Notice2022-16567
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA
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Published
August 3, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Valentine Museum, 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 unassociated funerary objects. 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 Valentine Museum. 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 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 47461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16567]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034261; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Valentine Museum,
Richmond, VA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Valentine Museum, 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
unassociated funerary objects. 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 Valentine Museum. 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 Valentine Museum at the
address in this notice by September 2, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Starliper, Collection Project
Manager/Registrar, Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA
23219, telephone 804-649-0711 Ext. 329, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4726343326352b2e37223507332f2231262b2229332e292269283520"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3d5c4e495c4f51544d584f7d4955584b5c5158534954535813524f5a">[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 cultural items under the
control of the Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects 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
At an unknown time, 711 cultural items were removed from multiple
sites in Cabell County, West Virginia and the following locations in
Virginia: Col. Cabell's Farm (Albemarle County), Halifax County,
Amherst County, Buckingham County, Franklin County, Charlotte County,
Mecklenburg County, Fluvanna County, Franklin County, Goochland County,
Hanover County, Henrico County, Shenandoah, Louisa County, Nelson
County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, Powhatan County, Roanoke
County, Rockbridge County, and Smyth County. The 711 unassociated
funerary objects are one adze, 126 axes, one bannerstone, two beaded
objects, six stone blades, six bone tools, one bowl, 32 celts, 22
cores, two fish hooks, four pottery fragments, one gaming stone, one
gorget, two hammerstones, one hand tool, one hatchet, one hoe, one
shell disk, seven stone implements, three knives, one shell necklace,
two pendants, three pestles, 11 pipe and pipe fragments, 17 projectile
points, one ceramic pot, four potsherds, two pottery fragments, one set
of strung shells, 289 sherds, one sinker, two stone samples, 85 worked
stones, 69 tools, and two vessels.
As part of his interest in prehistoric culture, museum founder Mann
S. Valentine II (1824-1892), together with his sons Benjamin B.
Valentine (1862-1919) and Edward P. Valentine (1864-1908), initiated
multiple amateur excavations of Native American burial sites
predominantly located in Virginia and North Carolina. The Valentine
family disturbed these burial sites and stole ancestral human remains
and funerary objects to add to their private collection, which became
the foundation of the Valentine Museum.
Determinations Made by the Valentine Museum
Officials of the Valentine Museum have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 711 cultural items
described above are reasonably believed to have been placed with or
near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of
the death rite or ceremony and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary objects and the Monacan Indian Nation.
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 Alicia Starliper, Collection Project
Manager/Registrar, Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA
23219, telephone 804-649-0711 Ext. 329, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c3a2b0b7a2b1afaab3a6b183b7aba6b5a2afa6adb7aaada6edacb1a4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9afbe9eefbe8f6f3eaffe8daeef2ffecfbf6fff4eef3f4ffb4f5e8fd">[email protected]</span></a>, by September 2, 2022. After that date, if
no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to the Monacan Indian Nation may proceed.
The Valentine Museum is responsible for notifying the Monacan
Indian Nation that this notice has been published.
Dated: July 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-16567 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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