Notice2025-08042
Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
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Published
May 8, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry Museum of the American West (Southwest Museum Collection) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 19524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08042]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040076; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American
West, Los Angeles, 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), the Autry Museum of the American West
(Southwest Museum Collection) has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between
the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of
Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American
West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323)
495-4203, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#157e677c767d746771667a7b55617d70746061676c3b7a6772"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375c455e545f56455344585977435f52564243454e19584550">[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
Autry Museum of the American West, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. In 1941, Mrs. Caroline Gill collected a
human cranium from a site near Biggs, in Butte County, Sacramento
Valley, CA. Mrs. Gill gifted the cultural item in 1942 to the Southwest
Museum (now part of the Autry Museum of the American West). Currently,
the human remains are missing/not located. The Berry Creek Rancheria of
Maidu Indians of California (federally recognized tribe) is claiming
cultural affiliation for the human remains on behalf of KonKow Valley
Band of Maidu (a non-federally recognized Tribe).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this
notice.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians
of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 9, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Autry Museum of the American West must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Autry Museum of the American West is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and
Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08042 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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