[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80924-80925]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22895]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038786; 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 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the San Francisco State University (SF 
State) NAGPRA Program intends to repatriate a certain cultural item 
that meets the definition of 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 November 4, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Elise Green, San Francisco State University NAGPRA Program, 
1600 Holloway Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94132, telephone (415) 338-
1381, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e7828095828289a794819492c9828392"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4421233621212a04372237316a212031">[email protected]</span></a>.

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 one cultural item is requested for repatriation. The one 
object of cultural patrimony is a fern and conifer basket cap. This 
basket cap was 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. The basket cap is from the Northwest California Basket 
Collection and there are no records of the donor 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

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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:
    <bullet> The one object 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.
    <bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Wiyot Tribe, California.

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 November 4, 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 item 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: September 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-22895 Filed 10-3-24; 8:45 am]
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