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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 100530-100531]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-29257]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039181; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Cincinnati Museum Center, 
Cincinnati, OH

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 Cincinnati Museum Center 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 January 13, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Tyler Swinney, Cincinnati Museum Center, 1301 Western 
Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45203, telephone (513) 287-7000 Ext. 7287, 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 
Cincinnati Museum Center, 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 ``Hohokam Indian Paint 
Palette''. The Paint Palette is made of slate, was found in the 
foothills of the Santa Catalina Mountains north of Tucson, Arizona, and 
was donated to the Cincinnati Museum of Natural History by Mr. and Mrs. 
Frank B. Schuler of Hamilton, Ohio. It was accessioned in 1952 (Acc. 
745) and was assigned catalog number A46688. The Cincinnati Museum 
Center has no records indicating that this Paint Palette was exposed to 
any hazardous substances while in the stewardship of the Museum.
    Through consultation, it has been determined that Paint Palettes 
made by Hohokam ancestors were used for mixing paints and/or dried 
medicinal plants. Traditional medicine persons of today on the Tohono 
O'odham Nation regard these palettes as objects of religious importance 
that were used in association with the preparation of materials for 
religious ceremonies.

Determinations

    The Cincinnati Museum Center has determined that:
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice has 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 Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona.

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 January 13, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Cincinnati Museum Center must determine 
the most appropriate

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requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
cultural item are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The Cincinnati Museum Center 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: December 4, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-29257 Filed 12-11-24; 8:45 am]
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