[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54498-54499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14464]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038198; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Stanford University, Stanford, 
CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Stanford University 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. These items were 
removed from Riverside County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after July 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Laura Jones, Repatriation Officer, Stanford University, 477 
Oak Road, Stanford, CA 94305, telephone (650) 723-9664, 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 
Stanford University, 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 four cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. The four objects of cultural patrimony are baskets 
removed from the vicinity of Temecula in Riverside County, CA, during 
the first half of the Twentieth Century.
    Basket 1996.245 was acquired by Evelyn and Franklyn Clerk at an 
unknown date and transferred by gift to the Cantor Center for the 
Visual Arts at Stanford University in 1996.
    Basket 1996.246 was acquired by Evelyn and Franklyn Clerk at an 
unknown date after 1930 and transferred by gift to the Cantor Center 
for the Visual Arts at Stanford University in 1996. Note with the 
basket lists ``Temecula'' as the source.
    Basket 1939.268 was acquired by Frona Wait Colburn (also known as 
Mrs. Fredrick Henry Colburn) between 1899 and 1939. Ms. Colburn 
transferred a portion of her large collection of West Coast baskets to 
the Stanford Museum (now the Cantor Center for the Visual Arts at 
Stanford) in 1939.
    Basket 1984.114 was acquired by Stanford faculty member Virgil 
Whitaker at an unknown date, likely between 1930 and 1945. Professor 
Whitaker donated the basket to the Stanford Museum in 1984.

Determinations

    Stanford University has determined that:
     The four 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 Pechanga Band of Indians 
(previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the 
Pechanga Reservation, California).

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 31, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Stanford University 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. Stanford University

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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: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14464 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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