[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 82 (Monday, April 29, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 18079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08588]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0027396, PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: The Field Museum, Chicago, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains 
and associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate 
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that 
there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and 
associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes or Native 
Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any 
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this 
notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains 
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the 
Field Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to the 
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations 
stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to the Field Museum at the address in this 
notice by May 29, 2019.

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, The Field Museum, 1400 S Lakeshore Drive, 
Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of human remains and 
associated funerary objects under the control of the Field Museum, 
Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from Navajo County, AZ.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The 
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National 
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Field 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

History and Description of the Remains

    In December 1899, human remains representing, at minimum, four 
individuals were removed from the Chevelon site in Navajo County, AZ. 
The individuals were excavated by J.A. Burt, an employee of the Field 
Museum, as part of a Museum-sponsored excavation he conducted during 
the winter of 1899-1900. No known individuals were identified. The 19 
associated funerary objects are 14 ceramic bowls, two ceramic jars, two 
ceramic ladles, and one shell.
    Chevelon was occupied from around A.D. 1250 until 1450. Based on 
archeological research, scholarly research, oral histories, 
consultation, and museum records, Chevelon is affiliated with the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

Determinations Made by the Field Museum

    Officials of the Field Museum have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of four individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 19 objects described 
in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed with or near 
individual human remains at the time of death or later as part of the 
death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native 
American human remains and associated funerary objects and the Hopi 
Tribe of Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New 
Mexico.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated 
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in 
support of the request to Helen Robbins, The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, email 
[email protected] by May 29, 2019. After that date, if no 
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the 
human remains and associated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico may 
proceed.
    The Field Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: February 25, 2019.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2019-08588 Filed 4-26-19; 8:45 am]
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