[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35433-35434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12549]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030338; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Field Museum of Natural History 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 of Natural History. 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 of Natural History at the 
address in this notice by July 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Field Museum of Natural History, 1400 S Lake 
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, email 
[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 of 
Natural History, Chicago, IL. The human remains and associated funerary 
objects were removed from sites on the Hopi Reservation in Navajo and 
Coconino Counties, 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.
    This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals, number of 
associated funerary objects, and cultural affiliation reported in two 
previously published notices: Notice of Inventory Completion (75 FR 
45659-45660, August 3, 2010); and corrected Notice of Inventory 
Completion (82 FR 20610-20611, May 3, 2017). This notice replaces both 
the original Notice of Inventory Completion of August 3, 2010 and the 
corrected Notice of Inventory Completion of May 3, 2017. It was 
discovered during the deaccession process for repatriation that the 
number of associated funerary objects and minimum number of individuals 
had been inadvertently misreported in the published notices. Additional 
information received during later research and consultation resulted in 
a change to the determination of cultural affiliation for the site of 
Payupki. Transfer of control of the items in this notice has not 
occurred.

Consultation

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

History and Description of the Remains

    In 1900 and 1901, human remains representing, at minimum, 303 
individuals were removed from sites on the Hopi Reservation in Navajo 
and Coconino Counties, AZ, by Charles Owen. They were removed from the 
sites of Awatobi, First Mesa, Burned Corn House, Chukubi, Payupki, 
Shongopovi, Kishuba, Sikyatki, Mishongovi, Old Mishongovi, and Old 
Walpi as well as unknown sites. The human remains were accessioned into 
the Field Museum of Natural History as part of accessions 709, 769, and 
780. No known individuals were identified. The 179 associated funerary 
objects are 32 ceramic jars, 53 bowls, 29 pots, 18 ladles, six mugs, 
six vessels, 10 bahos, two beads, three stone figures, six stone slabs, 
five faunal remains, two seeds, two pipes, one shell ornament, one ear 
pendant, one colander, one lot of paint, and one lithic flake.
    The human remains have been identified as Native American based on 
the burial context and the specific cultural and geographic attribution 
in Field Museum of Natural History records. All of the human remains 
were identified as ``Hopi'' and were removed from sites on the Hopi 
Indian Reservation, AZ. ``Hopi'' descendants from the Hopi Indian 
Reservation are represented by the present-day Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
    The site of Payupki was recorded in Charles Owen's notes as being 
founded in 1680 by people from the ``Rio Grande district'' who lived 
there for a few generations before returning from where they had come. 
Based on academic literature and oral tradition, these people were the 
ancestors of the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico. Therefore, the one set 
of human remains and one associated funerary object (one lithic flake) 
from Payupki are affiliated to the

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Hopi Tribe of Arizona as well as the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico.

Determinations Made by the Field Museum of Natural History

    Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of 303 individuals of 
Native American ancestry.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 179 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 from the sites 
of Awatobi, First Mesa, Burned Corn House, Chukubi, Shongopovi, 
Kishuba, Sikyatki, Mishongovi, Old Mishongovi, and Old Walpi and the 
Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
     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 object from the site of 
Payupki and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Pueblo of Sandia, 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, Field Museum of Natural 
History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 
665-7317, email [email protected], by July 10, 2020. 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 Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico may proceed.
    The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico that 
this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 13, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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