88 FR 139 pgs. 47163-47164 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
Type: NOTICEVolume: 88Number: 139Pages: 47163 - 47164
Pages: 47163, 47164Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036228; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2023-15526 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036228; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 definitions of both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Shasta County, CA, and from northern California.
DATES:
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after August 21, 2023.
ADDRESSES:
Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 800 South Tucker Drive, Tulsa, OK 74104, telephone (918) 596-2747, email laura-bryant@utulsa.edu.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by the Gilcrease Museum.
Description
One cultural item was removed from Shasta County, California. The date and means of acquisition are unknown. The sacred object and object of cultural patrimony is a stone pipe bowl and stem.
Two cultural items were removed from unknown sites in northern California. One was collected in the early 20th century by an aunt of Bob Lengacher and later donated to Gilcrease Museum. The other was collected by William Patterson, who donated it to Gilcrease Museum in 1986. The two sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony are baskets.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, geographical, historical, oral traditional, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Gilcrease Museum has determined that:
• The three cultural items described above are specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
• The three cultural items described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual.
• There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Paskenta Band of Nomlaki Indians of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 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 August 21, 2023. 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 Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 10.14.
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Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15526 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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