Notice2022-25571
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum, Ignacio, CO
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Published
November 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 225 (Wednesday, November 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 71674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25571]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034905; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Southern Ute
Cultural Center and Museum, Ignacio, CO
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 Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 23, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Tallias Cantsee, Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum,
503 Ouray Drive, Ignacio, CO 81137, telephone (970) 563-2996, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fe8a9d9f908a8d9b9bbe8d918b8a969b8c908b8a9bd3c29fde968c9b98c3" http: nsn.gov">nsn.gov</a>">tcantsee@southernute-<a href="http://nsn.gov">nsn.gov</a></a>.
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
Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum. The National Park Service is
not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum.
Description
The two cultural items were removed from Haudenosaunee territory
through sale. Accession number SUM 251 was acquired through purchase by
Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum (SUCCM) Director Helen Hoskins,
on January 29th, 1997. SUM 679 was originally a loan from the estate of
Father Declan Madden to SUCCM during the directorship of Lynn Brittner.
On July 17th, 2012, it was donated to SUCCM. The two sacred items are
two Hatuwi (Broken Nose) False Face Masks.
Cultural affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical information
available on Haudenosaunee False Face Masks was used as a baseline
marker, and tribal expert opinion was utilized through virtual
consultations as well as a site visit.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum has
determined that:
<bullet> The two cultural items described above are specific
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Cayuga Nation;
Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York);
Oneida Nation (previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously
listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca Nation
of Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); and the
Seneca-Cayuga Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of
Oklahoma).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 23, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum
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 Southern Ute Cultural
Center and Museum 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: November 16, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25571 Filed 11-22-22; 8:45 am]
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