Notice2024-31284
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Oregon, Museum of Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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Published
December 30, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History 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 in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106572-106573]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31284]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039247; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Oregon, Museum of
Natural and Cultural History, Eugene, OR
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 Oregon Museum of Natural
and Cultural History 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 in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Pamela Endzweig, Director of Anthropological
Collections, University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History, 1224 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403-1224, telephone
(541) 346-5120, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#62070c061815070b0522170d1007050d0c4c070617"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc8c3c9d7dac8c4caedd8c2dfc8cac2c383c8c9d8">[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 Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History 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
One cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one
object of cultural patrimony, catalog 2-967, is a coiled basket donated
in 1937 by former University of Oregon student A. (Ada) Ossie Walton
(1867-1944). A newspaper article, which appears to be from 1937,
mentions that Walton began collecting while still a student. She
graduated in 1885. A hand-written note in the Museum's accessions
files, which we presume to be the donor's, lists the basket as ``Large
basket (told one of tribes adjoining Navahoes)''. This is also what the
partial old label on the base of the basket reads. We believe this to
be an incorrect identification. Museum staff have described the coiled
basket as ``Mission style'' and attributed it to Southern California
Native peoples. There is no additional information in the Museum's
files relating to the provenance of the basket.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: expert opinion, including
Native American traditional knowledge.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural
History 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 Pechanga Band of Indians (previously
listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga
Reservation, California).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this
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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 January 29, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the University of Oregon Museum of Natural
and Cultural History 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. The
University of Oregon Museum of Natural and Cultural History 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31284 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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