Notice2024-10158
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
May 9, 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 a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object/ object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 91 (Thursday, May 9, 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: 2024-10158]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037883; 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 a
certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object/
object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after June 10, 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#98f4f9edeaf9b5faeae1f9f6ecd8edecedf4ebf9b6fdfced"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96faf7e3e4f7bbf4e4eff7f8e2d6e3e2e3fae5f7b8f3f2e3">[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
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is a pipe stem. This
stem is connected to Chief Walking Rain and was purchased by Frank
Engles from Edward Payne's estate in Illinois. Thomas Gilcrease
purchased Frank Engles's collection in 1950 and transferred his
collection to the City of Tulsa's Gilcrease Museum in 1955.
Determinations
The Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony
described in this notice is, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and 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).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Iowa Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
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 item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 10, 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 item 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 30, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10158 Filed 5-8-24; 8:45 am]
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