Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, 70518-70519 [2021-26783]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–33055;
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Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee
Notice of Public Meetings
National Park Service, Interior.
Meeting notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The National Park Service is
hereby giving notice that the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Review Committee (Review
Committee) will hold six virtual
meetings as indicated below.
DATES: The Review Committee will meet
via teleconference on January 31, 2022;
February 14, 2022; February 28, 2022;
March 10, 2022; March 15, 2022; and
March 21, 2022. All meetings will be
held from 3:00 p.m. until approximately
6:00 p.m. (Eastern) and are open to the
public.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Melanie O’Brien, Designated Federal
Officer, National Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA) Program (2253), National
Park Service, telephone (202) 354–2201,
or email nagpra_info@nps.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Committee was established in section 8
of the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act of 1990.
Information about NAGPRA, the
Committee, and Committee meetings is
available on the National NAGPRA
Program website at https://
www.nps.gov/orgs/1335/events.htm.
The Committee is responsible for
monitoring the NAGPRA inventory and
identification process; reviewing and
making findings related to the identity
or cultural affiliation of cultural items,
or the return of such items; facilitating
the resolution of disputes; compiling an
inventory of culturally unidentifiable
human remains that are in the
possession or control of each Federal
agency and museum, and
recommending specific actions for
developing a process for disposition of
such human remains; consulting with
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations and museums on matters
affecting such Tribes or organizations
lying within the scope of work of the
Committee; consulting with the
Secretary of the Interior on the
development of regulations to carry out
NAGPRA; and making
recommendations regarding future care
of repatriated cultural items. The
Committee’s work is carried out during
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the course of meetings that are open to
the public.
The agenda for each meeting may
include a report from the National
NAGPRA Program; the discussion of the
Review Committee Report to Congress;
subcommittee reports and discussion;
and other topics related to the
Committee’s responsibilities under
section 8 of NAGPRA. In addition, the
agenda may include requests to the
Committee for a recommendation to the
Secretary of the Interior that an agreedupon disposition of Native American
human remains proceed.
During each meeting, there will be
time scheduled for public comments.
Written comments may be submitted,
see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
All comments received will be provided
to the Committee. Information on
joining the virtual conference by
internet or phone will be available on
the National NAGPRA Program website
at https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1335/
events.htm.
Public Disclosure of Comments:
Before including your address,
telephone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information
in your comments, you should be aware
that your entire comment—including
your personal identifying information—
may be made publicly available at any
time. While you can ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. Appendix 2; 25
U.S.C. 3006.
Alma Ripps,
Chief, Office of Policy.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: The Field Museum of Natural
History, Chicago, IL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Field Museum of Natural
History (Field Museum), in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, has
determined that the cultural item listed
in this notice meets the definition of an
unassociated funerary object. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
SUMMARY:
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Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
that wish to claim this cultural item
should submit a written request to the
Field Museum. If no additional
claimants come forward, transfer of
control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item 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, Director of Repatriation,
The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore
Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone
(312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@
fieldmuseum.org.
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 a
cultural item under the control of The
Field Museum of Natural History,
Chicago, IL, that meets the definition of
an unassociated funerary object 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 item. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural
Item
Sometime between 1893 and 1899,
one cultural item was removed from the
site of Payupki in Navajo County, AZ.
It is unknown who excavated the item,
but it ended up in the collection of
Heinrich Voth and was bought by the
Field Museum as part of a large
accession of materials. Voth’s field notes
indicate that the item, a ceramic vase,
was removed from a grave located one
mile south of the site of Payupki, on the
Hopi Reservation.
Voth’s description of the provenience
reasonably shows that the vase was
removed from a grave. The item is
affiliated with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona
based on academic literature, oral
traditional information, and
consultation with the Hopi Tribe of
Arizona. (According to the notes of
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Charles Owen, a contemporary of Voth
and an archeologist employed by the
Field Museum, the site of Payupki was
founded in 1680 by people from the
‘‘Rio Grande district.’’ Based on
academic literature and oral traditional
information, these people were the
ancestors of the Pueblo of Sandia, New
Mexico. Although they lived at Payupki
for a few generations, they subsequently
returned to their place of origin.)
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Determinations Made by The Field
Museum of Natural History
ACTION:
Officials of The Field Museum of
Natural History have determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B),
the one cultural item described above is
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 is
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
object 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 this cultural item
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 hrobbins@
fieldmuseum.org, by January 10, 2022.
After that date, if no additional
claimants have come forward, transfer
of control of the unassociated funerary
object 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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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.
Notice.
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.
SUMMARY:
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.
DATES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director,
The Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore
Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone
(312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@
fieldmuseum.org.
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033083; 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 item listed in this
notice meets the definition of an unassociated funerary object. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
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Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this
notice that wish to claim this cultural item should submit a written
request to the Field Museum. If no additional claimants come forward,
transfer of control of the cultural item 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 this cultural item 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, Director of
Repatriation, 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 a cultural item under the
control of The Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL, that meets
the definition of an unassociated funerary object 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 item. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Item
Sometime between 1893 and 1899, one cultural item was removed from
the site of Payupki in Navajo County, AZ. It is unknown who excavated
the item, but it ended up in the collection of Heinrich Voth and was
bought by the Field Museum as part of a large accession of materials.
Voth's field notes indicate that the item, a ceramic vase, was removed
from a grave located one mile south of the site of Payupki, on the Hopi
Reservation.
Voth's description of the provenience reasonably shows that the
vase was removed from a grave. The item is affiliated with the Hopi
Tribe of Arizona based on academic literature, oral traditional
information, and consultation with the Hopi Tribe of Arizona.
(According to the notes of Charles Owen, a contemporary of Voth and an
archeologist employed by the Field Museum, the site of Payupki was
founded in 1680 by people from the ``Rio Grande district.'' Based on
academic literature and oral traditional information, these people were
the ancestors of the Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico. Although they lived
at Payupki for a few generations, they subsequently returned to their
place of origin.)
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 one cultural item
described above is 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 is 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 object 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
this cultural item 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 object 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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