Notice2024-20866
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley CA
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Published
September 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of California, Berkeley intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meet 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 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74991-74992]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20866]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038705; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California,
Berkeley, Berkeley 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 University of California, Berkeley
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meet 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 October 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California,
Berkeley. 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3c525d5b4c4e5d11495f5e7c5e594e575950594512595849"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b454a4c5b594a065e48496b494e59404e474e52054e4f5e">[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 California, Berkeley, 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 Kiowa calendar (winter
counts) created by Chief Dohasan, chronicling events from winter 1832-
33 to summer 1892 (catalog number 2-4933a-c). Hugh Lenox Scott obtained
the calendar at Fort Sill on the Kiowa reservation prior to 1900. The
calendar was sold to the Lowie Museum (Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology) as part of a large private collection from Hugh Lenox
Scott in 1906. Documentation in the accession file and a museum
publication on the calendar indicate the owner, `Dohasan, nephew of the
well-known Kiowa chief, of the same name, said that the record had been
kept in his family since his youth. The Chronicle was originally
painted on hides which were renewed from time to time as they wore out
from age and handling. The calendar given to Scott and included in the
collections of the Lowie Museum since 1900, was on paper, executed with
colored pencils by Dohasan, from the last hide record.'
Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of
Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest
control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date
at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural
substances were used prior to 1960.
Determinations
The University of California, Berkeley 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.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
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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 October 15, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley 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 University of
California, Berkeley 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: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20866 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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