Notice2025-16119
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Housatonic Museum of Art, Bridgeport, CT
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Published
August 22, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 161 (Friday, August 22, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 41119]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16119]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6463; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040883; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Housatonic Museum of Art,
Bridgeport, CT
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 Housatonic Museum of Art (HMA) intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after September 22, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Charlotte Lefland, Housatonic Museum
of Art, 900 Lafayette Boulevard, Bridgeport, CT 06604, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f1929990839d9e858594df9d94979d909f95b192858285908594df949584"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cfff4fdeef0f3e8e8f9b2f0f9faf0fdf2f8dcffe8efe8fde8f9b2f9f8e9">[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
HMA, 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 40 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 40 objects of cultural patrimony are masks, tools, dolls, miniature
sculptures, games, baskets, fishing equipment, and clothing. These
objects of cultural patrimony are all associated with the artic slope
of Alaska and were donated to the HMA over the last 10-15 years. All
are believed to be affiliated with the Inupiat Community of the Artic
Slope. There does not appear to be any hazardous substances used to
treat any of the items.
Determinations
The HMA has determined that:
<bullet> The 40 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have 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 connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Inupiat Community of the Artic Slope.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after September 22, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the HMA 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 HMA 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: August 13, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-16119 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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