[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68191-68192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-18958]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038576; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Culver-Stockton College, Canton, 
MO

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 Culver-Stockton College 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 September 23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: C. Patrick Hotle, Culver-Stockton College, No. 1 College 
Hill, Canton, MO 63435, telephone (217) 592-2300, 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 
Culver-Stockton College, 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 ceremonial clubs. The first 
object, part of the Paul Corey collection given to the college in 1977, 
is a ceremonial club from Skamania Co. Washington. It is fourteen by 
five inches long, of grayish brown color. The geographical location is 
written on a label attached to the club. Nothing more is known about 
the object. The second ceremonial club is also from the Paul Corey 
collection given to the college in 1977. It is from Sherman Co., 
Oregon. It is eleven and one-half by three and one-half inches and 
grayish brown in color. The geographical location is written on a label 
attached to the club. Nothing more is known about the object.

Determinations

    The Culver-Stockton College has determined that:

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     The two 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 Confederated Tribes and Bands of 
the Yakama Nation; Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian 
Reservation; and the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs 
Reservation of Oregon.

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 23, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Culver-Stockton College 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 Culver-Stockton College 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 15, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-18958 Filed 8-22-24; 8:45 am]
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