90 FR 94 pg. 21061 - Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, Chicago, IL
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 94Page: 21061
Page: 21061Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040144; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-08770 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040144; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of sacred objects and that have a known lineal descendant.
DATES:
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after June 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
June Carpenter, NAGPRA Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7820, email jcarpenter@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 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 one lot of cultural items has been requested for repatriation. The one lot of sacred objects consists of carved wood items. They were collected by George Dorsey in 1898 from what is now Issaquah, on the southeast end of Lake Sammamish in Washington State, and accessioned by the Field Museum in 1899. There is no known presence of any potentially hazardous substances.
Determinations
The Field Museum has determined that:
• The one lot of 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.
• Blake Shelafoe is connected to the cultural items described in this notice.
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 June 16, 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: May 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-08770 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]
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