[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74983-74984]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20875]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038706; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: University of California, 
Berkeley, Berkeley 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), the University of California, Berkeley 
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition 
of a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony and that has a 
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after October 15, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Alexandra Lucas, Repatriation Coordinator, Government and 
Community Relations (Chancellor's Office), University of California, 
Berkeley, 200 California Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 570-
0964, 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 California, Berkeley, 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The sacred object and object of cultural patrimony is a 
Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] (war shield) estimated to have been created in 1792 
by Black Horse (catalog number 2-4866a,b and formerly named Satanta's 
Shield). Black Horse passed guardianship of the Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] to 
his son S[eacute]t:t'[aacute]i[ntilde]:d[egrave], who passed 
guardianship of the Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] to his son Grey Goose between 
1872 and 1874. US Cavalry Captain Hugh Lenox Scott obtained the 
Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] from Grey Goose in 1894, purportedly through Grey 
Goose's will. Phoebe Apperson Hearst purchased the Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] 
along with 200 other Plains Indian objects from Hugh Knox in 1901. 
Kiowa people know the Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] to be the temporary residence 
of a spirit, and while cared for by individual caretakers entrusted by 
the Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde], as a spirit it cannot be individually owned. 
The Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] has held a vital ceremonial and protective role 
in the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma since its creation. Since 2000, the 
Ky[ocirc]i[ntilde] has been on loan from the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology to the U.S Army Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and 
Museum in Oklahoma to ensure its continued access by Kiowa people and 
inclusion in ceremony and cultural practice.
    Collections and collection spaces at the Phoebe A Hearst Museum of 
Anthropology were treated with substances for preservation and pest 
control, some potentially hazardous. No records have been found to date 
at the Museum to indicate whether or not chemicals or natural 
substances were used prior to 1960. No chemicals are recorded to have 
been applied while on loan to the U.S. Army Fort Sill National Historic 
Landmark and Museum.

Determinations

    The University of California, Berkeley has determined that:
     The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony 
described in this notice is, according to the Native American 
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional 
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice 
traditional Native American religion, and 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).
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of Oklahoma.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized

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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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 15, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the University of California, Berkeley must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The University of 
California, Berkeley 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: September 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-20875 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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