Notice2022-10647
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
May 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Gilcrease Museum, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written request to the Gilcrease Museum. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural item to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 30260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10647]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033922; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum,
Tulsa, OK
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum, in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the
cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an object
of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written
request to the Gilcrease Museum. If no additional claimants come
forward, transfer of control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Gilcrease Museum at the
address in this notice by June 17, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S
Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3559544047541857474c545b41754041405946541b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="177b766265763a75656e767963576263627b647639727362">[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 a cultural item under the
control of the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, that meets the definition
of an object 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 Item
In 1958, one cultural item was removed from McAlester, OK. In 1958,
Thomas Gilcrease acquired the item from Louie LeFlore, great-
granddaughter of Chief Greenwood LeFlore, whose family had held it
since the 1830 Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek. In 1963-1964, Gilcrease
transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa, including this item.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a limestone figural pipe.
This pipe was used in a traditional ceremony as a sign of peace at
one of the most defining moments in Choctaw History, the signing of the
Dancing Rabbit Creek Treaty. That Treaty ushered in the removal of the
Choctaw people from their aboriginal land over a 70-year period. The
pipe has ongoing historical importance for the creation of The Choctaw
Nation in Oklahoma. While it may have been in the stewardship of one
family, it is communally owned by The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Determinations Made by the Gilcrease Museum
Officials of the Gilcrease Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item
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 object
of cultural patrimony and The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
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
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S Tucker
Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b474a5e594a064959524a455f6b5e5f5e47584a054e4f5e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d717c686f7c307f6f647c73695d686968716e7c33787968">[email protected]</span></a>, by June 17, 2022. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the object of
cultural patrimony to The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma may proceed.
The Gilcrease Museum is responsible for notifying The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: May 10, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-10647 Filed 5-17-22; 8:45 am]
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