Notice2024-20876
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, 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), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of a sacred objects and that has a known lineal descendant.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 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: 2024-20876]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038696; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park,
Redding, 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), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of a
sacred objects and that has a known lineal descendant.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Julia Cronin, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial
Bridge Drive, Redding, CA 96001, telephone (530) 242-3191, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#147e77667b7a7d7a5460616660787176756d3a7b6673"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d3b9b0a1bcbdbabd93a7a6a1a7bfb6b1b2aafdbca1b4">[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 TBEP
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 Pomo bead drill. The drill was made by
Kenneth Fred around 1978. The Redding Museum and Art Center, the
predecessor of TBEP, purchased the item from the Fall 1978 Pacific West
Traders catalog with funds from the Redding Museum of Art and History
League, a fundraising body for the museum. Pacific West Traders was
located in Folsom, CA and owned/operated by Herb Puffer. There is no
record of treatment with potentially hazardous materials by TBEP or
prior to acquisition.
Determinations
Turtle Bay Exploration Park has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial object 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> Vincent Fred is connected to the cultural item described
in this notice.
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, Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. 2024-20876 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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