96-19066. Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item in the Possession of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI

[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 145 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39152-39153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-19066]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service


Notice of Intent to Repatriate a Cultural Item in the Possession 
of the Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee, WI

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given under the Native American Graves Protection 
and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3005 (a)(2), of the intent to 
repatriate a cultural item in the possession of the Milwaukee Public 
Museum which meets the definition of ``cultural patrimony'' under 
Section 2 of the Act.
    The item is a Parrot Clan mask consisting of wood, hide, cotton 
cloth, basketry, and paint.
    During the summer of 1911, Dr. Samuel A. Barrett, Curator of 
Anthropology at the Milwaukee Public Museum, collected this mask at 
Orayvi, Third Mesa, in Arizona. There is no accession information 
concerning the actual acquisition of this mask. 
    Authorized representatives of the Hopi Tribe acting on behalf of 
the Parrot Clan of Orayvi have identified the mask as an object having 
ongoing historical, traditional, and cultural importance central to the 
Hopi Tribe. Further, consultation evidence presented by tribal 
representatives indicate this mask is the communal property of the 
village of Orayvi, and could not have been alienated, appropriated, or 
conveyed by any individual. This consultation evidence is further 
supported by other written ethnographic documentation regarding this 
mask. 
    Officials of the Milwaukee Public Museum have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(D), this cultural item has ongoing 
historical, traditional, and cultural importance central to the culture 
itself, and could not have been alienated, appropriated, or conveyed by 
any individual. Officials of the Milwaukee Public Museum have also 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a 
relationship of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced 
between these items and the Hopi Tribe.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Hopi Tribe. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these objects should contact Ann McMullen, 
Ph.D., Curator of North American Ethnology, Milwaukee Public Museum, 
800 West Wells St., Milwaukee, WI 53233, telephone [phone], fax 
[phone], before August 26, 1996. Repatriation of these objects 
to the Hopi tribe may begin after that date if no additional claimants 
come forward.

Dated: July 23, 1996.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Chief, Archeology & Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 96-19066 Filed 7-25-96; 8:45 am]
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