Notice2025-01012
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, Chicago, IL
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Published
January 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects or objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 10 (Thursday, January 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4794-4795]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01012]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039321; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to repatriate
certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects or
objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: June Carpenter, NAGPRA Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7820, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c1aba2a0b3b1a4afb5a4b381a7a8a4ada5acb4b2a4b4acefaeb3a6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a8c2cbc9dad8cdc6dccddae8cec1cdc4ccc5dddbcdddc586c7dacf">[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, and additional information on the determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 54 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 19 sacred objects are two baskets, two lots of tobacco, three
pipes, two meal plaques, one soup paddle, two game balls, two flutes,
two ear sticks, one stick covered in quail scalps, and two bunches of
human hair. The 35 objects of cultural patrimony are six baskets, one
weft case, one basket warp, one leach mat, seven bone awls, one amole
brush, 10 bird snares, one pigeon snare pole, one bone die, one lance
and hoop game, three charm stones, one yarn belt, and one gorget. In
1901, the cultural items were removed from Fresno, Madera, and Mariposa
Counties in California. The items were collected by Dr. John Hudson on
behalf of the Field Museum during a two-year expedition among the
Native populations of California and accessioned by the Museum in 1901.
Determinations
The Field Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The 19 sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
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<bullet> The 35 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Picayune Rancheria of Chukchansi
Indians of California.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after February 18, 2025. 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 cultural items 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 and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and to any other consulting
parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01012 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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