Notice2026-11704
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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Published
June 11, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or 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 91, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35548-35549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11704]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7219; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042970; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
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 Gilcrease Museum intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or 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 July 13, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural items in this notice to Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400
N. Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3afa2b6b1a2eea1b1baa2adb783b6b7b6afb0a2eda6a7b6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="670b061215064a05151e060913271213120b140649020312">[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
Gilcrease Museum, 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 six cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The five sacred objects are a medicine bundle (catalog number
84.1755), a pipe bowl and stem (catalog number 84.61a-b), a pipe bowl
(61.6754), a Ghost Dance gourd rattle (75.11), and a rattle (89.17).
Gilcrease Museum acquired the medicine bundle from Brummett Echohawk in
1971. The other items were purchased in 1950 from Emil Lenders, an
artist who traveled throughout the Plains region in the early 20th
century. Potentially hazardous substances may have been used to treat
some of these items.
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a War Dance bustle (catalog
number 84.238a-d). Gilcrease Museum acquired these items in 1950 from
Emil Lenders, an artist who traveled throughout the Plains region in
the early 20th century. Potentially hazardous substances may have been
used to treat some of these items.
Determinations
The Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The five sacred objects 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> The one object 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.
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<bullet> There is a connection between the cultural items described
in this notice and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.
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 July 13, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Gilcrease Museum 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 Gilcrease Museum 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: June 5, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-11704 Filed 6-10-26; 8:45 am]
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