Notice2025-06639
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
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Published
April 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) 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 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16540-16541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06639]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039949; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park,
Redding, CA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) 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 May 19, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Julia Cronin, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial
Bridge Drive, Redding, CA 96001, telephone (530) 242-3191, email
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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 Turtle
Bay Exploration Park, 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 lumjawi/canoe fashioned of a
single log of ponderosa pine by burning and adzing. It has a metal
plate on one bow covering a damaged area and bolt and nut with a chain
on the opposite bow.
The lumjawi/canoe was found on Rising River Ranch which was
purchased by Bing and Kathryn Crosby in 1959 and managed by Leonard
William Meyer Jr. In 1978, Mr. Crosby passed away and Rising River
Ranch was sold. In April 1982, Mr. Meyer brought the canoe to the
Redding Museum and Art Center (TBEP's predecessor institution) and it
was accessioned into the collection in May 1982.
Rising River is in Shasta County of northern California. Rising
River feeds into Hat Creek approximately ten miles east of the town of
Cassel and in part of what is considered the Pit River Drainage, which
has been Ajumawi territory since time immemorial. The Ajumawi Band is
one of the eleven autonomous bands of the Pit River Tribe (includes XL
Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring Creek
Rancherias).
Museum documentation indicates the lumjawi/canoe was stored outside
without protection until it arrived at the Museum. Oral history
suggests it was serviceable at Rising River Lake in the late 1920s, but
in the 1940s, it was observed listing to one side and partially filled
with silt. It was taken out of the water and stored on land until the
early 1970s when it was placed on blocks to prevent insect infestation.
Upon arrival to the Museum, the item was found to be infested with
moss, lichen, fungi, and various insects, along with significant
staining and deterioration. In order to exhibit the canoe, cleaning and
conservation was required. The treatments were completed by
professional conservators Dr. Arno Schniewind and Dale Paul Kronkright.
They used hand dental tools to remove lichen and algae, and applied
airbrasive cleaning to the exterior. Airbrasive cleaning is a method of
dry cleaning mechanically by means of a grit spraying unit. Powdered
abrasives can include calcium magnesium carbonate, sodium bicarbonate,
glass beads, and several grades of aluminum oxide. Silicon carbide
powder is used occasionally for very hard corrosion products on metal.
The specific powdered abrasives used were not documented. Samples of
the wood were removed from the artifact and sent to a lab to determine
the best consolidant.
Due to its size, material, and fragility, the lumjawi/canoe was
placed in a specially constructed tank for consolidation treatment. A
recirculating pump and spray outlets allowed for continuous diffusion
of a 13% solution of AYAF in methanol into the wood. AYAF is a
polyvinyl acetate resin used for conservation. The canoe was put on
display in the Museum in October 1982 and remains on display to this
day. The methanol used during treatment has since evaporated, and AYAF
is not considered hazardous.
Determinations
Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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 group, including any constituent sub-group (such
as a band, clan, lineage,
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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 Pit River Tribe, California (includes
XL Ranch, Big Bend, Likely, Lookout, Montgomery Creek, and Roaring
Creek Rancherias).
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 19, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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 8, 2025
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06639 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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