Notice2023-25215
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis intends to repatriate a certain 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. The cultural item was removed from Drew County, Arkansas.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 219 (Wednesday, November 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 78386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-25215]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036932; 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 a certain 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. The cultural
item was removed from Drew County, Arkansas.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after December 15, 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#bcd6d9d2d2fcdfd4d5d0d8ced9d2cfd1c9cfd9c9d192d3cedb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="39535c5757795a5150555d4b5c574a544c4a5c4c5417564b5e">[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 1968, Earl Townsend, Jr., donated a sacred object to The
Children's Museum of Indianapolis. It was formerly in the collection of
Robert E. Bell of Marion, Ohio. The sacred object is a stone celt that
was found in a grave in Drew County, Arkansas. This location is within
the treaty land of the Quapaw Nation.
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: 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 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Quapaw Nation.
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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 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: November 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-25215 Filed 11-14-23; 8:45 am]
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