19970 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 66 / Wednesday, April 6, 2022 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033674; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: Oakland Museum of California, 

Oakland, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Oakland Museum of 

California (Oakland 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 an 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 Oakland 

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 Oakland 

Museum at the address in this notice by 

May 6, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anna Bunting, Registrar, Oakland 

Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, 

Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 

318–8493, email nagpra@

museumca.org. 

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 

Oakland Museum of California, 

Oakland, CA, that meets the definition 

of an object 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 

Between 1897 and 1928, one cultural 

item was removed from Wrangell, AK, 

by Fred W. Carlyon, a local shop owner, 

and his sister, Anna Vaughn. Carlyon 

and Vaughn collected the Aankha ́awu 

Woodazkaa, or Speaker’s Staff, during 

their time in Wrangell in the late 19th 

and early 20th centuries. Subsequently, 

the Speaker’s Staff passed from the 

collectors to Miss Vaughn’s daughter, 

Dorothy K. Haberman. In 1959, Mrs. 

Haberman donated the staff to the 

Oakland Museum of California (catalog 

number H4153.2). The object of cultural 

patrimony is an Aankha ́awu 

Woodazkaa, or Speaker’s Staff. It is 

approximately 58 inches long and is 

made of cedar. The body displays 

carved animal figures. The object is 

topped with a bird form, below which 

is a human figure with a potlatch hat 

and abalone inlay for the eyes. 

The area of Wrangell, AK, where this 

object originated, is the home of the 

Shx’at Kwaan (Wrangell People), who 

collectively are also known as the 

Shx’at Kwaan Federation and the 

Tlingit people of Southeastern Alaska. 

Today, the Shx’at Kwaan (Wrangell 

People) is represented by the Central 

Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian 

Tribes. 

The Aankha ́awu Woodazkaa, or 

Speaker’s Staff, is identified in museum 

records as Kadashan’s Staff. Chief 

Kadashan was a leader of the Kaasx 

’agweidi, the Tlingit Raven clan in 

Wrangell, AK. Information provided 

during tribal consultation, as well as 

museum records and academic sources, 

including a historic photograph of the 

staff while it was still among the Tlingit 

in Wrangell, all support a Tlingit 

cultural affiliation for this object. 

According to information provided 

during tribal consultation, the 

Aankha ́awu Woodazkaa, or Speaker’s 

Staff, is a particularly important item of 

chiefly regalia, as it was only brought 

out on occasions of great importance to 

command, unify, and represent clan 

members. Additional information 

provided during tribal consultation also 

indicates that the Aankha ́awu 

Woodazkaa, or Speaker’s Staff, is a clanowned object brought out in ceremonies 

by a clan-appointed caretaker, and that 

it could not be alienated without the 

consent of the entire clan. 

Determinations Made by the Oakland 

Museum of California 

Officials of the Oakland Museum of 

California have determined that: 

• 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 object of cultural patrimony 

and the Central Council of the Tlingit & 

Haida Indian Tribes. 

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 this cultural item 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Anna Bunting, Registrar, Oakland 

Museum of California, 1000 Oak Street, 

Oakland, CA 94607, telephone (510) 

318–8493, email nagpra@

museumca.org, by May 6, 2022. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the object of cultural patrimony to the 

Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida 

Indian Tribes may proceed. 

The Oakland Museum of California is 

responsible for notifying the Central 

Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian 

Tribes that this notice has been 

published. 

Dated: March 30, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07170 Filed 4–5–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033678; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: American Numismatic Society, 

New York, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The American Numismatic 

Society (the ‘‘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 an 

unassociated funerary object. 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 

Museum. If no additional claimants 

come forward, transfer of control of the 

cultural item to the lineal descendants, 


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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 Museum at 

the address in this notice by May 6, 

2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Gilles Bransbourg, Executive Director, 

American Numismatic Society, 75 

Varick Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 

10013, telephone (212) 571–4470, email 

gbransbourg@numismatics.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby 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 

American Numismatic Society, New 

York, NY, that meets the definition of an 

unassociated funerary object 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 item. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 

History and Description of the Cultural 

Item 

In or around 1883, one cultural item 

was removed from a Skidi Pawnee 

burial site in Nance County, NE. The 

item was acquired by Orlando 

Thompson. Thompson was 

accompanied by his niece Mary 

Ellsworth (ne ́e Thompson), to whom he 

presented the item. Some years later, 

Ms. Ellsworth loaned the item to the 

Nebraska State Historical Society, before 

selling it to J. Sanford Saltus, who 

purchased the item on behalf of the 

Museum in 1922. 

The one unassociated funerary object 

is a silver medal bearing the inscription 

‘‘TO THE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE,’’ 

and depicting an episode in which Chief 

Petalesharo of the Skidi Pawnee rescued 

a Comanche woman from human 

sacrifice as part of the Morning Star 

ceremony. The episode received 

national attention. When Chief 

Petalesharo visited Washington, DC, in 

1821, the female students of Miss 

White’s Seminary reportedly 

commissioned a medal in his honor and 

gifted it to him. 

The Skidi Pawnee, of which Chief 

Petalesharo was a member, today 

constitute a band of the Pawnee Nation 

of Oklahoma. Andrew Knife Chief 

(‘‘Knife Chief’’) contacted the Museum 

and identified himself as a lineal 

descendant of Chief Petalesharo, based 

on genealogical records and by means of 

the traditional kinship system of the 

Pawnee Nation. In a letter dated January 

11, 2022, the Pawnee Nation of 

Oklahoma informed the Museum that 

the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, 

including the Nasharo Council and 

Skidi Band, fully supported Mr. Knife 

Chief’s claim, as he is considered a 

lineal descendant of Chief Petalesharo. 

Determinations Made by the American 

Numismatic Society 

Officials of the American Numismatic 

Society have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), 

the one cultural item described above is 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

with or near the human remains of Chief 

Petalesharo of the Skidi Pawnee at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of the Skidi Pawnee 

and is believed, by a preponderance of 

the evidence, to have been removed 

from the burial site of Chief Petalesharo. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.14(b), 

Andrew Knife Chief is a lineal 

descendant of Chief Petalesharo, based 

on genealogical records and by means of 

the traditional kinship system of the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma. 

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 this cultural item 

should submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

Dr. Gilles Bransbourg, Executive 

Director, American Numismatic Society, 

75 Varick Street, 11th Floor, New York, 

NY 10013, telephone (212) 571–4470, 

email gbransbourg@numismatics.org, by 

May 6, 2022. After that date, if no 

additional claimants have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

unassociated funerary object to Andrew 

Knife Chief may proceed. 

The Museum is responsible for 

notifying Andrew Knife Chief and the 

Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma that this 

notice has been published. 

Dated: March 30, 2022. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07168 Filed 4–5–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0033677; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: 

Nebraska State Historical Society DBA 

History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: History Nebraska has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains, in consultation with the 

appropriate Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations, and has 

determined that there is a cultural 

affiliation between the human remains 

and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 

Hawaiian organizations. Lineal 

descendants or representatives of any 

Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization not identified in this notice 

that wish to request transfer of control 

of these human remains should submit 

a written request to History Nebraska. If 

no additional requestors come forward, 

transfer of control of the human remains 

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 

request transfer of control of these 

human remains should submit a written 

request with information in support of 

the request to History Nebraska at the 

address in this notice by May 6, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dave Williams, State Archeologist, 

History Nebraska, 5050 North 32nd 

Street, Lincoln, NE 68504, telephone 

(402) 219–2759, email dave.williams@

nebraska.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

here given in accordance with the 

Native American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 

3003, of the completion of an inventory 

of human remains under the control of 

History Nebraska, Lincoln, NE. The 

human remains were removed from 

Dakota County, NE. 

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 human remains. The National 

Park Service is not responsible for the 

determinations in this notice. 


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