Notice2022-26374
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: American Numismatic Society, New York, NY
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Published
December 5, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Numismatic Society intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural item was removed from Oregon.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26374]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034954; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the American Numismatic Society intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object and that has a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The
cultural item was removed from Oregon.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 4, 2023.
ADDRESSES: 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#3651544457584554594344517658435b5f455b57425f554518594451"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abccc9d9cac5d8c9c4ded9ccebc5dec6c2d8c6cadfc2c8d885c4d9cc">[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
American Numismatic Society. 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 American Numismatic Society.
Description
The one cultural item was removed from a Native American grave site
in Oregon. In December of 1995, the item arrived at the American
Numismatic Society in an anonymous envelope with the text ``Found in an
Indian grave in Oregon, with a Northwest Token--From Geo. A. Piper(?)
Christmas 1923--Piper's(?) Lincoln token.''
The one unassociated funerary object is a bronze campaign medal or
token issued by Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut
around 1860. On the obverse is a right-facing bust of Abraham Lincoln
and the following text: ``HON. ABRAHAM LINCOLN 1860.'' The reverse
depicts two men splitting logs, with a cabin in the background and the
accompanying text: ``THE RAIL SPLITTER OF THE WEST.''
After an internal review brought this previously unreported object
to light, by email dated February 7, 2022, the Museum informed the Nez
Perce Tribe and all Indian Tribes having ancestral associations with
the modern state of Oregon, of the discovery of this item in the
Museum's collection and its apparent affiliation with a Native American
grave. In response, by email dated August 18, 2022, the Nez Perce Tribe
requested repatriation of the item. The one unassociated funerary
object is an 1860 Abraham Lincoln Campaign Medal.
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.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the American Numismatic Society has determined that:
<bullet> The one cultural item described above is 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Nez Perce Tribe
(previously listed as Nez Perce Tribe of Idaho).
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 January 4, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the American Numismatic Society must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The American Numismatic
Society is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian
Tribe 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 23, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-26374 Filed 12-2-22; 8:45 am]
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