Notice2025-23367
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
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Published
December 19, 2025
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 a sacred object and that has a known lineal descendant.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 242 (Friday, December 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59563-59564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-23367]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6789; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041558; 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 a sacred object and that has a known lineal descendant.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or
after January 20, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send additional, written requests for repatriation of the
cultural
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item in this notice to Cecily Marcus, Minnesota Historical Society, 345
West Kellogg Blvd., Saint Paul, MN 55102, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b585e5852574215565a49584e487b565553481554495c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="385b5d5b5154411655594a5b4d4b785556504b16574a5f">[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 sacred object is a pipe bowl and stem (MNHS #1797 A,B).
According to the history inscribed on the pipe stem, the pipe belonged
to Medweganoonnid (also spelled Mdwegwanonind and Mah-deva-ga-no-nind),
``the head chief of the Red Lake Indians--Ojibways'' and was gifted to
Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple (d.1901) by Chief Kay-bay-no-ding, son of
Medweganoonnid. The pipe was purchased by the Minnesota Daughters of
the Revolution Chapters in 1939 as part of the Bishop Whipple Indian
Collection, which was later transferred to Minnesota Historical Society
as part of the Sibley House transfer by the Sibley House Association of
the Minnesota Daughters of the American Revolution on May 21, 1996. 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 sacred object described in this notice is a
specific ceremonial object 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> Daniel King is connected to the cultural item described in
this notice.
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 January 20, 2026. 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 all
requestors and 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: December 8, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-23367 Filed 12-18-25; 8:45 am]
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