Notice2024-15198
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
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Published
July 11, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Minnesota Historical Society intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object and sacred object 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 133 (Thursday, July 11, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56894-56895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-15198]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038220; 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 intends to
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object and sacred object 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 August 12, 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#9af9fff9f3f6e3b4f7fbe8f9efe9daf7f4f2e9b4f5e8fd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="442721272d283d6a29253627313704292a2c376a2b3623">[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 item, determined by MNHS and Native American consultants to be
both an Unassociated Funerary Object and a Sacred Object, is the noose
used to execute Wicanhpi Wastedanpi (Good Little Stars, or, Chaske),
also known as the ``Mankato Hanging Rope'' (MNHS #3333.H474). Wicanhpi
Wastedanpi was one of the 38 Dakota men hanged on December 26, 1862 in
Mankato, MN.
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Museum records indicate the noose was removed from the neck of Wicanhpi
Wastedanpi by Army Adjutant J.K. Arnold after the hangings, and donated
by him to MNHS in 1869. The cultural affiliation of the item is to all
federally recognized U.S. Dakota Tribes as determined by museum records
and consultation with tribal representatives. No potentially hazardous
substances are known to have been used to treat this item.
Determinations
The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that:
<bullet> The one unassociated funerary object described in this
notice is reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or
near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The one sacred object described in this notice is 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> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item
described in this notice and the Prairie Island Indian Community in the
State of Minnesota.
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 August 12, 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 items 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: June 26, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-15198 Filed 7-10-24; 8:45 am]
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