Notice of Intended Repatriation: Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA, 25664-25665 [2024-07711]
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additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The ancestor was
removed from the California Ranch Site
(Hne 22–4) in Ontario County, NY. They
were excavated during an RMSC
expedition on June 4, 1953. No known
individual was identified.
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The ancestor was
removed from the Morrow Point Site
(Hne 033; Hne 003–4) in Ontario
County, NY. They were excavated
during an RMSC expedition in 1956. No
known individual was identified.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
Determinations
The RMSC has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Seneca Nation of
Indians; Seneca-Cayuga Nation; and the
Tonawanda Band of Seneca.
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
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.
Repatriation of the human remains in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after May 13, 2024. If competing
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requests for repatriation are received,
the RMSC must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The RMSC 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 10.10.
Dated: April 2, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intended Repatriation: Mount
Holyoke College Art Museum, South
Hadley, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Mount
Holyoke College Art Museum intends to
repatriate certain cultural items that
meet the definition of sacred objects or
objects of cultural patrimony and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after May
13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Abigail Hoover, Associate
Director of Registration and Collections,
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum,
Lower Lake Road, South Hadley, MA
01075, telephone (413) 538–2492, email
ahoover@mtholyoke.edu.
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 Mount
Holyoke College Art Museum, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
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Abstract of Information Available
A total of 11 cultural items have been
requested for repatriation. The seven
sacred objects consist of catlinite pipe
bowls and pipe stems. The four objects
of cultural patrimony include a pair of
gauntlet gloves, a jacket, a quiver, and
a bow case.
Each of the 11 cultural objects in this
notice are part of the Joseph Allen
Skinner Museum collection, which was
donated to the Trustees of Mount
Holyoke College by Skinner after his
death in 1946. Like many of the objects
in the Skinner collection, there is no
extant provenance information and it is
unclear when these objects were
acquired, though pictures show the
display of these objects by Skinner as
early as 1934.
Catlinite pipes are pipes made of
catlinite, a type of mudstone that can
only be found in parts of southwest
Minnesota, southeastern South Dakota,
and northwest Iowa, adjacent to the site
of Pipestone National Monument.
Catlinite has been used to make
ceremonial pipes important to the
religious practices of Indigenous
peoples of the Great Plains for over
3,000 years. These sacred pipes have
been used in prayer and religious
ceremonies by the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe and possess deep spiritual
significance.
The quiver and bow case, jacket, and
gauntlet gloves in the Skinner Museum
collection are imbued with ongoing
historical, traditional, and/or cultural
importance to the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe. The quiver and bow case
are decorated with the spiritually
significant practice of quillwork, the
jacket is embroidered with beadwork
using culturally significant colors and
designs, and the gauntlet gloves possess
floral beadwork that is particularly
connected to the history and geography
of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
Based on the above definitions and a
general knowledge of these objects
possessing both ceremonial, spiritual,
and cultural significance, the claim for
repatriation to the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota will be
honored.
Determinations
The Mount Holyoke College Art
Museum has determined that:
• The seven sacred objects described
in this notice are specific ceremonial
objects needed by a traditional Native
American religious leader for presentday adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to
the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant,
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Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• The four objects of cultural
patrimony described in this notice have
ongoing historical, traditional, or
cultural importance central to the
Native American group, including any
constituent sub-group (such as a band,
clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or
other subdivision), according to the
Native American traditional knowledge
of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the cultural items described in
this notice and the Flandreau Santee
Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the authorized
representative identified in this notice
under 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 May 13, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum
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 Mount
Holyoke College Art Museum is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations identified in
this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 2, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–CR–NHAP–NPS00;
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and Approval; National Heritage Areas
Program Annual Reporting Forms
National Park Service, Interior.
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request for comment.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, we,
the National Park Service (NPS) are
proposing to renew an information
collection.
SUMMARY:
Interested persons are invited to
submit comments on or before May 13,
2024.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
suggestions on the information
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accordance with the Paperwork
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037712; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Mount Holyoke College Art
Museum, South Hadley, MA
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 Mount Holyoke College Art Museum intends
to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred
objects or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 13, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Abigail Hoover, Associate Director of Registration and
Collections, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Lower Lake Road, South
Hadley, MA 01075, telephone (413) 538-2492, 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
Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 11 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The seven sacred objects consist of catlinite pipe bowls and pipe
stems. The four objects of cultural patrimony include a pair of
gauntlet gloves, a jacket, a quiver, and a bow case.
Each of the 11 cultural objects in this notice are part of the
Joseph Allen Skinner Museum collection, which was donated to the
Trustees of Mount Holyoke College by Skinner after his death in 1946.
Like many of the objects in the Skinner collection, there is no extant
provenance information and it is unclear when these objects were
acquired, though pictures show the display of these objects by Skinner
as early as 1934.
Catlinite pipes are pipes made of catlinite, a type of mudstone
that can only be found in parts of southwest Minnesota, southeastern
South Dakota, and northwest Iowa, adjacent to the site of Pipestone
National Monument. Catlinite has been used to make ceremonial pipes
important to the religious practices of Indigenous peoples of the Great
Plains for over 3,000 years. These sacred pipes have been used in
prayer and religious ceremonies by the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe and
possess deep spiritual significance.
The quiver and bow case, jacket, and gauntlet gloves in the Skinner
Museum collection are imbued with ongoing historical, traditional, and/
or cultural importance to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe. The quiver
and bow case are decorated with the spiritually significant practice of
quillwork, the jacket is embroidered with beadwork using culturally
significant colors and designs, and the gauntlet gloves possess floral
beadwork that is particularly connected to the history and geography of
the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe.
Based on the above definitions and a general knowledge of these
objects possessing both ceremonial, spiritual, and cultural
significance, the claim for repatriation to the Flandreau Santee Sioux
Tribe of South Dakota will be honored.
Determinations
The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum has determined that:
The seven sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant,
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Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization.
The four objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of
South Dakota.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 May 13, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Mount Holyoke College Art Museum 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 Mount Holyoke College
Art Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this
notice and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: April 2, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-07711 Filed 4-10-24; 8:45 am]
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