Notice2023-09579
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
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Published
May 5, 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 Winnebago County, WI.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 87 (Friday, May 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29161-29162]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09579]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035775; 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 human remains and any Indian
Tribe. The human remains were removed from Winnebago County, WI.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 5, 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#cca4bea3aeaea5a2bf8caaa5a9a0a8a1b9bfa9b9a1e2a3beab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbd3c9d4d9d9d2d5c8fbddd2ded7dfd6cec8deced695d4c9dc">[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, 21 individuals were removed
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from Winnebago County, WI. In September of 1897, Mr. A.E. Chase exhumed
these human remains from Sunset Point, a site located on the north
shore of Lake Butte des Morts. The human remains were purchased by the
Field Museum in 1898. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on research and tribal consultation, the site of disinterment
belongs to the Oneota culture. It likely dates between 1000 CE and 1400
CE. A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Field Museum
staff in consultation with representatives of the Ho-Chunk Nation of
Wisconsin, who have 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 lands of one or
more Indian Tribes. The following information was used to identify the
aboriginal land: a treaty and a final judgment of the Indian Claims
Commission.
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 21 individuals 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 Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma; Otoe-Missouria
Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma; and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 June 5, 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
10.11.
Dated: April 25, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09579 Filed 5-4-23; 8:45 am]
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