Notice2024-18678
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
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Published
August 21, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of North Dakota 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 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 67658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18678]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND
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 North Dakota 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 September 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Crystal Alberts, University of North Dakota, Twamley
Hall Room 300, 264 Centennial Drive, Grand Forks, ND 58202, telephone
(701) 777-2393, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4e3b202a60202f293e3c2f0e3b202a602b2a3b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="20554e440e4e414750524160554e440e454455">[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 North Dakota 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 buckskin jacket. The object
has not been treated with potentially hazardous substances to the best
of the institution's knowledge.
The item was acquired or donated to the University of North Dakota
(UND) by an unknown individual or individuals at an unknown time. At
some point prior to 1991, the item described in this notice, among
others, was internally transferred to the UND American Indian Studies
Department. The items were later designated the ``Merry Claymore
Ketterling Collection,'' named for a Standing Rock Sioux tribal member
who served as the department's administrative assistant for many years.
This item is a buckskin/leather jacket that is fringed along the
shoulder and edges. It has red, purple, and orange porcupine quillwork
in a floral design front and back. It measures 37'' long by 27'' wide.
Determinations
The University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND has determined
that:
<bullet> The one object 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 Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota.
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 September 20, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of North Dakota 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 University of North
Dakota 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: August 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18678 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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