90 FR 88 pg. 19524 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 88Page: 19524
Page: 19524Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040076; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-08042 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040076; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry Museum of the American West (Southwest Museum Collection) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after June 9, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Karimah Richardson, M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323) 495-4203, email krichardson@theautry.org.
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 Autry Museum of the American West, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual has been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1941, Mrs. Caroline Gill collected a human cranium from a site near Biggs, in Butte County, Sacramento Valley, CA. Mrs. Gill gifted the cultural item in 1942 to the Southwest Museum (now part of the Autry Museum of the American West). Currently, the human remains are missing/not located. The Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California (federally recognized tribe) is claiming cultural affiliation for the human remains on behalf of KonKow Valley Band of Maidu (a non-federally recognized Tribe).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection between the human remains described in this notice and the Berry Creek Rancheria of Maidu Indians of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under ADDRESSES . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after June 9, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Autry Museum of the American West is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 22, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08042 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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