Notice2023-00471
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE
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Published
January 12, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nebraska State Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from an unknown location.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2126-2127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00471]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035099; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
Nebraska State Museum, Lincoln, NE
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 University of Nebraska State Museum
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this
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notice. The cultural items were removed from an unknown location.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 13, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo, University of Nebraska State Museum, 900 N
16th Street, Lincoln, NE 68508, telephone (402) 472-6592, email
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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
University of Nebraska State 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 University of Nebraska State Museum.
Description
The 14 cultural items were removed from an unknown location. The
only information provided to the University of Nebraska State Museum
(UNSM) concerning their provenience was that they share a geographical
location of the Northwest Coast.
On May 24, 2021, the UNSM obtained ownership of 1,355 objects from
the Joslyn Art Museum (JAM). JAM had obtained ownership of this
collection from the Omaha Public Library on December 10, 2020. Among
these 1,355 objects were 13 cultural items--two sacred objects and 11
objects of cultural patrimony--from the Northwest Coast Region. The two
sacred objects are one seal drag and one dew claw rattle. The 11
objects of cultural patrimony are three baskets, one spoon, three
hooks, one slate adz, two harpoon heads, and one harpoon.
In 1892, Harvey Shotwell donated a spirit canoe to UNSM. There only
information accompanying this donation was that the item came from the
Northwest Coast Region. This spirit canoe is a sacred object.
On September 16, 2022, during consultation between the
Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians of Washington and the UNSM, tribal
representatives identified the spirit canoe, the seal drag, and the dew
claw rattle as sacred objects and the three baskets, the spoon, the
three hooks, the slate adz, the two harpoon heads, and the harpoon as
objects of cultural patrimony, and they also requested the repatriation
of these 14 cultural items. According to information provided by the
Tribe, these items are typical of the region, similar items have been
used in ceremonial ways by the Tribe, and local Tribal artists still
create similar items today.
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: geographical and oral
traditional.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Nebraska State Museum has determined
that:
<bullet> Three of the 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> Eleven of the 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Stillaguamish
Tribe of Indians of Washington (previously listed as Stillaguamish
Tribe of Washington).
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 February 13, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Nebraska State 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 University of Nebraska
State Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe 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: January 4, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-00471 Filed 1-11-23; 8:45 am]
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