Notice2025-15397
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN
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Published
August 14, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of the Interior, National Park Service, Pipestone National Monument (PIPE) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of sacred object and that has a known lineal descendant.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39218-39219]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15397]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6406; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040801; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Pipestone National Monument, Pipestone, MN
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 U.S. Department of the Interior,
National Park Service, Pipestone National Monument (PIPE) intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of sacred
object and that has a known lineal descendant.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Lauren Blacik, Superintendent,
Pipestone National Monument, 36 Reservation Avenue, Pipestone, MN
56164, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c202d393e2922132e202d2f25270c223c3f622b233a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9ff3feeaedfaf1c0fdf3fefcf6f4dff1efecb1f8f0e9">[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
Pipestone National Monument Superintendent and additional information
on the determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the summary or related records.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object is a ceremonial pipe. A pipe consisting of two
parts, the bowl and stem, carved in the early 1970s by [Robert Crooks,]
a member of the Mdewakanton Sioux Community. The bowl is a carved
`Indian Head' design into pipestone (catlinite). The stem is sumac and
decorated with beadwork and leather fringe.
Determinations
PIPE has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant,
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Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> A known lineal descendant (name withheld per request) is
connected to the cultural item described in this notice.
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 September 15, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, PIPE 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. PIPE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to all
requestors and 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: July 31, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15397 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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