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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 220 (Thursday, November 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 90047]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26452]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039021; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Evansville Museum of Arts, 
History & Science, Evansville, IN

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 Evansville Museum of Arts, History & 
Science 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 December 16, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Kaman Hillenburg, Evansville Museum of Arts, History & 
Science, Evansville, IN 47713, telephone (812) 425-2406, 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 the 
Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science, 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 object of cultural patrimony is a Sea Monster hat. The hat is 
made of red cedar wood with a detachable wooden fin adorned with human 
hair. The teeth of the Sea Monster are made from abalone shell. The red 
paint on the hat could contain mercury.
    The item was donated to the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & 
Science by Mrs. Edward Mead Johnson, Sr. in 1936.

Determinations

    The Evansville Museum of Arts, History & Science has determined 
that:
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice has an 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.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Ketchikan Indian Community.

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 December 16, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Evansville Museum of Arts, History & 
Science 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 Evansville 
Museum of Arts, History & Science 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: November 5, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26452 Filed 11-13-24; 8:45 am]
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