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treated with any type of hazardous 

chemicals/substances nor treated with 

any type of preservation agent or 

chemical while in the care and custody 

of the SDSHS. It is reasonably believed 

that the previously mentioned private 

citizens did not treat the medal with any 

type of hazardous or preservative 

chemical, substance, or agent. 

Determinations 

The SDSHS have determined that: 

• The one unassociated funerary 

object described in this notice is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and is connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary object has been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural item described in 

this notice and the Three Affiliated 

Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, 

North Dakota. 

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 29, 2024. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the SDSHS 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 SDSHS ais 

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 22, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038962; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Oakland Museum of California, 

Oakland, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the 

Oakland Museum of California intends 

to repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of sacred objects and 

objects of cultural patrimony and that 

have a cultural affiliation with the 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

November 29, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Anna Bunting, NAGPRA 

Coordinator, Oakland Museum of 

California, 1000 Oak Street, Oakland, 

CA 94607, telephone (510) 318–8493, 

email nagpra@museumca.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 Oakland 

Museum of California, 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 332 cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The 332 

sacred objects/objects of cultural 

patrimony are listed below. 

The majority of the items requested 

for repatriation were acquired by the 

Oakland Public Museum. The Oakland 

Public Museum (OPM) and its 

collections were merged into the 

Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) 

in 1969. Unless otherwise noted below, 

there are no known dates or 

circumstances related to when any of 

the items on this claim were originally 

removed from their source 

communities. Unless otherwise noted 

below, all items included on the claim 

were described by OPM/OMCA as 

‘‘Klamath River Indian’’ at the time of 

acquisition. 

One hundred and twenty-four items 

(H16.10A–H16.249) representing two 

smoking pipes, three stirring paddles, 

10 spoons, three dishes, one model boat, 

one lot of net gauges, two nets, nine lots 

of lithics (i.e., spear, arrow, and drill 

points, knife), one deer snare, six 

arrows, one quiver, one lot of 

woodpecker scalps, one lot of iris fiber, 

20 regalia items (necklace, hair 

ornament, headdress, mantle, dance 

skirts), one deerskin, one dance wand, 

and 61 baskets (basket bowls, basket 

hats, basket trays, basket cradle, tobacco 

basket, basket plaque, burden basket) 

were purchased by the Oakland Public 

Museum on April 6, 1909 from John 

Dagget. The three dishes were later 

described as ‘‘lower Klamath.’’ Larry 

Dawson (Senior Museum 

Anthropologist at UC Berkeley) 

attributed the four basket plaques as 

Yurok. Ron Johnson (Clarke Museum) 

attributed one basket hat as Karuk. The 

Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly 

Resighini Rancheria) attributes the 

basket hat as Yurok. The Yurok Tribe 

attributed smoking pipes, dishes, dance 

skirts, and headbands as Yurok. 

One storage basket (H16.576) was 

purchased by the Oakland Public 

Museum on April 6, 1909. 

Twenty-seven items (H16.984– 

H16.1046) representing one fox skin, 20 

regalia items (head roll, headdress, 

plume, headband, skirts, necklace), two 

spoons, one eel skinner, and three 

basket bowls, were purchased from Paul 

A. Brizard whose family owned and 

operated A. Brizard, Inc. Department 

Store in Arcata, California by the 

Oakland Public Museum, January 22, 

1910. Researchers Lynn Risling and 

Julian Lang attributed one dance skirt as 

Karuk. Information provided by the 

Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly 

Resighini Rancheria) attributes the 

dance skirt as Yurok. 

Five items (H16.1903–1909) 

representing three basket bowls and two 

basket hats were gifted to the Oakland 

Public Museum on January 28, 1913 by 

Mrs. William B. Pringle. Museum 

records show Mrs. T.R. Hutchinson as 

the collector. 

One baby carrier (H16.3039) was 

gifted to the Oakland Public Museum on 

October 31, 1919 by Amelia Sellander. 

One dance apron (H16.3050) was 

gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, 

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Thirteen items (H16.3251–H16.3265) 

representing 11 basket hats and two 

trinket baskets were gifted to the 

Oakland Public Museum, October 19, 

1922 by Sarah W. Deming. 

One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted 

to the Oakland Public Museum, October 

26, 1922 by Mrs. F.P. Cutting. Past 

museum records attributed the item to 

Modoc Indians or Hupa. Both the Yurok 

Tribe and the Pulikla Tribe of Yurok 

People (formerly Resighini Rancheria) 

attributed the basket hat as Yurok. 

One basket hat (H16.3418) was gifted 

to the Oakland Public Museum, June 18, 

1925, by Mrs. C.H. King. The basket hat 

was described as Lower Klamath River 

and Yurok. 

Seven baskets (H16.3529–H16.3551 

and H16.4355–H16.4365) were gifted to 

the Oakland Public Museum, July 17, 

1927 by Mrs. Henry Weatherbee. 

One smoking pipe (H16.3683) was 

gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, 

September 7, 1927 by Mrs. Philip E. 

Bowles. 

One model basket cradle (H16.3720) 

was gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, December 27, 1927 by Mrs. 

W.P. Winchester. 

Eleven items (H16.3764–H16.3784) 

representing 10 baskets and one bow, 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, 12/13/1928 by Dr. Hayward G. 

Thomas. Larry Dawson (Senior Museum 

Anthropologist at UC Berkeley) 

attributed two basket trays as Yurok. 

Both the Yurok Tribe and the Pulikla 

Tribe of Yurok People (formerly 

Resighini Rancheria) attributed the bow 

as Yurok. 

Three items (H16.3945, H16.4061, 

H16.4073) representing one basket bowl 

and two necklaces were purchased by 

the Oakland Public Museum, May 14, 

1932 from Mrs. Viola Roseberry. The 

two necklaces were described as 

‘‘Northwest California Indian.’’ The 

Pulikla Tribe of Yurok People (formerly 

Resighini Rancheria) has attributed the 

necklaces as Yurok. 

Two items (H16.4125 and H16.4516) 

representing one necklace and one 

basket hat were gifted to the Oakland 

Public Museum, May 20, 1942 by Sue 

Shoemaker. Ron Johnson (Clarke 

Museum) attributed the basket hat as 

Yurok. 

One basket hat (H16.4164) was gifted 

to the Oakland Museum, July 2, 1933 by 

Lily Cole. Ron Johnson (Clarke 

Museum) attributed the hat as Karuk or 

Yurok. The Pulikla Tribe of Yurok 

People (formerly Resighini Rancheria) 

attributes the basket hat as Yurok. 

Eight baskets (H16.4203–H16.4216) 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, October 5, 1936 by Mona 

Crellin. 

Three baskets (H16.4243–H16.4247) 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, April 5, 1938 by Mrs. Nettie 

Caveney. 

One model basket cradle (H16.4299) 

was gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, April 26, 1943 by an 

anonymous donor. 

Six baskets (H16.4333–H16.4340) 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, November 19, 1938 by Mrs. 

L.G. Wolfe. 

One fish drying tray (H16.4452) was 

loaned to the Oakland Public Museum 

in 1923 and gifted April 30, 1947 by 

Lillie S.B. Swain. 

One basket hat (H16.4498) was gifted 

to the Oakland Public Museum, March 

10, 1941 by Mrs. Charles H. Jurgens. 

Three baskets (H16.4686–H16.4694) 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, May 2, 1956 by Herbert A. 

Bruntsch. 

Nineteen baskets (H16.4741– 

H16.4824) including basket hats, basket 

cradles and basket bowls were gifted to 

Oakland Public Museum, November 11, 

1961 by Florence A. Chown. Museum 

files show the collector as Alfred Henry 

Mason Seal. Seal traveled on business 

trips up and down Northern California 

and Oregon in the late 1800s and early 

1900s and he acquired the baskets 

during these travels. Ron Johnson 

(Clarke Museum) attributes one basket 

as Yurok. 

One basket (H16.4870) was gifted to 

the Oakland Public Museum as part of 

the bequest of Laetitia Meyer, October 

1961. 

One basket (H4099.3) was gifted to the 

Oakland Public Museum, February 8, 

1963 by Mrs. Haughton Sawyer. 

Three miniature basket cradles 

(H4153.10A, B, F) were gifted to the 

Oakland Public Museum, December 2, 

1959 by Dorothy Haberman. Notes in 

the donor files state that items were 

collected circa 1897–1899. The objects 

came from the collections of F.W. 

Carlyon and his sister, Anna E. 

Vaughan. 

Two baskets (H4364.93 and 

H4364.113) were originally received by 

the Oakland Public Museum in 1920 as 

a loan from Mrs. E. Shanklin. The loan 

was converted to a gift in 1934. 

Three baskets (H4422.5–.7) were 

gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, 

July 1966 by Bernice Baxter. 

Three baskets (H4575.6A–B, H4575.7) 

were gifted to the Oakland Public 

Museum, April 24, 1967 by Mrs. Julius 

E. Lisbon. 

One basket (H68.52.4) was gifted to 

the Oakland Public Museum, March 21, 

1968 by Mr. and Mrs. Chester Zinn. 

Four baskets (H68.57.3–.5, .7) were 

gifted to the Oakland Public Museum, 

March 20, 1968 by Mr. and Mrs. W.R. 

McGary. Note in the donor file says ‘‘the 

pieces were gathered by Micah 

Chrisman, San Francisco, California.’’ 

One basket (H68.154.21G) was gifted 

to the Oakland Public Museum, August 

19, 1968 by Mrs. George Werkley. 

One basket hat (H68.192.4) was gifted 

to the Oakland Public Museum, October 

25, 1968 by Jessie Calder. 

Five baskets (H69.279.1A, .6, .32, .33, 

.56) were gifted to the Oakland 

Museum, August 11, 1969 by Mrs. W.J. 

Gardner. 

Two baskets (H79.9.1 and .2) were 

gifted to the Oakland Museum, January 

28, 1970 by Eleanor Jahn. Notes in the 

donor file say the items were 

‘‘purchased at auction by [the] donor’s 

father.’’ Larry Dawson (Senior Museum 

Anthropologist at UC Berkeley) 

described the basket bowl as ‘‘Karuk 

type.’’ The Resighini Rancheria of Yurok 

People attributes it as Yurok. 

Thirty-five items (H74.639.2057– 

.2983 and H90.0.215, .218, .241, .243, 

.244) representing 28 baskets (including 

basket hats, baskets, cooking basket, 

burden baskets, hopper basket, mush 

dipper); four necklaces, one apron, one 

quiver, one deer dew claw, have no 

known acquisition information. These 

catalog numbers were assigned in 1974 

and 1990 for use with objects of 

unknown origin encountered during 

inventories of the collections. A few 

items have some information attached to 

them: H74.639.2086, basket hat: piece of 

tape stuck to basket reads: ‘‘Hat—N. 

Calif., Mrs. Cain’s (?) donation, Oakland, 

Park Dept.’’ H74.639.2230, basket: 

‘‘Purchased from Rev. Leo Brown 

Plateau/Lower Klamath River’’. 

H74.639.2231, basket: ‘‘From Mrs. Grant 

Hunt, 1121 Mandana Blvd. Oakland, 

CA.’’ H74.639.2982–.2983, basket hat: 

‘‘Possible connection to Alice Eakin 

Collection.’’ Basket (H74.639.2057) is 

described as Yurok. Necklace 

(H74.639.2211) is described as 

Northwest CA. Indian. The Resighini 

Rancheria attributes this as Yurok. 

Researchers Lynn Risling and Julian 

Lang attribute apron (H74.639.2218) as 

Karuk. The Resighini Rancheria 

attributes the apron as Yurok. 

Eight baskets (H74.703.18, .32, .40, 

.145, .149, .151, .153, .169) were gifted 

to the Oakland Museum, February 26, 

1975 by the Pardee Sisters. Notes in the 

donor file state ‘‘objects probably 

collected between late 1890s and 1920s 

by their parents George and Helen 

Pardee who visited Klamath lumber 

mills between 1903–1907. 

Five baskets (H79.75.5, .12, .20., .23, 

.28) including a basket water bottle, 

basket hats and basket bowls, were 

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1939, by Clark A. Bowen. Notes in the 

donor file say the items were ‘‘collected 

between 1900–1920. Collected by Frank 

A. Bowen during the building of 

wireless stations from Nome to San 

Diego and while traveling.’’ The basket 

water bottle, and two basket bowls are 

described in museum records as ‘‘Lower 

Klamath River, Yurok.’’ Basket hat 

(H79.75.12) is described in museum 

records as ‘‘Hupa.’’ The Resighini 

Rancheria attributes this basket hat as 

Yurok. 

One meal sifter basket (H80.85.8) was 

gifted to the Oakland Museum, August 

15, 1980 by Rhona Williams. Museum 

records describe this basket as Yurok. 

Four baskets (H83.157.1–.5) were 

gifted to the Oakland Museum, 

December 22, 1983 by Oraville Jane 

Tuttle. 

One basket hat (H84.64.3) was gifted 

to the Oakland Museum, June 18, 1984 

by Mrs. Raymond Crichton. 

One basket (H98.8.56) received by the 

Oakland Museum, March 26, 1998 as 

part of the bequest from the will of Lois 

Chambers Stone. 

One basket hat (2002.10.8) gifted to 

the Oakland Museum, May 17, 2002 by 

Bernice M. Mayer. 

Two baskets (2004.108.1–.2) gifted to 

the Oakland Museum, December 9, 2004 

as part of the estate of Fred A 

Countryman. 

Two baskets (2007.22.3 and .12) gifted 

to the Oakland Museum, February 8, 

2007 as part of the estate of Donald V. 

Hemphill. Former OMCA curator 

Christiaan Kliger described these 

baskets as Yurok or possibly Hupa. 

Three basket hats (2007.91.1, .2, .3) 

received by the Oakland Museum, 

February 9, 2000 as part of a bequest 

from the Ann Proctor Trust. Former 

OMCA curator Christiaan Kliger 

described these baskets as ‘‘Lower 

Klamath River, possibly Hupa.’’ Both 

the Yurok Tribe and the Resighini 

Rancheria attribute these as Yurok. 

In 2007, random testing of OMCA’s 

basket collection was conducted using 

pXRF technology. Eight baskets 

included in this request for repatriation 

were tested at that time with negative 

results for both mercury and arsenic. 

Determinations 

The Oakland Museum of California 

has determined that: 

• The 332 sacred objects/objects of 

cultural patrimony described in this 

notice are, according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of an 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization, specific ceremonial objects 

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 items described in 

this notice and the Resighini Rancheria, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after November 29, 2024. If 

competing requests for repatriation are 

received, the Oakland Museum of 

California 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 Oakland 

Museum of California 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. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038966; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 

Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, 

NY 

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 Citybased 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 presentday 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 


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