Notice2024-18683
Notice of Intended Repatriation: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY
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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 American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 21, 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: 2024-18683]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038505; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: American Museum of Natural
History, New York, NY
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 American Museum of Natural History
(AMNH) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after September 20, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Nell Murphy, American Museum of Natural History, Central
Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769-5837,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4927243c3b392130092824272167263b2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="66080b1314160e1f26070b080e48091401">[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
AMNH, 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 is a mahiole or feather helmet. The cultural item
was found in storage. However, based on Museum records, consultation as
well as information in the published literature, the item is presumed
to have originated in Hawai[revaps]i. In 1907, it was recorded in the
Museum's catalog as a feather helmet from the Hawaiian Islands,
Collector Unknown. A catalog card located in the Division of
Anthropology Archives dates the helmet to pre-1907, as this is the year
it appears to have been located. The Collector is unknown.
Determinations
The American Museum of Natural History has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Na Hoa Aloha O Ka Pu[revaps]uhonua o
H[ouml]naunau and the Office of Hawaiian Affairs.
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 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 Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after September 20, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the AMNH 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 AMNH is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
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. 2024-18683 Filed 8-20-24; 8:45 am]
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