Notice2022-03740
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Trustees of Reservations, Boston, MA
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Published
February 23, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Trustees of Reservations in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to The Trustees of Reservations. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 23, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10237-10238]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03740]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033403; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Trustees of
Reservations, Boston, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Trustees of Reservations in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request to The Trustees of Reservations. If no
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural
items to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to The Trustees of Reservations at
the address in this notice by March 25, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Wilson, Curator, The Trustees of
Reservations, 1 Sergeant Street, P.O. Box 792, Stockbridge, MA 01262
telephone (413) 298-3239 Ext. 3018, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ec819b85809f8382ac988489989e999f9889899fc2839e8b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="58352f31342b3736182c303d2c2a2d2b2c3d3d2b76372a3f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of The Trustees of Reservations, Boston, MA, that meet the
definition of objects of cultural patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
Sometime in the 1930s, 20 cultural objects were removed from the
Stockbridge-Munsee Community in Wisconsin. Miss Mabel Choate, working
through an agent, purchased these objects for display at the Mission
House Museum in Stockbridge, MA. (The purchase also included one
communion set, which was returned to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community,
Wisconsin in 2005; a two-volume Bible, which was returned to the
Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wisconsin in 1989; and six heirlooms of
Sachem John Wannuaucon Quinney and Sachem Austin Quinney, which were
returned to the Stockbridge-Munsee Community, Wisconsin in 2021.) In
1948, Miss Choate donated the Mission House and its contents, including
these objects, to The Trustees of Reservations.
The 20 objects of cultural patrimony are: One woven basket
(MH.P.16/8525); one woven basket with handle (MH.P.16/8526); one woven
basket with handle (MH.P.16/8529); one tiered hanging basket (MH.P.16/
8539); one woven basket (MH.P.16/8542); one basket (MH.P.314); one
basket (MH.P.323); one box with lid (MH.P.321); one wood bowl (MH.P.16/
8533); one wood bowl (MH.P.311); one food paddle (MH.P.16/8534); one
food paddle (MH.P.310); one scoop (MH.P.308); one scoop with animal
carving (MH.P.309); one Ziba T. Peters tobacco pipe (MH.P.313.1) and
one pipe case (MH.P.313.2); one salt cellar (MH.P.16/8532); one kettle
(MH.P.318); one conch shell (MH.C.Z.1); and one John Chickens powder
horn (MH.2008.1). The John Chickens powder horn, conch shell, and scoop
with animal carving date to the 18th century, while the remainder of
the cultural objects listed in this notice date to the 19th century.
In the 1730s, in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, the Stockbridge
Mohicans (present-day Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin) accepted
the Reverend John Sergeant as a Christian missionary. In 1785, the
Stockbridge Mohicans began to be forcibly removed from Stockbridge.
Subsequently, they endured multiple removals from the Northeast before
finally arriving in Wisconsin.
Cultural affiliation with the Stockbridge Munsee Community is
established through records held in the archives of the Mission House.
Consultation with representatives of the Stockbridge Munsee Community
confirm that these objects have ongoing historical, traditional, and
cultural importance central to the Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Determinations Made by The Trustees of Reservations
Officials of The Trustees of Reservations have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 20 cultural objects
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the objects
of cultural patrimony and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Mark Wilson, Curator, The Trustees of
Reservations, 1 Sergeant Street, P.O. Box 792, Stockbridge, MA 01262
telephone (413) 298-3239 Ext. 3018, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e18c96888d928e8fa19589849593949295848492cf8e9386"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d8b5afb1b4abb7b698acb0bdacaaadabacbdbdabf6b7aabf">[email protected]</span></a>, by
March 25, 2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the objects of cultural patrimony to
the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
The Trustees of Reservations is responsible for notifying the
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Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin that this notice has been
published.
Dated: February 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-03740 Filed 2-22-22; 8:45 am]
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