Notice of Intended Repatriation: Hudson Museum, University of Maine, Orono, ME
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hudson Museum, University of Maine intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that...
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Hudson Museum, University of Maine 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 November 16, 2026.
ADDRESSES:
Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item in this notice to A. Sky Heller, Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 5746 Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME 04469-5746, email
amber.sky.heller@maine.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 Hudson Museum, University of Maine, 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 basket. The basket was collected from a cliff dwelling in Verde Valley, Arizona by an unknown individual at an unknown date and was among the collections of the Portland Society of Natural History located in Portland, Maine. The Maine Audubon Society, the successor organization of the Portland Society of Natural History, ceded the basket to the Hudson Museum, University of Maine in 1995. The Hudson Museum, University of Maine is not aware of the presence of any potentially hazardous substances used on the basket.
Determinations
The Hudson Museum, University of Maine 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 connection between the cultural item described in this notice and the Yavapai-Apache Nation of the Camp Verde Indian Reservation, 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 November 16, 2026. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Hudson Museum, University of Maine must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Hudson Museum, University of Maine 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.
25 U.S.C. 3004
43 CFR 10.9