Notice2024-13249
Notice of Intended Repatriation: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
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Published
June 17, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, otherwise referred to as the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS), intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51357-51358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13249]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038098; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: State Historical Society of
Wisconsin, Madison, 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 State Historical Society of Wisconsin,
otherwise referred to as the Wisconsin Historical Society (WHS),
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition
of unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and/or objects of
cultural patrimony 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 July 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jacqueline Pozza Reisner, Curator of American Indian
Collections, Wisconsin Historical Society, 204. S Thornton Avenue,
Madison, WI 53703, telephone (680) 263-3537, email
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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
State Historical Society of Wisconsin, 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 two cultural items have been requested for repatriation:
The first item is a sacred object that is also a potential
unassociated funerary object, as similar items are traditionally
interred with the deceased. The item is described in WHS' catalog as an
``otter skin medicine bag'' and given the catalog number
MI1983.238.210. The item consists of an otter pelt with beaded limbs
and tail, all with attached brass bells. It holds five small pouches,
four cloth and one paper, each tied shut. WHS' documentation indicates
that this item was donated by Dr. Hans Heinrich Reese and his wife
Tessa around 1964. Additional information about its original
provenience or how the Reeses obtained the medicine bag is unknown.
The second item is both a sacred item and an object of cultural
patrimony. It is incorrectly described in WHS' catalog as an ``Ojibwe
secular dance drum (bwaanidewe'igan)'' and given the catalog number
MI1983.237.571. The drum has a beaded band around its head with four
tabs. It also contains a bell. WHS' documentation indicates that the
drum was acquired by Leo and Bella Capser in the late 1950s or early
1960s. Additional information about its original provenience or how the
Capsers obtained the drum is unknown.
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Through consultation and research, WHS and the Bad River Band of
Lake Superior Chippewa believe these items were obtained by the Reeses
and Capsers on or near Madeline Island and that the items are Ojibwe.
WHS has no documentation indicating either of these items contain or
were treated with potentially hazardous substances in the past.
Determinations
The State Historical Society of Wisconsin has determined that:
<bullet> The two sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<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
items described in this notice and the Bad River Band of the Lake
Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation,
Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
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 items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 17, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the State Historical Society of Wisconsin
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 State Historical Society
of Wisconsin 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: June 10, 2024.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-13249 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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