[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 168 (Thursday, August 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 60236]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18822]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036494; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: HISTORY Fort 
Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, FL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), HISTORY Fort Lauderdale 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 the Great Lakes Region.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after October 2, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Tara Chadwick, HISTORY Fort Lauderdale, 219 SW 2nd Avenue, 
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301, 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 
HISTORY Fort Lauderdale. 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 HISTORY Fort 
Lauderdale.

Description

    In 1969, a beaded belt with yarn ties was donated to the Fort 
Lauderdale Historical Society (HISTORY Fort Lauderdale) by Fulton 
Wells, who stated that the item had been gifted by ``Connecticut 
Indians'' to his father, Phillip Wells. After consulting with Indian 
Tribes in Connecticut and subject matter experts, HISTORY Fort 
Lauderdale has determined that this item (accession X-281) most likely 
is associated with the Great Lakes area and not Connecticut. Based on 
information provided by the Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, HISTORY Fort 
Lauderdale also has determined that the beaded panel belt meets the 
definition of 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 types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, historical, 
oral traditional, and expert opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, HISTORY Fort Lauderdale has determined that:
     The one cultural item 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Ho-Chunk Nation 
of Wisconsin.

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 October 2, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, HISTORY Fort Lauderdale must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural item is considered a single request and 
not competing requests. HISTORY Fort Lauderdale 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: August 23, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18822 Filed 8-30-23; 8:45 am]
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