[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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