Notice2024-26452
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, Evansville, IN
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Published
November 14, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science 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 220 (Thursday, November 14, 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: 2024-26452]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039021; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Evansville Museum of Arts,
History & Science, Evansville, 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), the Evansville Museum of Arts, History &
Science 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 December 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Kaman Hillenburg, Evansville Museum of Arts, History &
Science, Evansville, IN 47713, telephone (812) 425-2406, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b202a262a250b2e263e382e3e266524392c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ff949e929e91bf9a928a8c9a8a92d1908d98">[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
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, 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 Sea Monster hat. The hat is
made of red cedar wood with a detachable wooden fin adorned with human
hair. The teeth of the Sea Monster are made from abalone shell. The red
paint on the hat could contain mercury.
The item was donated to the Evansville Museum of Arts, History &
Science by Mrs. Edward Mead Johnson, Sr. in 1936.
Determinations
The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science has determined
that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has an 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 Ketchikan Indian Community.
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 December 16, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History &
Science 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 Evansville
Museum of Arts, History & Science 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: November 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26452 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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