[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 61 (Thursday, April 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17190-17191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-06657]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0031613; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Field Museum of Natural History has corrected an inventory 
of human remains, published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the 
Federal Register on January 5, 2010. This notice corrects the minimum 
number of individuals, number of associated funerary objects, and 
cultural affiliation. 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 
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 3, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum of 
Natural History, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605-2496, 
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 correction 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 the Channel Islands in

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Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
    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 published in a 
Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (75 FR 435, 
January 5, 2010). Following a re-inventory of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects from the sites in question, the Field 
Museum of Natural History determined that the minimum number of 
individuals should be decreased by one and the number of associated 
funerary objects should be increased by the addition of two previously 
unidentified associated funerary objects. Also, further consultation 
yielded evidence to establish a cultural affiliation of the items with 
additional Indian Tribes. Transfer of control of the items in this 
correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 1, 
paragraph 3, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    A detailed assessment of the human remains and associated 
funerary objects was made by the Field Museum of Natural History 
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the La 
Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians, California [previously listed as La 
Jolla Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the La Jolla Reservation]; 
Pala Band of Mission Indians [previously listed as Pala Band of 
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pala Reservation, California]; Pauma 
Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, 
California; Pechanga Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pechanga 
Reservation, California; Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission Indians of 
Rincon Reservation, California; Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission 
Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the Soboba 
Band of Luiseno Indians, California (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 1, 
paragraph 4, sentence 2 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    In 1893, human remains representing a minimum of five 
individuals from that removal were purchased by the Field Museum of 
Natural History from Ward's Natural Science Establishment of 
Rochester, NY (Field Museum of Natural History catalog numbers 
42700-42703, accession number 407).

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 2, 
paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    At an unknown date, the Field Museum of Natural History acquired 
human remains representing a minimum of three individuals and two 
associated funerary objects from Santa Catalina Island, Los Angeles 
County, CA, from an unknown source (Field Museum of Natural History 
catalog number 42706, accession 3910).

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 2, 
paragraph 4, sentence 4 is corrected by substituting the following 
sentence:

    Two associated funerary objects are present consisting of 
fragments of non-human animal bone.

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 2, 
paragraph 5, sentences 2 and 3 are corrected by substituting the 
following sentences:

    For the human remains from San Miguel Island and the unknown 
Channel Island location, geographical, kinship, biological, 
archeological, anthropological, linguistic, folklore, oral 
tradition, and historical evidence indicate a shared group identity 
between these human remains and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California. 
Archeological investigations have identified a cultural continuity 
for the Chumash Indians that traces their presence on the Channel 
Islands back 7,000 to 9,000 years.

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 2, 
paragraph 5, is corrected by adding the following sentence to the 
bottom of the paragraph:

    For the human remains from San Nicolas and Santa Catalina 
Islands, geographical, kinship, biological, archeological, 
anthropological, linguistic, folklore, oral tradition, and 
historical evidence indicate a shared group identity between these 
human remains and The Tribes.

    In the Federal Register (75 FR 435, January 5, 2010), column 3, 
paragraph 1, is corrected by substituting the following paragraph:

    Officials of the Field Museum of Natural History have determined 
that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above are reasonably believed to be the physical remains 
of 13 individuals of Native American ancestry;
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two objects 
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;
     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 from both San Miguel Island and the 
unknown Channel Island location and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash 
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
human remains from San Nicolas and Santa Catalina Islands and The 
Tribes.

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 May 3, 2021. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains and associated funerary objects to The 
Tribes may proceed.
    The Field Museum of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
The Tribes that this notice has been published.

    Dated: March 16, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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