[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 10, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35434-35435]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-12556]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0030318; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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 (Field Museum), in 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this 
notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these 
cultural items should submit a written request to the Field Museum. If 
no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the 
cultural items 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 
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with 
information in support of the claim to the Field Museum at the address 
in this notice by July 10, 2020.

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Director of Repatriation, The Field Museum, 
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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the 
control of the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meet 
the definition of unassociated funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
    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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.

History and Description of the Cultural Item(s)

    In 1900 and 1901, six cultural items were removed from the site of 
Payupki in Navajo County, AZ. The items were removed by Charles Owen 
over the course of two field seasons. The excavations were sponsored by 
Stanley McCormick on behalf of the Field Museum of Natural History. The 
six unassociated funerary objects are one ceramic jar, one ceramic pot, 
and four ceramic bowls.
    Owen's field notes and the corresponding field numbers on the items 
show by a preponderance of evidence that the items were removed from 
graves. The items were all removed from the Hopi Reservation. They are 
culturally affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona based on academic 
literature, oral tradition, and consultation with the Hopi Tribe.
    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 at 
the site for a few generations before returning from where they had 
come. Based on academic literature and oral traditional information, 
these people were the ancestors of 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(3)(B), the six cultural items 
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the 
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native 
American individual.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
unassociated funerary objects and the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim 
these cultural items should submit a written request with information 
in support of the claim to Helen Robbins, Director of Repatriation, The 
Field Museum, 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 claimants have come forward, transfer of 
control of the unassociated funerary objects to the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona may proceed.
    The Field Museum is responsible for notifying the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona and

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the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico that this notice has been published.

    Dated: May 11, 2020.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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