Federal Register #2026-21550

NAGPRA notice for repatriation of 100 cultural items held by the Autry Museum

The National Park Service published a NAGPRA notice about the Autry Museum of the American West’s planned repatriation of 100 cultural items. - Government agency: National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior. - Museum: Autry Museum of the American West; the collection is the Southwest Museum of the American Indian Collection. - Items covered: 99 lots of unassociated funerary objects and one object of cultural patrimony. Categories include lithics, worked shell, ground stone, baked clay objects, ornaments, and worked faunal bone. The notice does not provide individual part numbers or quantities by item category. - Cultural affiliations identified: Ione Band of Miwok Indians of California; Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, Shingle Springs Rancheria (Verona Tract), California; United Auburn Indian Community of the Auburn Rancheria of California; and Wilton Rancheria, California. - Notable requirement: Eligible lineal descendants, tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations may submit repatriation requests. The museum will address competing requests before repatriation. - This is a cultural-item repatriation notice, not a procurement solicitation; no products or services are being sought.

Description

The Autry Museum of the American West intends to repatriate cultural items under the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The items include unassociated funerary objects and an object of cultural patrimony, with a cultural affiliation to the Indian Tribes identified in the notice. The notice identifies 99 lots of unassociated funerary objects and one object of cultural patrimony. Repatriation may occur on or after November 23, 2026.

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