[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 113 (Tuesday, June 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 49184]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12717]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038071; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: School for Advanced Research, 
Santa Fe, NM

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 School for Advanced Research (SAR), 
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 11, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Elysia Poon, School for Advanced Research, 660 Garcia 
Street, Santa Fe, NM 87505, telephone (505) 954-7205, 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 
School for Advanced Research, 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 11 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 11 objects of cultural patrimony are bowls, jars, container, pot 
rings, tablita, and offering set.
    1. Pueblo of Acoma, Storage Jar, 1800-1840, clay and paints. 
Donated by Andrew Dasburg, Santa Fe, NM, in 1931.
    2. Pueblo of Acoma, Water Jar, clay and paints. Indian Arts Fund 
purchase from the Spanish and Indian Trading Company, Santa Fe, NM, in 
1943.
    3. Pueblo of Acoma, Pot Ring, corn husk and willow. Indian Arts 
Fund purchase from unknown source at Acoma Pueblo, NM, in 1928.
    4. Pueblo of Acoma, Pot Ring, yucca and dyes. Indian Arts Fund 
purchase from Maria Chino at Acoma Pueblo, January 29, 1931.
    5. Pueblo of Acoma, Pot Ring, yucca and dyes. Indian Arts Fund 
purchase from Maria Cimarron, Acoma Pueblo, NM, in 1932.
    6. Pueblo of Acoma, Bowl, wood and rawhide. Donated by Kenneth M. 
Chapman, Santa Fe, NM, in 1934; donor purchased it from an unknown 
source at Acoma Pueblo, NM, in 1928.
    7. Unknown (Pueblo), Container, rawhide. Bequeathed by Mary Austin, 
Santa Fe, NM; received by the Indian Arts Fund in 1940.
    8. Pueblo of Acoma, Tablita, wood, paint, and wax crayon. Donated 
by the Estate of Amelia Elizabeth White. Chemically treated, 3/24/1978, 
likely with ORB fog, a pyrethrins product.
    9. Pueblo of Acoma, Bowl, clay and paints. Bequeathed by James 
Richard (Rick) Dillingham II; received at SAR in 1994.
    10. Pueblo of Acoma, Bowl, clay and paints. Bequeathed by James 
Richard (Rick) Dillingham II; received at SAR in 1994.
    11. Pueblo of Acoma, Christmas Offering Set (32 pieces), clay. 
Bequeathed by James Richard (Rick) Dillingham II; received at SAR in 
1994.

Determinations

    The School for Advanced Research has determined that:
     The 11 items 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 Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico.

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 11, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the School for Advanced Research 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 School for Advanced 
Research 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 31, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12717 Filed 6-10-24; 8:45 am]
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