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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4788-4789]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01015]

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039324; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Longyear Museum of Anthropology, 
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY

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 Longyear Museum of Anthropology (LMA) 
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition 
of unassociated funerary objects that have a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after February 18, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Kelsey Olney-Wall, Repatriation Manager, University Museums, 
Colgate University, 13 Oak Drive, Hamilton, NY 13345, telephone (315) 
228-7677, 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 
LMA, 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 26 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. 
The 26 unassociated funerary objects are 25 shell beads and one shell 
pendant. The 25 ``discoidal clamshell wampum beads'' and the abalone 
shell pendant were removed from Prehistoric Maidu Culture, Cremation 
burial, Bennett Mound, Sacramento County. The LMA acquired the 26 
objects as a gift from John Hagen, of Hudson Falls, New York, in 1962. 
It is unknown how and when he acquired these items, although there is 
evidence they may have originated from the Gibbs Collection, Gilroy, 
California. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous 
substances used to treat the cultural items.

Determinations

    The LMA has determined that:
     The 26 unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are 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 objects have 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 
items described in this notice and the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok 
Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), 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 February 18, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the LMA 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 LMA 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01015 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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