Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 23481-23482 [2018-10781]
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and/or sacred 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
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Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology. 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology at the address in this
notice by June 20, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.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 Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA,
that meet the definition of objects of
cultural patrimony and/or 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
In 1906, Grace Nicholson purchased
an antler ornament headdress, a red
woodpecker headdress, and a roll for
the red woodpecker headdress on behalf
of Lewis Hobart Farlow. Farlow
purchased these three cultural items
from Nicholson and donated them to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology in the same year. Peabody
Museum records note these cultural
items were collected from the ‘‘Weigat
Indians,’’ or Wiyot, of Humboldt Bay,
California. The antler ornament
headdress, red woodpecker headdress,
and roll have been identified as Wiyot
and as sacred objects and objects of
cultural patrimony.
The antler ornament headdress is
constructed of leather, suede, and seven
carved antler ornaments; red and black
paints were applied to sections of the
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leather and to the antler ornaments.
Consultation with representatives from
the Wiyot Tribe indicated this antler
headdress was most likely used during
the Wiyot World Renewal Ceremony,
more specifically for the White Deerskin
Dance or possibly the Jump Dance. The
physical properties of the headdress are
entwined with sacred concepts and
actions.
The red woodpecker headdress is
constructed from tanned deerhide and
approximately 40 scalps of pileated
woodpecker. Associated with this
headdress, as a separate catalog number,
is a storage roll constructed of a worked
and polished cylindrical piece of wood,
likely redwood. Consultation with
representatives from the Wiyot Tribe
indicated that the storage roll was
required for the safe storage of the
headdress and should be considered a
part of the medicine associated with the
headdress. Consultation with
representatives from the Wiyot Tribe
indicated this red woodpecker
headdress and associated storage roll
were most likely used during the World
Renewal Ceremony, and possibly with
the Jump Dance.
These three cultural items meet the
definition of sacred objects because they
are specific ceremonial objects required
by the Wiyot to properly perform dances
and prayers for World Renewal
Ceremonies, including the White
Deerskin Dance and the Jump Dance.
Archeological, historical, and
ethnographic data also demonstrate that
these three cultural items have ongoing
historical, traditional, and cultural
importance central to the Wiyot as
regalia. Consultation with
representatives from the Wiyot Tribe
indicated that regalia and medicine
items were not owned, but ‘‘cared for’’
by individuals, who were able to lend
them, including in exchange for money,
but not sell them. These Wiyot
headdresses and the associated roll
could not be sold because they were
cared for, but not than owned, by the
families and individuals. Due to the
caretakers’ collective responsibility for
the headdresses and roll, an individual
could not sell or transfer possession of
them. For these reasons, based on the
cultural information provided through
consultation, and further supported by
ethnographic and historical data, these
three cultural items meet the category
definition for objects of cultural
patrimony because they have ongoing
historical, traditional, and cultural
importance central to the Wiyot for the
proper performance of World Renewal
Ceremonies, specifically the White
Deerskin Dance and the Jump Dance,
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and could not have been alienated or
conveyed by an individual.
In 1910, Grace Nicholson and Carroll
Hartman purchased a woman’s dance
skirt on behalf of Lewis Hobart Farlow,
in whose name it was donated to the
Peabody Museum that same year. Prior
to its purchase by Nicholson and
Hartman, the dance skirt was owned by
Isaac A. Beers, the United States Indian
Agent at Hoopa from 1890–1893. The
circumstance under which Beers
collected the dance skirt is not known.
Peabody Museum records describe the
object as ‘‘Wiegat—Very old fine Dance
Skirt—Beer’s Collection’’ and from the
‘‘Wiyot Indians, California.’’ The
woman’s dance skirt has been identified
as Wiyot and has been determined to be
a sacred object.
This dance skirt is made of soft,
tanned leather, which is fringed at the
bottom hem. A solitary shell object of
modified abalone is fastened to a leather
strand within the fringe. Another leather
strand within the fringe is adorned with
three blue glass beads and one long
black glass bead. The waist of the skirt
is decorated with maidenhair fern and
beargrass wraps, as well as iris twine.
Dangling from the edge of the twinewrapped waist are thin twine-wrapped
strands adorned with two small bivalve
shells and finished with metal thimbles;
some strands also contain blue glass
beads.
Consultation evidence suggests this
skirt was most likely made as regalia for
an adolescent girl’s Coming of Age
Ceremony, also known as the Flower
Ceremony, due to its size and
decoration. Families spent years
gathering the materials for a girl’s ‘‘First
Dress,’’ which was worn initially at her
Coming of Age Ceremony. Based on the
size of this skirt, and the effort invested
in its ornamentation, as well as the
location of decoration at the waist, it
was likely made as a ceremonial dance
skirt for a girl’s puberty rites. As abalone
is associated with women’s blood, the
single cut and polished abalone shell
bead fastened within the fringe at the
skirt’s bottom hem further supports the
attribution of this skirt to the Coming of
Age Ceremony. Museum documentation
of the item as a ‘‘Very old fine Dance
Skirt’’ supports the categorization of this
skirt as a specific ceremonial item.
According to consultation evidence and
other supporting evidence this dance
skirt would be used for multiple
religious ceremonies, possibly including
the Flower Ceremony, Jump Dance, and
Brush Dance.
This cultural item meets the
definition of a sacred object because it
is a specific ceremonial object required
by the Wiyot for the practice of
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traditional religious ceremonies and
dances, such as the Flower Ceremony,
the World Renewal Ceremony, and the
Brush Dance, by present-day adherents.
Wiyot women and girls wore dance
skirts for multiple ceremonies because
the skirts were imbued with spiritual
power and were potent enough to
ritually purify ceremonial dance
grounds.
Determinations Made by the Peabody
Museum
Officials of the Peabody Museum have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C),
the four 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(3)(D),
the three cultural items described above
have 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 objects and objects
of cultural patrimony and the Bear River
Band of Rohnerville Rancheria,
California; Blue Lake Rancheria,
California; and Wiyot Tribe, California
(previously listed as the Table Bluff
Reservation—Wiyot Tribe).
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
Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu, by June 20, 2018. After
that date, if no additional claimants
have come forward, transfer of control
of the sacred objects and objects of
cultural patrimony to the Bear River
Band of Rohnerville Rancheria,
California; Blue Lake Rancheria,
California; and Wiyot Tribe, California
(previously listed as the Table Bluff
Reservation—Wiyot Tribe) may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Bear River Band of
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue
Lake Rancheria, California; and Wiyot
Tribe, California (previously listed as
the Table Bluff Reservation—Wiyot
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Tribe) that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Florida Department of State, Division
of Historical Resources, Tallahassee,
FL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Florida Department of
State, Division of Historical Resources,
has completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and associated funerary
object and present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary object should submit a written
request to the Florida Department of
State, Division of Historical Resources.
If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
object 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
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
object should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Florida Department of
State, Division of Historical Resources at
the address in this notice by June 20,
2018.
SUMMARY:
Kathryn Miyar, Florida
Department of State, Mission San Luis
Collections, 2100 West Tennessee
Street, Tallahassee, FL 32304, telephone
(850) 245–6301, email kathryn.miyar@
dos.myflorida.com.
ADDRESSES:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 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 objects of cultural patrimony and/or
sacred 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. 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 Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this notice by June 20,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, email [email protected].
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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, that meet the definition of objects of
cultural patrimony and/or 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
In 1906, Grace Nicholson purchased an antler ornament headdress, a
red woodpecker headdress, and a roll for the red woodpecker headdress
on behalf of Lewis Hobart Farlow. Farlow purchased these three cultural
items from Nicholson and donated them to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology in the same year. Peabody Museum records note
these cultural items were collected from the ``Weigat Indians,'' or
Wiyot, of Humboldt Bay, California. The antler ornament headdress, red
woodpecker headdress, and roll have been identified as Wiyot and as
sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony.
The antler ornament headdress is constructed of leather, suede, and
seven carved antler ornaments; red and black paints were applied to
sections of the leather and to the antler ornaments. Consultation with
representatives from the Wiyot Tribe indicated this antler headdress
was most likely used during the Wiyot World Renewal Ceremony, more
specifically for the White Deerskin Dance or possibly the Jump Dance.
The physical properties of the headdress are entwined with sacred
concepts and actions.
The red woodpecker headdress is constructed from tanned deerhide
and approximately 40 scalps of pileated woodpecker. Associated with
this headdress, as a separate catalog number, is a storage roll
constructed of a worked and polished cylindrical piece of wood, likely
redwood. Consultation with representatives from the Wiyot Tribe
indicated that the storage roll was required for the safe storage of
the headdress and should be considered a part of the medicine
associated with the headdress. Consultation with representatives from
the Wiyot Tribe indicated this red woodpecker headdress and associated
storage roll were most likely used during the World Renewal Ceremony,
and possibly with the Jump Dance.
These three cultural items meet the definition of sacred objects
because they are specific ceremonial objects required by the Wiyot to
properly perform dances and prayers for World Renewal Ceremonies,
including the White Deerskin Dance and the Jump Dance.
Archeological, historical, and ethnographic data also demonstrate
that these three cultural items have ongoing historical, traditional,
and cultural importance central to the Wiyot as regalia. Consultation
with representatives from the Wiyot Tribe indicated that regalia and
medicine items were not owned, but ``cared for'' by individuals, who
were able to lend them, including in exchange for money, but not sell
them. These Wiyot headdresses and the associated roll could not be sold
because they were cared for, but not than owned, by the families and
individuals. Due to the caretakers' collective responsibility for the
headdresses and roll, an individual could not sell or transfer
possession of them. For these reasons, based on the cultural
information provided through consultation, and further supported by
ethnographic and historical data, these three cultural items meet the
category definition for objects of cultural patrimony because they have
ongoing historical, traditional, and cultural importance central to the
Wiyot for the proper performance of World Renewal Ceremonies,
specifically the White Deerskin Dance and the Jump Dance,
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and could not have been alienated or conveyed by an individual.
In 1910, Grace Nicholson and Carroll Hartman purchased a woman's
dance skirt on behalf of Lewis Hobart Farlow, in whose name it was
donated to the Peabody Museum that same year. Prior to its purchase by
Nicholson and Hartman, the dance skirt was owned by Isaac A. Beers, the
United States Indian Agent at Hoopa from 1890-1893. The circumstance
under which Beers collected the dance skirt is not known. Peabody
Museum records describe the object as ``Wiegat--Very old fine Dance
Skirt--Beer's Collection'' and from the ``Wiyot Indians, California.''
The woman's dance skirt has been identified as Wiyot and has been
determined to be a sacred object.
This dance skirt is made of soft, tanned leather, which is fringed
at the bottom hem. A solitary shell object of modified abalone is
fastened to a leather strand within the fringe. Another leather strand
within the fringe is adorned with three blue glass beads and one long
black glass bead. The waist of the skirt is decorated with maidenhair
fern and beargrass wraps, as well as iris twine. Dangling from the edge
of the twine-wrapped waist are thin twine-wrapped strands adorned with
two small bivalve shells and finished with metal thimbles; some strands
also contain blue glass beads.
Consultation evidence suggests this skirt was most likely made as
regalia for an adolescent girl's Coming of Age Ceremony, also known as
the Flower Ceremony, due to its size and decoration. Families spent
years gathering the materials for a girl's ``First Dress,'' which was
worn initially at her Coming of Age Ceremony. Based on the size of this
skirt, and the effort invested in its ornamentation, as well as the
location of decoration at the waist, it was likely made as a ceremonial
dance skirt for a girl's puberty rites. As abalone is associated with
women's blood, the single cut and polished abalone shell bead fastened
within the fringe at the skirt's bottom hem further supports the
attribution of this skirt to the Coming of Age Ceremony. Museum
documentation of the item as a ``Very old fine Dance Skirt'' supports
the categorization of this skirt as a specific ceremonial item.
According to consultation evidence and other supporting evidence this
dance skirt would be used for multiple religious ceremonies, possibly
including the Flower Ceremony, Jump Dance, and Brush Dance.
This cultural item meets the definition of a sacred object because
it is a specific ceremonial object required by the Wiyot for the
practice of traditional religious ceremonies and dances, such as the
Flower Ceremony, the World Renewal Ceremony, and the Brush Dance, by
present-day adherents. Wiyot women and girls wore dance skirts for
multiple ceremonies because the skirts were imbued with spiritual power
and were potent enough to ritually purify ceremonial dance grounds.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum
Officials of the Peabody Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the four 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(3)(D), the three cultural items
described above have 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
objects and objects of cultural patrimony and the Bear River Band of
Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue Lake Rancheria, California; and
Wiyot Tribe, California (previously listed as the Table Bluff
Reservation--Wiyot Tribe).
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 Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
[email protected], by June 20, 2018. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony to the Bear River Band
of Rohnerville Rancheria, California; Blue Lake Rancheria, California;
and Wiyot Tribe, California (previously listed as the Table Bluff
Reservation--Wiyot Tribe) may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Bear River Band of Rohnerville Rancheria, California;
Blue Lake Rancheria, California; and Wiyot Tribe, California
(previously listed as the Table Bluff Reservation--Wiyot Tribe) that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 30, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-10781 Filed 5-18-18; 8:45 am]
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