[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 216 (Friday, November 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71093-71094]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-24684]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031086; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Gilcrease Museum, 
Tulsa, OK

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Gilcrease Museum, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the 
cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects. 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 Gilcrease Museum. 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 Gilcrease Museum at the 
address in this notice by December 7, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 North Gilcrease Museum 
Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, telephone (918) 596-2747, email [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Gilcrease Museum, Tulsa, OK, that meet the definition of 
unassociated funerary objects 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(s)

    Likely in the late 19th or early 20th century, two cultural items 
were removed from an unknown location. Thomas Gilcrease likely acquired 
these items as part of a larger collection in the mid-1900s, though the 
exact details are unknown. Thomas Gilcrease transferred his collection 
to the City of Tulsa in 1955 and 1964. The two unassociated funerary 
objects are pipe bags (accession numbers 84.507 and 84.521).
    Both pipe bags were identified as Cheyenne in the Gilcrease 
Museum's records, and that affiliation was confirmed during 
consultation with the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. Both pipe 
bags are covered in dirt and show signs of having been buried. Pipe 
bags are known to have been buried with individuals.
    In the late 19th or early 20th century, one cultural item was 
removed from an unknown location and acquired by Joseph H. Sharp, an 
American artist. In the mid-20th century, the Thomas Gilcrease 
Foundation purchased part of Sharp's collection. Thomas Gilcrease 
transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa in 1955 and 1964. The 
one unassociated funerary object is a pipe bag (accession number 
84.524).
    The pipe bag was identified as Cheyenne in the Gilcrease Museum's 
records, and that affiliation was confirmed during consultation with 
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. The pipe bag is covered in 
dirt and shows signs of having been buried. Pipe bags are known to have 
been buried with individuals.
    In the late 19th or early 20th century, two cultural items were 
removed from an unknown location. Likely in the early 20th century, 
Emil Lenders, a

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European artist who immigrated to the United States in the 1890s and 
traveled throughout the Midwest, acquired these two items. The Thomas 
Gilcrease Foundation purchased Lenders' collection on June 7, 1950. 
Thomas Gilcrease transferred his collection to the City of Tulsa in 
1955 and 1964. The unassociated funerary objects are two pairs of 
moccasins (accession numbers 84.425a-b and 84.426a-b).
    The moccasins were identified as Cheyenne in Gilcrease Museum's 
records, and that affiliation was confirmed during consultation with 
the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma. Both pairs of moccasins are 
covered in dirt and show signs of having been buried. Moccasins are 
regularly buried with individuals.

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease Museum

    Officials of the Gilcrease Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the five cultural items 
described above are 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 objects and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 
Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma).

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 Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 North 
Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, telephone (918) 596-2747, email 
[email protected], by December 7, 2020. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
unassociated funerary objects to the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, 
Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma) may 
proceed.
    The Gilcrease Museum is responsible for notifying the Cheyenne and 
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously listed as Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes 
of Oklahoma) that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 22, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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