Notice2021-24049
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
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Published
November 4, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central Missouri, 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 objects of cultural patrimony. 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 McClure Archives and University 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 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60909-60910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24049]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032935; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: McClure Archives
and University Museum, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of
Central Missouri, 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 objects of cultural
patrimony. 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
McClure Archives and University 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 McClure Archives and
University Museum at the address in this notice by December 6, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator,
McClure Archives and University Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri
Street, Warrensburg, MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#384c5057554b5d56784d5b5557165d5c4d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ce8f4f3f1eff9f2dce9fff1f3b2f9f8e9">[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 McClure Archives and University Museum, University of
Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, that meet the definition of objects
of cultural patrimony 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
Sometime in the early 20th century, six cultural items were
separated from the Gwich'in in Alaska. As a result of consultation, the
Museum has determined that all six items are culturally affiliated with
the Native Village of Fort Yukon.
Four of the items were collected or bought at the Native Village of
Fort Yukon by Ethel Ellis, a missionary who worked in Alaska in the
late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1919, Ellis donated the items to the
Museum. The cultural items are a small, beaded bag, beaded mittens,
beaded snow moccasins, and beaded garters whose origin is the Native
Village of Fort Yukon.
A fifth item was collected or bought by Dr. George C. Stevens.
Stevens did not specify from which band or native village of the
Gwich'in he obtained the item. In 1968, he donated the item to the
Museum. The cultural item is a pair of wooden snowshoes.
The sixth item was collected or bought by Robert Spier. Spier did
not specify from which band or native village of the Gwich'in he
obtained the item. Spier died in 2014, and in 2016, his widow, Carolyn
Spier, donated the item to the Museum. The cultural item is a birch
bark basket.
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Determinations Made by the McClure Archives and University Museum,
University of Central Missouri
Officials of the McClure Archives and University Museum, University
of Central Missouri have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the six cultural items
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an 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 objects
of cultural patrimony and the Native Village of Fort Yukon.
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 Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator, McClure
Archives and University Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri Street,
Warrensburg, MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#becad6d1d3cddbd0fecbddd3d190dbdacb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66120e090b1503082613050b0948030213">[email protected]</span></a>, by December 6, 2021. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
objects of cultural patrimony to the Native Village of Fort Yukon may
proceed.
The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central
Missouri is responsible for notifying the Native Village of Fort Yukon
that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 23, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-24049 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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