Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, 34330-34331 [2017-15469]
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control of the cultural items to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native
Hawaiian organizations stated in this
notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Cincinnati Art Museum at the
address in this notice by August 23,
2017.
ADDRESSES: Jay Pattison, Chief Registrar,
Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 Eden Park
Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202, telephone
(513) 639–2909, email jay.pattison@
cincyart.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH,
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 the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Items
At some time between the mid-1920s
and mid-1930s, two cultural items were
removed from the Lac du Flambeau
Chippewa Reservation in Vilas County,
WI. The two cultural items are two
wooden pipe stems. The upper section
of the first pipe stem (CAM accession
number 1988.253) is carved into a spiral
shape and trimmed with loom-woven
beadwork. The lower section is flat,
with a strip of beaver fur at each end.
The upper section of the second pipe
stem (CAM accession number 1988.256)
is carved with spool and ovoid shapes
that are decorated with brass tacks. The
pipe is trimmed with beaver fur at its
center. The lower section is flat with
incised, linear abstract designs on one
side. At an unknown date, the two pipe
stems were acquired by Dr. Bernard S.
Mason, along with other objects
originating from the Lac du Flambeau
Chippewa Reservation. Upon Dr.
Mason’s death in 1953, ownership of his
collection of Native American objects
was transferred to John L. Holden. In
1988, Mr. Holden donated a portion of
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this collection that included the two
pipe stems to the Cincinnati Art
Museum.
Museum accession, catalogue, and
documentary records, as well as
consultation with representatives from
the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians, indicate
that the two cultural items are
Chippewa, and are from the Lac du
Flambeau Chippewa Reservation of
Wisconsin. The two objects are
illustrated as line drawings in Dr.
Mason’s book, Crafts of the Woods,
South Brunswick and New York: A. S.
Barnes and Co, 1973 (originally
published in 1939), page 20, Figure
202C and Figure 202D. The pipes,
combined with a ceremonial Warrior
Drum, comprise an ensemble of sacred
objects that are needed by traditional
Lac du Flambeau Chippewa religious
leaders for the practice of Native
American religions by their present-day
adherents.
Determinations Made by the Cincinnati
Art Museum
Officials of the Cincinnati Art
Museum have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the two cultural items described above
are specific ceremonial objects needed
by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the two pipe stems and the Lac
du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Jay Pattison, Chief Registrar, Cincinnati
Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH 45202,
telephone (513) 639–2909, email
jay.pattison@cincyart.org, by August 23,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the two pipe stems to the
Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin may
proceed.
The Cincinnati Art Museum is
responsible for notifying the Lac du
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du
Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin that
this notice has been published.
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Dated: May 31, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: State Historical Society of North
Dakota, Bismarck, ND
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The State Historical Society of
North Dakota, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural items listed in this
notice meet the definition of sacred
objects and objects of cultural
patrimony. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the State
Historical Society of North Dakota. If no
additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the State Historical Society of North
Dakota at the address in this notice by
August 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Melissa Thompson, State
Historical Society of North Dakota, 612
East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505, telephone (701) 328–2691, email
methompson@nd.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the State
Historical Society of North Dakota,
Bismarck, ND, that meet the definition
of sacred objects, and 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
SUMMARY:
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this notice are the sole responsibility of
the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American cultural items. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
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History and Description of the Cultural
Item
On an unknown date, an unknown
number of cultural items were removed
from an unknown site in an unknown
location. In August of 2016, a bison
skull was found in the Museum
Division storage space. The cultural
item was found in a box dating to the
1950s that was used for storage of items
in the possession of the State Historical
Society of North Dakota (SHSND), but
never formally accessioned or cataloged
into the museum collection. Museum
opinion is that the bison skull was
placed in the storage box in the 1950s,
but no other provenance is available.
There is a label in the box that reads:
‘‘Fragments of buffalo skull found on
the site of the final Sun Dance held by
the Teton Sioux, and believed to be the
skull used in that ceremony as the red
paint applied to the buffalo skull in the
Sun Dance is discernable on the
specimen.’’ The sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony is the broken partial
skull of an old bison.
The buffalo skull was identified by
Standing Rock Sioux of North & South
Dakota tribal archeologist Kelly Morgan
as belonging to the Teton Sioux and/or
Lakota Sioux of the Oceti Sakowin
(Seven Council Fires) that make up
what is often referred to as the ‘‘Sioux
Nation.’’ Their first reservation land was
negotiated under the Treaty of Traverse
des Sioux in 1851, and then initially
reduced under the Treaty of 1858. These
treaties were unilaterally abrogated by
the United States Government after the
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and Dakota
people were force-marched and
ethnically-cleansed from their
Minnesota homeland in 1863. In 1873,
the Standing Rock Indian reservation
was established. The distinctive Dakota,
Lakota, and Nakota identity is still
pervasive at Standing Rock. The
Standing Rock Sioux, as well as all
other members of the Oceti Sakowin,
practiced the seven sacred rites of the
Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota nations. The
Sun Dance is the third of the sacred
rites, and is still practiced today. Skulls
in the Sun Dance are used in the
‘‘Dragging of the Skulls’’ ceremony and
as an altar in the dance. The red spot on
the top of this bison’s skull signifies that
the skull was used in a Sun Dance
ceremony.
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Determinations Made by the State
Historical Society of North Dakota
Officials of the State Historical
Society of North Dakota have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the one cultural item described above is
a specific ceremonial object needed by
traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their
present-day adherents.
• 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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony and the Standing
Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South
Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim these cultural items
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Melissa Thompson, State Historical
Society of North Dakota, 612 East
Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND
58505, telephone (701) 328–2691, email
methompson@nd.gov, by August 23,
2017. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred object/object of
cultural patrimony to the Standing Rock
Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota
may proceed.
The State Historical Society of North
Dakota is responsible for notifying the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North &
South Dakota and the Upper Sioux
Community, Minnesota that this notice
has been published.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–23460;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Museum of Anthropology
at Washington State University, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, has determined that the
cultural items listed in this notice meet
the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request to the Museum
of Anthropology at Washington State
University. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the
cultural items to the lineal descendants,
Indian tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should
submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
the Museum of Anthropology at
Washington State University at the
address in this notice by August 23,
2017.
SUMMARY:
Mary Collins, Director
Emeritus, Museum of Anthropology
Washington State University, Pullman,
WA 99164–4910 telephone, (509) 592–
6929, email collinsm@wsu.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the Museum
of Anthropology at Washington State
University, Pullman, WA, that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary
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 the Native
American cultural items. The National
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23582; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: State Historical
Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The State Historical Society of North Dakota, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the
definition of sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these
cultural items should submit a written request to the State Historical
Society of North Dakota. If no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural items to the lineal descendants,
Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice
may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the State Historical Society of
North Dakota at the address in this notice by August 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Melissa Thompson, State Historical Society of North Dakota,
612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505, telephone (701) 328-
2691, email methompson@nd.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the
control of the State Historical Society of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND,
that meet the definition of sacred objects, and 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
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this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum, institution, or
Federal agency that has control of the Native American cultural items.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in
this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
On an unknown date, an unknown number of cultural items were
removed from an unknown site in an unknown location. In August of 2016,
a bison skull was found in the Museum Division storage space. The
cultural item was found in a box dating to the 1950s that was used for
storage of items in the possession of the State Historical Society of
North Dakota (SHSND), but never formally accessioned or cataloged into
the museum collection. Museum opinion is that the bison skull was
placed in the storage box in the 1950s, but no other provenance is
available. There is a label in the box that reads: ``Fragments of
buffalo skull found on the site of the final Sun Dance held by the
Teton Sioux, and believed to be the skull used in that ceremony as the
red paint applied to the buffalo skull in the Sun Dance is discernable
on the specimen.'' The sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is
the broken partial skull of an old bison.
The buffalo skull was identified by Standing Rock Sioux of North &
South Dakota tribal archeologist Kelly Morgan as belonging to the Teton
Sioux and/or Lakota Sioux of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires)
that make up what is often referred to as the ``Sioux Nation.'' Their
first reservation land was negotiated under the Treaty of Traverse des
Sioux in 1851, and then initially reduced under the Treaty of 1858.
These treaties were unilaterally abrogated by the United States
Government after the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862, and Dakota people were
force-marched and ethnically-cleansed from their Minnesota homeland in
1863. In 1873, the Standing Rock Indian reservation was established.
The distinctive Dakota, Lakota, and Nakota identity is still pervasive
at Standing Rock. The Standing Rock Sioux, as well as all other members
of the Oceti Sakowin, practiced the seven sacred rites of the Dakota,
Lakota, and Nakota nations. The Sun Dance is the third of the sacred
rites, and is still practiced today. Skulls in the Sun Dance are used
in the ``Dragging of the Skulls'' ceremony and as an altar in the
dance. The red spot on the top of this bison's skull signifies that the
skull was used in a Sun Dance ceremony.
Determinations Made by the State Historical Society of North Dakota
Officials of the State Historical Society of North Dakota have
determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the one cultural item
described above is a specific ceremonial object needed by traditional
Native American religious leaders for the practice of traditional
Native American religions by their present-day adherents.
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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred
object/object of cultural patrimony and the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
of North & South Dakota.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim to Melissa Thompson, State Historical Society
of North Dakota, 612 East Boulevard Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58505,
telephone (701) 328-2691, email methompson@nd.gov, by August 23, 2017.
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the sacred object/object of cultural patrimony to the
Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota may proceed.
The State Historical Society of North Dakota is responsible for
notifying the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of North & South Dakota and the
Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota that this notice has been published.
Dated: June 15, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-15469 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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