70 FR 5 pg. 1470 - Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum ofNatural History, New York, NY; Republication
Type: NOTICEVolume: 70Number: 5Page: 1470
FR document: [FR Doc. R4-28004 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items: American Museum ofNatural History, New York, NY; Republication
Editorial Note:
Federal Register Notice document 04-28004 was published originally in the Federal Register of Wednesday, December 22, 2004 at 69 FR 76778. The document published was a duplicate of document 04-28001. The corrected document is published in its entirety.
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves Protectionand Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3005, of the intent to repatriatecultural items in the possession of the American Museum of Natural History, NewYork, NY, that meet the definition of "sacred objects" under 25U.S.C. 3001.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service'sadministrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). Thedeterminations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the museum,institution, or Federal agency that has control of these cultural items. TheNational Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in thisnotice.
The 9 cultural items are 3 inscribed birch bark rolls, 2 rattles, 1 beadedceremonial bag, 1 fawn skin bag, 1 food fungus, and 1 black dye.
The Mide bark song roll is oblong with rounded ends and measures 45 x 8 x 0.5cm. The Mide bark roll is rectangular, measuring 34 x 24 x 5 cm and isinscribed with the figure of a man. The medicine bark roll is rectangular andmeasures 36 x 26 x 2 cm. The birchbark rattle has a cylindrical head paintedwith a blue stripe that is attached to a wooden handle. The doctor's rattleconsists of a circular wooden frame covered with hide. The ceremonial bag is abandolier¯type bag beaded in a floral motif and has a fringed bottom. Thebase of the shoulder strap also contains the beaded image of a man and twohorses. The fawn skin bag is used to hold wild rice. The fungus is a black foodfungus. The black dye has been identified by a Bois Forte representative asvermilion.
In 1903, William Jones acquired the cultural items from the Bois Forte IndianReservation in Minnesota during an American Museum of Natural History fundedexpedition. The Museum accessioned the cultural items into its collection thesame year.
The cultural affiliation of the cultural items is Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Bandof the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe as indicated by Museum records and byconsultation evidence presented by the Bois Forte (Nett Lake) Band of theMinnesota Chippewa, Minnesota. Museum records indicate that the cultural itemsare Ojibway and that they were acquired from the Bois Forte Indian Reservationin Minnesota.
Officials of the American Museum of Natural History have determined that,pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001, (3)(C), the cultural items are specific ceremonialobjects needed by traditional Native American religious leaders for the practiceof traditional Native American religions by their present¯day adherents.Officials of the American Museum of Natural History also have determined that,pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group identitythat can be reasonably traced between the sacred objects and the Bois Forte(Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to beculturally affiliated with these sacred objects should contact Nell Murphy,Director of Cultural Resources, American Museum of Natural History, Central ParkWest at 79th Street, New York, NY 10024, telephone (212) 769¯5837, beforeJanuary 21, 2005. Repatriation of the sacred objects to the BoisForte (Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota may proceedafter that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The American Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying BoisForte (Nett Lake) Band of the Minnesota Chippewa, Minnesota, and the MinnesotaChippewa Tribe, Minnesota that this notice has been published.
Dated: November 16, 2004.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. R4-28004 Filed 1-6-05; 8:45am]
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