Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL

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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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54755-54756]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-17178]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[N7431; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043535; 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 of Natural History 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.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after September 23, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains 
in this notice to June Carpenter, NAGPRA Director, Field Museum, 1400 S 
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d676e6c7f7d686379687f4d6b6468616960787e68786023627f6a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ee4edeffcfeebe0faebfccee8e7ebe2eae3fbfdebfbe3a0e1fce9">[email&#160;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 its 
inventory or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. The human 
remains are hair clippings belonging to one individual, identified with 
the tribal designation ``Ottawa?'' Field Museum staff believe they were 
collected under the direction of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward Putnam 
for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The hair 
clippings were accessioned into the Field Museum's collection in 1939. 
No information regarding the individual's name, sex, age, or geographic 
location has been found. There is no known presence of any potentially 
hazardous substances.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    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> There is a connection between the human remains described 
in this notice and the Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan 
and the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under 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.
    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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with 
cultural affiliation.
    Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a 
requestor may occur on or after September 23, 2026. 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 and Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting 
parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: August 17, 2026.
Mariah Soriano,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-17178 Filed 8-21-26; 8:45 am]
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