[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47595-47596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12071]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038011; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of Nebraska State 
Museum, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

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 University of Nebraska State Museum 
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition 
of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after July 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Taylor Ronquillo NAGPRA Project Manager, University of 
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-6592, email 
[email protected] and Susan Weller NAGPRA Coordinator, University of 
Nebraska State Museum, University of Nebraska of Nebraska-Lincoln, 645 
N 14th Street, Lincoln, NE 68588, telephone (402) 472-0577, 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 
University of Nebraska State Museum, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of 24 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 24 objects of cultural patrimony are three Cradleboards, 11 
Moccasins, five Bags, one Blanket Stap, two Leggings, one Fragment of 
beaded band, and one Purse. The 24 cultural items were removed from the 
Plains Region of Northern America: two items were removed from Wyoming; 
two items were removed from Montana and two items were removed from 
South Dakota. Other than state location, there is no additional data 
for these items. On May 24, 2021, the UNSM obtained ownership of 1,355 
objects from the Joslyn Art Museum (JAM). JAM obtained ownership of 
this collection from the Omaha Public Library on December 10, 2020. 
Among these 1,355 objects were 24 cultural items from the Plains Region 
of Northern America.

Determinations

    The University of Nebraska State Museum has determined that:

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     The 24 objects of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance 
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other 
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of 
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the 
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under 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 July 3, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of Nebraska State Museum must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of cultural items are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of Nebraska 
State Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this 
notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12071 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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