Notice2023-18823
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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Published
August 31, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60240]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18823]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036496; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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 Pine Ridge, South Dakota.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000
N. Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208, telephone (317) 334-3722,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c363932321c3f343530382e39322f31292f39293172332e3b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1379767d7d53707b7a7f7761767d607e666076667e3d7c6174">[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
Children's Museum of Indianapolis. 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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis.
Description
In 1948, Anna Russell donated one tobacco bag to The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis. The bag came from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and
it was made sometime between 1880 and 1910. The main body of the bag
has a beaded decoration of a red cross on a white field, and the bottom
of the bag is decorated with rawhide strips wrapped with quillwork.
In 1937, Mrs. R.S. Foster donated one tobacco bag to The Children's
Museum of Indianapolis. The bag came from Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and
it was made sometime between 1880 and 1890. The bag is decorated with
14 rows of beadwork and fringes comprised of quill-wrapped tassels
ending in metal cones topped by red horsehair tufts, and the bottom of
the bag is decorated with red, green, orange, and violet quills wrapped
around 26 rawhide slats.
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: geographical, historical,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has determined
that:
<bullet> The two 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 Oglala Sioux
Tribe.
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 October 2, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 Children's Museum of
Indianapolis 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: August 23, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18823 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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