Notice2024-22895
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA
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Published
October 4, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University (SF State) NAGPRA Program 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 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80924-80925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22895]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038786; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University
NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, 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 San Francisco State University (SF
State) NAGPRA Program 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 November 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program,
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 338-
1381, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7828095828289a794819492c9828392"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4421233621212a04372237316a212031">[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 SF
State NAGPRA Program 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 is requested for repatriation. The one
object of cultural patrimony is a fern and conifer basket cap. This
basket cap was donated to the Treganza Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San
Francisco State University in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM closed
in 2012, all the Native American items were transferred to the SF State
NAGPRA Program. The basket cap is from the Northwest California Basket
Collection and there are no records of the donor at SF State.
It was once common practice by museums to use chemicals on cultural
items to prevent deterioration by mold, insects, and moisture. To date,
the SF State NAGPRA Program has no records documenting use of chemicals
at our facilities, and we currently do not use
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chemicals on any cultural items. A former SF State professor, Dr.
Michael Moratto, stated that staff used glues, polyvinyl acetate, and a
solution called Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural objects in the
past. Prior non-invasive and non-destructive hazardous chemical tests
conducted at the SF State NAGPRA Program repositories show arsenic,
mercury, and/or lead in some storage containers, surfaces, and certain
cultural items.
Determinations
The SF State NAGPRA Program 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 item
described in this notice and the Wiyot Tribe, California.
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 November 4, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF State NAGPRA Program 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 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22895 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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