Notice2023-03238
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
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Published
February 15, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum of Natural History has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from an unknown location in Montana.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9906-9907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03238]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035340; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum of Natural History has
completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there
is no cultural affiliation between the
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human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from
an unknown location in Montana.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum of
Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone
(312) 665-7317, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2b43594449494245586b4d424e474f465e584e5e460544594c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f372d303d3d36312c1f39363a333b322a2c3a2a3271302d38">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Field Museum. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Field
Museum.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from an unknown location in Montana. Sometime prior to December 1936,
the mummified remains of an infant of unknown sex and age were removed
from a tree burial. The human remains were donated by the Chicago
Historical Society to the Field Museum in 1936. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. A detailed
assessment of the human remains was made by Field Museum staff in
consultation with representatives of the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa
Indians of Montana, which requested disposition of the human remains.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from a known
geographic location. This location is the aboriginal land of one or
more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the
aboriginal land: a treaty and an Act of Congress.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Field Museum has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of the
Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana; Blackfeet Tribe of the Blackfeet
Indian Reservation of Montana; Chippewa Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's
Reservation, Montana; Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes of the
Flathead Reservation; Crow Tribe of Montana; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap Reservation of Montana; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe
of the Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after March 17, 2023. If competing requests
for disposition are received, the Field Museum must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains are considered a single request and
not competing requests. The Field Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9 and Sec.
10.11.
Dated: February 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03238 Filed 2-14-23; 8:45 am]
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