Notice2022-07168
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Numismatic Society, New York, NY
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Published
April 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The American Numismatic Society (the "Museum"), in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written request to the Museum. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural item 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 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19970-19971]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07168]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033678; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American
Numismatic Society, New York, NY
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The American Numismatic Society (the ``Museum''), in
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the cultural item listed in this
notice meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim this
cultural item should submit a written request to the Museum. If no
additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural
item to the lineal descendants,
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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 this cultural item should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Museum at the address in
this notice by May 6, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Gilles Bransbourg, Executive
Director, American Numismatic Society, 75 Varick Street, 11th Floor,
New York, NY 10013, telephone (212) 571-4470, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#187f7a6a79766b7a776d6a7f58766d75716b75796c717b6b36776a7f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bfd8ddcdded1ccddd0cacdd8ffd1cad2d6ccd2decbd6dccc91d0cdd8">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby given in accordance with
the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriate a cultural item under the
control of the American Numismatic Society, New York, NY, that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary object 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 item. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
In or around 1883, one cultural item was removed from a Skidi
Pawnee burial site in Nance County, NE. The item was acquired by
Orlando Thompson. Thompson was accompanied by his niece Mary Ellsworth
(n[eacute]e Thompson), to whom he presented the item. Some years later,
Ms. Ellsworth loaned the item to the Nebraska State Historical Society,
before selling it to J. Sanford Saltus, who purchased the item on
behalf of the Museum in 1922.
The one unassociated funerary object is a silver medal bearing the
inscription ``TO THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE,'' and depicting an episode
in which Chief Petalesharo of the Skidi Pawnee rescued a Comanche woman
from human sacrifice as part of the Morning Star ceremony. The episode
received national attention. When Chief Petalesharo visited Washington,
DC, in 1821, the female students of Miss White's Seminary reportedly
commissioned a medal in his honor and gifted it to him.
The Skidi Pawnee, of which Chief Petalesharo was a member, today
constitute a band of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. Andrew Knife Chief
(``Knife Chief'') contacted the Museum and identified himself as a
lineal descendant of Chief Petalesharo, based on genealogical records
and by means of the traditional kinship system of the Pawnee Nation. In
a letter dated January 11, 2022, the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma informed
the Museum that the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, including the Nasharo
Council and Skidi Band, fully supported Mr. Knife Chief's claim, as he
is considered a lineal descendant of Chief Petalesharo.
Determinations Made by the American Numismatic Society
Officials of the American Numismatic Society have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
the human remains of Chief Petalesharo of the Skidi Pawnee at the time
of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of the Skidi
Pawnee and is believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from the burial site of Chief Petalesharo.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.14(b), Andrew Knife Chief is a
lineal descendant of Chief Petalesharo, based on genealogical records
and by means of the traditional kinship system of the Pawnee Nation of
Oklahoma.
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
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Dr. Gilles Bransbourg, Executive Director,
American Numismatic Society, 75 Varick Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY
10013, telephone (212) 571-4470, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11767363707f62737e646376517f647c78627c70657872623f7e6376"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4d3d6c6d5dac7d6dbc1c6d3f4dac1d9ddc7d9d5c0ddd7c79adbc6d3">[email protected]</span></a>, by
May 6, 2022. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the unassociated funerary object to
Andrew Knife Chief may proceed.
The Museum is responsible for notifying Andrew Knife Chief and the
Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma that this notice has been published.
Dated: March 30, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-07168 Filed 4-5-22; 8:45 am]
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