90 FR 62 pgs. 14473-14474 - Notice of Inventory Completion: The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 62Pages: 14473 - 14474
Pages: 14473, 14474Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039806; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-05602 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039806; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The Field Museum, Chicago, IL
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after May 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Helen Robbins, Provenance Research Director, 1400 S DuSable Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, email hrobbins@fieldmuseum.org.
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, 45 individuals have been identified. The 14 associated funerary objects consist of ceramics. In 1899 and 1900, Jesse A. Burt, an employee of the Field Museum, conducted excavations at Hopi ancestral sites in Navajo and Coconino counties, including Wupatki and Wukoki Pueblos. The individuals and associated funerary objects were accessioned by the Museum in 1900. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.
Cultural Affiliation
[top] Based on the information available and the results of consultation, cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The Field Museum has determined that:
• The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of 45 individuals of Native American ancestry.
• The 14 objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite or ceremony.
• There is a connection between the human remains and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 2, 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 human remains and associated funerary objects 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05602 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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