Notice2024-06279
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
March 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20999-21001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06279]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037638; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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 Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
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Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after April 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 S. Tucker Drive, Tulsa,
OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b070a1e190a460919120a051f2b1e1f1e07180a450e0f1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5d9d4c0c7d498d7c7ccd4dbc1f5c0c1c0d9c6d49bd0d1c0">[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
Gilcrease Museum, and additional information on the determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
One cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one
object of cultural patrimony is a basket. The basket was collected from
southern California in the early 20th century by Bob Lengacher's aunt.
Lengacher donated his collection to Gilcrease Museum in 1995.
The items listed below from Los Angeles, Santa Barbara, and Ventura
Counties were collected by Earl Stendahl, who owned a gallery in Los
Angeles. In 1950 the item was then sold to Thomas Gilcrease, who
transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa in 1955.
A total of 12 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 12 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are pipes and a mortar. These cultural items were removed
from Point Dume, Ramirez Canyon, and Solstice Canyon sites in Los
Angeles County, CA in the early to mid-20th century.
A total of 41 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 41 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are glass and shell beads, stone beads, inlaid and plain
stone vessels, plain and effigy stone pipes, ornaments (including ring,
bracelet, and hair decorations), a stone seal effigy, stone hooks, and
stone tools. These cultural items were removed from Dos Pueblos, Goleta
Slough, and San Miguel Island sites in Santa Barbara County, CA in the
early to mid-20th century.
A total of 11 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 11 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are stone and glass beads, a stone effigy bowl, animal
effigies, and inlaid stone miniature canoes. These cultural items were
removed from Arroyo Sequit and areas around Malibu in Venture County,
CA.
A total of 535 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 535 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are stone and shell beads, trade beads, plain and effigy
stone pipes, plain and inlaid stone effigies, stone tools, ornaments
(including for hair and ears), stone bowls, arrow straighteners,
pendants, shell gorgets, fish hooks, and a whistle. These were
collected from coastal southern California by the above-mentioned Earl
Stendahl.
A total of four cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The four lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of
cultural patrimony are stone and glass beads. These were collected from
coastal southern California by Frank Engles, and then sold to Thomas
Gilcrease through Earl Stendahl in 1950.
A total of 279 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 279 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are shells, marine animal fragments (including coral), fish
hooks, shell and stone beads and discs, faunal bone tools, stone tools,
shell pendants, faunal remains, petrified wood, and mortars. These were
collected from coastal southern California and donated to Gilcrease
Museum in 1982 by Gary Busby.
A total of two cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The two lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are stone beads and a stone bowl. These were collected from
Los Angeles County, CA and donated to Gilcrease Museum in 1986 by Dr.
Norman Westermann.
A total of three cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The three lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects
of cultural patrimony are shell masks. These were collected from
coastal southern California and purchased from Willis Tilton and by
Thomas Gilcrease in the 1950s.
A total of 172 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 172 lots of unassociated funerary objects/objects of cultural
patrimony are shell and stone animal effigies, shell pendants, trade
beads, shell and stone beads, stone pestles and mortars, plain and
effigy stone pipes, gorgets, stone tools and flakes, fish hooks, and
stone bowls. These were collected from coastal southern California and
acquired by Gilcrease Museum likely in the mid-20th century.
Determinations
The Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 1,059 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The 1,060 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 25, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Gilcrease Museum 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 Gilcrease Museum is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
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Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: March 15, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-06279 Filed 3-25-24; 8:45 am]
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