Notice2024-15893
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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Published
July 19, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an 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 139 (Friday, July 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58754-58755]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15893]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038295; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ralph T. Coe Center for the
Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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 Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts intends
to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
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 August 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Rachel Wixom, Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts, 1590B
Pacheco, Santa Fe, NM 87505, telephone (505) 983-6372, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c3e3b253423210c2f23292d3e383f2f292238293e62233e2b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="582a2f31203735183b373d392a2c2b3b3d362c3d2a76372a3f">[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
Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts 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 object of cultural patrimony is a Mississippian Head Pot
(catalog number NA1245).
The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts acquired NA1245 in 2011 as a
gift from Ralph T. Coe. Ralph T. Coe acquired NA1245 on 01/30/2006 from
Elenore Tulman Hancock Incorporated, a New York-based art dealer. When
purchased, the accompanying provenance stated that it was from a family
living in Jackson, Missouri, that had inherited it from their
grandfather. The Coe Center for the Arts has no further provenance
information.
Head pots are highly distinctive vessels. Upon assessment by the
Quapaw Nation, it was determined that this vessel originates from the
bootheel of Missouri and northeastern Arkansas. This vessel has a very
high likelihood of originating from Pemiscot County, MO, Mississippi
County, AR or one of the surrounding counties.
The Quapaw Nation has provided eight of the accepted categories to
support ancestral connection to the area and sites this vessel is
associated with. The provided lines of evidence are Historical,
Geographical, Linguistic, Anthropological, Archeological, Folkloric,
Oral Traditional, and Expert Opinion. These lines of evidence
demonstrate a Quapaw connection to the archeological sites located
along the St. Francis River and the central Mississippi River Valley.
This habitation likely began during the Mississippian archeological
phase and declined pre-contact, but nevertheless continued at a reduced
level into the French colonial period. Because of comingling with
previous groups, the Quapaw are connected to and affiliated with pre-
contact, Mississippian, and also with earlier archeological phases of
this region.
While this area was not in the treaty cession of the Quapaw, it was
nevertheless a significant place in Quapaw history. Evidence from a
variety of sources exists demonstrating Quapaw connection to this
region. Based on the evidence provided, the Quapaw Nation is the
primary federally recognized tribal nation connected to the sites
associated with this style of vessel.
There are no known hazardous substances used to treat NA1245.
Determinations
The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has 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.
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<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Quapaw Nation.
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 August 19, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts 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 Ralph T. Coe Center for
the Arts 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. 2024-15893 Filed 7-18-24; 8:45 am]
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