[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11091-11092]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-04110]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033437; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Haffenreffer 
Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, Bristol, RI

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, 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 objects of cultural patrimony. 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 Haffenreffer 
Museum of Anthropology, Brown University. 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 Haffenreffer Museum of 
Anthropology, Brown University at the address in this notice by March 
30, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thierry Gentis, Curator, NAGPRA 
Coordinator, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, 300 
Tower Street, Bristol, RI 02889, telephone (401) 863-5702, 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 Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University, 
Bristol, RI, that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony 
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

    In 1928, Rudolf F. Haffenreffer purchased a catlinite pipe bowl and 
wood pipe stem (78-45a, b) from William Everett Lincoln. The museum's 
catalog card states that they had been ``collected by William Everett 
Lincoln from the Stockbridge Indians in Massachusetts prior to 1928.'' 
Likewise, the museum's catalog cards state that two additional 
catlinite pipe bowls (1/396 and 1/397) purchased by Haffenreffer around 
the same time are to be attributed to the ``Stockbridge Indians, 
Stockbridge Massachusetts.''
    In consultation with the Historic Preservation Manager of the 
Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians, the above items were 
determined to be culturally affiliated with the Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin. During consultation, the museum also determined 
that these pipes are still used in traditional ceremonies for medicinal 
and spiritual purposes. Additionally, the museum determined that the 
use of such pipes in diplomatic ceremonies denotes their symbolic value 
and continued historical and cultural importance for the Stockbridge-
Munsee Community, Wisconsin, and as such, that they are communally 
owned, i.e., they cannot be legally separated from the community by an 
individual.

Determinations Made by the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown 
University

    Officials of the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown 
University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the four cultural items 
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural 
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself, 
rather than property owned by an individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the objects 
of cultural patrimony and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, 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

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Thierry Gentis, Curator, Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown 
University, 300 Tower Street, Bristol, RI 02889, telephone (401) 863-
5702, email [email protected], by March 30, 2022. After that 
date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control 
of these objects of cultural patrimony to the Stockbridge Munsee 
Community, Wisconsin may proceed.
    The Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology, Brown University is 
responsible for notifying the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin 
that this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 16, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-04110 Filed 2-25-22; 8:45 am]
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