[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 129 (Friday, July 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43386-43387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-14386]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036131; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: James B. and 
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, 
DeKalb, IL (Formerly Anthropology Museum at Northern Illinois 
University)

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of 
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University (Pick Museum) intends to 
repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred 
objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after August 7, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Dr. Christy DeLair, Museum Director, James B. and Rosalyn L. 
Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University, 1425 W 
Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60015, telephone (815) 753-0230, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern 
Illinois University. The National Park Service is not responsible for 
the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records held by the James B. and 
Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology at Northern Illinois University.

Description

    In 1977, the Pick Museum purchased 10 false face protectors from 
the Cahokia Mounds Museum Society, which had purchased them from 
Iroqrafts, an indigenous arts and crafts outlet located on the Six 
Nations of the Grand River. Pick Museum records indicate that the maker 
was H[ocirc]we'drangwus (``He Keeps Ice'') from the Wolf Clan of the 
Cayuga of the Six Nations of the Grand River, based on the original 
Iroqrafts' tags that came with each protector. Nandell Hill, the 
current owner of Iroqrafts, and whose father was the owner of Iroqrafts 
when the protectors were sold to Cahokia, confirmed H[ocirc]we'drangwus 
(also known as Mark Sky) was a member of the Wolf Clan of the Cayuga 
Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River, and also stated she was a 
relation of H[ocirc]we'drangwus. Likewise, Miran Hill, the Keeper of 
all wampum belts, funeral remains, masks, and ceremonial items for the 
Six Nations of the Grand River, who knew H[ocirc]we'drangwus, confirmed 
he was from the Six Nations of the Grand River. The 10 false face 
protectors are sacred objects.
    In 1981, the Pick Museum purchased three false face masks from 
Desert House Crafts in Tucson, Arizona. Pick Museum records indicate 
the artist was doChAn'dre (``Breaking Daylight,'' also known as Gene 
Thomas), a member of the Wolf Clan of the Onondaga of the Six Nations 
of the Grand River. His father, Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud,'' also 
known as Jake Thomas) was a chief and member of the Snipe Clan of the 
Cayuga of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Nandell Hill, the current 
owner of Iroqrafts, provided the clan membership and English names of 
doChAn'dre (``Breaking Daylight'') and his father

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Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud''). Likewise, Miran Hill, the Keeper of 
all wampum belts, funeral remains, masks, and ceremonial items for the 
Six Nations of the Grand River, who knew doChAn'dre (``Breaking 
Daylight'') and his father Hadaje'grenta (``Flying Cloud''), confirmed 
they were from the Six Nations of the Grand River. The three false face 
masks are sacred objects.

Cultural Affiliation

    The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological, 
geographical, historical, oral traditional, kinship, and expert 
opinion.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of Anthropology 
at Northern Illinois University has determined that:
     The 13 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.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Onondaga 
Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal 
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not 
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally 
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
    Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor 
may occur on or after August 7, 2023. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of 
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural items are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The James B. and Rosalyn L. Pick Museum of 
Anthropology at Northern Illinois University is responsible for sending 
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: June 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-14386 Filed 7-6-23; 8:45 am]
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