[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19869-19870]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-05862]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037608; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Chicago Historical Society, 
Chicago, IL

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Chicago Historical Society has completed 
an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a 
cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after April 19, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Jamie Lewis, Registrar, Chicago Historical Society, 1601 N 
Clark Street, Chicago, IL 60614, telephone (312) 799-2067, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Chicago Historical Society, and additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records. The National Park 
Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.

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Abstract of Information Available

    Based on the information available, human remains representing one 
named individual have been reasonably identified. No associated 
funerary objects are present. The remains include a piece of skin taken 
from the back of Chief Cut Nose, whose Dakota name was Marpiya 
Okinajin. The piece of tanned skin is attached to a certificate. This 
was donated to the Chicago Historical Society by George S. Knapp in 
1883. It is unknown how Knapp acquired the remains. It is known from 
the historical record that Marpiya Okinajin was one of the 38 Dakota 
men hanged in Mankato, MN in 1862 at the end of the U.S.-Dakota War and 
that his remains were removed from his place of burial in Mankato.

Cultural Affiliation

    Based on the information available and the results of consultation, 
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available 
about the human remains described in this notice.

Determinations

    The Chicago Historical Society has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of a named individual of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Lower Sioux Indian Community in the 
State of Minnesota.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this 
notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after April 19, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Chicago Historical Society must 
determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. 
Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains are considered a 
single request and not competing requests. The Chicago Historical 
Society is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian 
Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05862 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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