Notice2024-19677
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
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Published
September 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects or 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 170 (Tuesday, September 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71389-71390]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19677]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038628; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Indiana University, Bloomington,
IN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Indiana University intends to repatriate
certain
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cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects or 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 October 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Jayne-Leigh Thomas, Indiana University, NAGPRA Office,
Student Building 318, 701 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405,
telephone (812) 856-5315, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dca8b4b3b1bdb6bda59cb5b2b8b5bdb2bdf2b9b8a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5024383f3d313a312910393e3439313e317e353425">[email protected]</span></a>; and Dr. Allison
Martino, Indiana University, Eskenazi Museum of Art, 1133 East Seventh
Street, Bloomington, IN 47405-7509, telephone (812) 855-5445, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5411273f313a352e3d1921273121393b32152620143d217a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffba8c949a919e8596b28a8c9a8a929099be8d8bbf968ad19a9b8a">[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
Indiana University, 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 eight cultural items have been requested for
repatriation.
The four unassociated funerary objects are shaman's objects, and
the four objects of cultural patrimony are a mask, rattle, blanket, and
ceremonial knife. Museum records and consultation both identified
Tlingit cultural affiliation for these eight items. Available records
do not include geographical locations for any of these cultural items.
The Indiana University Art Museum (IUAM), now the Eskenazi Museum of
Art, acquired a shaman's box from Origins Gallery in 1962. The IUAM
received additional three shaman's objects as a donation from the
Raymond and Laura Wielgus Collection in 2010. Prior ownership for these
objects include: JJ. Klejman, George Thorton Emmons, Harry Georffrey
Beasley, the Cranmore Ethnographical Museum, Merton Simpson, and
Reverend Robert Richard Arthur Doolan. The IUAM acquired a rattle and
chief's blanket from Michael R. Johnson Gallery in 1975; prior
ownership for the blanket includes John H. Hauberg. The IUAM acquired a
mask from Raymond Wielgus in 1977; prior ownership history includes
Julius Carlebach, Andre Breton, and Paul Eluard. The IUAM acquired a
ceremonial knife from Damon Brandt in 1980.
Determinations
Indiana University 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> The four 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 Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes.
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 October 3, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, Indiana University 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. Indiana University 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 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-19677 Filed 8-30-24; 8:45 am]
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