Notice2025-16128
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
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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 University of North Dakota 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]
[Pages 41115-41116]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16128]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6473; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040892; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of North Dakota,
Grand Forks, ND
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 University of North Dakota 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 Dr. Crystal Alberts, University of
North Dakota, Carnegie Hall, 1st Floor, 250 Centennial Drive, Stop
8193, Grand Forks, ND 58202, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c09121852121d1b0c0e1d3c09121852191809"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bacfd4de94d4dbddcac8dbfacfd4de94dfdecf">[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
University of North Dakota, 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 three cultural items have been requested for
repatriation. The objects of cultural patrimony are a buckskin vest, a
pair of moccasins, and a quiver and bow case. The objects have not been
treated with potentially hazardous substances to the best of the
institution's knowledge.
The items were acquired or donated to the University of North
Dakota (UND) from an unknown source and at an unknown time. At some
point prior to 1991, the items described in this notice, among others,
were internally transferred to the UND American Indian Studies
Department.
The buckskin/leather vest that is fringed along the shoulder and
edges. It has red, yellow, blue, purple and white porcupine quillwork
in a floral and geometric design front and back with metal buttons. It
measures 33'' (chest) by 19'' (length).
The buckskin moccasins have white, blue, and green seed beads in a
geometric design with red horsehair and metal cones. They measure 5''
by 10 \1/2\.''
The buckskin bow and quiver case has buckskin fringe and measures
5'' x 35.'' It has blue, red, green, and orange seed beads in a
geometric pattern.
Determinations
The University of North Dakota has determined that:
<bullet> The three 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 reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
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 University of North Dakota must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural
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items are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
University of North Dakota 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. 2025-16128 Filed 8-21-25; 8:45 am]
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