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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains in the possession of the Field
Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL.
The human remains were removed from
a site along the Fox River in Illinois.
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. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Field Museum of
Natural History professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma;
Forest County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas.
In 1933, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from a site along the Fox River
in Illinois by C.N. Ackerman. In
November of the same year, Mr.
Ackerman donated the human remains
to the Field Museum of Natural History.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
The human remains have been
identified as Native American based on
the specific cultural and geographic
attribution in Field Museum of Natural
History records. The records identify the
human remains as ‘‘female middle age’’
from an ‘‘Old Potowotamie Graveyard,
Fox River Ills. Burials in this place prior
to 1837.’’ Scholarly publications and
consultation information indicate that
the Fox River in Illinois is considered to
be within the postcontact territory of the
Potawatomi Indians. Potowatomi Indian
descendants are represented by the
present day Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
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Indian Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas.
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
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
Officials of the Field Museum of Natural
History also have determined that,
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
and the Citizen Potawatomi Nation,
Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Hannahville
Indian Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains
should contact Helen Robbins,
Repatriation Specialist, Field Museum
of Natural History, 1400 South Lake
Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605–2496,
telephone (312) 665–7317, before July 1,
2005. Repatriation of the human
remains to the Citizen Potawatomi
Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Hannahville Indian Community,
Michigan; Huron Potawatomi, Inc.,
Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish
Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
Michigan; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
Indians, Michigan and Indiana; and
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation,
Kansas may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Field Museum of Natural History
is responsible for notifying the Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest
County Potawatomi Community,
Wisconsin; Hannahville Indian
Community, Michigan; Huron
Potawatomi, Inc., Michigan; Match-e-benash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; and Prairie Band of Potawatomi
Nation, Kansas that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: May 20, 2005
Paul Hoffman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Fish and Wildlife
and Parks.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee
Findings and Recommendations
Regarding a Dispute Between Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei and
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: At a March 13–15, 2005,
public meeting in Honolulu, HI, the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee) considered a dispute
between Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai’i Nei and Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park. The dispute focused on
whether five items in the possession of
the park are subject to repatriation
under provisions of the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act. The Review
Committee recommended that the park
initiate aggressive consultation with all
claimants and other interested parties
and complete the repatriation process
by the end of 2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
October 20, 1993, the National Park
Service completed a Servicewide
summary of collections that may
include unassociated funerary objects,
sacred objects, and objects of cultural
patrimony. Listed under Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park were five items
attributed to Forbes Cave, Kawaihae, HI,
including one wood statue, one konane
board, one bone tool, one gourd vessel,
and one bone button.
On June 28, 1996, Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park completed its inventory of
Native American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The park’s
inventory included one cutting tool
made of human clavicle with a shark’s
tooth said to have been collected from
Forbes Cave, Kawaihae, HI.
On November 19, 1999, Hui Malama
I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei filed a claim
to repatriate all items removed from
Forbes Cave in the possession of Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park.
On November 23, 2004, Hui Malama
I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei requested
the assistance of the Review Committee
in resolving its dispute with Hawaii
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Volcanoes National Park. The request
also includes an allegation that the park
failed to comply with the repatriation
provisions of the Act.
On January 24, 2005, the Review
Committee’s designated Federal officer
acknowledged receipt of the November
23, 2004, request and identified
questions as to whether five objects
from Forbes Cave are funerary objects
culturally affiliated with one or more
Native Hawaiian organizations as issues
of fact with which the Review
Committee might wish to assist in
resolving. The allegation of failure to
comply was referred to the Washington
Office of the National Park Service for
administrative review.
On February 18, 2005, the Review
Committee’s designated Federal officer
notified Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O
Hawai’i Nei and Hawaii Volcanoes
National Park that the Review
Committee had agreed to assist in the
resolution of the dispute at its next
meeting.
On March 1, 2005, the Review
Committee’s designated Federal officer
sent letters to 18 claimants inviting
them to provide information to the
Review Committee: representative of
Henry Auwae (deceased), representative
of Edward Kanahele (deceased), Hannah
Kane Reeves, Department of Hawaiian
Home Lands, E Nana Pono, Hawaii
Genealogy Society, Hawaii Island Burial
Council, Kekumano Ohana, Keohokalole
Ohana, Na Ali’i Lei Kawananakoa, Na
Papa Kanaka O Pu’u Kohola, Nation of
Hawai’i, Native Hawaiian Advisory
Council, Office of Hawaiian Affairs,
Puuhonua O Waimanalo, Royal
Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts,
State Council of Hawaiian Homestead
Associations, and Van Horn Diamond
Ohana.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: On
March 13–15, 2005, the Review
Committee considered the dispute as
presented by representatives of Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai’i Nei,
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park,
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands,
Hawaii Genealogy Society, Kekumano
Ohana, Na Ali’i Lei Kawananakoa, Na
Papa Kanaka O Pu’u Kohola, Office of
Hawaiian Affairs, Royal Hawaiian
Academy of Traditional Arts, and Van
Horn Diamond Ohana and made the
following findings:
1. The park has been very slow in
going through the NAGPRA process.
2. The number of potential claimants
of the items has increased with the
passage of time.
3. The Review Committee is
encouraged that the park is now moving
forward.
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4. The Review Committee has chosen
not to come to a finding as to whether
the five objects are cultural items as
defined by the statute and regulations.
5. The park has not done sufficient
work to investigate right of possession.
6. The park needs to expand the
involvement of Native Hawaiian
participation and testimony.
The Review Committee recommends
that:
1.Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
initiate aggressive consultation with all
claimants and other interested parties.
2. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
investigate the right of possession issue
in light of territorial law in force at the
time the objects were removed from the
cave.
3. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
take steps to ensure that it completes the
repatriation process by the end of 2005.
The National NAGPRA Program
publishes this notice as part of its
administrative and staff support for the
Review Committee. The findings and
recommendations are those of the
Review Committee and do not
necessarily represent the views of the
Secretary of the Interior. The Secretary
of the Interior has not taken a position
on these matters.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Rosita Worl,
Chair,
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion for
Native American Human Remains and
Associated Funerary Objects in the
Control of the Aztec Ruins National
Monument, National Park Service,
Aztec, NM; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the control of the U.S. Department of
the Interior, National Park Service,
Aztec Ruins National Monument, Aztec,
NM. These human remains and cultural
items were removed from sites within
and near Aztec Ruins National
Monument, Aztec, NM.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
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responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003, (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the Superintendent, Aztec Ruins
National Monument.
This notice corrects the number of
human remains reported in a notice of
inventory completion published in the
Federal Register on October 2, 1998. A
recent analysis of items from a portion
of the Aztec Ruins National Monument
collection identified a single bone as
being human. The remains had been
identified as non-human during
previous examination. The human
remains are culturally affiliated with the
same tribes as described in the original
notice.
In the Federal Register of October 2,
1998, FR Doc. 98–26418, pages 53098 53100, two paragraphs are inserted and
one paragraph is corrected as follows:
The following two paragraphs are
inserted after paragraph 12:
In 1983, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
recovered from room 221 in the West
Ruin, located within park boundaries,
during a legally authorized excavation
in conjunction with stabilization work.
No known individual was identified. No
funerary objects are present.
Based on dendrochronology of the
West Ruin and on cross dating of
associated ceramic sherds, these human
remains date to the Pueblo III period
(circa A.D. 1100–1300).
Paragraph 27 is corrected by replacing
the first sentence of the paragraph with
the following sentence:
Based on the above-mentioned
information, officials of the National
Park Service have determined that,
pursuant to 43 CFR 10 (d)(1), the human
remains listed above represent the
physical remains of 126 individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with these human remains
should contact Dennis Carruth,
Superintendent, Aztec Ruins National
Monument, 84 County Road 2900,
Aztec, NM 87410, telephone (505) 334–
6174, before July 1, 2005. Repatriation
of these human remains to the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico & Utah; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of San
Juan, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee Findings and Recommendations Regarding a Dispute Between Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: At a March 13-15, 2005, public meeting in Honolulu, HI, the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee
(Review Committee) considered a dispute between Hui Malama I Na Kupuna
O Hawai'i Nei and Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. The dispute focused
on whether five items in the possession of the park are subject to
repatriation under provisions of the Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Act. The Review Committee recommended that the park
initiate aggressive consultation with all claimants and other
interested parties and complete the repatriation process by the end of
2005.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 20, 1993, the National Park
Service completed a Servicewide summary of collections that may include
unassociated funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural
patrimony. Listed under Hawaii Volcanoes National Park were five items
attributed to Forbes Cave, Kawaihae, HI, including one wood statue, one
konane board, one bone tool, one gourd vessel, and one bone button.
On June 28, 1996, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park completed its
inventory of Native American human remains and associated funerary
objects. The park's inventory included one cutting tool made of human
clavicle with a shark's tooth said to have been collected from Forbes
Cave, Kawaihae, HI.
On November 19, 1999, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei filed a
claim to repatriate all items removed from Forbes Cave in the
possession of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park.
On November 23, 2004, Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei
requested the assistance of the Review Committee in resolving its
dispute with Hawaii
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Volcanoes National Park. The request also includes an allegation that
the park failed to comply with the repatriation provisions of the Act.
On January 24, 2005, the Review Committee's designated Federal
officer acknowledged receipt of the November 23, 2004, request and
identified questions as to whether five objects from Forbes Cave are
funerary objects culturally affiliated with one or more Native Hawaiian
organizations as issues of fact with which the Review Committee might
wish to assist in resolving. The allegation of failure to comply was
referred to the Washington Office of the National Park Service for
administrative review.
On February 18, 2005, the Review Committee's designated Federal
officer notified Hui Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei and Hawaii
Volcanoes National Park that the Review Committee had agreed to assist
in the resolution of the dispute at its next meeting.
On March 1, 2005, the Review Committee's designated Federal officer
sent letters to 18 claimants inviting them to provide information to
the Review Committee: representative of Henry Auwae (deceased),
representative of Edward Kanahele (deceased), Hannah Kane Reeves,
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, E Nana Pono, Hawaii Genealogy
Society, Hawaii Island Burial Council, Kekumano Ohana, Keohokalole
Ohana, Na Ali'i Lei Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu'u Kohola, Nation
of Hawai'i, Native Hawaiian Advisory Council, Office of Hawaiian
Affairs, Puuhonua O Waimanalo, Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional
Arts, State Council of Hawaiian Homestead Associations, and Van Horn
Diamond Ohana.
FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: On March 13-15, 2005, the Review
Committee considered the dispute as presented by representatives of Hui
Malama I Na Kupuna O Hawai'i Nei, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park,
Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Hawaii Genealogy Society, Kekumano
Ohana, Na Ali'i Lei Kawananakoa, Na Papa Kanaka O Pu'u Kohola, Office
of Hawaiian Affairs, Royal Hawaiian Academy of Traditional Arts, and
Van Horn Diamond Ohana and made the following findings:
1. The park has been very slow in going through the NAGPRA process.
2. The number of potential claimants of the items has increased
with the passage of time.
3. The Review Committee is encouraged that the park is now moving
forward.
4. The Review Committee has chosen not to come to a finding as to
whether the five objects are cultural items as defined by the statute
and regulations.
5. The park has not done sufficient work to investigate right of
possession.
6. The park needs to expand the involvement of Native Hawaiian
participation and testimony.
The Review Committee recommends that:
1.Hawaii Volcanoes National Park initiate aggressive consultation
with all claimants and other interested parties.
2. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park investigate the right of
possession issue in light of territorial law in force at the time the
objects were removed from the cave.
3. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park take steps to ensure that it
completes the repatriation process by the end of 2005.
The National NAGPRA Program publishes this notice as part of its
administrative and staff support for the Review Committee. The findings
and recommendations are those of the Review Committee and do not
necessarily represent the views of the Secretary of the Interior. The
Secretary of the Interior has not taken a position on these matters.
Dated: May 20, 2005.
Rosita Worl,
Chair,
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review
Committee.
[FR Doc. 05-10795 Filed 5-31-05; 8:45 am]
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