Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Trustees of Reservations, Boston, MA, 22251-22252 [2021-08771]
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constructed of twigs in the shape of an
isosceles triangle with two handles on
the side. One of the 19 rattles is a gourd
filled with small pebbles and perforated
with a notched wooden handle.
Eighteen of the 19 rattles are worn
around the ankles. They are made of the
inner casings of silkworm moth cocoons
that have been filled with pebbles and
then stitched onto a piece of leather or
dark cloth.
Based on the Museum’s records and
consultation with representatives of the
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona,
these 109 ceremonial items which were
collected in Arizona and catalogued as
Papago, are culturally affiliated with the
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona.
Evidence from museum records,
scholarly publications, and information
provided during consultation indicates
that these 109 items were used during
the Vı´kita Ceremony, also called the
‘‘Great Harvest Festival’’ and
‘‘Prayerstick Festival,’’ which is
regarded as one of the great ritual
dramas of the Tohono O’odham people
and historically, has been performed
every four years. These Vikita
ceremonial items have ongoing
historical, traditional, and cultural
importance to the Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona, and no individual
had the right to alienate them.
Determinations Made by the American
Museum of Natural History
Officials of the American Museum of
Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the 109 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and the Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona.
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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
Nell Murphy, American Museum of
Natural History, Central Park West at
79th Street, New York, NY 10024,
telephone (212) 769–5837, email
nmurphy@amnh.org, by May 27, 2021.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the objects of cultural
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patrimony to the Tohono O’odham
Nation of Arizona may proceed.
The American Museum of Natural
History is responsible for notifying the
Tohono O’odham Nation of Arizona that
this notice has been published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Trustees of Reservations,
Boston, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Trustees of Reservations
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. 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 Trustees
of Reservations. 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 Trustees of Reservations at the
address in this notice by May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Mark Wilson, Curator, The
Trustees of Reservations, 1 Sergeant
Street, P.O. Box 792, Stockbridge, MA
01262, telephone (413) 298–3239 Ext.
3018, email mwilson@thetrustees.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 Trustees
of Reservations, Boston, MA, that meet
the definition of objects of cultural
patrimony under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
SUMMARY:
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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 the 1930s, the six cultural items
listed in this notice were removed from
the Stockbridge Munsee Community in
Wisconsin. Miss Mabel Choate, working
through an agent, purchased these
objects, along with one communion set
(which was returned to the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin in
2005) and a two-volume Bible (which
was returned to the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin in 1989) for
display at the Mission House Museum
in Stockbridge, MA. In 1948, Miss
Choate donated the Mission House and
all its contents, including these objects,
to The Trustees of Reservations. The six
objects of cultural patrimony consist of
five of Sachem John Quinney’s
heirlooms and one of Sachem Austin
Quinney’s heirlooms, and are one
tobacco pipe stem of horn and wood
inlaid with mother-of-pearl, (Sachem
John Quinney 1800–1850 (MH.P.16/
8538)); one ebony sword/cane with
ivory handle, (Sachem John Quinney
1850 (MH.P.16/8541)); one pair of
buckskin leggings adorned with cotton
fringe and brass buttons, (Sachem John
Quinney 1830–1850 (MH.P.16/8530 &
8531)); one magnifying glass, (Sachem
John Quinney 1800–1825 (MH.P.316));
one bell, possibly 18th century (Sachem
John Quinney (MH.P.16/8535)); and one
pipe bowl embossed 1810 (Sachem
Austin Quinney (MH.P.16/8537)).
In the 1730s, the Stockbridge
Mohicans, now the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin, accepted the
Reverend John Sergeant as a Christian
missionary in Stockbridge, MA. Except
for the bell (which might date to the
18th century), these objects date to the
19th century, and they all have an
association with the Stockbridge
Mohicans after their removal from
Stockbridge, MA, which began in 1785.
The affiliation of the cultural items with
Sachem John Quinney, Sachem Austin
Quinney, and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community is established through
records held in the archives of the
Mission House, a property of The
Trustees of Reservations. Consultation
with representatives of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community confirm that these
heirlooms of Sachem John Quinney and
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Sachem Austin Quinney have ongoing
historical, traditional, and cultural
importance central to the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Determinations Made by The Trustees
of Reservations
Officials of The Trustees of
Reservations have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D),
the six 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 objects of cultural
patrimony and the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, 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
Mark Wilson, Curator, The Trustees of
Reservations, 1 Sergeant Street, P.O. Box
792, Stockbridge, MA 01262 telephone
(413) 298–3239 Ext. 3018, email
mwilson@thetrustees.org, by May 27,
2021. After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the objects of cultural
patrimony to the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
The Trustees of Reservations is
responsible for notifying the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring, MD
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and
SUMMARY:
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Medicine has completed an inventory of
human remains, 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 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 should submit
a written request to the National
Museum of Health and Medicine. 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 should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the National Museum of
Health and Medicine at the address in
this notice by May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Mr. Brian F. Spatola,
Curator of Anatomical Division,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine, U.S. Army Garrison Forest
Glen, 2500 Linden Lane, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, telephone (301) 319–3353,
email brian.f.spatola.civ@mail.mil.
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 under the control of
the U.S. Department of Defense, Defense
Health Agency, National Museum of
Health and Medicine, Silver Spring,
MD. The human remains were removed
from near Fort Cameron, Beaver County,
UT.
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 National
Museum of Health and Medicine
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Paiute Indian
Tribe of Utah (Cedar Band of Paiutes,
Kanosh Band of Paiutes, Indian Peaks
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Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits Band of
Paiutes [previously listed as Paiute
Indian Tribe of Utah (Cedar City Band
of Paiutes, Kanosh Band of Paiutes,
Koosharem Band of Paiutes, Indian
Peaks Band of Paiutes, and Shivwits
Band of Paiutes)] and the Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah (hereafter referred to
as ‘‘The Tribes’’).
History and Description of the Remains
In 1874, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from a site near Fort Cameron
in Beaver County, UT. The human
remains consist of the humerus of an
adult male between 30–40 years old.
The humerus exhibits a healed fracture
of the humeral head. The human
remains were collected and donated to
the Army Medical Museum (today the
National Museum of Health and
Medicine) by U.S. Army Assistant
Surgeon Frederick W. Elbrey in
September 1874. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Written correspondence from
collector Assistant Surgeon Elbrey
describes the human remains as
belonging to a ‘‘Pah Ute Indian from a
grave near Fort Cameron, U.T.’’ Fort
Cameron is near Beaver, in Beaver
County, Utah. Geographical evidence
suggests this individual was part of the
local band known as the Beaver band or
Kwi-um’-pus band. The Beaver band
intermarried with the nearby Kanosh, or
Pahvant Ute band, and descendants of
the Kanosh band are found today among
the Paiute Tribe of Utah and the Ute
Indian Tribe of the Uintah & Ouray
Reservation, Utah.
Determinations Made by the U.S.
Department of Defense, Defense Health
Agency, National Museum of Health
and Medicine
Officials of the U.S. Department of
Defense, Defense Health Agency,
National Museum of Health and
Medicine have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there
is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced
between the Native American human
remains and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
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 should submit
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031781; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Trustees of
Reservations, Boston, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Trustees of Reservations 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. 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 Trustees of Reservations. 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 Trustees of Reservations at
the address in this notice by May 27, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Mark Wilson, Curator, The Trustees of Reservations, 1
Sergeant Street, P.O. Box 792, Stockbridge, MA 01262, telephone (413)
298-3239 Ext. 3018, 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 Trustees of Reservations, Boston, MA, that meet 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 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 the 1930s, the six cultural items listed in this notice were
removed from the Stockbridge Munsee Community in Wisconsin. Miss Mabel
Choate, working through an agent, purchased these objects, along with
one communion set (which was returned to the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin in 2005) and a two-volume Bible (which was
returned to the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin in 1989) for
display at the Mission House Museum in Stockbridge, MA. In 1948, Miss
Choate donated the Mission House and all its contents, including these
objects, to The Trustees of Reservations. The six objects of cultural
patrimony consist of five of Sachem John Quinney's heirlooms and one of
Sachem Austin Quinney's heirlooms, and are one tobacco pipe stem of
horn and wood inlaid with mother-of-pearl, (Sachem John Quinney 1800-
1850 (MH.P.16/8538)); one ebony sword/cane with ivory handle, (Sachem
John Quinney 1850 (MH.P.16/8541)); one pair of buckskin leggings
adorned with cotton fringe and brass buttons, (Sachem John Quinney
1830-1850 (MH.P.16/8530 & 8531)); one magnifying glass, (Sachem John
Quinney 1800-1825 (MH.P.316)); one bell, possibly 18th century (Sachem
John Quinney (MH.P.16/8535)); and one pipe bowl embossed 1810 (Sachem
Austin Quinney (MH.P.16/8537)).
In the 1730s, the Stockbridge Mohicans, now the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin, accepted the Reverend John Sergeant as a
Christian missionary in Stockbridge, MA. Except for the bell (which
might date to the 18th century), these objects date to the 19th
century, and they all have an association with the Stockbridge Mohicans
after their removal from Stockbridge, MA, which began in 1785. The
affiliation of the cultural items with Sachem John Quinney, Sachem
Austin Quinney, and the Stockbridge Munsee Community is established
through records held in the archives of the Mission House, a property
of The Trustees of Reservations. Consultation with representatives of
the Stockbridge Munsee Community confirm that these heirlooms of Sachem
John Quinney and
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Sachem Austin Quinney have ongoing historical, traditional, and
cultural importance central to the Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Determinations Made by The Trustees of Reservations
Officials of The Trustees of Reservations have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the six 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 objects
of cultural patrimony and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, 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 Mark Wilson, Curator, The Trustees of
Reservations, 1 Sergeant Street, P.O. Box 792, Stockbridge, MA 01262
telephone (413) 298-3239 Ext. 3018, email [email protected], by
May 27, 2021. After that date, if no additional claimants have come
forward, transfer of control of the objects of cultural patrimony to
the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
The Trustees of Reservations is responsible for notifying the
Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin that this notice has been
published.
Dated: April 19, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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