Notice2022-25127
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI
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Published
November 18, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Milwaukee Public Museum intends to repatriate a cultural item that meets the definitions of both a sacred object and an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was obtained in WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 69305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25127]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034881; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Milwaukee Public
Museum, Milwaukee, WI
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Milwaukee Public Museum intends to
repatriate a cultural item that meets the definitions of both a sacred
object and an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural item was obtained in WI.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after December 19, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Dawn Scher Thomae, Milwaukee Public Museum, 800 W. Wells
Street, Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone (414) 278-6157, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d0a4b8bfbdb1b590bda0bdfeb5b4a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f5819d9a989490b5988598db909180">[email protected]</span></a>.
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
Milwaukee Public Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records held by the Milwaukee
Public Museum.
Description
The cultural item, a drum, originated in northern Wisconsin. The
drum was donated to the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1941 by Ms. Odelia
Mumm Abel of Tomahawk, WI. She obtained the drum from her father, Mr.
H.L. Mumm, who operated several trading posts at various locations in
northern Wisconsin between 1914 and 1952. The object is documented as a
Chief's drum.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural item in this notice is connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical information,
historical information, kinship, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Milwaukee Public Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The cultural item described above is a specific ceremonial
object needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the
practice of traditional Native American religions by their present-day
adherents.
<bullet> The cultural item described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural item and the Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
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 December 19, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Milwaukee Public Museum 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 Milwaukee Public Museum is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25127 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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