Notice2021-26783
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
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Published
December 10, 2021
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Field Museum of Natural History (Field 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 Field 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70518-70519]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26783]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033083; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Field Museum
of Natural History, Chicago, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Field Museum of Natural History (Field 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
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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 Field 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 Field Museum at the address
in this notice by January 10, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Robbins, Director of
Repatriation, The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL
60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#254d574a47474c4b5665434c4049414850564050480b4a5742"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="472f352825252e293407212e222b232a323422322a69283520">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 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
Sometime between 1893 and 1899, one cultural item was removed from
the site of Payupki in Navajo County, AZ. It is unknown who excavated
the item, but it ended up in the collection of Heinrich Voth and was
bought by the Field Museum as part of a large accession of materials.
Voth's field notes indicate that the item, a ceramic vase, was removed
from a grave located one mile south of the site of Payupki, on the Hopi
Reservation.
Voth's description of the provenience reasonably shows that the
vase was removed from a grave. The item is affiliated with the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona based on academic literature, oral traditional
information, and consultation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
(According to the notes of Charles Owen, a contemporary of Voth and an
archeologist employed by the Field Museum, the site of Payupki was
founded in 1680 by people from the ``Rio Grande district.'' Based on
academic literature and oral traditional information, these people were
the ancestors of the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico. Although they lived
at Payupki for a few generations, they subsequently returned to their
place of origin.)
Determinations Made by The Field Museum of Natural History
Officials of The Field Museum of Natural History have determined
that:
<bullet> 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
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the
death rite or ceremony and is believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated funerary object and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
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 Helen Robbins, Director of Repatriation, The
Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone
(312) 665-7317, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0b63796469696265784b6d626e676f667e786e7e662564796c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d0b8a2bfb2b2b9bea390b6b9b5bcb4bda5a3b5a5bdfebfa2b7">[email protected]</span></a>, by January 10, 2022.
After that date, if no additional claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary object to the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona may proceed.
The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been published.
Dated: December 3, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-26783 Filed 12-9-21; 8:45 am]
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