[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 235 (Friday, December 10, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70519-70520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-26784]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033084; 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 January 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, 
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.

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History and Description of the Cultural Items

    Sometime between 1893 and 1899, 25 cultural items were removed from 
graves at the sites of Old Shongopovi, Old Oraibi, Awatovi, 
Mishongnovi, and Chukubi in Navajo County, AZ. Heinrich Voth either 
removed these items himself or acquired them from third parties. In 
1899, Voth sold this collection to the Field Museum.
    The 21 items that were removed from graves at Old Shongopovi are 11 
ceramic bowls, eight ceramic jars, and two ceramic ladles. The one item 
that was removed from a grave 4 miles southeast of Old Oraibi is a 
ceramic jar. The one item that was removed from a grave at Awatovi is a 
ceramic bowl. The one item that was removed from a grave at Mishongnovi 
is a ceramic bowl. The one item that was removed from a grave near the 
ruins of Chukubi is a ceramic bowl.
    Voth's notes concerning the provenience of the cultural items 
reasonably show they were removed from graves. All the sites from which 
the cultural items were removed are located on the Hopi Reservation. 
The cultural items themselves are affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of 
Arizona based on academic literature, oral traditional information, and 
consultation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.

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 25 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 January 10, 2022. 
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 of Natural History is responsible for notifying 
the Hopi Tribe of Arizona that this notice has been published.

    Dated: December 3, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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