two smoking pipes, three stirring paddles, 10 spoons, three dishes, one
model boat, one lot of net gauges, two nets, nine lots of lithics
(i.e., spear, arrow, and drill points, knife), one deer snare, six
arrows, one quiver, one lot of woodpecker scalps, one lot of iris
fiber, 20 regalia items (necklace, hair ornament, headdress, mantle,
dance skirts), one deerskin, one dance wand, and 61 baskets (basket
bowls, basket hats, basket trays, basket cradle, tobacco basket, basket
plaque, burden basket) were purchased by the Oakland Public Museum on
April 6, 1909 from John Dagget. The three dishes were later described
as ``lower Klamath.'' Larry Dawson (Senior Museum Anthropologist at UC
Berkeley) attributed the four basket plaques as Yurok. Ron Johnson
(Clarke Museum) attributed one basket hat as Karuk. The Pulikla Tribe
of Yurok People (formerly Resighini Rancheria) attributes the basket
hat as Yurok. The Yurok Tribe attributed smoking pipes, dishes, dance
skirts, and headbands as Yurok.
One storage basket (H16.576) was purchased by the Oakland Public
Museum on April 6, 1909.
Twenty-seven items (H16.984-H16.1046) representing one fox skin, 20
regalia items (head roll, headdress, plume, headband, skirts,
necklace), two spoons, one eel skinner, and three basket bowls, were
purchased from Paul A. Brizard whose family owned and operated A.
Brizard, Inc. Department Store in Arcata, California by the Oakland
Public Museum, January 22, 1910. Researchers Lynn Risling and Julian
Lang attributed one dance skirt as Karuk. Information provided by the
Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly Resighini Rancheria) attributes
the dance skirt as Yurok.
Five items (H16.1903-1909) representing three basket bowls and two
basket hats were gifted to the Oakland Public Museum on January 28,
1913 by Mrs. William B. Pringle. Museum records show Mrs. T.R.
Hutchinson as the collector.
One baby carrier (H16.3039) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum
on October 31, 1919 by Amelia Sellander.
One dance apron (H16.3050) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
June 10, 1920 by Mrs. R.L. Rowley.
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Thirteen items (H16.3251-H16.3265) representing 11 basket hats and
two trinket baskets were gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, October
19, 1922 by Sarah W. Deming.
One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
October 26, 1922 by Mrs. F.P. Cutting. Past museum records attributed
the item to Modoc Indians or Hupa. Both the Yurok Tribe and the Pulikla
Tribe of Yurok People (formerly Resighini Rancheria) attributed the
basket hat as Yurok.
One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
June 18, 1925, by Mrs. C.H. King. The basket hat was described as Lower
Klamath River and Yurok.
Seven baskets (H16.3529-H16.3551 and H16.4355-H16.4365) were gifted
to the Oakland Public Museum, July 17, 1927 by Mrs. Henry Weatherbee.
One smoking pipe (H16.3683) was gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, September 7, 1927 by Mrs. Philip E. Bowles.
One model basket cradle (H16.3720) was gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, December 27, 1927 by Mrs. W.P. Winchester.
Eleven items (H16.3764-H16.3784) representing 10 baskets and one
bow, were gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, 12/13/1928 by Dr.
Hayward G. Thomas. Larry Dawson (Senior Museum Anthropologist at UC
Berkeley) attributed two basket trays as Yurok. Both the Yurok Tribe
and the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly Resighini Rancheria)
attributed the bow as Yurok.
Three items (H16.3945, H16.4061, H16.4073) representing one basket
bowl and two necklaces were purchased by the Oakland Public Museum, May
14, 1932 from Mrs. Viola Roseberry. The two necklaces were described as
``Northwest California Indian.'' The Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People
(formerly Resighini Rancheria) has attributed the necklaces as Yurok.
Two items (H16.4125 and H16.4516) representing one necklace and one
basket hat were gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, May 20, 1942 by
Sue Shoemaker. Ron Johnson (Clarke Museum) attributed the basket hat as
Yurok.
One basket hat (H16.4164) was gifted to the Oakland Museum, July 2,
1933 by Lily Cole. Ron Johnson (Clarke Museum) attributed the hat as
Karuk or Yurok. The Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly Resighini
Rancheria) attributes the basket hat as Yurok.
Eight baskets (H16.4203-H16.4216) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, October 5, 1936 by Mona Crellin.
Three baskets (H16.4243-H16.4247) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, April 5, 1938 by Mrs. Nettie Caveney.
One model basket cradle (H16.4299) was gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, April 26, 1943 by an anonymous donor.
Six baskets (H16.4333-H16.4340) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, November 19, 1938 by Mrs. L.G. Wolfe.
One fish drying tray (H16.4452) was loaned to the Oakland Public
Museum in 1923 and gifted April 30, 1947 by Lillie S.B. Swain.
One basket hat (H16.4498) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
March 10, 1941 by Mrs. Charles H. Jurgens.
Three baskets (H16.4686-H16.4694) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, May 2, 1956 by Herbert A. Bruntsch.
Nineteen baskets (H16.4741-H16.4824) including basket hats, basket
cradles and basket bowls were gifted to Oakland Public Museum, November
11, 1961 by Florence A. Chown. Museum files show the collector as
Alfred Henry Mason Seal. Seal traveled on business trips up and down
Northern California and Oregon in the late 1800s and early 1900s and he
acquired the baskets during these travels. Ron Johnson (Clarke Museum)
attributes one basket as Yurok.
One basket (H16.4870) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum as
part of the bequest of Laetitia Meyer, October 1961.
One basket (H4099.3) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
February 8, 1963 by Mrs. Haughton Sawyer.
Three miniature basket cradles (H4153.10A, B, F) were gifted to the
Oakland Public Museum, December 2, 1959 by Dorothy Haberman. Notes in
the donor files state that items were collected circa 1897-1899. The
objects came from the collections of F.W. Carlyon and his sister, Anna
E. Vaughan.
Two baskets (H4364.93 and H4364.113) were originally received by
the Oakland Public Museum in 1920 as a loan from Mrs. E. Shanklin. The
loan was converted to a gift in 1934.
Three baskets (H4422.5-.7) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, July 1966 by Bernice Baxter.
Three baskets (H4575.6A-B, H4575.7) were gifted to the Oakland
Public Museum, April 24, 1967 by Mrs. Julius E. Lisbon.
One basket (H68.52.4) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
March 21, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Zinn.
Four baskets (H68.57.3-.5, .7) were gifted to the Oakland Public
Museum, March 20, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. W.R. McGary. Note in the donor
file says ``the pieces were gathered by Micah Chrisman, San Francisco,
California.''
One basket (H68.154.21G) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
August 19, 1968 by Mrs. George Werkley.
One basket hat (H68.192.4) was gifted to the Oakland Public Museum,
October 25, 1968 by Jessie Calder.
Five baskets (H69.279.1A, .6, .32, .33, .56) were gifted to the
Oakland Museum, August 11, 1969 by Mrs. W.J. Gardner.
Two baskets (H79.9.1 and .2) were gifted to the Oakland Museum,
January 28, 1970 by Eleanor Jahn. Notes in the donor file say the items
were ``purchased at auction by [the] donor's father.'' Larry Dawson
(Senior Museum Anthropologist at UC Berkeley) described the basket bowl
as ``Karuk type.'' The Resighini Rancheria of Yurok People attributes
it as Yurok.
Thirty-five items (H74.639.2057-.2983 and H90.0.215, .218, .241,
.243, .244) representing 28 baskets (including basket hats, baskets,
cooking basket, burden baskets, hopper basket, mush dipper); four
necklaces, one apron, one quiver, one deer dew claw, have no known
acquisition information. These catalog numbers were assigned in 1974
and 1990 for use with objects of unknown origin encountered during
inventories of the collections. A few items have some information
attached to them: H74.639.2086, basket hat: piece of tape stuck to
basket reads: ``Hat--N. Calif., Mrs. Cain's (?) donation, Oakland, Park
Dept.'' H74.639.2230, basket: ``Purchased from Rev. Leo Brown Plateau/
Lower Klamath River''. H74.639.2231, basket: ``From Mrs. Grant Hunt,
1121 Mandana Blvd. Oakland, CA.'' H74.639.2982-.2983, basket hat:
``Possible connection to Alice Eakin Collection.'' Basket
(H74.639.2057) is described as Yurok. Necklace (H74.639.2211) is
described as Northwest CA. Indian. The Resighini Rancheria attributes
this as Yurok. Researchers Lynn Risling and Julian Lang attribute apron
(H74.639.2218) as Karuk. The Resighini Rancheria attributes the apron
as Yurok.
Eight baskets (H74.703.18, .32, .40, .145, .149, .151, .153, .169)
were gifted to the Oakland Museum, February 26, 1975 by the Pardee
Sisters. Notes in the donor file state ``objects probably collected
between late 1890s and 1920s by their parents George and Helen Pardee
who visited Klamath lumber mills between 1903-1907.
Five baskets (H79.75.5, .12, .20., .23, .28) including a basket
water bottle, basket hats and basket bowls, were gifted to the Snow
Museum in August,
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1939, by Clark A. Bowen. Notes in the donor file say the items were
``collected between 1900-1920. Collected by Frank A. Bowen during the
building of wireless stations from Nome to San Diego and while
traveling.'' The basket water bottle, and two basket bowls are
described in museum records as ``Lower Klamath River, Yurok.'' Basket
hat (H79.75.12) is described in museum records as ``Hupa.'' The
Resighini Rancheria attributes this basket hat as Yurok.
One meal sifter basket (H80.85.8) was gifted to the Oakland Museum,
August 15, 1980 by Rhona Williams. Museum records describe this basket
as Yurok.
Four baskets (H83.157.1-.5) were gifted to the Oakland Museum,
December 22, 1983 by Oraville Jane Tuttle.
One basket hat (H84.64.3) was gifted to the Oakland Museum, June
18, 1984 by Mrs. Raymond Crichton.
One basket (H98.8.56) received by the Oakland Museum, March 26,
1998 as part of the bequest from the will of Lois Chambers Stone.
One basket hat (2002.10.8) gifted to the Oakland Museum, May 17,
2002 by Bernice M. Mayer.
Two baskets (2004.108.1-.2) gifted to the Oakland Museum, December
9, 2004 as part of the estate of Fred A Countryman.
Two baskets (2007.22.3 and .12) gifted to the Oakland Museum,
February 8, 2007 as part of the estate of Donald V. Hemphill. Former
OMCA curator Christiaan Kliger described these baskets as Yurok or
possibly Hupa.
Three basket hats (2007.91.1, .2, .3) received by the Oakland
Museum, February 9, 2000 as part of a bequest from the Ann Proctor
Trust. Former OMCA curator Christiaan Kliger described these baskets as
``Lower Klamath River, possibly Hupa.'' Both the Yurok Tribe and the
Resighini Rancheria attribute these as Yurok.
In 2007, random testing of OMCA's basket collection was conducted
using pXRF technology. Eight baskets included in this request for
repatriation were tested at that time with negative results for both
mercury and arsenic.
Determinations
The Oakland Museum of California has determined that:
The 332 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and 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).
There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Resighini Rancheria, 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 29, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Oakland Museum of California 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 Oakland Museum of
California 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: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-25191 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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