Notice2024-03654
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Minnesota Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul/Bemidji, MN; Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN; University of Colorado Museum (Boulder), Boulder, CO; Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Yale Peabody Museum, New Haven, CT; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Published
February 23, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN); Minnesota Indian Affairs Council; Science Museum of Minnesota; University of Colorado Museum (Boulder); Milwaukee Public Museum; Denver Art Museum; Yale Peabody Museum; and Cleveland Museum of Art, hereafter the Collaborating Museums, have completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 37 (Friday, February 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13738-13739]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03654]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037435; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: University of Minnesota Twin
Cities, Minneapolis, MN; Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, St. Paul/
Bemidji, MN; Science Museum of Minnesota, Saint Paul, MN; University of
Colorado Museum (Boulder), Boulder, CO; Milwaukee Public Museum,
Milwaukee, WI; Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO; Yale Peabody Museum, New
Haven, CT; and Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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 Minnesota Twin Cities
(UMN); Minnesota Indian Affairs Council; Science Museum of Minnesota;
University of Colorado Museum (Boulder); Milwaukee Public Museum;
Denver Art Museum; Yale Peabody Museum; and Cleveland Museum of Art,
hereafter the Collaborating Museums, have completed an inventory of
associated funerary objects and have determined that there is a
cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alejandra Pe[ntilde]a Guti[eacute]rrez, Weisman Art Museum,
University of Minnesota, 333 East River Road, Minneapolis, MN 55455,
telephone (612) 624-5934, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bedfcedbd0dfd9cbcafecbd3d090dbdacb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a2c3d2c7ccc3c5d7d6e2d7cfcc8cc7c6d7">[email protected]</span></a>.
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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
Collaborating Museums, and additional information on the determinations
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in
the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, 19 funerary objects have been
reasonably identified as associated with human remains described on a
previous notice submitted by the Collaborating Museums. The 19
associated funerary objects are bowls with painted decoration over
white slip. These items were excavated from the Cameron Creek site in
Grant County NM in 1923, 1927, and 1928 by multiple institutions in
partnership including the University of Minnesota. While human remains
were transported to the University of Minnesota, funerary items were
divided among participating institutions, including the Santa Fe Museum
(now the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture/Laboratory of Anthropology).
The latter museum sold 20 bowls, including those listed here, to the
Cleveland Museum of Art in 1930. The Cameron Creek site is identified
by archaeologists as a Mimbres culture site.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Collaborating Museums have determined that:
<bullet> The 19 objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New
Mexico; Okhay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo
of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New
Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after March 25, 2024. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Collaborating Museums must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Collaborating Museums
are 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 10.10.
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03654 Filed 2-22-24; 8:45 am]
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