Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 47461 [2022-16567]

Agencies

• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 3, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 47461]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16567]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034261; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Valentine Museum, 
Richmond, VA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Valentine Museum, 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 Valentine Museum. 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 Valentine Museum at the 
address in this notice by September 2, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Starliper, Collection Project 
Manager/Registrar, Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA 
23219, telephone 804-649-0711 Ext. 329, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is hereby 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 Valentine Museum, Richmond, VA, 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 Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Items

    At an unknown time, 711 cultural items were removed from multiple 
sites in Cabell County, West Virginia and the following locations in 
Virginia: Col. Cabell's Farm (Albemarle County), Halifax County, 
Amherst County, Buckingham County, Franklin County, Charlotte County, 
Mecklenburg County, Fluvanna County, Franklin County, Goochland County, 
Hanover County, Henrico County, Shenandoah, Louisa County, Nelson 
County, Patrick County, Pittsylvania County, Powhatan County, Roanoke 
County, Rockbridge County, and Smyth County. The 711 unassociated 
funerary objects are one adze, 126 axes, one bannerstone, two beaded 
objects, six stone blades, six bone tools, one bowl, 32 celts, 22 
cores, two fish hooks, four pottery fragments, one gaming stone, one 
gorget, two hammerstones, one hand tool, one hatchet, one hoe, one 
shell disk, seven stone implements, three knives, one shell necklace, 
two pendants, three pestles, 11 pipe and pipe fragments, 17 projectile 
points, one ceramic pot, four potsherds, two pottery fragments, one set 
of strung shells, 289 sherds, one sinker, two stone samples, 85 worked 
stones, 69 tools, and two vessels.
    As part of his interest in prehistoric culture, museum founder Mann 
S. Valentine II (1824-1892), together with his sons Benjamin B. 
Valentine (1862-1919) and Edward P. Valentine (1864-1908), initiated 
multiple amateur excavations of Native American burial sites 
predominantly located in Virginia and North Carolina. The Valentine 
family disturbed these burial sites and stole ancestral human remains 
and funerary objects to add to their private collection, which became 
the foundation of the Valentine Museum.

Determinations Made by the Valentine Museum

    Officials of the Valentine Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 711 cultural items 
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from specific burial sites of Native 
American individuals.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Monacan Indian Nation.

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 Alicia Starliper, Collection Project 
Manager/Registrar, Valentine Museum, 1015 E Clay Street, Richmond, VA 
23219, telephone 804-649-0711 Ext. 329, email 
[email protected], by September 2, 2022. After that date, if 
no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the 
unassociated funerary objects to the Monacan Indian Nation may proceed.
    The Valentine Museum is responsible for notifying the Monacan 
Indian Nation that this notice has been published.

    Dated: July 27, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-16567 Filed 8-2-22; 8:45 am]
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