Notice2024-00606
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, MI
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Published
January 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Detroit Institute of Arts intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from unknown locations in Alaska.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 10 (Tuesday, January 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2642-2643]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-00606]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037236; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Detroit Institute
of Arts, Detroit, MI
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 Detroit Institute of Arts intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed
from unknown locations in Alaska.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Denene De Quintal Ph.D., Detroit Institute of Arts, 5200
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI 48202, telephone (313) 578-1067, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#357b747265677475515c541b5a4752"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7937383e292b38391d101857160b1e">[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
Detroit Institute of Arts. 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 Detroit
Institute of Arts.
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Description
Four cultural items and two unassociated funerary objects were
removed from an unknown location in Alaska. Between the years 1871-
1895, Frederick Stearns acquired these items and later bequeathed them
to the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) in 1907. The four objects of
cultural patrimony include a Gooch Sh[aacute]daa (Wolf Headdress)
(72.488); a Weix' S'eek Daakeit (Sculpin Tobacco Pipe) (72.490); a
Xixch' S'eek Daakeit (Frog Tobacco Pipe) (72.491); and a Kaashishxaaw
S'eek Daakeit (Dragonfly Pipe) (72.496), and one unassociated funerary
object is a Bear Tooth amulet (99.5B2318). One unassociated funerary
object was removed from an unknown location in Alaska. The cultural
item was acquired by Caleb Lyon and subsequently sold to Frederick
Stearns between the years 1871-1895. Mr. Stearns bequeathed the item to
the DIA in 1907 with the other objects listed above. The unassociated
funerary object is a Naaxein k'ideit (Chilkat Apron) (99.5B5047).
One cultural item was removed from an unknown location in Alaska.
Mrs. Bessie Visaya of Juneau, Alaska, initially obtained the item,
which was later acquired by the Michael R. Johnson Gallery. The DIA
purchased this object in 1977. The object of cultural patrimony is a
Yaxt[eacute] X'oow (Big Dipper Button Blanket) (77.61).
One cultural item was removed from an unknown location in Alaska.
The cultural item was acquired by George E. Buchanan in 1923, who then
donated the item to the Detroit News. The Detroit News loaned and then
later donated the item to the DIA. The object of cultural patrimony is
a Naaxein (Chilkat Blanket) (23.28).
One cultural item was removed from an unknown location in Alaska.
The Carlebach Gallery in New York obtained the item from Rasmussen on
an unknown date. In 1959, the DIA purchased the item from the gallery.
The object of cultural patrimony is a Naaxein Kud[aacute]s' (Chilkat
Shirt) (59.265).
One unassociated funerary object was removed from an unknown
location in Alaska. Henry Glover Stevens acquired the cultural item and
later bequeathed it to his siblings. In 1934, they donated it to the
DIA. The unassociated funerary object is a Sheishoox (Rattle) (34.49).
One unassociated funerary object was removed from an unknown
location in Alaska. Richard A. Pohrt and Marion D. Pohrt purchased the
item in 1990. They later donated it to the DIA in 1998. The
unassociated funerary object is a shaman figure (1998.170).
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: geographical, historical,
kinship, linguistics, and oral tradition.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Detroit Institute of Arts has determined that:
<bullet> The four 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The seven cultural items described above have 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 items and the Central Council
of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.
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 February 15, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Detroit Institute of Arts 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 Detroit Institute of Arts 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: January 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-00606 Filed 1-12-24; 8:45 am]
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