Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR <SUBAGY>National Park Service</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[N6402; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040774; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry Museum of the American West, Los Angeles, CA</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> National Park Service, Interior. <HD SOURCE="HED">ACTION:</HD> Notice. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry Museum of the American West (Southwest Museum Collection) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after September 4, 2025. </DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">ADDRESSES:</HD> Send written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to 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, email <E T="03">krichardson@theautry.org.</E> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> 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 inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Abstract of Information Available</HD> Based on the information available, six lots of associated funerary objects are found to be associated with human remains listed in a Notice of Completion published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> on August 6, 2024 (89 FR 63965) for San Miguel Island, Santa Barbara County, Channel Islands, CA. The six lots of associated funerary objects are one knife, one chopper, one blade fragment, one drill, one point fragment, and one lot of pries. The cultural items were found after the notice with the San Miguel Island human remains was published. The cultural items were found in a tray and are individually labeled with “San Miguel Island” and “surface” written on them, the same label and handwriting found on the human remains. A note was also found with the items saying the San Miguel Island cranial bones were removed from this tray and moved to sit with the rest of the human remains. It is unknown when cultural items were collected, or when they came into the Southwest Museum (now part of the Autry Museum). <HD SOURCE="HD1">Cultural Affiliation</HD> Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical location or acquisition history of the associated funerary objects described in this notice. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Determinations</HD> The Autry Museum of the American West has determined that: • The six lots of objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony. • There is a reasonable connection between the associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Requests for Repatriation</HD> Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under <E T="02">ADDRESSES</E> . Requests for repatriation may be submitted by: 1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice. 2. 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after September 4, 2025. 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 associated funerary objects 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. <E T="03">Authority:</E> Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10. <SIG> <DATED>Dated: July 28, 2025.</DATED> <NAME>Melanie O'Brien,</NAME> Manager, National NAGPRA Program. </SIG> </SUPLINF> <FRDOC>[FR Doc. 2025-14802 Filed 8-4-25; 8:45 am]</FRDOC> </NOTICE>