[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 148 (Thursday, August 3, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 51345]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16486]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036307; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Andy Warhol 
Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

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 Andy Warhol Museum (AWM) intends to 
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an 
object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The 
cultural item was removed from Moody County, SD.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after September 5, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Matt Gray, Director of Archives, The Andy Warhol Museum, 117 
Sandusky Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15212, telephone (412) 237-8363, 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 AWM. 
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 AWM.

Description

    The one cultural item was removed from Moody County, SD. The item 
was discovered by AWM staff on April 12, 2018, while processing a large 
donation of Andy Warhol's personal archive received from The Andy 
Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. On May 16, 2018, it was 
identified as a Native American bundle, and on July 17, 2018, it was 
included in a summary. The bundle was inspected by two staff at the 
Carnegie Museum of Natural History (CMNH), Gretchen Anderson, Head of 
the Section of Conservation, and Deborah Harding, Collection Manager in 
the Section of Anthropology. The bundle consists of a large adult eagle 
wrapped in an embroidered wool shawl, patterned silk, linen, and 
multiple layers of patterned cotton. Most of the fabrics used in the 
bundle had been previously worn. The outermost layers of the bundle are 
wrapped in plain cotton. Hand-stitched wool stroud and silk ribbons are 
wrapped around the eagle's chest, silk ribbons are tied around its 
ankles, and a runtee shell is tied around its neck. The one bundle is 
an object of cultural patrimony.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural item in this notice is 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: expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, AWM has determined that:
     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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Flandreau Santee 
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after September 5, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, AWM 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. AWM 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 26, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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