Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Quincy Museum Inc., Quincy, IL, 96675-96676 [2024-28483]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices and the collection is the result of a 2011 excavation in support of an encroachment permit. The collection was accessioned at Sonoma State University (SSU), under Caltrans control as Accession 2011–05 totaling 265 catalogue numbers. All 265 catalogue numbers have been requested for repatriation because they have been identified as objects of cultural patrimony. The 265 catalogue numbers are shell, faunal bone, beads, ground stone, lithics, and historic-era and modern items. Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice. There are no known/documented potentially hazardous substances used to treat any of the cultural items. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES Determinations Caltrans has determined that: • The 265 catalogue numbers containing 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 Kashia Band of Pomo Indians of the Stewarts Point 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 January 6, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, Caltrans must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:31 Dec 04, 2024 Jkt 265001 repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and not competing requests. Caltrans 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: November 22, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–28497 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039154; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation Amendment: New York State Museum, Albany, NY National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the New York State Museum has amended a Notice of Intended Repatriation published in the Federal Register on August 13, 2024. This notice amends the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations with cultural affiliation. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after January 6, 2025. ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone (518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@ nysed.gov. 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 New York State Museum, 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: Amendment This notice amends the determination of cultural affiliation published in a Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items in the Federal Register (89 FR PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 96675 65926–65927, August 13, 2024). Repatriation of an item in the original Notice of Intended Repatriation, a pottery pipe from the Treadway site, Jefferson County, NY, has not occurred. This notice amends the Indian Tribes listed in the determinations section. Additional information of cultural affiliation was provided to support the addition of the Oneida Indian Nation. Determinations (as Amended) The New York State Museum has determined that: • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item in this notice and the Onondaga Nation and the Oneida Indian Nation. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 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 January 6, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the California State University, Sacramento 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 New York State Museum 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. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: November 22, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–28490 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039146; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Quincy Museum Inc., Quincy, IL AGENCY: E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM National Park Service, Interior. 05DEN1 96676 ACTION: Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 234 / Thursday, December 5, 2024 / Notices Notice. In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Quincy Museum Inc. 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. SUMMARY: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after January 6, 2025. ADDRESSES: Emily Pursley, Executive Director, The Quincy Museum Inc., 1601 Maine Steet, Quincy, IL 62301, telephone (217) 224–7669, email quinmu1@adams.net. 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 Quincy Museum Inc. 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 four cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The four unassociated funerary objects are one tubular pipe, one abalone shell pendant, and two beaded shell necklaces. The tubular pipe is black steatite, geomarked California, and was donated by Byron Knoblock. The abalone shell pendant is orange in color, marked #19 S–22, geo-marked California, and was donated by Byron Knoblock. The two beaded shell necklaces are marked ‘‘grave find in Sacramento Aug. 19, 1928,’’ and was donated by Byron Knoblock. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES Determinations 16:31 Dec 04, 2024 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 January 6, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, The Quincy Museum Inc. 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 Quincy Museum Inc. 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: November 22, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–28483 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR The Quincy Museum Inc. has 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, VerDate Sep<11>2014 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 items described in this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, California. Jkt 265001 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039145; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Proposed Transfer or Reinterment: Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Monterey Peninsula College proposes to reinter human remains listed in a Notice SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on May 13, 2024. DATES: Reinterment of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after January 6, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Knolle, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA 93940, telephone (831) 646–3030, email jknolle@mpc.edu. Individuals who are deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services. Individuals outside the United States should use the relay services offered within their country to make international calls to the point-ofcontact in the United States. 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 Monterey Peninsula College, 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 This notice follows publication of a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (89 FR 41465–41466, May 13, 2024). Human remains representing, at least, one individual has been identified. At unknown dates, the human remains, which consist of one skull, multiple teeth, and multiple bones and bone fragments, from unknown locations, likely in Monterey, CA, and deposited at the Monterey Peninsula College Anthropology Department. The College found articles from a former student from the 1960s indicating human remains were discovered in Monterey, CA, ‘‘12 miles south of Point Lobos’’ and ‘‘near Jack’s Peak’’ by a former student and donated to the College. The College has no evidence that the human remains referenced in the article are those listed in this notice other than the location of the human remains. No further information is known about the provenience of these human remains. Consultation Invitations to consult were sent to the Tule River Indian Tribe of the Tule River Reservation, California and to the following non-federally recognized Indian groups: Amah Mutsun Tribal Band in Galt, CA; Amah Mutsun Tribal E:\FR\FM\05DEN1.SGM 05DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 234 (Thursday, December 5, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 96675-96676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28483]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039146; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Quincy Museum Inc., Quincy, 
IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

[[Page 96676]]


ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Quincy Museum Inc. 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 January 6, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Emily Pursley, Executive Director, The Quincy Museum Inc., 
1601 Maine Steet, Quincy, IL 62301, telephone (217) 224-7669, 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 
Quincy Museum Inc. 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 four cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The four unassociated funerary objects are one tubular 
pipe, one abalone shell pendant, and two beaded shell necklaces. The 
tubular pipe is black steatite, geo-marked California, and was donated 
by Byron Knoblock. The abalone shell pendant is orange in color, marked 
#19 S-22, geo-marked California, and was donated by Byron Knoblock. The 
two beaded shell necklaces are marked ``grave find in Sacramento Aug. 
19, 1928,'' and was donated by Byron Knoblock.

Determinations

    The Quincy Museum Inc. has 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.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Wilton 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 January 6, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, The Quincy Museum Inc. 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 Quincy Museum Inc. 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28483 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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