Notice2025-05817
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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Published
April 4, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 64 (Friday, April 4, 2025)]
[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: 2025-05817]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039848; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts,
Santa Fe, NM
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 Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts intends
to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a
sacred object 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 May 5, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Rose Burns, Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts, 1590B Pacheco,
Santa Fe, NM 87505, telephone (505) 983-6372, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d5a7b7a0a7bba695b6bab0b4a7a1a6b6b0bba1b0a7fbbaa7b2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89fbebfcfbe7fac9eae6ece8fbfdfaeaece7fdecfba7e6fbee">[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
Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts, 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 sacred object has been requested for repatriation.
The one object is a wooden mask, NA1012.
The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts acquired NA1012 as a gift from
Ralph T. Coe in 2011. Ralph T. Coe was likely gifted this item by
Taylor and Sandy Dale. Ralph T Coe's notes state that ``This mask is
unattributed, but it may very well be by Allen Long of the eastern
band, at Cherokee North Carolina.'' The Coe Center for the Arts has no
further provenance information on this object.
There are no known hazardous substances used to treat NA1012.
Determinations
The Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial objects 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> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians.
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 May 5, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts 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 Ralph T Coe Center for the Arts 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: March 26, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05817 Filed 4-3-25; 8:45 am]
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