Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN, 102950 [2024-29945]

Download as PDF 102950 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 243 / Wednesday, December 18, 2024 / Notices Abstract of Information Available requests for repatriation are received, the HUA must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The HUA 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. A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one unassociated funerary object is a red and brown stone animal effigy pipe. It was found in a mound near Marietta, Ohio, prior to 1900, and it was formerly a part of the Judge Claude U. Stone Collection at Peoria, Illinois. It was donated to the museum in 1968 by Earl Townsend, Jr. Marietta, Ohio is part of the ancestral homelands of the Shawnee Nation, which includes the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma. Dated: December 11, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039216; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after January 17, 2025. ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208, telephone (317) 334–3722, email jenn@childrensmuseum.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 Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, 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. khammond on DSK9W7S144PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:09 Dec 17, 2024 Jkt 265001 Dated: December 11, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–29945 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P Determinations [FR Doc. 2024–29950 Filed 12–17–24; 8:45 am] ACTION: are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis 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. The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has 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 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 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma. 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 January 17, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item PO 00000 Frm 00099 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039210; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Fowler Museum at UCLA 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 January 17, 2025. ADDRESSES: Allison Fischer-Olson, Fowler Museum at UCLA, Box 951549, Los Angeles, CA 90095–1549, telephone (310) 825–1864, email afischerolson@ arts.ucla.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 Fowler Museum at UCLA, 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. SUMMARY: Abstract of Information Available Three bags and 2,125 individual associated funerary objects are flake tools, flakes, cores, hammerstones, an E:\FR\FM\18DEN1.SGM 18DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 102950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29945]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039216; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Children's Museum of 
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN

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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis 
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition 
of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after January 17, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000 
N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208, telephone (317) 334-3722, 
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 
Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 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 unassociated funerary object is a red and brown stone animal 
effigy pipe. It was found in a mound near Marietta, Ohio, prior to 
1900, and it was formerly a part of the Judge Claude U. Stone 
Collection at Peoria, Illinois. It was donated to the museum in 1968 by 
Earl Townsend, Jr. Marietta, Ohio is part of the ancestral homelands of 
the Shawnee Nation, which includes the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of 
Oklahoma and the Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma.

Determinations

    The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has 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 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 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 Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma and the Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma.

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 January 17, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 Children's Museum of 
Indianapolis 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: December 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29945 Filed 12-17-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P


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