Notice2024-12072
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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Published
June 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Nebraska State Museum 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 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12072]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038012; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Nebraska State
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
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 Nebraska State Museum
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.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1460667b7a65617d78787b2654617a783a717061"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9b9d80819e9a86838380ddaf9a8183c18a8b9a">[email protected]</span></a> and Susan Weller NAGPRA Coordinator, University of
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#92e1e5f7fefef7e0a0d2e7fcfebcf7f6e7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="90e3e7f5fcfcf5e2a2d0e5fefcbef5f4e5">[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
University of Nebraska State 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 four cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
One of unassociated funerary objects is one lot of beads. This item
was donated by J.W. Markin in 1937 to UNSM. The museum was not provided
with any additional information.
One unassociated funerary object is one lot of beads. This item was
donated by C.B. Shultz and the LeMar Field Party in 1928. The exact
excavation site is described as: ``One mile south, 3 miles west of
Republican City.'' Field notes state ``dug some Indian material from
old sacrificial burial grounds.''
One unassociated funerary object is one necklace. This item was
donated by Thomas and Delta Cain in 1991. The museum was not provided
with any other information. This item is eight pieces of shell formed
into disc-shaped beads.
One unassociated funerary object is one lot of beads. This item was
donated to UNSM by J.W. Markin in 1937. No other information was given
to the museum.
Determinations
The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The four 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 Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
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 July 3, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Nebraska State Museum must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The University of Nebraska
State 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: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12072 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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