Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY; Republication, 1470 [R4-28004]

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[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 5 (Friday, January 7, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 1470]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: R4-28004]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, NY; Republication

    Editorial Note: Federal Register Notice document 04-28004 was 
published originally in the Federal Register of Wednesday, December 
22, 2004 at 69 FR 76778. The document published was a duplicate of 
document 04-28001. The corrected document is published in its 
entirety.

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent 
to repatriate cultural items in the possession of the American Museum 
of Natural History, New York, NY, that meet the definition of ``sacred 
objects'' under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of these 
cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice.
    The 9 cultural items are 3 inscribed birch bark rolls, 2 rattles, 1 
beaded ceremonial bag, 1 fawn skin bag, 1 food fungus, and 1 black dye.
    The Mide bark song roll is oblong with rounded ends and measures 45 
x 8 x 0.5 cm. The Mide bark roll is rectangular, measuring 34 x 24 x 5 
cm and is inscribed with the figure of a man. The medicine bark roll is 
rectangular and measures 36 x 26 x 2 cm. The birchbark rattle has a 
cylindrical head painted with a blue stripe that is attached to a 
wooden handle. The doctor's rattle consists of a circular wooden frame 
covered with hide. The ceremonial bag is a bandolier[macr]type bag 
beaded in a floral motif and has a fringed bottom. The base of the 
shoulder strap also contains the beaded image of a man and two horses. 
The fawn skin bag is used to hold wild rice. The fungus is a black food 
fungus. The black dye has been identified by a Bois Forte 
representative as vermilion.
    In 1903, William Jones acquired the cultural items from the Bois 
Forte Indian Reservation in Minnesota during an American Museum of 
Natural History funded expedition. The Museum accessioned the cultural 
items into its collection the same year.
    The cultural affiliation of the cultural items is Bois Forte (Nett 
Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe as indicated by Museum 
records and by consultation evidence presented by the Bois Forte (Nett 
Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota. Museum records 
indicate that the cultural items are Ojibway and that they were 
acquired from the Bois Forte Indian Reservation in Minnesota.
    Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined 
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, (3)(C), the cultural items are 
specific ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American 
religious leaders for the practice of traditional Native American 
religions by their present[macr]day adherents. Officials of the 
American Museum of Natural History also have determined that, pursuant 
to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identity 
that can be reasonably traced between the sacred objects and the Bois 
Forte (Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with these sacred objects should contact Nell 
Murphy, Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural 
History, Central Park West at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, 
telephone (212) 769[macr]5837, before January 21, 2005. Repatriation of 
the sacred objects to the Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota may proceed after that date if no additional 
claimants come forward.
    The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota, and 
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: November 16, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. R4-28004 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45 am]
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