Notice2025-10004
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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Published
June 3, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 105 (Tuesday, June 3, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23549-23550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10004]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040173; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: The Children's Museum of
Indianapolis, Indianapolis, IN
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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis
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 July 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jennifer Noffze, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, 3000
N Meridian Street, Indianapolis, IN 46208, telephone (317) 334-3722,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4beb1baba94b7bcbdb8b0a6b1baa7b9a1a7b1a1b9fabba6b3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82e8e7ececc2e1eaebeee6f0e7ecf1eff7f1e7f7efacedf0e5">[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
Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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.
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a quill stitched buffalo robe
(52.376.103) belonging to the Women's Quill Society of the Arapaho. The
robe was donated to the museum in 1952 by Margaret Morehouse. The
buffalo robe holds significant historical and cultural importance
within the Arapaho community, and these items are of immense spiritual
value. Porcupine quills hold profound cultural and spiritual
significance for the Arapaho people. They were traditionally used for
clothing, blankets, teepees, and other essential items. The Arapaho
Quill Women's Society, composed of seven elderly women, each possessed
a sacred quill-working bag. The quill stitch designs they created were
closely tied to the Arapaho spiritual beliefs and traditions. It was
understood that one could not simply create quill stitch patterns
independently or devise new designs without sacred guidance.
Determinations
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation,
Wyoming, according to the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming traditional knowledge.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming.
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 July 3, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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 Children's Museum of Indianapolis 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: May 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10004 Filed 6-2-25; 8:45 am]
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