[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18076-18077]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08592]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027610, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Birmingham Museum 
of Art, Birmingham, AL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Birmingham Museum of Art, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the 
definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items 
should submit a written request to the Birmingham Museum of Art. If no 
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural 
items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian 
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Birmingham Museum of Art at 
the address in this notice by May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Emily G. Hanna, Senior Curator, Birmingham Museum of Art, 
2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 35203, telephone 
205-254-2983, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and

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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate 
a cultural item under the control of the Birmingham Museum of Art, 
Birmingham, AL, that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary 
object under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    Sometime in the early 20th century, this cultural item was removed 
from a grave in Wrangell, AK. It was acquired by Axel Rasmussen before 
his death in 1945. In 1948, it was acquired by the Portland Art Museum 
(PAM). In 1955-56, the PAM deaccessioned the object and sold it to the 
Birmingham Museum of Art. The unassociated funerary object is a 
Woodzakaa (Cane), museum accession number 1956.48.218.
    Based on consultation with the Central Council of the Tlingit & 
Haida Indian Tribes, the Birmingham Museum of Art can reasonably show 
that this unassociated funerary object is culturally affiliated with 
the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes.

Determinations Made by the Birmingham Museum of Art

    Officials of the Birmingham Museum of Art have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item 
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary object and the Central Council of the Tlingit & 
Haida Indian Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Emily G. Hanna, Senior Curator, Birmingham 
Museum of Art, 2000 Rev. Abraham Woods Jr. Boulevard, Birmingham, AL 
35203, telephone (205) 254-2983, email [email protected], by May 29, 
2019. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, 
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary object to the Central 
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes may proceed.
    The Birmingham Museum of Art is responsible for notifying the 
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes that this notice 
has been published.

    Dated: April 2, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-08592 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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