Notice2023-15526
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
July 21, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definitions of both 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 Shasta County, CA, and from northern California.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47163-47164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15526]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036228; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum,
Tulsa, OK
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 Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definitions of both 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 Shasta County, CA, and from
northern California.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 South Tucker Drive,
Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddb1bca8afbcf0bfafa4bcb3a99da8a9a8b1aebcf3b8b9a8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d010c181f0c400f1f140c03192d181918011e0c43080918">[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
Gilcrease 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 Gilcrease
Museum.
Description
One cultural item was removed from Shasta County, California. The
date and means of acquisition are unknown. The sacred object and object
of cultural patrimony is a stone pipe bowl and stem.
Two cultural items were removed from unknown sites in northern
California. One was collected in the early 20th century by an aunt of
Bob Lengacher and later donated to Gilcrease Museum. The other was
collected by William Patterson, who donated it to Gilcrease Museum in
1986. The two sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony are
baskets.
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: anthropological,
geographical, historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The three 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> The three 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 Paskenta Band
of Nomlaki Indians of California.
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 21, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Gilcrease 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 Gilcrease 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.
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Dated: July 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15526 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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