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BILLING CODE 4331-21-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [N6930; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0042036; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, Beloit, WI AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology
(LMA)intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred 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 March 25, 2026. ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit College, Logan Museum of Anthropology, 700 College Street, Beloit, WI 53511, email *meistern@beloit.edu.* 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 two cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The two sacred objects are a feather box
(5384)and crocheted leggings (5380). The objects were collected in the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico by Dr. Florence Hawley Ellis in 1968 and sold to Dr. Andrew Whiteford, Director of the LMA, the same year. Between the 1950s and 1970s, Dr. Ellis worked extensively with the Pueblo of Santa Ana on land claims and water rights and collected hours of oral history recordings archived at the University of New Mexico. Dr. Ellis had first-hand knowledge of Pueblo of Santa Ana traditional cultural conservatism. Correspondence between Dr. Ellis and Dr. Whiteford on file at the LMA reveals that Dr. Ellis was aware that the objects were ceremonial and part of ongoing religious traditions. The LMA has no record of treating the cultural items with potentially hazardous substances. Determinations The LMA has determined that: • The two sacred objects described in this notice are specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico. 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 March 25, 2026. 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: February 13, 2026. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2026-03554 Filed 2-20-26; 8:45 am]
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