[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 108 (Tuesday, June 8, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11948]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032040; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: McClure Archives 
and University Museum, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of 
Central Missouri, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item 
listed in this notice meet the definition of an object of cultural 
patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
claim this cultural item should submit a written request to the McClure 
Archives and University Museum. If no additional claimants come 
forward, transfer of control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the McClure Archives and 
University Museum at the address in this notice by July 8, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ashley McGuffey, NAGPRA Preparator, 
McClure Archives and University Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri 
Street, Warrensburg, MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, 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 a cultural item under the 
control of the McClure Archives and University Museum, University of 
Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, that meets the definition of an 
object of cultural patrimony 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 item. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    In the 1920s, one cultural item was removed from an unknown 
location most likely on the southeastern coast of Alaska. In the 1920s, 
anthropologist Erna Gunther collected or bought a wooden food box from 
the Tsimshian people. After her death in 1982, Gunther's son, 
anthropologist Robert Spier, inherited the box. Spier reported that his 
mother did not tell him much about the box, as it caused tension 
between his parents and ultimately played a part in their divorce. 
Robert Spier died in 2014. In 2017, his widow, Carolyn Spier, donated 
the box to the McClure Archives and University Museum, along with many 
other items in her husband's personal anthropological collection. The 
one object of cultural patrimony is this wooden food box.
    Following analysis by McClure Archive and University Museum staff, 
a determination was made that this wooden food box is Tsimshian, and is 
connected to the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island Reserve, 
in Alaska.

Determinations Made by the McClure Archives and University Museum, 
University of Central Missouri

    Officials of the McClure Archives and University Museum, University 
of Central Missouri have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the one cultural item 
described above has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, 
rather than property owned by an individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the object 
of cultural patrimony and the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette 
Island Reserve.

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 
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in 
support of the claim to Ashley McGuffey, NAGPRA Preparator, McClure 
Archives and University Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri Street, 
Warrensburg, MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, email 
[email protected], by July 8, 2021. After that date, if no additional 
claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the object of 
cultural patrimony to the Metlakatla Indian Community, Annette Island 
Reserve may proceed.
    The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central 
Missouri is responsible for notifying the Metlakatla Indian Community, 
Annette Island Reserve that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 25, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-11948 Filed 6-7-21; 8:45 am]
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