[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56871-56872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-24768]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0026863; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Minnesota 
Historical Society, St. Paul, MN

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Minnesota Historical Society, in consultation with the 
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has 
determined that the cultural item listed in this notice meets the 
definition of unassociated funerary object. Lineal descendants or 
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice that wish to claim this cultural item should 
submit a written request to the Minnesota Historical Society. 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 Minnesota Historical Society 
at the address in this notice by December 14, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Ben Gessner, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 W. Kellogg 
Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3281, 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 a cultural item under the 
control of the Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, MN, that meets 
the definition of unassociated funerary object 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 Item(s)

    In or around 1869, one cultural item was removed from a burial 
mound during construction of a street in Red Wing, MN. The associated 
human remains were not exhumed. The item was donated to the Minnesota 
Historical Society in September, 1944, by Ms. Grace E. Polk. The one 
unassociated funerary object is a Jefferson Peace and Friendship Medal 
(MNHS #8407).
    A preponderance of evidence surrounding the removal of MNHS #8407--
the Red Wing provenience, the association in a burial mound with 
skeletal remains, and the size of the medal--supports the conclusion 
that this medal was presented to Mdewakanton Dakota Chief Tatankamani 
(Walking Buffalo, also known as hereditary chief Red Wing) (d. 1829) by 
the United States Government in the first decade of the 19th century. 
Tatankamani's village was located on the eastern shores of Lake Pepin, 
near modern day Red Wing, MN, which bears his name. Tatankamani's 
descendants were removed from the area during the Treaty period, and 
later were forcibly removed from the state of Minnesota following the 
U.S.-Dakota War of 1862. Many of them were relocated to the Santee 
Reservation in Nebraska, although contemporary descendants can be found 
in many of the Dakota communities and reservations. A summary was 
submitted for review and consultation to representatives of Tatankamani 
lineal descendants, and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe of the Crow Creek 
Reservation, South Dakota; Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South 
Dakota; Lower Sioux Indian Community in the State of Minnesota; Oglala 
Sioux Tribe (previously listed as the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine 
Ridge Reservation, South Dakota); Prairie Island Indian Community in 
the State of Minnesota; Santee Sioux Nation, Nebraska; Shakopee 
Mdewakanton Sioux Community of Minnesota;

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Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, South Dakota; 
and the Upper Sioux Community, Minnesota (hereafter known as ``The 
Affiliated Tribes'').

Determinations Made by the Minnesota Historical Society

    Officials of the Minnesota Historical Society have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the one cultural item 
described above is reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
the individual human remains of Tatankamani at the time of his death or 
later as part of the death rite or ceremony, and is believed, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed from a specific 
burial site of a Native American individual, i.e. the burial site of 
Tatankamani.
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.14(b), Josie Redwing and Melody 
Redwing are direct lineal descendants of Tatankamani, based on 
genealogical evidence on file with the Minnesota Historical Society.

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 
this cultural item should submit a written request with information in 
support of the claim to Ben Gessner, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 
W. Kellogg Blvd., St. Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3281, email 
[email protected], by December 14, 2018. After that date, if no 
additional claimants have come forward, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3005(a), 
transfer of control of the unassociated funerary object to the lineal 
descendants of Tatankamani represented by Josie Redwing and Melody 
Redwing may proceed.
    The Minnesota Historical Society is responsible for notifying Josie 
Redwing, Melody Redwing, and The Affiliated Tribes that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: October 22, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-24768 Filed 11-13-18; 8:45 am]
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