[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65924-65925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17983]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038482; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: San Francisco State University 
NAGPRA Program, San Francisco, CA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and

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Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University (SF 
State) NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate certain cultural items that 
meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a 
known lineal descendant.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after September 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, 
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 338-
1381, 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 SF 
State NAGPRA Program 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 two cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The two objects of cultural patrimony are a grass bundle coiled bowl 
and a large grass bundle coiled bowl basket. These two baskets were 
donated to the Treganza Anthropology Museum (TAM) at San Francisco 
State University in the 1960s and 1970s. When the TAM closed in 2012, 
all the Native American items were transferred to the SF State NAGPRA 
Program. Both baskets are from the Southwest Collection and there are 
no records of the donors at SF State.
    It was once common practice by museums to use chemicals on cultural 
items to prevent deterioration by mold, insects, and moisture. To date, 
the SF State NAGPRA Program has no records documenting use of chemicals 
at our facilities, and we currently do not use chemicals on any 
cultural items. A former SF State professor, Dr. Michael Moratto, 
stated that staff used glues, polyvinyl acetate, and a solution called 
Glyptol to mend and stabilize cultural objects in the past. Prior non-
invasive and non-destructive hazardous chemical tests conducted at the 
SF State NAGPRA Program repositories show arsenic, mercury, and/or lead 
in some storage containers, surfaces, and certain cultural items.

Determinations

    The SF State NAGPRA Program has determined that:
     The two objects of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice are specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native 
American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice 
traditional Native American religion, according to the Native American 
traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native 
Hawaiian organization.
     A known lineal descendant of the Havasupai Tribe of the 
Havasupai Reservation, Arizona (name withheld per request) is connected 
to the cultural items described in this notice.

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 September 12, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the SF State NAGPRA Program 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 SF State NAGPRA Program 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: August 1, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-17983 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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