Notice2025-06204
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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Published
April 11, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Arizona State Museum, University of Arizona, intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of 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 90, Number 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 15476]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06204]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039888; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Arizona State Museum, University
of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
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 Arizona State Museum, University of
Arizona, intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of 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 May 12, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Cristin Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Arizona State
Museum, 1013 East University Boulevard, Tucson, AZ 85721-0026,
telephone (520) 626-0320, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cba7bea8aab8a88baab9a2b1a4a5aae5aeafbe"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a362f393b29391a3b28332035343b743f3e2f">[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
Arizona State 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 National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one lot of cultural items has been requested for
repatriation. The one lot of objects of cultural patrimony is modified
bone. In 1934, the Gila Pueblo Foundation acquired one lot of modified
bone (GP-41951-X; SJC No. 11236) from the Sacramento Junior College in
Sacramento, CA as part of an exchange. The cultural item was recorded
as having been removed from the Lincoln Mound site (CA-PLA-4), Placer
County, on an unknown date. The Arizona State Museum acquired the lot
in 1951 after the Gila Pueblo Foundation closed. There is no noted
presence of any potentially hazardous substances used to treat the
cultural items.
Determinations
The Arizona State Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The one lot of objects 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
items described in this notice and the United Auburn Indian Community
of the Auburn Rancheria of California.
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 May 12, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Arizona State 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 Arizona State 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: April 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06204 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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