[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 140 (Monday, July 24, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34329-34330]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-15468]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-23496; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Cincinnati Art 
Museum, Cincinnati, OH

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Cincinnati Art 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 Cincinnati Art Museum. If no additional claimants come 
forward, transfer of

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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 Cincinnati Art Museum at the 
address in this notice by August 23, 2017.

ADDRESSES: Jay Pattison, Chief Registrar, Cincinnati Art Museum, 953 
Eden Park Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45202, telephone (513) 639-2909, email 
[email protected].

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 Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH, 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

    At some time between the mid-1920s and mid-1930s, two cultural 
items were removed from the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Reservation in 
Vilas County, WI. The two cultural items are two wooden pipe stems. The 
upper section of the first pipe stem (CAM accession number 1988.253) is 
carved into a spiral shape and trimmed with loom-woven beadwork. The 
lower section is flat, with a strip of beaver fur at each end. The 
upper section of the second pipe stem (CAM accession number 1988.256) 
is carved with spool and ovoid shapes that are decorated with brass 
tacks. The pipe is trimmed with beaver fur at its center. The lower 
section is flat with incised, linear abstract designs on one side. At 
an unknown date, the two pipe stems were acquired by Dr. Bernard S. 
Mason, along with other objects originating from the Lac du Flambeau 
Chippewa Reservation. Upon Dr. Mason's death in 1953, ownership of his 
collection of Native American objects was transferred to John L. 
Holden. In 1988, Mr. Holden donated a portion of this collection that 
included the two pipe stems to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
    Museum accession, catalogue, and documentary records, as well as 
consultation with representatives from the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake 
Superior Chippewa Indians, indicate that the two cultural items are 
Chippewa, and are from the Lac du Flambeau Chippewa Reservation of 
Wisconsin. The two objects are illustrated as line drawings in Dr. 
Mason's book, Crafts of the Woods, South Brunswick and New York: A. S. 
Barnes and Co, 1973 (originally published in 1939), page 20, Figure 
202C and Figure 202D. The pipes, combined with a ceremonial Warrior 
Drum, comprise an ensemble of sacred objects that are needed by 
traditional Lac du Flambeau Chippewa religious leaders for the practice 
of Native American religions by their present-day adherents.

Determinations Made by the Cincinnati Art Museum

    Officials of the Cincinnati Art Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the two 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 two 
pipe stems and the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin.

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 Jay Pattison, Chief Registrar, Cincinnati 
Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH 45202, telephone (513) 639-2909, email 
[email protected], by August 23, 2017. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the two 
pipe stems to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa 
Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin may proceed.
    The Cincinnati Art Museum is responsible for notifying the Lac du 
Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau 
Reservation of Wisconsin that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 31, 2017.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2017-15468 Filed 7-21-17; 8:45 am]
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