[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 54499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14468]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038201; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Field Museum, 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 Field Museum intends to repatriate a 
certain cultural item that meets the definition of a sacred object and 
object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after July 31, 2024.

ADDRESSES: June Carpenter, NAGPRA Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7820, 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 
Field Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this 
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is a wooden bowl 
(represented by Field Museum catalog number 155620). The bowl was 
removed from the Winnebago Reservation by Oliver LaMere. LaMere sold 
the bowl to the Museum on October 2, 1926, as part of a larger 
collection. Museum documentation shows that the bowl was treated with 
both CTED and ``MothOff'' periodically while on display. Staff believe 
CTED is likely a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and ethylene 
dichloride, and that MothOff may have been a proprietary mixture 
containing paradichlorobenzene. Neither is believed to be present on 
the bowl today.

Determinations

    The Field Museum has determined that:
     The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony 
described in this notice is, according to the Native American 
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional 
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice 
traditional Native American religion, and has ongoing historical, 
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American 
group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, 
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be 
submitted by 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 cultural item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after July 31, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the Field Museum must determine the most appropriate 
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the 
cultural item are considered a single request and not competing 
requests. The Field Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this 
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 
identified in this notice and to any other consulting parties.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: June 24, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-14468 Filed 6-28-24; 8:45 am]
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