[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 23, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66586-66587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-25525]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033015; 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, University of Central Missouri, at the address in 
this notice by December 23, 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

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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

    Between 1950 and 1980, three cultural items were removed from an 
unidentified region of Northern California. Anthropologist Robert Spier 
collected or bought three basket hats while doing research on the Hupa 
Tribe. The basket hats remained in Spier's personal collection until 
2017, when his widow donated them, along with many other objects, to 
the McClure Archives and University Museum. The three objects of 
cultural patrimony are woven basket hats.
    Based on an analysis by McClure Archive and University Museum 
staff, these baskets hats are related to the Wiyot Tribe, California. 
According to Robert Spier, the hats were collected from Northern 
California, where the traditional Wiyot Tribe lands are located. In 
consultation, a representative for the Wiyot Tribe described the 
traditional and ceremonial importance of basket hats within the Wiyot 
culture.

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 three 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 Wiyot Tribe, California [previously 
listed as Table Bluff Reservation--Wiyot 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 
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 23, 2021. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
objects of cultural patrimony to the Wiyot Tribe, California 
[previously listed as Table Bluff Reservation--Wiyot Tribe] may 
proceed. The McClure Archives and University Museum, University of 
Central Missouri, is responsible for notifying the Wiyot Tribe, 
California [previously listed as Table Bluff Reservation--Wiyot Tribe] 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: November 17, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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