[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 107 (Monday, June 3, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 47598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-12079]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038020; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Minnesota Historical Society, 
St. Paul, MN

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 Minnesota Historical Society (MNHS) 
intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition 
of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation 
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after July 3, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Cecily Marcus, Minnesota Historical Society, 345 West 
Kellogg Boulevard, Saint Paul, MN 55102, telephone (651) 259-3123, 
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 
Minnesota Historical Society, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one object of cultural patrimony is a Beaver Chilkat Robe (S'igeidi 
Naaxein), MHS #10,000.804, held by MNHS. The item was purchased in 1946 
from the Alaska Native Service, Juneau, AK, by Frederick and Elizabeth 
Ayer for sale at the Mille Lacs Trading Post in Mille Lacs, MN; donated 
to the Minnesota Historical Society by Jeanette Ayer in 1959. The robe 
was woven by Ms. Mary Willard (Tlingit name Akl[eacute], of the 
Kaawaantaan clan, Gooch Hit (Wolf House), Klukwan) as an item for 
purchase.

Determinations

    The Minnesota Historical Society has determined that:
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance 
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other 
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of 
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Angoon Community Association and the 
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under 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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after July 3, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the Minnesota Historical Society must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Minnesota Historical Society is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 
Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice and to any other 
consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: May 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-12079 Filed 5-31-24; 8:45 am]
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