Notice2025-15400
Notice of Inventory Completion: Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, AL
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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 Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 155 (Thursday, August 14, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 39209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15400]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6410; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040804; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Birmingham Museum of Art,
Birmingham, AL
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 Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) has
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after September 15, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Dr. Anne Forschler-Tarrasch,
Director of Collections & Exhibitions, Birmingham Museum of Art, 2000
Rev. Abraham Woods, Jr. Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0362656c7170606b6f66714362717770616e622d6c7164"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e7f78716c6d7d76727b6c5e7f6c6a6d7c737f30716c79">[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 BMA,
and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in its 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, two associated funerary objects
are present. These are represented by two bannerstones. Following the
repatriation of two Ancestors identified in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on April 8, 2024 (89 FR
24498), two associated funerary objects from the same location
(Detroit, AL) were identified in collection. Like the Ancestors, the
associated funerary objects were donated to BMA in 1969 by Dr. Samuel
Fischer, III. In consultation with the culturally affiliated Tribes, it
was determined that the two bannerstones are the associated funerary
objects of the Ancestors published in the Federal Register notice
referenced above.
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 associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
BMA has determined that:
<bullet> The two objects described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the associated
funerary objects described in this notice and the Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects 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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 15, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, BMA must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for
joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a
single request and not competing requests. BMA is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
(Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.)
Dated: July 31, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-15400 Filed 8-13-25; 8:45 am]
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