Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, 56871-56872 [2018-24768]
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• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 48
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the 2,563 objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have
been placed with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects and any
present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, the land from which
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico.
• Treaties in 1851 and 1865 indicate
that the land from which the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed is the aboriginal land of the
Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; and the Kiowa Indian Tribe
of Oklahoma.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be to
the Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Cheyenne and
Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma (previously
listed as the Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes
of Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Albuquerque District, ATTN:
George MacDonell, 4101 Jefferson Plaza
NE, Albuquerque, NM 87109, telephone
(505) 342–3281, email
George.H.Macdonell@usace.army.mil,
by December 14, 2018. After that date,
if no additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
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Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma (previously listed as the
Cheyenne-Arapaho Tribes of
Oklahoma); Comanche Nation,
Oklahoma; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New
Mexico; and the Kiowa Indian Tribe of
Oklahoma may proceed.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
Albuquerque District is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: October 22, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Minnesota Historical Society, St.
Paul, MN
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Minnesota Historical
Society, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations, has determined
that the cultural item listed in this
notice meets the definition of
unassociated funerary object. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request to the
Minnesota Historical Society. 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 Minnesota Historical Society at the
address in this notice by December 14,
2018.
ADDRESSES: Ben Gessner, Minnesota
Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd.,
St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651)
259–3281, email benjamin.gessner@
mnhs.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
SUMMARY:
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3005, of the intent to repatriate a
cultural item under the control of the
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul,
MN, that meets the definition of
unassociated funerary object 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
Item(s)
In or around 1869, one cultural item
was removed from a burial mound
during construction of a street in Red
Wing, MN. The associated human
remains were not exhumed. The item
was donated to the Minnesota Historical
Society in September, 1944, by Ms.
Grace E. Polk. The one unassociated
funerary object is a Jefferson Peace and
Friendship Medal (MNHS #8407).
A preponderance of evidence
surrounding the removal of MNHS
#8407—the Red Wing provenience, the
association in a burial mound with
skeletal remains, and the size of the
medal—supports the conclusion that
this medal was presented to
Mdewakanton Dakota Chief
Tatankamani (Walking Buffalo, also
known as hereditary chief Red Wing) (d.
1829) by the United States Government
in the first decade of the 19th century.
Tatankamani’s village was located on
the eastern shores of Lake Pepin, near
modern day Red Wing, MN, which bears
his name. Tatankamani’s descendants
were removed from the area during the
Treaty period, and later were forcibly
removed from the state of Minnesota
following the U.S.-Dakota War of 1862.
Many of them were relocated to the
Santee Reservation in Nebraska,
although contemporary descendants can
be found in many of the Dakota
communities and reservations. A
summary was submitted for review and
consultation to representatives of
Tatankamani lineal descendants, and
the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow
Creek Reservation, South Dakota;
Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community
in the State of Minnesota; Oglala Sioux
Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala
Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge
Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie
Island Indian Community in the State of
Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation,
Nebraska; Shakopee Mdewakanton
Sioux Community of Minnesota;
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Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake
Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; and
the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota
(hereafter known as ‘‘The Affiliated
Tribes’’).
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by the Minnesota
Historical Society
Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Idaho State Office,
Boise, ID
Officials of the Minnesota Historical
Society have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the one cultural item described above is
reasonably believed to have been placed
with or near the individual human
remains of Tatankamani at the time of
his death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony, and is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from a specific burial site
of a Native American individual, i.e. the
burial site of Tatankamani.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.14(b), Josie
Redwing and Melody Redwing are
direct lineal descendants of
Tatankamani, based on genealogical
evidence on file with the Minnesota
Historical Society.
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 this cultural item
should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to
Ben Gessner, Minnesota Historical
Society, 345 W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul,
MN 55102, telephone (651) 259–3281,
email benjamin.gessner@mnhs.org, by
December 14, 2018. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come
forward, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005(a),
transfer of control of the unassociated
funerary object to the lineal descendants
of Tatankamani represented by Josie
Redwing and Melody Redwing may
proceed.
The Minnesota Historical Society is
responsible for notifying Josie Redwing,
Melody Redwing, and The Affiliated
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 22, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Bureau of Land
Management, Idaho State Office (BLM)
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
objects 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 objects should submit a written
request to the Bureau of Land
Management, Idaho State Office. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
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
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Bureau of Land
Management, Idaho State Office at the
address in this notice by December 14,
2018.
ADDRESSES: F. Kirk Halford, BLM Idaho
State NAGPRA Coordinator, Idaho
Bureau of Land Management, 1387
South Vinnell Way, Boise, ID 83709,
telephone (208) 373–4043, email
fhalford@blm.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 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 under the control of the
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau
of Land Management, Idaho State
Office, Boise, ID and housed at the
Idaho Museum of Natural History, Earl
H. Swanson Archaeological Repository,
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Idaho State University, Pocatello, ID
(IMNH). The human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed from Hanging Valley Cave
(10JE5), Jerome County, ID, on land
administered by the BLM.
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 human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the BLM and
IMNH professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation and the Shoshone-Paiute
Tribes of the Duck Valley Reservation,
Nevada.
History and Description of the Remains
At an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from a crevice
in Hanging Valley Cave (10JE5) in
Jerome County, ID, by Gene Titmus of
Twin Falls, ID. In 1962, Mr. Titmus
turned over the human remains to
IMNH. Forensics analysis of the two
parietal cranial bones conducted by
IMNH concluded the human remains
were from one middle aged individual
based on ‘‘obliteration of the sagittal
sutures.’’ Burning on the human
remains suggests they were cremated.
No known individuals were identified.
The seven associated funerary objects
are six Rose Spring/Eastgate corner
notched projectile points and one basal
fragment.
Based on projectile point typology
and chronologies for southern Idaho, the
site can be dated to the Late Period,
with a date range from A.D. 300 to 1850.
As evidenced by the geographic location
(Jerome County, ID), chronology of the
site, archeological, ethnographic, oral
history and historic evidence, the
human remains and associated funerary
objects are determined to be culturally
affiliated to the Uto Aztecan speaking
Bannock, Northern Shoshone and
Northern Paiute tribes who inhabited
the region during the period of use and
today. The burial site is within the
territory of the Northwestern Band of
Shoshone Nation, the ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation, Idaho, and the ShoshonePaiute Tribes of the Duck Valley
Reservation, Nevada. In consultation
with the tribes, and as supported in
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026863; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Minnesota
Historical Society, St. Paul, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Minnesota Historical Society, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the
definition of unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should
submit a written request to the Minnesota Historical Society. 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 Minnesota Historical Society
at the address in this notice by December 14, 2018.
ADDRESSES: Ben Gessner, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg
Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3281, 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 a cultural item under the
control of the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, that meets
the definition of unassociated funerary object 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 Item(s)
In or around 1869, one cultural item was removed from a burial
mound during construction of a street in Red Wing, MN. The associated
human remains were not exhumed. The item was donated to the Minnesota
Historical Society in September, 1944, by Ms. Grace E. Polk. The one
unassociated funerary object is a Jefferson Peace and Friendship Medal
(MNHS #8407).
A preponderance of evidence surrounding the removal of MNHS #8407--
the Red Wing provenience, the association in a burial mound with
skeletal remains, and the size of the medal--supports the conclusion
that this medal was presented to Mdewakanton Dakota Chief Tatankamani
(Walking Buffalo, also known as hereditary chief Red Wing) (d. 1829) by
the United States Government in the first decade of the 19th century.
Tatankamani's village was located on the eastern shores of Lake Pepin,
near modern day Red Wing, MN, which bears his name. Tatankamani's
descendants were removed from the area during the Treaty period, and
later were forcibly removed from the state of Minnesota following the
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Many of them were relocated to the Santee
Reservation in Nebraska, although contemporary descendants can be found
in many of the Dakota communities and reservations. A summary was
submitted for review and consultation to representatives of Tatankamani
lineal descendants, and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala
Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community in
the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;
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Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota;
and the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota (hereafter known as ``The
Affiliated Tribes'').
Determinations Made by the Minnesota Historical Society
Officials of the Minnesota Historical Society have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near
the individual human remains of Tatankamani at the time of his death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony, and is believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific
burial site of a Native American individual, i.e. the burial site of
Tatankamani.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.14(b), Josie Redwing and Melody
Redwing are direct lineal descendants of Tatankamani, based on
genealogical evidence on file with the Minnesota Historical Society.
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
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in
support of the claim to Ben Gessner, Minnesota Historical Society, 345
W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3281, email
[email protected], by December 14, 2018. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005(a),
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary object to the lineal
descendants of Tatankamani represented by Josie Redwing and Melody
Redwing may proceed.
The Minnesota Historical Society is responsible for notifying Josie
Redwing, Melody Redwing, and The Affiliated Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 22, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-24768 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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