Notice2023-15234
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
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Published
July 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Johnson-Humrickhouse 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. The cultural items were removed from Coshocton County, OH.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46178-46179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15234]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036222; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Johnson-
Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH
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 Johnson-Humrickhouse 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. The cultural items were
removed from Coshocton County, OH.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after August 18, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Bush, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, 300 N Whitewoman
Street, Coshocton, OH 43812, telephone (740) 622-8710, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#553f303b3b3720263d153f3d3820263020387b3a2732"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e545b50505c4b4d567e5456534b4d5b4b5310514c59">[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
Johnson-Humrickhouse 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 Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum.
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Description
The 11 cultural items were removed from an unknown location or
locations. These sacred objects were purchased and collected by
Coshocton, Ohio-born brothers David and John Johnson, the Museum's
founders, when they moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1894. The Johnson
brothers gave their collections to the City of Coshocton as a bequest
in support of a museum that would be a memorial to the Johnson and
Humrickhouse families. In 1931, the Coshocton Public Library took
ownership of the Museum and its collection. The 11 sacred objects are
six catlinite pipes, two pipe stems, and three war clubs.
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 type of information was
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 11 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 Flandreau
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
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 August 18, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Johnson-Humrickhouse 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 Johnson-Humrickhouse
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: July 12, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15234 Filed 7-18-23; 8:45 am]
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