Notice2021-14313
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
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Published
July 6, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Spurlock Museum, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Spurlock Museum. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 126 (Tuesday, July 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35529-35530]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14313]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032222; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Spurlock Museum,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Spurlock Museum, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
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identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to the Spurlock Museum. If no
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural
items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Spurlock Museum at the
address in this notice by August 5, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krystiana Krupa, NAGPRA Program
Officer, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 412 Swanlund
Administration Building, 601 E John Street, MC-304, Champaign, IL
61822, telephone (217) 244-2587, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9ff4f3f4edeaeffedff6f3f3f6f1f0f6ecb1fafbea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fe9592958c8b8e9fbe979292979091978dd09b9a8b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign, Urbana, IL, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
On an unknown date, 664 cultural items were removed from the San
Joaquin Valley in California. On July 17, 1926 they were donated to the
Museum of Natural History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign by Elmer J. Dawson of Lodi, CA. In 1998, they were
transferred to the World Heritage Museum at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign, which was renamed the Spurlock Museum in 2000. The
664 unassociated funerary objects are both cut and natural shell beads
and pendants. Most of the shell is unidentifiable except for a few
beads of abalone (family Halioidae) and one marine mussel (family
Mytilidae). Both shells are consistent with the types found at
archeological sites near the California shore.
Museum records clearly indicate that the beads and pendants were
taken from graves in the San Joaquin Valley. No extant Museum records
associate the beads and pendants with human remains. The Santa Rosa
Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California provided the
museum with maps and written ethnographic, archeological, linguistic,
and geographical information about the Yokuts and their inter-
relationships with surrounding communities in the territory where the
unassociated funerary objects were discovered including the Buena Vista
Rancheria of Me-Wuk Indians of California and the Ione Band of Miwok
Indians of California.
Determinations Made by the Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
Officials of the Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 664 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Buena Vista Rancheria of Me-Wuk
Indians of California; Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; and
the Santa Rosa Indian Community of the Santa Rosa Rancheria, California
(hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Krystiana Krupa, NAGPRA Program Officer,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 412 Swanlund Administration
Building, 601 E John Street, MC-304, Champaign, IL 61822, telephone
(217) 244-2587, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#177c7b7c65626776577e7b7b7e79787e6439727362"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8a3a4a3babdb8a988a1a4a4a1a6a7a1bbe6adacbd">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 5, 2021. After
that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of
control of the unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: June 28, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-14313 Filed 7-2-21; 8:45 am]
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