Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, 31530 [05-10807]
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Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 104 / Wednesday, June 1, 2005 / Notices
Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife
and Parks.
[FR Doc. 05–10813 Filed 5–31–05; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural
Item: Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 a cultural item in the
possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA that meets the definition
of ‘‘objects of cultural patrimony’’ 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 the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
The one cultural item is a Tlingit
Chilkat tunic with a Kaagwaantaan Clan
of Klukwan bear crest. In 1977, the
cultural item was donated to the Phoebe
A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at
the University of California, Berkeley by
the daughter of the original purchaser,
who had acquired the tunic from the
widow of a Tlingit Kaagwaantaan Clan
leader during the 1930s.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley consulted with
Sealaska Corporation, acting on behalf
of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan.
Museum records contain a photograph
circa 1900 showing the Kaagwaantaan
Clan leader wearing the Chilkat tunic
with bear crest. Written records
obtained at the time of the donation
indicate that the Chilkat tunic was worn
at a potlatch given by Chief Shakes in
Wrangel, AK in 1879. Museum records
also indicate that the widow knew that
the tunic should not be sold. Sealaska
Corporation provided further evidence
that the Chilkat tunic with bear crest
was the property of the Kaagwaantaan
Clan, could not have been conveyed by
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any individual tribal member, and
should be returned as an object of
cultural patrimony. The Phoebe A.
Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley agrees
with the evidence and therefore will
repatriate the Chilkat tunic with bear
crest to the Sealaska Corporation, acting
on behalf of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of
Klukwan.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(D), the one cultural item
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Officials of the
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley 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 object of
cultural patrimony and the
Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan,
represented by the Sealaska
Corporation.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the object of cultural
patrimony should contact C. Richard
Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator,
Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CA
94720, telephone (510) 642–6096, before
July 1, 2005. Repatriation of the object
of cultural patrimony to the Sealaska
Corporation, acting on behalf of the
Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan, may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of
Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley is responsible for
notifying Chilkat Indian Village
(Klukwan); Klukwan, Inc.; and Sealaska
Corporation that this notice has been
published.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assisstant Secretary, Fish and
Wildlife and Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Control of the California State
Department of Transportation
(CALTRANS), Sacramento, CA, and in
the Possession of the Department of
Anthropology, San Francisco State
University, San Francisco, CA;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Department of
Anthropology, San Francisco State
University, San Francisco, CA, and in
the control of the California State
Department of Transportation
(CALTRANS), Sacramento, CA. These
human remains and cultural items were
removed from Marin County, CA.
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
within this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum,
institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American human
remains and associated funerary objects.
The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations
within this notice.
This notice corrects the name of the
culturally affiliated federally recognized
Indian tribe listed in the original notice
of inventory completion. This notice
also corrects the name of the site from
which the human remains and cultural
items were removed.
In the Federal Register of November
5, 2001, page 55956, paragraphs 3, 5, 6,
and 7 are corrected by substituting
‘‘Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria,
California’’ for ‘‘Indians of the Graton
Rancheria of California.’’
In the Federal Register of November
5, 2001, page 55956, paragraph 4 is
corrected by substituting ‘‘CA-MRN–
192’’ for ‘‘CA-MRN-***.’’
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Tina Biorn, California State
Department of Transportation, P.O. Box
942874 (M.S. 27) Sacramento, CA
94274–0001 telephone (916) 653–0013,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA
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 a cultural item in the possession of the Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA that meets the definition of ``objects of cultural
patrimony'' 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 the cultural
items. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
The one cultural item is a Tlingit Chilkat tunic with a
Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan bear crest. In 1977, the cultural item was
donated to the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley by the daughter of the original
purchaser, who had acquired the tunic from the widow of a Tlingit
Kaagwaantaan Clan leader during the 1930s.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley consulted with Sealaska Corporation, acting on
behalf of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan. Museum records contain a
photograph circa 1900 showing the Kaagwaantaan Clan leader wearing the
Chilkat tunic with bear crest. Written records obtained at the time of
the donation indicate that the Chilkat tunic was worn at a potlatch
given by Chief Shakes in Wrangel, AK in 1879. Museum records also
indicate that the widow knew that the tunic should not be sold.
Sealaska Corporation provided further evidence that the Chilkat tunic
with bear crest was the property of the Kaagwaantaan Clan, could not
have been conveyed by any individual tribal member, and should be
returned as an object of cultural patrimony. The Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley agrees
with the evidence and therefore will repatriate the Chilkat tunic with
bear crest to the Sealaska Corporation, acting on behalf of the
Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan.
Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the
University of California, Berkeley have determined that, pursuant to 25
U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the one cultural item described above has ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual. Officials of the Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at
the University of California, Berkeley 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 object of cultural
patrimony and the Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan, represented by the
Sealaska Corporation.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the object of cultural patrimony should
contact C. Richard Hitchcock, NAGPRA Coordinator, Phoebe A. Hearst
Museum of Anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley,
Berkeley, CA 94720, telephone (510) 642-6096, before July 1, 2005.
Repatriation of the object of cultural patrimony to the Sealaska
Corporation, acting on behalf of the Kaagwaantaan Clan of Klukwan, may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Phoebe A. Hearst Museum of Anthropology at the University of
California, Berkeley is responsible for notifying Chilkat Indian
Village (Klukwan); Klukwan, Inc.; and Sealaska Corporation that this
notice has been published.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assisstant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife and Parks.
[FR Doc. 05-10807 Filed 5-31-05; 8:45 am]
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