[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60909-60910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24049]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032935; 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 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 
McClure Archives and University 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 McClure Archives and 
University Museum at the address in this notice by December 6, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olivia Thomsen, 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 cultural items under the 
control of the McClure Archives and University Museum, University of 
Central Missouri, Warrensburg, MO, 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

    Sometime in the early 20th century, six cultural items were 
separated from the Gwich'in in Alaska. As a result of consultation, the 
Museum has determined that all six items are culturally affiliated with 
the Native Village of Fort Yukon.
    Four of the items were collected or bought at the Native Village of 
Fort Yukon by Ethel Ellis, a missionary who worked in Alaska in the 
late 1800s and early 1900s. In 1919, Ellis donated the items to the 
Museum. The cultural items are a small, beaded bag, beaded mittens, 
beaded snow moccasins, and beaded garters whose origin is the Native 
Village of Fort Yukon.
    A fifth item was collected or bought by Dr. George C. Stevens. 
Stevens did not specify from which band or native village of the 
Gwich'in he obtained the item. In 1968, he donated the item to the 
Museum. The cultural item is a pair of wooden snowshoes.
    The sixth item was collected or bought by Robert Spier. Spier did 
not specify from which band or native village of the Gwich'in he 
obtained the item. Spier died in 2014, and in 2016, his widow, Carolyn 
Spier, donated the item to the Museum. The cultural item is a birch 
bark basket.

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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 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 Native Village of Fort Yukon.

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 Olivia Thomsen, NAGPRA Preparator, McClure 
Archives and University Museum of JCKL 1470, 601 Missouri Street, 
Warrensburg, MO 64093, telephone (660) 543-4649, email 
[email protected], by December 6, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
objects of cultural patrimony to the Native Village of Fort Yukon may 
proceed.
    The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central 
Missouri is responsible for notifying the Native Village of Fort Yukon 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: October 23, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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