Notice2023-25210
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (Formerly Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois University)
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Published
November 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (Pick Museum) intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78385-78386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25210]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036926; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: James B. and
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL (Formerly Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois
University)
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 James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (Pick Museum) intends to
repatriate a cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object
and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after December 15, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Christy DeLair, Museum Director, James B. and Rosalyn L.
Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, 1425 W
Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60015, telephone (815) 753-0230, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92f1f6f7fef3fbe0d2fcfbe7bcf7f6e7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94f7f0f1f8f5fde6d4fafde1baf1f0e1">[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
James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern
Illinois University. 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 James B. and
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University.
Description
In 1966, the Pick Museum purchased a medicine face mask (catalog
no. 66-8-8) from the Original Curio and Prospectors Shop in Santa Fe,
NM. Pick Museum records identify the medicine face as Seneca and
suggest that its provenience is the Cattaraugus Reservation. The
medicine face is a sacred object.
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,
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 James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology
at Northern Illinois University 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 Seneca Nation of
Indians.
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 December 15, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of
Anthropology at Northern
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Illinois University 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 James
B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois
University 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: November 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-25210 Filed 11-14-23; 8:45 am]
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