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###### Department of the Interior

###### National Park Service

          - [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038966; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

# AGENCY:

National Park Service, Interior.

# ACTION:

Notice.

# SUMMARY:

In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Corning Museum of Glass (CMOG) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object 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 29, 2024.

# ADDRESSES:

                        Katherine Larson, Corning Museum of Glass, One Museum Way, Corning, NY 14830, telephone (607) 438-5147, email                         *larsonka@cmog.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 CMOG, 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 an obsidian bifaced blade. This object is a ceremonial dance blade considered sacred by the Wiyot Tribe. It entered the CMOG collection in 1965 as a gift from a New York City-based dealer. XRF analysis conducted in 2020 identified the obsidian source as Cascade Mountains. No hazardous substances used to treat the object are known.

## Determinations

The Corning Museum of Glass 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.
    - There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items 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                           ( print page 86364)                        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 29, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Corning Museum of Glass 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 Corning Museum of Glass 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: October 25, 2024.

Melanie O'Brien,

Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-25195 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]

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