Notice2023-16486
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
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Published
August 3, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Andy Warhol Museum (AWM) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Moody County, SD.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 51345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16486]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036307; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Andy Warhol
Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
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 Andy Warhol Museum (AWM) intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
cultural item was removed from Moody County, SD.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after September 5, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Matt Gray, Director of Archives, The Andy Warhol Museum, 117
Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, telephone (412) 237-8363, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9cedbc8d0c4e9dec8dbc1c6c587c6dbce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee9fceff7e3cef9effce6e1e2a0e1fce9">[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 AWM.
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 AWM.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from Moody County, SD. The item
was discovered by AWM staff on April 12, 2018, while processing a large
donation of Andy Warhol's personal archive received from The Andy
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. On May 16, 2018, it was
identified as a Native American bundle, and on July 17, 2018, it was
included in a summary. The bundle was inspected by two staff at the
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), Gretchen Anderson, Head of
the Section of Conservation, and Deborah Harding, Collection Manager in
the Section of Anthropology. The bundle consists of a large adult eagle
wrapped in an embroidered wool shawl, patterned silk, linen, and
multiple layers of patterned cotton. Most of the fabrics used in the
bundle had been previously worn. The outermost layers of the bundle are
wrapped in plain cotton. Hand-stitched wool stroud and silk ribbons are
wrapped around the eagle's chest, silk ribbons are tied around its
ankles, and a runtee shell is tied around its neck. The one bundle is
an object of cultural patrimony.
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 type of information was
used to reasonably trace the relationship: expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, AWM has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above has 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 item and the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
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 or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after September 5, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, AWM 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. AWM 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 26, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-16486 Filed 8-2-23; 8:45 am]
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