Notice2023-04898
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Mukwonago Community Library, Mukwonago, WI
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Published
March 10, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Mukwonago Community Library intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Sacramento County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-04898]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035448; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Mukwonago
Community Library, Mukwonago, WI
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 Mukwonago Community Library intends to
repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated
funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Sacramento
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after April 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Abby Armour, Mukwonago Community Library, 511 Division St.,
Mukwonago, WI 53149, telephone (262) 363-6411, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f19f9096818390b19c849a869e9f90969e9d989383908388df9e8396"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c424d4b5c5e4d6c4159475b43424d4b4340454e5e4d5e5502435e4b">[email protected]</span></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
Mukwonago Community Library. 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 Mukwonago Community Library.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from Hollister Mound in
Sacramento County, CA. It was bequeathed to the Mukwonago Community
Library by Arthur Grutzmacher, a local collector and dealer, following
his death in 1965. The unassociated funerary object is one lot of shell
beads (G01124).
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is 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 historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Mukwonago
Community Library has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above is 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 is
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from
a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Wilton
Rancheria, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
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.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after April 10, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Mukwonago Community Library must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Mukwonago Community
Library 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: March 1, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-04898 Filed 3-9-23; 8:45 am]
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