[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 211 (Thursday, November 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 60910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24050]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032940; 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 meets the definition of 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 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 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 items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item

    Sometime in the 20th century, one cultural item was separated from 
the Tejon Indian Tribe in California. It was collected or bought by 
Robert Spier while doing fieldwork. Spier died in 2014, and in 2016, 
his widow, Carolyn Spier, donated the item 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 a woven bag.
    The bag was originally documented to come from the Tejon Indian 
Tribe. Through consultation with the Tejon Indian Tribe, this cultural 
affiliation was confirmed.

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 Tejon Indian Tribe.

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 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 
object of cultural patrimony to the Tejon Indian Tribe may proceed.
    The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of Central 
Missouri is responsible for notifying the Tejon Indian Tribe that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: October 21, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-24050 Filed 11-3-21; 8:45 am]
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