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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 227 (Monday, November 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 92973]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27504]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039096; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Autry Museum of the American 
West, Los Angeles, 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 Autry Museum of the American West 
(Southwest Museum Collection) intends to repatriate certain cultural 
items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects 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 December 26, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, M. Phil, RPA, Associate Curator of 
Anthropology and Repatriation Supervisor, Autry Museum of the American 
West, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone (323) 
495-4203, 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 
Autry Museum of the American West, 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 four lots of cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation.
    The one lot of unassociated funerary objects are faunal bone beads. 
In 1931, Sacramento Junior College archaeological field party including 
student Henry Gibbs, collected cultural items from Lincoln Mound (CA-
Pla-14), Placer County, CA. Dr. L.B. Lillard, President of Sacramento 
Junior College, donated the cultural items in 1935 to the Southwest 
Museum (now part of Autry Museum of the American West).
    The three lots of unassociated funerary objects are two lots of 
shell ornaments and one lot of cooking stones. The ornaments were found 
in collections in 2001, with a label of ``Verona Mound, Maidu area, 
Adult burial''. Verona Mound is an archaeological site CA-Sut-11, in 
Sutter County, CA. It is unknown when the cultural items entered the 
Southwest Museum. However, based on institutional history, the cultural 
items could potentially be part of the cultural items recovered from 
Sacramento Junior College archaeological field party. Sacramento Junior 
College President Lillard gifted cultural items from various sites in 
1935 to the Southwest Museum (now Autry Museum of the American West).

Determinations

    The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that:
     The four lots of unassociated funerary objects described 
above are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or 
near individual human remains, and are connected, either at the time of 
death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony and are believed, 
by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a 
specific burial site of an individual or individuals with cultural 
affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and; the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California and the 
United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of 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 December 26, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Autry Museum of the American West 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 Autry Museum of the 
American West 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 18, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-27504 Filed 11-22-24; 8:45 am]
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