Notice2023-23277
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL
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Published
October 23, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected from individuals at one or more unknown locations.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72784-72785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23277]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036751; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, 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 has completed an inventory
of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the
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human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The human remains were collected from individuals at one
or more unknown locations.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum, 1400 S
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#08607a676a6a61667b486e616d646c657d7b6d7d6526677a6f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d051f020f0f04031e2d0b0408010900181e08180043021f0a">[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 were collected from seven individuals at one or more
unknown locations. The human remains are hair clippings identified with
the tribal designation ``Delaware.'' (The hair clippings are
represented by Field Museum catalog numbers 193207.5, 193208.10,
193209.1, 193209.11, 193210.3, 193210.5, 103213.5.) Museum staff
believe they were collected under the direction of Franz Boas and
Frederick Ward Putnam for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. They
were accessioned into the collection in 1939. No information regarding
the individual's name, sex, age, or geographic location has been found.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Field Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and, if joined to a request
from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Munsee-Delaware Nation or
the Eel[uuml]naap[eacute]ewi Lahk[eacute]ewiit, both non-federally
recognized Indian groups.
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.
Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after November 22, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Field Museum must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23277 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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