Notice2023-27790
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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Published
December 19, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Kansas 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 Sonora, Mexico.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 242 (Tuesday, December 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 87796-87797]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27790]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037080; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The University of
Kansas, Lawrence, KS
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 Kansas 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 Sonora, Mexico.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 18, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Thomas Torma, NAGPRA Program Manager, The University of
Kansas, Office of Audit, Risk & Compliance, 1450 Jayhawk Boulevard, 351
Strong Hall, Lawrence, KS 66045, telephone (406) 850-2220, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fa8ed78e9588979bba918fd49f9e8f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="add980d9c2dfc0ccedc6d883c8c9d8">[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 Kansas. 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 Kansas.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from Sonora, Mexico, at an
unknown time. The item is a Pascola Mask, used by the Yaqui people
during Holy Week celebrations. The mask was collected by J. Cotter
Hirschberg, M.D. at an unknown date. In December 1967, Dr. Hirschberg
donated the mask to the Museum and Archives Division of the Menninger
Foundation, a psychiatric facility located in Topeka at that time. The
mask was received at Kansas University Museum of Anthropology (KUMA) as
a donation from the Menninger Foundation in 1993. KUMA closed to the
public in August 2002. In July of 2005, the collections were renamed
the Anthropological Research and Cultural Collections (ARCC). In
January of 2007, the collection was transferred from the ARCC to the
Spencer Museum of Art. The one sacred object is a Yaqui Pascola Mask.
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 information,
folklore, geographical information, historical information, kinship,
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 Kansas 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 Pascua Yaqui
Tribe of Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this
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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 January 18, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Kansas 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 Kansas is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations 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: December 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27790 Filed 12-18-23; 8:45 am]
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