Notice2024-12079
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
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Published
June 3, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12079]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038020; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Minnesota Historical Society,
St. Paul, MN
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 Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS)
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition
of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after July 3, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Cecily Marcus, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 West
Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3123,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#234046404a4f5a0d4e4251405650634e4d4b500d4c5144"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="751610161c190c5b18140716000635181b1d065b1a0712">[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
Minnesota Historical Society, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation.
The one object of cultural patrimony is a Beaver Chilkat Robe (S'igeidi
Naaxein), MHS #10,000.804, held by MNHS. The item was purchased in 1946
from the Alaska Native Service, Juneau, AK, by Frederick and Elizabeth
Ayer for sale at the Mille Lacs Trading Post in Mille Lacs, MN; donated
to the Minnesota Historical Society by Jeanette Ayer in 1959. The robe
was woven by Ms. Mary Willard (Tlingit name Akl[eacute], of the
Kaawaantaan clan, Gooch Hit (Wolf House), Klukwan) as an item for
purchase.
Determinations
The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The one object of cultural patrimony described in this
notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Angoon Community Association and the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 July 3, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation
are received, the Minnesota Historical Society 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 Minnesota Historical Society is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other
consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12079 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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