[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 178 (Friday, September 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 74988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20876]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038696; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 
Redding, 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), Turtle Bay Exploration Park (TBEP) intends 
to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of a 
sacred objects and that has a known lineal descendant.

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

ADDRESSES: Julia Cronin, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, 844 Sundial 
Bridge Drive, Redding, CA 96001, telephone (530) 242-3191, 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 TBEP 
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 one sacred object is a Pomo bead drill. The drill was made by 
Kenneth Fred around 1978. The Redding Museum and Art Center, the 
predecessor of TBEP, purchased the item from the Fall 1978 Pacific West 
Traders catalog with funds from the Redding Museum of Art and History 
League, a fundraising body for the museum. Pacific West Traders was 
located in Folsom, CA and owned/operated by Herb Puffer. There is no 
record of treatment with potentially hazardous materials by TBEP or 
prior to acquisition.

Determinations

    Turtle Bay Exploration Park has determined that:
     The one sacred object described in this notice is a 
specific ceremonial object 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.
     Vincent Fred is connected to the cultural item described 
in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after October 15, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. Turtle Bay Exploration Park 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. 2024-20876 Filed 9-12-24; 8:45 am]
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