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individuals of Native American 

ancestry. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), 

the 41 objects described in this notice 

are reasonably believed to have been 

placed with or near individual human 

remains at the time of death or later as 

part of the death rite or ceremony. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a 

relationship of shared group identity 

cannot be reasonably traced between the 

Native American human remains and 

associated funerary objects and any 

present-day Indian Tribe. 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (15), the 

land from which the Native American 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects were removed is the tribal land 

of the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation of Montana. 

• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the 

disposition of the human remains and 

associated funerary objects may be to 

the Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet 

Indian Reservation of Montana. 

Additional Requestors and Disposition 

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 and associated funerary 

objects should submit a written request 

with information in support of the 

request to Anna Pardo, Museum 

Program Manager/NAGPRA 

Coordinator, U.S. Department of the 

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs, 12220 

Sunrise Valley Drive, Room 6084, 

Reston, VA 20191, telephone (703) 390– 

6343, email Anna.Pardo@bia.gov, by 

December 8, 2017. After that date, if no 

additional requestors have come 

forward, transfer of control of the 

human remains and associated funerary 

objects to the Blackfeet Tribe of the 

Blackfeet Indian Reservation of Montana 

may proceed. 

The Bureau of Indian Affairs is 

responsible for notifying the Blackfeet 

Tribe of the Blackfeet Indian 

Reservation of Montana that this notice 

has been published. 

Dated: September 14, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024163; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: New York State Museum, 

Albany, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Museum, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of sacred objects. 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 to the 

New York State Museum. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the New York State Museum at the 

address in this notice by December 8, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York 

State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the New York 

State Museum, Albany, NY, that meet 

the definition of sacred objects 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 

Items 

In 1898, the New York State Museum 

(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’) acquired three 

wooden medicine masks from Harriet 

Maxwell Converse of New York City, 

NY. Two of the cultural items were 

obtained on the Cattaraugus Reservation 

(E–37059, E–37623), and one was 

acquired at Salamanca, NY (E–37048). 

In 1905, Arthur C. Parker, Museum 

ethnologist and archeologist, acquired 

two wooden medicine masks from the 

Cattaraugus Reservation for the 

Museum. Parker reported one of the 

masks, made of wood and rabbit skin, 

was used to expel the causes of venereal 

disease (E–36897). The other reportedly 

represented Ganuska, the Stone Giant, 

and was purchased from Nancy Cook 

through Mrs. A. C. Parker (E–36928). 

In 1908, Arthur C. Parker obtained 

four wooden medicine masks for the 

Museum from Delos Kettle of Lawton, 

NY. Parker attributed three of the 

medicine masks to the I’dos Society (E– 

36864, E–36865, E–36866). A fourth 

medicine mask was unattributed (E– 

37022). 

In June of 1909, Arthur C. Parker 

commissioned one partially carved 

medicine mask for the Museum to be 

made on the Cattaraugus Reservation 

(E–36917). The face was carved on the 

trunk of a basswood tree by a man 

named either Jonas or Green, with Delos 

Kettle in attendance. 

In 1910, Arthur C. Parker acquired 

two cornhusk medicine masks on the 

Cattaraugus Reservation in New York 

for the Museum (E–36922A, E–36922B). 

In 1933, Willard A. Gibson of 

Salamanca, NY, donated one cultural 

item to the Museum. The item is a 

cornhusk medicine mask that was given 

to him by Louis Plummer at Allegany, 

NY (E–37965). 

In 1956, the Museum purchased two 

cultural items from the Logan Museum 

of Anthropology at Beloit College, WI. 

The cultural items were part of a larger 

collection made by Albert Green Heath. 

One of the cultural items is a wooden 

medicine mask that Heath purchased 

from Wilson Stevens on the Cattaraugus 

Reservation (E–50315). The other is a 

miniature cornhusk medicine mask that 

he obtained from Delos Big Kettle at 

Lawtons, NY, in 1912 (E–50312). 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York) have identified these 15 medicine 

faces as being needed for the practice of 

traditional Native American religions by 

present-day adherents. Museum 

documentation, supported by oral 

evidence presented during consultation 


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with members of the Haudenosaunee 

Standing Committee on Burial Rules 

and Regulations, indicates that these 

medicine faces are culturally affiliated 

with the Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as the Seneca Nation 

of New York). 

Determinations Made by the New York 

State Museum 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 15 cultural items described above 

are specific ceremonial objects 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the 

Seneca Nation of Indians (previously 

listed as the Seneca Nation of New 

York). 

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 

Lisa Anderson, New York State 

Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230 telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov, by December 8, 2017. After 

that date, if no additional claimants 

have come forward, transfer of control 

of the sacred objects to the Seneca 

Nation of Indians (previously listed as 

the Seneca Nation of New York) may 

proceed. 

The New York State Museum is 

responsible for notifying the Cayuga 

Nation; Oneida Nation (previously 

listed as the Oneida Tribe of Indians of 

Wisconsin); Oneida Nation of New 

York; Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis 

Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as the 

St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of 

New York); Seneca Nation of Indians 

(previously listed as the Seneca Nation 

of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 

(previously listed as the Seneca-Cayuga 

Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda Band 

of Seneca (previously listed as the 

Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of 

New York); and the Tuscarora Nation 

that this notice has been published. 

Dated: September 15, 2017. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

[FR Doc. 2017–24229 Filed 11–7–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4312–52–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0024160; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: New York State Museum, 

Albany, NY 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The New York State Museum, 

in consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations, has determined that the 

cultural items listed in this notice meet 

the definition of sacred objects. 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 to the 

New York State Museum. If no 

additional claimants come forward, 

transfer of control of the cultural items 

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 these cultural items should 

submit a written request with 

information in support of the claim to 

the New York State Museum at the 

address in this notice by December 8, 

2017. 

ADDRESSES: Lisa Anderson, New York 

State Museum, 3049 Cultural Education 

Center, Albany, NY 12230, telephone 

(518) 486–2020, email lisa.anderson@

nysed.gov. 

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 cultural 

items under the control of the New York 

State Museum, Albany, NY, that meet 

the definition of sacred objects 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 

Items 

In 1850, the New York State Museum 

(hereafter ‘‘Museum’’) purchased one 

cultural item from Lewis Henry Morgan 

of Rochester, NY. The cultural item is a 

wooden medicine mask that Morgan 

obtained from a member of the 

Onondaga Nation at the Six Nations 

Reserve in Canada (E–36909). 

In 1898, Harriet Maxwell Converse of 

New York City, NY, donated five 

cultural items to the Museum. The 

cultural items are five wooden medicine 

masks (E–37015, E–37043, E–37614, E– 

37626, E–94). Museum records indicate 

one of the masks was purchased from 

the son of Tadodaho in July 1898. 

In 1907, the Museum purchased one 

cultural item from Mark R. Harrington 

of Covert and Harrington in New York 

City, NY. The cultural item is a wood 

and cornhusk medicine mask obtained 

from Albert Silversmith at the Six 

Nations Reserve in Canada (E–37018). 

In 1911, Arthur C. Parker, Museum 

ethnologist and archeologist, acquired 

one cultural item for the Museum. The 

cultural item is a wooden medicine 

mask obtained (E–37037). 

Traditional religious leaders of the 

Onondaga Nation have identified these 

eight medicine faces as being needed for 

the practice of traditional Native 

American religions by present-day 

adherents. Museum documentation, 

supported by oral evidence presented 

during consultation with members of 

the Haudenosaunee Standing 

Committee on Burial Rules and 

Regulations, indicates that these 

medicine faces are culturally affiliated 

with the Onondaga Nation. 

Determinations Made by the New York 

State Museum 

Officials of the New York State 

Museum have determined that: 

• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(C), 

the 8 cultural items described above are 

specific ceremonial objects 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(2), there 

is a relationship of shared group 

identity that can be reasonably traced 

between the sacred objects and the 

Onondaga Nation. 

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 


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