Notice2021-26784
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 items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary 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 Field 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70519-70520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26784]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033084; 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 items listed in this
notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary 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 Field 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 Field Museum at the address
in this notice by January 10, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director,
The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone
(312) 665-7317, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#19716b767b7b70776a597f707c757d746c6a7c6c7437766b7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e9819b868b8b80879aa98f808c858d849c9a8c9c84c7869b8e">[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 cultural items under the
control of The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meet
the definition of unassociated funerary 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.
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History and Description of the Cultural Items
Sometime between 1893 and 1899, 25 cultural items were removed from
graves at the sites of Old Shongopovi, Old Oraibi, Awatovi,
Mishongnovi, and Chukubi in Navajo County, AZ. Heinrich Voth either
removed these items himself or acquired them from third parties. In
1899, Voth sold this collection to the Field Museum.
The 21 items that were removed from graves at Old Shongopovi are 11
ceramic bowls, eight ceramic jars, and two ceramic ladles. The one item
that was removed from a grave 4 miles southeast of Old Oraibi is a
ceramic jar. The one item that was removed from a grave at Awatovi is a
ceramic bowl. The one item that was removed from a grave at Mishongnovi
is a ceramic bowl. The one item that was removed from a grave near the
ruins of Chukubi is a ceramic bowl.
Voth's notes concerning the provenience of the cultural items
reasonably show they were removed from graves. All the sites from which
the cultural items were removed are located on the Hopi Reservation.
The cultural items themselves are affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona based on academic literature, oral traditional information, and
consultation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
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 25 cultural items
described above 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 and are 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 objects 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
these cultural items 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#264e544944444f485566404f434a424b535543534b08495441"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="452d372a27272c2b3605232c2029212830362030286b2a3722">[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 objects 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. 2021-26784 Filed 12-9-21; 8:45 am]
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