FR Doc 04-17580
[Federal Register: August 3, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 148)]
[Notices]
[Page 46566]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item: Field Museum of
Natural History, Chicago, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 43 CFR 10.8 (f), of the
intent to repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meets the definition 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, 43 CFR 10.8 (f). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the cultural
item. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in the notice.
The cultural item is a painted wooden hat (catalog number 79224).
The conical and sloping hat has a three-dimensional carving of a sea
lion and is incised with crest designs. The hat is painted white, red,
and greenish-blue. The wooden portion of the hat is topped with three
stacked, basketry ``potlatch'' rings.
At an unknown date, Lieutenant George Thorton Emmons purchased the
hat. In 1902, the Field Museum of Natural History purchased the hat
from Lieutenant Emmons and accessioned the hat into its collection in
the same year (accession number 807).
The cultural affiliation of the hat is ``Tlingit, Sitka'' as
indicated by museum records, and by consultation evidence presented by
the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes. The Central
Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes requested the return of
the hat on behalf of the Kaagwaantaan clan. Museum records indicate
that the hat was ``formerly the property of `Anna-hootz' [Anaxoots] the
hereditary chief of the `Kargwautore' [Kaagwaantaan] family of the
Sitka tribe.''
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined
that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), the 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. Officials of the Field Museum of
Natural History also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(2), there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be
reasonably traced between the object of cultural patrimony and the
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes, on behalf of the
Kaagwaantaan clan.
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History assert that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (13), the Field Museum of Natural History
has right of possession of the object of cultural patrimony. Officials
of the Field Museum of Natural History recognize the significance of
the object of cultural patrimony to the Kaagwaantaan clan as
represented by the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes
and reached an agreement with the Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes that allows the Field Museum of Natural History to
return the object of cultural patrimony to the Central Council of the
Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes voluntarily, pursuant to the compromise
of claim provisions of the Field Museum of Natural History's
repatriation policy.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the object of cultural patrimony should
contact Jonathan Haas, MacArthur Curator of the Americas, Field Museum
of Natural History, 1400 South Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605,
telephone (312) 665-7829, before September 2, 2004. Repatriation of the
object of cultural patrimony to the Central Council of the Tlingit &
Haida Indian Tribes on behalf of the Kaagwaantaan clan may proceed
after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes, Kaagwaantaan
clan, Sealaska Corporation, and Sitka Tribe of Alaska that this notice
has been published.
Dated: May 7, 2004
John Robbins,
Assistant Director, Cultural Resources.
[FR Doc. 04-17580 Filed 8-2-04; 8:45 am]
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