Notice2024-02556
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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Published
February 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[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: 2024-02556]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037349; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
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 California, Berkeley
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes in this notice. The cultural items were removed
from Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 11, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alex Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, University of
California, Berkeley, Government and Community Relations, Office of the
Chancellor, 120 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510)
570-0964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#056b646275776428706667456760776e6069607c2b606170"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="761817110604175b031514361413041d131a130f58131203">[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 California, Berkeley. 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 California, Berkeley.
Description
The two cultural items were removed from Temecula, Riverside
County, CA. The two objects of cultural patrimony are baskets (catalog
numbers 1-70106 and 1-10609). Basket 1-70106 was bequeathed to the
Lowie Museum (Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) by Grace Blair
DePue in 1945. Basket 1-10609 was ``purchased at Capistrano from an old
Indian woman named Martina Burvel'' and is attributed to have
originated in Temecula. The basket was then sold to Alfred Kroeber by
Grace Nicholson of ``Grace Nicholson Arts and Crafts Salesroom in
Pasadena per Wells Fargo'' and accessioned into the Lowie Museum
(Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology) in 1906.
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. The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: geographical information and expert opinion (Native
American traditional knowledge).
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of California, Berkeley has determined
that:
<bullet> The 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 Pechanga Band
of Indians (previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California).
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 or Indian Tribe 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.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after March 11, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of
California, Berkeley is responsible for sending a copy of this notice
to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted on or after the effective date of the
revised regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January
12, 2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the
Federal Register and includes the required information, the National
Park Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-02556 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
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