Notice2025-08469
Notice of Intended Repatriation: North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
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Published
May 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design (Gregg Museum) 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 92 (Wednesday, May 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20487-20488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08469]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040115; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: North Carolina State University,
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
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 North Carolina State University, Gregg
Museum of Art & Design (Gregg Museum) 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 June 13, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Mary Hauser, North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum
of Art & Design (Gregg Museum), 1903 Hillsborough Street, Campus Box
7330, Raleigh, NC 27695, telephone (919) 515-3102, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#026f676a6377716770426c6171772c676677"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a373f323b2f293f281a3439292f743f3e2f">[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
Gregg 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 cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one of object of cultural patrimony is a beaded Kiowa cradleboard,
ca. 1880. This item came to the Gregg Museum as a part of an estate
transfer from Chinqua-Penn, an estate in Reidsville, Rockingham County,
NC. The owners of this estate traveled extensively, collecting
artifacts from around the world. The owners of the estate died in 1946
and 1965 after which the estate was opened to the public. It was
managed first by the University of North Carolina-Greensboro, and then
by North Carolina State University in the mid-1980s. After Chinqua-
Penn's sale to Calvin Phelps in 2006, artifacts that became on loan to
the Gallery of Art & Design (now Gregg Museum of Art & Design) since
2003 were legally transferred to the collection of the Gregg Museum of
Art & Design at North Carolina State University. Based on the time of
acquisition and lack of information on how and where they were
acquired, the Gregg Museum believes this item is possibly of cultural
patrimony affiliated with the Kiowa Tribe. Gregg Museum records
indicate no known hazardous substances.
Determinations
The Gregg Museum 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 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 item
described in this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.
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 June 13, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Gregg Museum 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 Gregg 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 30, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08469 Filed 5-13-25; 8:45 am]
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