Notice2024-31285
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Brooklyn Children's Museum, Brooklyn, NY
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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 Brooklyn Children's Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 106571-106572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-31285]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039248; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Brooklyn Children's Museum,
Brooklyn, NY
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 Brooklyn Children's Museum intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 29, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Kiani Kodama and Kate Mirand Calleri, Brooklyn Children's
Museum, 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11213, telephone (718) 735-
4400, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5d363632393c303c1d3f2f3232363124333634392e73322f3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81eaeaeee5e0ece0c1e3f3eeeeeaedf8efeae8e5f2afeef3e6">[email protected]</span></a> and <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f29991939e9e97809bb290809d9d999e8b9c999b9681dc9d8095"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="adc6ceccc1c1c8dfc4edcfdfc2c2c6c1d4c3c6c4c9de83c2dfca">[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
Brooklyn Children's Museum, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The
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National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of five cultural items have been requested for repatriation
by the Onondaga Nation of NY. The five sacred objects of cultural
patrimony are false face masks and rattles.
Miniature Cornhusk Mask (object number 66.87.4), False Face Mask
(object number 66.87.7), Miniature Cornhusk Mask (object number
66.113.3), Snapping Turtle Claw Rattles (object number 67.86.3ab), and
False Face Mask (object number 59.1) are listed in Brooklyn Children's
Museum records as ``Onondaga.'' The items were reportedly acquired in
North America and gifted to or purchased by Brooklyn Children's Museum
between 1959-1982. Brooklyn Children's Museum records indicate no known
hazardous substances.
Determinations
The Brooklyn Children's Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The five sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and 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).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 29, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Brooklyn Children's Museum 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 Brooklyn Children's
Museum 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. 2024-31285 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
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