Notice2023-18826
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: St. Joseph Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, MO
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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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc., intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and certain cultural items that meet the definition 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 Lincoln, NE, and from somewhere near St. Louis, MO.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18826]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036501; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: St. Joseph
Museums, Inc., St. Joseph, MO
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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc., intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object and certain cultural items that meet the
definition 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 Lincoln, NE, and from
somewhere near St. Louis, MO.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 2, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Tori Zieger; St. Joseph Museums, Inc., P.O. Box 8096, St.
Joseph, MO 64508, telephone (816) 752-2778, email
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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
St. Joseph Museums, Inc. 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 St. Joseph
Museums, Inc.
Description
Two objects of cultural patrimony were removed from Lincoln,
Nebraska. The two objects of cultural patrimony are an Osage ``war''
bundle and a Song List for a Counting Stick. They were purchased by
Harry L. George on two separate occasions in 1915. The Harry L. George
Collection of approximately 4,000 American Indian items became the
cornerstone of the St. Joseph Museum in the 1940s.
One unassociated funerary object was removed from somewhere near
St. Louis, Missouri. The unassociated funerary object is a ``wampum''/
shell bead necklace with a projectile point. It was collected from a
grave in 1889.
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: archeological, 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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc. has determined that:
<bullet> One cultural item described above is reasonably believed
to have been placed with or near individual human remains at the time
of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are
believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from
a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> Two 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 Osage Nation.
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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc. 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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc. 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. 2023-18826 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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