Notice2023-14386
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL (Formerly Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois University)
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Published
July 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (Pick Museum) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43386-43387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14386]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036131; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: James B. and
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, IL (Formerly Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois
University)
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 James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (Pick Museum) intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after August 7, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Christy DeLair, Museum Director, James B. and Rosalyn L.
Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, 1425 W
Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60015, telephone (815) 753-0230, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bcdfd8d9d0ddd5cefcd2d5c992d9d8c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f1c1b1a131e160d3f11160a511a1b0a">[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
James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern
Illinois University. 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 James B. and
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University.
Description
In 1977, the Pick Museum purchased 10 false face protectors from
the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, which had purchased them from
Iroqrafts, an indigenous arts and crafts outlet located on the Six
Nations of the Grand River. Pick Museum records indicate that the maker
was H[ocirc]we'drangwus (``He Keeps Ice'') from the Wolf Clan of the
Cayuga of the Six Nations of the Grand River, based on the original
Iroqrafts' tags that came with each protector. Nandell Hill, the
current owner of Iroqrafts, and whose father was the owner of Iroqrafts
when the protectors were sold to Cahokia, confirmed H[ocirc]we'drangwus
(also known as Mark Sky) was a member of the Wolf Clan of the Cayuga
Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River, and also stated she was a
relation of H[ocirc]we'drangwus. Likewise, Miran Hill, the Keeper of
all wampum belts, funeral remains, masks, and ceremonial items for the
Six Nations of the Grand River, who knew H[ocirc]we'drangwus, confirmed
he was from the Six Nations of the Grand River. The 10 false face
protectors are sacred objects.
In 1981, the Pick Museum purchased three false face masks from
Desert House Crafts in Tucson, Arizona. Pick Museum records indicate
the artist was doChAn'dre (``Breaking Daylight,'' also known as Gene
Thomas), a member of the Wolf Clan of the Onondaga of the Six Nations
of the Grand River. His father, Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud,'' also
known as Jake Thomas) was a chief and member of the Snipe Clan of the
Cayuga of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Nandell Hill, the current
owner of Iroqrafts, provided the clan membership and English names of
doChAn'dre (``Breaking Daylight'') and his father
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Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud''). Likewise, Miran Hill, the Keeper of
all wampum belts, funeral remains, masks, and ceremonial items for the
Six Nations of the Grand River, who knew doChAn'dre (``Breaking
Daylight'') and his father Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud''), confirmed
they were from the Six Nations of the Grand River. The three false face
masks are sacred objects.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are 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: anthropological,
geographical, historical, oral traditional, 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 James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology
at Northern Illinois University has determined that:
<bullet> The 13 cultural items described above are specific
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Onondaga
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University 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 James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14386 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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