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Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the
Potawatomi, Michigan; Ottawa Tribe of
Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
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Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red
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Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin;
Tonawanda Band of Seneca; Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of
North Dakota; and the Wyandotte
Nation.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice who shows,
by a preponderance of the evidence, that
the requestor is a lineal descendant or
a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization, or who
shows that the requestor is an aboriginal
land Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 10, 2023. If competing
requests for disposition are received, the
Detroit Institute of Arts must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Detroit
Institute of Arts is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and 10.11.
Dated: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035978;
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Denver Museum of Nature &
Science. Denver, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that
meet both the definition of sacred
objects and the definition of objects of
cultural patrimony, and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from the State of New York
and Canada.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after July
10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Chris Patrello, Curator of
Anthropology, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd.,
Denver CO 80205, telephone (303) 370–
6378, email chris.patrello@dmns.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Denver
Museum of Nature & Science. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the Denver Museum of Nature &
Science.
SUMMARY:
Description
The 83 cultural items listed in this
notice were removed from several
locations in the State of New York and
Ontario, Canada, beginning in 1965. Of
this number, 79 cultural items were
purchased by collectors Mary and
Francis Crane, who donated their
collection to the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science (then the Denver
Museum of Natural History) between
1968 and 1983. In 1965, the Cranes
purchased from Gerald Fenstermaker
eight Medicine Faces (AC.8544,
AC.9717, AC.9722, AC.9724, AC.9727,
AC.9728, AC.9729, AC.9742); two Corn
Husk Faces (AC.9709, AC.9711); two
Husk Face Figurines comprising a set
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(AC.9825A–B); three Medicine Face
Figurines comprising a set (AC.9826A–
C); nine Medicine Face Figurines
comprising a set (AC.8554A–I); and 10
Medicine Face Figurines comprising a
set (AC.11957A–J). These cultural items
had been removed from various
locations in the State of New York and
Ontario, Canada. Between 1965 and
1967, the Cranes purchased from
Howard B. Roloff three Corn Husk Faces
(AC.8341, AC.8381 AC.9714); 25
Medicine Faces (AC.8375, AC.8379,
AC.8390, AC.8391, AC.8444, AC.10284,
AC.10285, AC.10319, AC.10330,
AC.10333A–K, AC.8406A–E); 12
Medicine Face Figurines comprising a
set (AC.8285A–L); and four Medicine
Face Figurines comprising a set
(AC.10328). These cultural items had
been acquired from the Six Nations of
the Grand River Reserve in Ontario,
Canada. In 1969, the Cranes purchased
a figurine wearing a Medicine Face from
the Las Novedades Gallery in Taos, NM
(AC.7684). The figurine is identified as
Haudenosaunee.
In 1990, one Medicine Face (A1648.1)
was transferred from the Museum’s
Education Collection to its
Anthropology Collection. In 1999,
during a NAGPRA consultation,
representatives of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy suggested that this cultural
item is a copy of an older mask made
by Elon Webster, an Onondaga carver
from the Tonawanda Reservation in
New York.
In 1989, the Museum purchased three
cultural items from William H. Hensler
of Aurora, CO. Hensler had acquired
these items from Iroqrafts, an arts and
crafts store located on the Six Nations
of the Grand River Reserve in Canada.
The items are three Medicine Faces
(A1633.1, A1633.2, and A1633.3).
Museum records indicate that A1633.1
and A1633.2 were made by ‘‘He Keeps
Ice’’ and are affiliated with the Cayuga
Wolf clan, and that A1633.3 was made
by ‘‘Across the River’’ and is affiliated
with the Mohawk Turtle Clan.
The Denver Museum of Nature &
Science acknowledges that the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy predates
the establishment of the geopolitical
borders that separate its territories.
Haudenosaunee communities maintain
unbroken political, cultural, spiritual,
and economic ties to their lands. The
cultural items listed in this notice
belong to the Confederacy, and as
Keepers of the Central Fire of the
Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation
is responsible for their care and
protection. In a letter dated Feb. 21,
2022, Christine G. Abrams, Acting Chair
of the Haudenosaunee Standing
Committee on Burial Rules and
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Regulations, informed the Museum that
the Standing Committee had approved
the Onondaga Nation’s request to
repatriate Medicine Faces, Corn Husk
Faces, and figurines wearing Medicine
Faces or Corn Husk Faces designated as
‘‘Haudenosaunee,’’ ‘‘Iroquois,’’ and
‘‘Grand River,’’ as well as those with
multiple affiliations.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
folkloric, geographical, historical, oral
traditional, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Denver Museum of
Nature & Science has determined that:
• The 83 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.
• The 83 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after July 10, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
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must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests
for joint repatriation of the cultural
items are considered a single request
and not competing requests. The Denver
Museum of Nature & Science is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
Rochester, NY
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Rochester Museum & Science Center
(RMSC) has completed an inventory of
human remains and associated funerary
objects and has determined that there is
a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Broome County,
NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after July
10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Kathryn Murano Santos,
Rochester Museum & Science Center,
657 East Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607,
telephone (585) 697–1929, email
kmurano@rmsc.org.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Rochester
Museum & Science Center. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
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the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records held
by the Rochester Museum & Science
Center.
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, seven individuals were
removed from the Palmer (F.A. Rider)
Site (Ap1 001) in Broome County, NY.
The individuals were excavated during
RMSC expeditions in 1931, 1933, and
1948. No known individuals were
identified. Of the eight associated
funerary objects listed in this notice,
two objects are present and accounted
for in the RMSC collections and six
objects are currently missing. (Rochester
Museum & Science Center continues to
look for these missing objects.) The two
present associated funerary objects are
one lot of sherds and one lot of bear
skeletons. The six currently missing
associated funerary objects are one deer
skull; two stone net sinkers; one
miniature pot; and two body sherds.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, 27 individuals were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002)
in Broome County, NY. The individuals
were excavated by the Rochester
Museum in 1929 and 1930. No known
individuals were identified. The one
associated funerary object is a lot of
mixed soil and bone fragments.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from the Roger P. Clark Site (Bgh 002)
in Broome County, NY. The individual
was removed by Mr. Clark in 1930. No
known individual was identified. The
one associated funerary object is one lot
of brass thimbles with thongs.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following type of
information was used to reasonably
trace the relationship: geographical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Rochester Museum &
Science Center has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 35 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035978; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Denver Museum of
Nature & Science. Denver, CO
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Denver Museum of Nature & Science
intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet both the
definition of sacred objects and the definition of objects of cultural
patrimony, and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items
were removed from the State of New York and Canada.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 10, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Chris Patrello, Curator of Anthropology, Denver Museum of
Nature & Science, 2001 Colorado Blvd., Denver CO 80205, telephone (303)
370-6378, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the Denver Museum of Nature & Science.
Description
The 83 cultural items listed in this notice were removed from
several locations in the State of New York and Ontario, Canada,
beginning in 1965. Of this number, 79 cultural items were purchased by
collectors Mary and Francis Crane, who donated their collection to the
Denver Museum of Nature & Science (then the Denver Museum of Natural
History) between 1968 and 1983. In 1965, the Cranes purchased from
Gerald Fenstermaker eight Medicine Faces (AC.8544, AC.9717, AC.9722,
AC.9724, AC.9727, AC.9728, AC.9729, AC.9742); two Corn Husk Faces
(AC.9709, AC.9711); two Husk Face Figurines comprising a set (AC.9825A-
B); three Medicine Face Figurines comprising a set (AC.9826A-C); nine
Medicine Face Figurines comprising a set (AC.8554A-I); and 10 Medicine
Face Figurines comprising a set (AC.11957A-J). These cultural items had
been removed from various locations in the State of New York and
Ontario, Canada. Between 1965 and 1967, the Cranes purchased from
Howard B. Roloff three Corn Husk Faces (AC.8341, AC.8381 AC.9714); 25
Medicine Faces (AC.8375, AC.8379, AC.8390, AC.8391, AC.8444, AC.10284,
AC.10285, AC.10319, AC.10330, AC.10333A-K, AC.8406A-E); 12 Medicine
Face Figurines comprising a set (AC.8285A-L); and four Medicine Face
Figurines comprising a set (AC.10328). These cultural items had been
acquired from the Six Nations of the Grand River Reserve in Ontario,
Canada. In 1969, the Cranes purchased a figurine wearing a Medicine
Face from the Las Novedades Gallery in Taos, NM (AC.7684). The figurine
is identified as Haudenosaunee.
In 1990, one Medicine Face (A1648.1) was transferred from the
Museum's Education Collection to its Anthropology Collection. In 1999,
during a NAGPRA consultation, representatives of the Haudenosaunee
Confederacy suggested that this cultural item is a copy of an older
mask made by Elon Webster, an Onondaga carver from the Tonawanda
Reservation in New York.
In 1989, the Museum purchased three cultural items from William H.
Hensler of Aurora, CO. Hensler had acquired these items from Iroqrafts,
an arts and crafts store located on the Six Nations of the Grand River
Reserve in Canada. The items are three Medicine Faces (A1633.1,
A1633.2, and A1633.3). Museum records indicate that A1633.1 and A1633.2
were made by ``He Keeps Ice'' and are affiliated with the Cayuga Wolf
clan, and that A1633.3 was made by ``Across the River'' and is
affiliated with the Mohawk Turtle Clan.
The Denver Museum of Nature & Science acknowledges that the
Haudenosaunee Confederacy predates the establishment of the
geopolitical borders that separate its territories. Haudenosaunee
communities maintain unbroken political, cultural, spiritual, and
economic ties to their lands. The cultural items listed in this notice
belong to the Confederacy, and as Keepers of the Central Fire of the
Haudenosaunee, the Onondaga Nation is responsible for their care and
protection. In a letter dated Feb. 21, 2022, Christine G. Abrams,
Acting Chair of the Haudenosaunee Standing Committee on Burial Rules
and
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Regulations, informed the Museum that the Standing Committee had
approved the Onondaga Nation's request to repatriate Medicine Faces,
Corn Husk Faces, and figurines wearing Medicine Faces or Corn Husk
Faces designated as ``Haudenosaunee,'' ``Iroquois,'' and ``Grand
River,'' as well as those with multiple affiliations.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, folkloric,
geographical, historical, oral traditional, other relevant information,
and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science has determined
that:
The 83 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.
The 83 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.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Onondaga
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after July 10, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Denver Museum of Nature & Science must
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation.
Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are considered a
single request and not competing requests. The Denver Museum of Nature
& Science is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: May 31, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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