[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 201 (Tuesday, October 18, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 71763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25127]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-22083; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Stearns History
Museum, Saint Cloud, MN
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Stearns History 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 sacred 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 Stearns History 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 Stearns History Museum at
the address in this notice by November 17, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Adam Smith, Stearns History Museum, 235 South 33rd Avenue,
Saint Cloud, MN 56301, telephone (320) 253-8424, email museum.org">asmith@stearns-museum.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 Stearns History Museum, Saint Cloud, MN that meet the
definition of sacred 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
On an unknown date in 1902, two cultural items were removed from
the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in Mahnomen,
Clearwater and Becker Counties, MN. In 1902, William Wynkoop Smith
collected the cultural items during his visit to the White Earth Band
of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. The items remained in the Smith home
in Saint Cloud, MN and later Cold Spring, MN. In 1982, Smith donated
the items to the museum. The two sacred objects are ceremonial clubs.
When the items were donated to the museum in 1982, the Curator
identified them as Anishinaabe. Further research into beadwork and
design confirm the items are of Anishinaabe origin.
At an unknown date between 1930 and 1982, three cultural items were
removed from the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe in
Mahnomen, Clearwater and Becker Counties, MN. The three sacred objects
are one drum, one rattle and one headband. The drum was owned by
Charlotte Fineday Broker, a member of the White Earth Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe who lived with the White Earth Band of the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe her entire life. Broker died in 1951 and her
daughter-in-law Martha Aspinwall Broker, also a member of the White
Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, acquired the item. Martha
married Charlotte's son Robert in 1918, moved to Royalton, MN by 1930
and St. Cloud, MN by 1943. It is unclear when, between 1930 and 1982,
the three sacred objects left the White Earth Band of the Minnesota
Chippewa Tribe. In 1982, Martha Broker donated all three items to the
museum.
Determinations Made by the Stearns History Museum
Officials of the Stearns History Museum have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the 5 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.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the sacred
objects and White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.
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 Adam Smith, Stearns History Museum, 235
South 33rd Avenue, Saint Cloud, MN 56301, telephone (320) 253-8424,
email museum.org">asmith@stearns-museum.org, by November 17, 2016. After that date,
if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of
the sacred objects to White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
may proceed.
The Stearns History Museum is responsible for notifying the White
Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 6, 2016.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2016-25127 Filed 10-17-16; 8:45 am]
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