[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46178-46179]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15234]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036222; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Johnson-
Humrickhouse Museum, Coshocton, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred 
objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were 
removed from Coshocton County, OH.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after August 18, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jennifer Bush, Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum, 300 N Whitewoman 
Street, Coshocton, OH 43812, telephone (740) 622-8710, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional 
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results 
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by 
the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum.

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Description

    The 11 cultural items were removed from an unknown location or 
locations. These sacred objects were purchased and collected by 
Coshocton, Ohio-born brothers David and John Johnson, the Museum's 
founders, when they moved to Tacoma, Washington in 1894. The Johnson 
brothers gave their collections to the City of Coshocton as a bequest 
in support of a museum that would be a memorial to the Johnson and 
Humrickhouse families. In 1931, the Coshocton Public Library took 
ownership of the Museum and its collection. The 11 sacred objects are 
six catlinite pipes, two pipe stems, and three war clubs.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following type of information was 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum has determined that:
     The 11 cultural items described above are specific 
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious 
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by 
their present-day adherents.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Flandreau 
Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal 
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally 
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after August 18, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Johnson-Humrickhouse Museum must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Johnson-Humrickhouse 
Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian 
Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: July 12, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15234 Filed 7-18-23; 8:45 am]
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