Notice2024-15834
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
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Published
July 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Us 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 138 (Thursday, July 18, 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: 2024-15834]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038289; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
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 Museum of Us 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 August 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us,
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101, telephone (619) 239-
2001 Ext. 42, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dcbfb1b3afb0b9a59cb1a9afb9a9b1b3baa9aff2b3aebb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b58565448575e427b564e485e4e56545d4e481554495c">[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
Museum of Us, 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 176 cultural items from five sites have been requested
for repatriation. One object of cultural patrimony removed from Flint
Mound (CV-17; CA-SAC-115) in lower Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA,
includes one baked clay effigy. One object of cultural patrimony
removed from Tamien Village Site (CV-21) in northern Sacramento,
Sacramento County, CA, includes one string of stone disc beads. The 13
objects of cultural patrimony removed from Easter Mound (CV-23) near
Elk Grove, Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA, includes one small set of
disc beads, one set of Olivella beads, five Haliotis ornaments, one set
of small miscellaneous ornaments, one bone button, and four
miscellaneous stone pieces. The 159 objects of cultural patrimony
removed from Jacobs Mound (CV-27) in Sacramento County, CA, include 159
clam shell disc bead blanks. The two objects of cultural patrimony from
Jimeno Mound (CV-29) near Grand Island, Sacramento County, CA, include
one string of clam shell disc beads, and one lot of loose glass trade
beads.
Between 1930 and 1936, the 176 objects of cultural patrimony were
removed by Henry Gibbs, a private collector and looter. In 1937, Paul
A. Walker purchased Gibbs' Central Valley, California archeological
collection. Walker was an amateur archeologist and collector who worked
by himself and with other amateur archeologists, and in collaboration
with the University of California and Sacramento Junior College. Over
the course of his life, Walker amassed an extensive archeological
collection from California's Central Valley and smaller collections
from Northern and Southern California, and outside of California. In
1968, Walker's private archeological collection was acquired by the San
Diego Museum of Man (now Museum of Us) through a purchase/donation
transaction with Walker's widow, Bessie B. Walker.
Determinations
The Museum of Us has determined that:
<bullet> The 176 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 Wilton Rancheria, 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 August 19, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Museum of Us 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 Museum of Us 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: July 10, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15834 Filed 7-17-24; 8:45 am]
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