Notice2023-11690
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
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Published
June 1, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item most likely was removed from the State of Hawaii.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35907-35908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11690]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035955; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of
Natural History, New York, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item
most likely was removed from the State of Hawaii.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after July 3, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769-5837,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f7999a8285879f8eb7969a999fd9988590"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="36585b4344465e4f76575b585e18594451">[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
American Museum of Natural History. 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 American Museum of Natural History.
Description
The one cultural item found in storage. In 1907, it was recorded in
the Museum's catalog as a feather mask from ``the Hawaiian Islands,
Collector Unknown.'' Based on consultation, as well as information in
the published literature, this item most likely originated in Hawai'i.
The one sacred object is an akua hulu manu, or Hawaiian feather god.
Cultural Affiliation
A detailed assessment of the sacred object was made by AMNH staff
in consultation with representatives of Na Hoa Aloha O Ka Pu`uhonua o
H[ouml]naunau (Na Hoa Aloha) and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs (OHA).
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can reasonably be
traced between the sacred object and present-day Native Hawaiian
organizations listed in this notice. The following types of information
were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological,
historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Native Hawaiian organizations, the
American Museum of Natural History has determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the one cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native Hawaiian religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native Hawaiian religions by their present-day adherents.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
cultural item and the Na Hoa Aloha O Ka Pu`uhonua o H[ouml]naunau and
the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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 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 Native
Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after July 3, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the American Museum of Natural History 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 American Museum of Natural History is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 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: May 24, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-11690 Filed 5-31-23; 8:45 am]
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