Notice2023-18135
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Item: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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Published
August 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Michigan intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred objects and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural item was removed from an unknown county within the Rio Grande Valley, TX, or NM.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 57470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18135]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036436; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Item: University of
Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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 University of Michigan intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a
sacred objects and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes in this notice. The cultural item was removed from an unknown
county within the Rio Grande Valley, TX, or NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after September 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Ben Secunda, NAGPRA Office Manager, University of
Michigan, Office of Research, Suite G269A, Lane Hall, Ann Arbor, MI
48109-1274, telephone (734) 615-8936, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e082938583958e8481a0958d898388ce858495"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6c0e1f090f1902080d2c1901050f0442090819">[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
University of Michigan. 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 University
of Michigan.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from an unknown county within the
Rio Grande Valley, TX, or NM, by Volney Jones, former Curator of
Ethnology, University of Michigan Museum of Anthropological Archaeology
(UMMAA). Prior to 1931, Jones conducted fieldwork with the Isleta
Pueblo in and around New Mexico and El Paso, TX. Jones completed his
Master's Thesis for the University of New Mexico on Isleta Pueblo
ethnobotany. The cultural item is one lot of botanicals.
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: anthropological, folklore,
geographical, historical, oral tradition, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Michigan has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above is a specific
ceremonial object 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 item and the Pueblo of
Isleta, New Mexico, and the Ysleta del Sur Pueblo.
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 22, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Michigan 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 University of Michigan is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes 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: August 16, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18135 Filed 8-22-23; 8:45 am]
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