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Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

Repatriation of the cultural item in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LMA 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 LMA is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribe identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00611 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037246; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: University of Pennsylvania 

Museum of Archaeology and 

Anthropology, Philadelphia, PA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

University of Pennsylvania Museum of 

Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn 

Museum) intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

sacred objects and/or objects of cultural 

patrimony and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from Sitka, AK. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher Woods, 

Williams Director, University of 

Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology 

and Anthropology, 3260 South Street, 

Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324, 

telephone (215) 898–4050, email 

director@Pennmuseum.org. 

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 Penn Museum. 

The National Park Service is not 

responsible for the determinations in 

this notice. Additional information on 

the determinations in this notice, 

including the results of consultation, 

can be found in the summary or related 

records held by the Penn Museum. 

Description 

The five cultural items are one Wolf 

Helmet (catalog number NA8507), one 

Shark Helmet (29–1–1), one Ganook Hat 

(NA6864), one Noble Killer Hat 

(NA11741), and one Eagle Hat 

(NA11742). The Wolf Helmet is a sacred 

object; the Shark Helmet is an object of 

cultural patrimony; and the Ganook Hat, 

Noble Killer Hat, and Eagle Hat are both 

sacred objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony. The five cultural items were 

purchased in Sitka, AK, by Louis 

Shotridge, a Tlingit curator employed by 

the Penn Museum to conduct research 

and make museum collections. In 1918, 

Louis Shotridge purchased the Wolf 

Helmet (NA8507) as part of a collection 

of five objects referred to as the ‘‘Eagle’s 

Nest House Collection,’’ for $40.00. In 

1925, Louis Shotridge purchased the 

Ganook Hat (NA6864) for $450.00 from 

a Tlingit individual, Augustus Bean 

(Ke.t-xut’.tc), a housemaster of one of 

the three Wolf Houses of the 

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Sitka, AK. In 

1926, Louis Shotridge purchased the 

Noble Killer (or Noble Killerwhale) Hat 

(NA11741) and the Eagle Hat (NA11742) 

from a Tlingit individual, Augustus 

Bean (Ke.t-xut’.tc), a housemaster for 

one of the three Wolf Houses of the 

Kaagwaantaan Clan of Sitka, AK. These 

two hats, together with a third hat, were 

acquired by Louis Shotridge for $800.00. 

In 1929, Louis Shotridge purchased the 

Shark Helmet (29–1–1) for $350.00 from 

a Tlingit individual of the 

Kaagwaantaan clan. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: anthropological 

information, geographical information, 

historical information, kinship, oral 

tradition, other relevant information, or 

expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Penn Museum has 

determined that: 

• One of the cultural items described 

above is a specific ceremonial object 

needed by traditional Native American 

religious leaders for the practice of 

traditional Native American religions by 

their present-day adherents. 

• One of the cultural items described 

above has ongoing historical, 

traditional, or cultural importance 

central to the Native American group or 

culture itself, rather than property 

owned by an individual. 

• Three of the cultural items 

described above are specific ceremonial 

objects needed by traditional Native 

American religious leaders for the 

practice of traditional Native American 

religions by their present-day adherents 

and have ongoing historical, traditional, 

or cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

the Sitka Tribe of Alaska. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in 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 February 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the Penn Museum 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 Penn Museum 

is responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 


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Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00613 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037240; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Longyear Museum of Anthropology, 

Colgate University, Hamilton, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Longyear Museum of Anthropology 

(LMA) has completed an inventory of 

human remains and has determined that 

there is a cultural affiliation between the 

human remains and Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The human remains were 

removed from St. Mary’s County, MD. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, 

Repatriation Manager, Longyear 

Museum of Anthropology, Colgate 

University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 

13346, telephone (315) 228–7677, email 

kolneywall@colgate.edu. 

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 LMA. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the inventory or related records held 

by the LMA. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed from St. 

Mary’s County, MD. Writing on the 

cranium states ‘‘Indian-White Mixture, 

St. Mary’s County, Maryland.’’ The 

exact site is uncertain. The human 

remains were acquired by Professor 

Frederick Hulse of the Sociology and 

Anthropology Department at Colgate 

University through a transfer from T.D. 

Stewart, Curator of Physical 

Anthropology at the Smithsonian 

Institution’s National Museum of 

Natural History (formally the U.S. 

National Museum) Physical 

Anthropology department in 1948. It is 

not known how the Smithsonian 

Institution acquired this individual 

prior to 1948. No associated funerary 

objects are present. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains in this notice are 

connected to one or more identifiable 

earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or 

cultures. There is a relationship of 

shared group identity between the 

identifiable earlier groups, tribes, 

peoples, or cultures and one or more 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations. The following types of 

information were used to reasonably 

trace the relationship: geographical 

information, historical information, 

kinship, oral tradition, other relevant 

information, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the LMA has determined 

that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 

remains of one individual of Native 

American ancestry. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the human remains 

described in this notice and the Upper 

Mattaponi Tribe. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Written requests for repatriation of the 

human remains in this notice must be 

sent to the Responsible Official 

identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for 

repatriation may be submitted by: 

1. Any one or more of the Indian 

Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations 

identified in this notice and, if joined to 

a request from one or more of the Indian 

Tribes, the Choptico Band of Indians, 

Piscataway Conoy Tribe, and the 

Piscataway Indian Nation, non-federally 

recognized Indian groups. 

2. 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 human remains in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after February 15, 2024. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LMA must determine the most 

appropriate requestor prior to 

repatriation. Requests for joint 

repatriation of the human remains are 

considered a single request and not 

competing requests. The LMA is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: January 9, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2024–00610 Filed 1–12–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037236; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 

MI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit 

Institute of Arts intends to repatriate 

certain cultural items that meet the 

definition of unassociated funerary 

objects and objects of cultural 

patrimony and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. The cultural items were removed 

from unknown locations in Alaska. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

February 15, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal Ph.D., 

Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200 

Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, 

telephone (313) 578–1067, email 

NAGPRA@dia.org. 

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 Detroit 

Institute of Arts. The National Park 

Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

Additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records held 

by the Detroit Institute of Arts. 


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