Notice of Intended Repatriation: John James Audubon State Park of Kentucky State Parks, Henderson, KY, 12787-12788 [2025-04613]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 19, 2025 / Notices 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 San Bernardino County Museum 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: February 11, 2025. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025–04463 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am] National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039645; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Determinations Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496–2374, email jpickering@ fas.harvard.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 PMAE, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: 18:11 Mar 18, 2025 Based on the information available, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was recorded as being 19 years old and identified as ‘‘Bannock.’’ George E. Peters took the hair clippings at the Flandreau Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Peters sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on the available information and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains described in this notice. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR VerDate Sep<11>2014 Abstract of Information Available Cultural Affiliation BILLING CODE 4312–52–P ACTION: National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Jkt 265001 The PMAE has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • There is a reasonable connection between the human remains described in this notice and the ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall Reservation. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 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 in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the PMAE 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 PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. PO 00000 Frm 00092 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 12787 Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. Dated: March 5, 2025. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025–04632 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039565; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: John James Audubon State Park of Kentucky State Parks, Henderson, KY National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the John James Audubon State Park 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. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Connor Humphrey, John James Audubon State Park, 3100 US Highway 41 North, Henderson, KY 42420, telephone (502) 782–9716, email connor.humphrey@ky.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 John James Audubon State Park, 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation by the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. The one object of cultural patrimony is a Blackfeet Hairlock Shirt. It was given to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon by James Kipp of the American Fur Trade Company at Fort Union near Williston, North Dakota. The Hairlock Shirt was passed down in Audubon’s family and E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1 12788 Federal Register / Vol. 90, No. 52 / Wednesday, March 19, 2025 / Notices came to John James Audubon State Park in 1938. The Commonwealth of Kentucky purchased the shirt from Audubon’s descendants in 1994. The shirt is Blackfeet as it bears the Blackfeet symbol on both the obverse and reverse of the shirt in addition to Audubon’s documentation of receiving the shirt in his journal. No hazardous materials were used to treat the shirt that are known. Determinations The John James Audubon State Park has determined that: • The one object of cultural patrimony described in this notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana based on the tribe’s Native American traditional knowledge. There is a strong connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the John James Audubon State Park 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 John James Audubon State Park 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: February 19, 2025. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2025–04613 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:11 Mar 18, 2025 Jkt 265001 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Cultural Affiliation National Park Service 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. [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039600; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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 April 18, 2025. ADDRESSES: Jami C. Powell, Associate Director of Curatorial Affairs & Curator of Indigenous Art, Hood Museum of Art, 6 East Wheelock Street, Hanover, NH 03755, telephone (603) 646–2822, email hood.NAGPRA@dartmouth.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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth 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. SUMMARY: Abstract of Information Available Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been identified. The one associated funerary object is one lot of semi-melted beads. This ancestor was removed by anthropologist Robert A. McKennan in 1929–30 during field research studying the Tanana and Chandalar people of the Upper Tanana River, Alaska, and was subsequently donated to the Dartmouth College Museum. The ancestor was removed ‘‘near the mouth of the Nabesna River’’ in Southeast Fairbanks County in Alaska. According to McKennan, the ancestor was said to be of ‘‘Upper Yukon men’’ and had likely died prior to 1870, when cremation ceased in the area. PO 00000 Frm 00093 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Determinations The Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • The one object 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 Northway Village. 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 April 18, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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 Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College 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. E:\FR\FM\19MRN1.SGM 19MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12787-12788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04613]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039565; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: John James Audubon State Park of 
Kentucky State Parks, Henderson, KY

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 John James Audubon State Park 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after April 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Connor Humphrey, John James Audubon State Park, 3100 US 
Highway 41 North, Henderson, KY 42420, telephone (502) 782-9716, 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 
John James Audubon State Park, 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 by 
the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana. The 
one object of cultural patrimony is a Blackfeet Hairlock Shirt. It was 
given to the artist and naturalist John James Audubon by James Kipp of 
the American Fur Trade Company at Fort Union near Williston, North 
Dakota. The Hairlock Shirt was passed down in Audubon's family and

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came to John James Audubon State Park in 1938. The Commonwealth of 
Kentucky purchased the shirt from Audubon's descendants in 1994. The 
shirt is Blackfeet as it bears the Blackfeet symbol on both the obverse 
and reverse of the shirt in addition to Audubon's documentation of 
receiving the shirt in his journal. No hazardous materials were used to 
treat the shirt that are known.

Determinations

    The John James Audubon State Park has determined that:
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance 
central to the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation of 
Montana based on the tribe's Native American traditional knowledge. 
There is a strong connection between the cultural items described in 
this notice and the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian Reservation 
of Montana.

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 April 18, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the John James Audubon State Park 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 John James Audubon State 
Park 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: February 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04613 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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