Notice2024-07360
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Memphis Museum of Science and History, Memphis, TN
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Published
April 8, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Memphis Museum of Science and History (MoSH), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24495-24496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07360]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037674; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Memphis Museum of Science and
History, Memphis, TN
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 Memphis Museum of Science and History
(MoSH), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 8, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Marilyn Masler, Memphis Museum of Science and History, 3550
Central Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111, telephone (901) 636-2334, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#390e0a0a584b505540571754584a555c4b79545c544951504a4d57175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7245414113001b1e0b1c5c1f13011e1700321f171f021a1b01061c5c151d04">[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
MoSH, 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
A total of 253 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 253 unassociated funerary objects are whole and reconstructed
ceramic vessels. They were removed from Belle Meade Site (3CT30) in
Crittenden County, Arkansas, by Memphian McKinley Verne Highsmith (in
the 1970s) who was a hunter and gunsmith. MoSH acquired these vessels
in 2004 through the Community Foundation of Memphis, TN. In
consultation with Dr. David Dye at the University of Memphis, they have
been culturally affiliated to the Quapaw Nation.
Determinations
The MoSH has determined that:
<bullet> The 253 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> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation.
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 May 8, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the MoSH 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 MoSH 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07360 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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