Notice2025-17012
Notice of Intended Repatriation: North Carolina State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
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Published
September 5, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gregg Museum of Art & Design intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object 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 170 (Friday, September 5, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42982-42983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17012]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6490; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041013; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: North Carolina State University,
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, Raleigh, NC
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 Gregg Museum of Art & Design intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a
sacred object 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 October 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural item in this notice to Lee Chavis-Tartaglia, North Carolina
State University, Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 1903 Hillsborough
Street, Campus Box 7330, Raleigh, NC 27695, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#375b50435645435650775954444219525342"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="68040f1c091a1c090f28060b1b1d460d0c1d">[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
Gregg Museum of Art & Design, 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one sacred object is a ``drinking gourd'' ipu pawehe, ca. 1850.
This item came to the Gregg Museum as a donation in 2020. The item was
originally thought to be Cherokee by the donor, but later confirmed to
be Hawaiian, potentially from the island of Ni[revaps]ihau. Based on
consultation with Native Hawaiian Organizations, the Gregg Museum of
Art & Design identifies this item as a sacred object of the Kingdom of
Hawai[revaps]i. Gregg Museum of Art & Design records indicate no known
hazardous substances.
Determinations
The Gregg Museum of Art & Design has determined that:
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects 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, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and Hui Iwi Kuamo[revaps]o.
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
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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 October 6, 2025. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Gregg Museum of Art & Design 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. The Gregg Museum of Art &
Design 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 26, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-17012 Filed 9-4-25; 8:45 am]
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