83 FR 32314 - Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)
National Park Service
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 134 (July 12, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-14896 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 134 (Thursday, July 12, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 32314-32315] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-14896] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0025701; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Berkshire Museum, 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 sacred object and object of cultural patrimony. 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 Berkshire Museum. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item should submit a written request with information in support of the claim to the Berkshire Museum at the address in this notice by August 13, 2018. ADDRESSES: Jason Vivori, Collections Experience Manager, Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, telephone (413) 443-7171 ext. 341, 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 Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, that meets the definitions of sacred objects and 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 Item In 1903, one cultural item was removed from Pine Point in Becker County, MN, by John K. West, an entrepreneur from western Massachusetts, who arrived in Detroit Lakes in 1881 with his wife, Ms. Jessie Campbell West. Both individuals spent considerable time in Detroit Lakes and other areas within Becker County and acquired numerous objects from White Earth Reservation. Shortly after Ms. West's death in January 1903, several objects were sent to Massachusetts and were acquired by the Berkshire Museum. The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is described as an ``Ojibwa large drum'' (#C1992.53) otherwise referred to as a ``Big Drum'' or ``Manidoo Dewe'igan'' (meaning ``Spirit Drum''). The Pine Point community, where this particular drum originated, is within the boundaries of Becker County on the White Earth Reservation. From the creation of the White Earth Reservation in 1867 through the mid-1900s, the people of White Earth existed often under great hardship due to significant economic, cultural, and religious oppression combined with well-documented dispossession of land and other resources. Historically, the Big Drum served an important role in maintaining peace between communities and such drums continue to hold a spiritual and healing role with ceremonies that are still held on the White Earth Reservation. In addition, the ongoing historical and spiritual importance of these drums is that they are central to the White Earth people as a whole and could never have been alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by any individual regardless of whether or not the individual was a member of the tribe. Thomas Vennum wrote in The Ojibwa Dance Drum, ``Because song and [[Page 32315]] dance are traditionally considered to be sacred in origin they are for Native Americans a form of prayer . . . and because most song is accompanied by percussion of some sort--drums more often than not--the instruments themselves become sacred through their associations.'' This feeling was reaffirmed by the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe during consultation with the Berkshire Museum. In a letter dated April 5, 2017, the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe requested the return of the Big Drum due to its substantial cultural and religious significance. Determinations Made by the Berkshire Museum Officials of the Berkshire Museum have determined that:Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), the one cultural item described above is a specific ceremonial object 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(3)(D), the one cultural item described above has 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 sacred object and object of cultural patrimony and the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. 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 Jason Vivori, Collections Experience Manager, Berkshire Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, telephone (413) 443-7171 ext. 341, email [email protected], by August 13, 2018. After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the sacred object and object of cultural patrimony to the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe may proceed. The Berkshire Museum is responsible for notifying the White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe that this notice has been published. Dated: June 1, 2018. Melanie O'Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2018-14896 Filed 7-11-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312-52-P
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Anyone wishing to employ this entity descendants or representatives of any History and Description of the Cultural
to conduct laboratory analyses and Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Item
gauger services should request and organization not identified in this notice In 1903, one cultural item was
receive written assurances from the that wish to claim this cultural item removed from Pine Point in Becker
entity that it is accredited or approved should submit a written request to the County, MN, by John K. West, an
by the U.S. Customs and Border Berkshire Museum. If no additional entrepreneur from western
Protection to conduct the specific test or claimants come forward, transfer of Massachusetts, who arrived in Detroit
gauger service requested. Alternatively, control of the cultural item to the lineal Lakes in 1881 with his wife, Ms. Jessie
inquiries regarding the specific test or descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Campbell West. Both individuals spent
gauger service this entity is accredited Hawaiian organizations stated in this considerable time in Detroit Lakes and
or approved to perform may be directed notice may proceed. other areas within Becker County and
to the U.S. Customs and Border acquired numerous objects from White
Protection by calling (202) 344–1060. DATES: Lineal descendants or
Earth Reservation. Shortly after Ms.
The inquiry may also be sent to representatives of any Indian Tribe or
West’s death in January 1903, several
CBPGaugersLabs@cbp.dhs.gov. Please Native Hawaiian organization not objects were sent to Massachusetts and
reference the website listed below for a identified in this notice that wish to were acquired by the Berkshire
complete listing of CBP approved claim this cultural item should submit Museum. The one sacred object/object
gaugers and accredited laboratories. a written request with information in of cultural patrimony is described as an
http://www.cbp.gov/about/labs- support of the claim to the Berkshire ‘‘Ojibwa large drum’’ (#C1992.53)
scientific/commercial-gaugers-and- Museum at the address in this notice by otherwise referred to as a ‘‘Big Drum’’ or
laboratories. August 13, 2018. ‘‘Manidoo Dewe’igan’’ (meaning ‘‘Spirit
Dated: July 2, 2018. ADDRESSES: Jason Vivori, Collections Drum’’).
Dave Fluty, Experience Manager, Berkshire The Pine Point community, where
Executive Director, Laboratories and Museum, 39 South Street, Pittsfield, MA this particular drum originated, is
Scientific Services. 01201, telephone (413) 443–7171 ext. within the boundaries of Becker County
on the White Earth Reservation. From
[FR Doc. 2018–14918 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am] 341, email jvivori@
the creation of the White Earth
BILLING CODE 9111–14–P berkshiremuseum.org.
Reservation in 1867 through the mid-
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 1900s, the people of White Earth existed
here given in accordance with the often under great hardship due to
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR significant economic, cultural, and
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. religious oppression combined with
National Park Service
3005, of the intent to repatriate a well-documented dispossession of land
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025701;
cultural item under the control of the and other resources. Historically, the
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Big Drum served an important role in
Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA, that
maintaining peace between
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural meets the definitions of sacred objects
communities and such drums continue
Items: Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, and objects of cultural patrimony under
to hold a spiritual and healing role with
MA 25 U.S.C. 3001.
ceremonies that are still held on the
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. This notice is published as part of the White Earth Reservation. In addition,
National Park Service’s administrative the ongoing historical and spiritual
ACTION: Notice.
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 importance of these drums is that they
amozie on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES1
SUMMARY: The Berkshire Museum, in U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in are central to the White Earth people as
consultation with the appropriate this notice are the sole responsibility of a whole and could never have been
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian the museum, institution, or Federal alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by
organizations, has determined that the agency that has control of the Native any individual regardless of whether or
cultural item listed in this notice meets American cultural items. The National not the individual was a member of the
the definition of sacred object and object Park Service is not responsible for the tribe. Thomas Vennum wrote in The
of cultural patrimony. Lineal determinations in this notice. Ojibwa Dance Drum, ‘‘Because song and
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dance are traditionally considered to be Dated: June 1, 2018. funerary objects under the control of the
sacred in origin they are for Native Melanie O’Brien, State Historic Preservation Office,
Americans a form of prayer . . . and Manager, National NAGPRA Program. Lansing, MI. The human remains and
because most song is accompanied by [FR Doc. 2018–14896 Filed 7–11–18; 8:45 am] associated funerary objects were
percussion of some sort—drums more BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
removed from a highway construction
often than not—the instruments project on US–12, Lenawee County, MI.
themselves become sacred through their This notice is published as part of the
associations.’’ This feeling was DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
reaffirmed by the White Earth Band of
National Park Service U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe during
this notice are the sole responsibility of
consultation with the Berkshire [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0025846;
the museum, institution, or Federal
Museum. In a letter dated April 5, 2017, PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
agency that has control of the Native
the White Earth Band of the Minnesota American human remains. The National
Notice of Inventory Completion: State
Chippewa Tribe requested the return of Park Service is not responsible for the
Historic Preservation Office, Lansing,
the Big Drum due to its substantial determinations in this notice.
MI
cultural and religious significance.
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. Consultation
Determinations Made by the Berkshire A detailed assessment of the human
Museum ACTION: Notice.
remains was made during 1993–1995 by
Officials of the Berkshire Museum SUMMARY: The State Historic the former Office of the State
have determined that: Preservation Office (SHPO), Michigan Archaeologist (OSA) professional staff
State Housing Development Authority, and by a physical anthropologist.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), has completed an inventory of human According to documents held by the
the one cultural item described above is remains and associated funerary objects SHPO, in 1995 the OSA initiated
a specific ceremonial object needed by in consultation with the appropriate consultation on the human remains and
traditional Native American religious Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian funerary objects with the Citizen
leaders for the practice of traditional organizations, and has determined that Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
Native American religions by their there is a cultural affiliation between the County Potawatomi Community,
present-day adherents. human remains and present-day Indian Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), Tribes or Native Hawaiian Community, Michigan; Pokagon Band of
the one cultural item described above organizations. Lineal descendants or Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Indiana; and Prairie Band Potawatomi
has ongoing historical, traditional, or
Native Hawaiian organization not Nation (previously listed as the Prairie
cultural importance central to the
identified in this notice that wish to Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas).
Native American group or culture itself,
request transfer of control of these History and Description of the Remains
rather than property owned by an
human remains should submit a written
individual. In the 1920s, human remains
request to the Michigan State Historic
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there Preservation Office. If no additional representing nine individuals were
is a relationship of shared group requestors come forward, transfer of removed from a highway construction
identity that can be reasonably traced control of the human remains and project in Lenawee County, MI. In 1925,
between the sacred object and object of associated funerary objects to the lineal the remains were re-interred on the
cultural patrimony and the White Earth descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native grounds of the Walker Tavern historic
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe. Hawaiian organizations stated in this site, located a few miles from the
notice may proceed. highway construction project. The
Additional Requestors and Disposition Walker Tavern structure was built
DATES: Lineal descendants or
around 1832, as a farmhouse, and then
Lineal descendants or representatives representatives of any Indian Tribe or
became a tavern and inn along the
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian Native Hawaiian organization not
Detroit to Chicago stagecoach route. In
organization not identified in this notice identified in this notice that wish to
1921, Frederic Hewitt converted the
that wish to claim these cultural items request transfer of control of these
tavern into a museum, and in 1965, the
should submit a written request with human remains and associated funerary
structure was sold to the Michigan
information in support of the claim to objects should submit a written request
Department of Natural Resources. The
Jason Vivori, Collections Experience with information in support of the
Parks and Recreation Division of the
Manager, Berkshire Museum, 39 South request to the State Historic
Michigan Department of Conservation
Preservation Office at the address in this
Street, Pittsfield, MA 01201, telephone operated the historic site until 1975,
notice by August 13, 2018.
(413) 443–7171 ext. 341, email jvivori@ when the Michigan Historical Museum,
berkshiremuseum.org, by August 13, ADDRESSES: Dean L. Anderson, State which was part of the Michigan
2018. After that date, if no additional Historic Preservation Office, Michigan Historical Center (MHC), took
claimants have come forward, transfer State Housing Development Authority, responsibility for the Walker Tavern
735 East Michigan Avenue, Lansing, MI museum and its collections.
of control of the sacred object and object
48909, telephone: (517) 373–1618, email In the mid-1990s, Barbara Mead,
of cultural patrimony to the White Earth
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andersond15@michigan.gov. Assistant State Archaeologist, did the
Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe
may proceed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is NAGPRA reporting for the Office of the
here given in accordance with the State Archaeologist (OSA) and for the
The Berkshire Museum is responsible Native American Graves Protection and state museum. At that time, the state
for notifying the White Earth Band of Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. museum turned over to Ms. Mead a
the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe that this 3003, of the completion of an inventory single cranium and associated funerary
notice has been published. of human remains and associated objects that she determined had been
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