[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47517-47518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-18269]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032452; 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 objects of 
cultural patrimony. 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 September 24, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laura Bryant, Gilcrease Museum, 1400 N 
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 
objects 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 items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    At an unknown date, two cultural items were separated from a Pawnee 
community. These items were likely purchased from a collector by Thomas 
Gilcrease sometime during the mid-20th century. In 1955 and 1962, 
Gilcrease transferred these items along with the rest of his collection 
to the City of Tulsa, which owns the Gilcrease Museum. The two objects 
of cultural patrimony are bear claw and otter fur necklaces (accession 
numbers 84.2159 and 84.812) of 19th century-circa 1900 date.
    In 1971, one cultural item was separated from its Pawnee family 
caretaker, who likely resided in Oklahoma. The item was given by 
Brummett Echohawk to the Gilcrease Museum. The one object of cultural 
patrimony is a medicine bundle (accession number 84.1755) made in 
Nebraska and dating to circa 1850.
    At an unknown date, one cultural item was separated from its Pawnee 
caretaker--a family headed by Jim Little Sun--whose place of residence 
is unknown. The item was likely purchased from a collector by Thomas 
Gilcrease sometime during the mid-20th century. In 1955 or 1962, 
Gilcrease transferred this item to the City of Tulsa, which owns the 
Gilcrease Museum. The one object of cultural patrimony is a medicine 
kit (accession number 84.2295a-m) dating to circa 1900.
    In the 1960s or early 1970s, two cultural items were separated from 
a Pawnee community likely located in Oklahoma. They were purchased from 
a pawn shop in Ralston, Oklahoma by Ben Stone, a schoolteacher from 
Claremore, Oklahoma. In the early 1970s, Stone donated these items to 
the Gilcrease Museum. The two objects of cultural patrimony are Hako 
bundles.
    Documentation and records at the museum identify all the above 
listed items as Pawnee. Through consultation, these were determined to 
be culturally affiliated with the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma and were 
identified as objects of cultural patrimony.

Determinations Made by the Gilcrease Museum

    Officials of the Gilcrease Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the six 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.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the objects 
of cultural patrimony and the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma.

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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 N 
Gilcrease Museum Road, Tulsa, OK 74127, telephone (918) 596-2747, email 
[email protected], by September 24, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
objects of cultural patrimony to the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma may 
proceed.
    The Gilcrease Museum is responsible for notifying the Pawnee Nation 
of Oklahoma that this notice has been published.

    Dated: August 11, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-18269 Filed 8-24-21; 8:45 am]
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