Notice2024-07719
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, FL
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Published
April 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art 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 or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 71 (Thursday, April 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 25659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07719]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037739; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The James Museum of Western and
Wildlife Art, St. Petersburg, FL
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 James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
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 or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Robin Nicholson, Executive Director, The James Museum, 150
Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, telephone (727) 892-4200 Ext.
1013, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#db89b4b9b2b5f595b2b8b3b4b7a8b4b59bafb3beb1bab6bea8b6aea8beaeb6f5b4a9bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="376558555e5919795e545f585b44585977435f525d565a52445a424452425a19584550">[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
James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art 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 six cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The six objects of cultural patrimony are Pueblo of Jemez Carvings:
Carving; Jemez Artist Unknown, Pekastsana (Deer), Purchased by Sondra
Thorson from James McLellan via eBay on 05/26/2015; Katsina or Carving;
Jemez Artist Unknown, Sehundole (Eagle Tail) Purchased by Sondra
Thorson from Adobe Gallery, Santa Fe, NM on 01/27/2015; Carving; Jemez
Artist Unknown, Jemez Cradle Doll Purchased by Sondra Thorson from
Shiprock Trading Company of Santa Fe, NM in October of 2009; Carving;
Jemez Artist Unknown, Jemez Cradle Doll Purchased by Sondra Thorson
from Michael T. Ricker on 06/21/2007; Carving; Jemez Artist Unknown,
K'ats'ana'ti Doll Purchased by Sondra Thorson from Michael T. Ricker on
06/03/2007; Carving; Jemez Artist Unknown, Jemez Cradle Doll Purchased
by Sondra Thorson via Ebay from Michael Ricker in May of 2007.
Determinations
The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art has determined that:
<bullet> The six 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 Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico.
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 13, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, The James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art
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 James Museum of Western
and Wildlife Art 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: April 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07719 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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