Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 72784-72785 [2023-23277]

Download as PDF 72784 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2023 / Notices 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 November 22, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the University of Montana 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 University of Montana is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: October 11, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–23287 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036760; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, Staten Island, NY National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences (SIIAS) 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. The human remains were removed from Richmond County, NY. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: Colleen Evans, Staten Island Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1000 Richmond Terrace Building A, Staten Island, NY 10301, telephone (718) 483– 7104, email cevans@ statenislandmuseum.org. 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 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Oct 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 sole responsibility of the SIIAS. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the SIIAS. Description In 1897, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, during excavations led by Colonel Robert D. Wainwright. One skull was given to William T. Davis, who donated the individual to SIIAS in 1942. Stored along with this skull are five bags and three boxes containing the fragmentary human remains of at least one additional individual. Most likely, these human remains, too, derive from Col. Wainwright’s excavation. No associated funerary objects are present. In June 1927, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, by J. Otis Swift, who gave them to the SIIAS. The human remains consist of 16 human bone fragments. No associated funerary objects are present. During the spring of 1960, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from Burial Ridge in Tottenville, Staten Island, Richmond County, NY, by Jerome Jacobsen, an archeologist working with Columbia University. The University donated the individual to SIIAS in 1961. The human remains belong to an adult female. No associated funerary objects are present. Cultural Affiliation The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: geographical, oral traditional, and historical. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the SIIAS has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 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 November 22, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the SIIAS 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 SIIAS is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: October 11, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–23280 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036751; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Field Museum has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\23OCN1.SGM 23OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 203 / Monday, October 23, 2023 / Notices human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected from individuals at one or more unknown locations. DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665–7317, email hrobbins@fieldmuseum.org. 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Field Museum. Description Human remains were collected from seven individuals at one or more unknown locations. The human remains are hair clippings identified with the tribal designation ‘‘Delaware.’’ (The hair clippings are represented by Field Museum catalog numbers 193207.5, 193208.10, 193209.1, 193209.11, 193210.3, 193210.5, 103213.5.) Museum staff believe they were collected under the direction of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward Putnam for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition. They were accessioned into the collection in 1939. No information regarding the individual’s name, sex, age, or geographic location has been found. No associated funerary objects are present. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Cultural Affiliation The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical. Determinations Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the Field Museum has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:24 Oct 20, 2023 Jkt 262001 remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry. • There is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians. Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 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 and, if joined to a request from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Munsee-Delaware Nation or the Eelu¨naape´ewi Lahke´ewiit, both nonfederally recognized Indian groups. 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 November 22, 2023. 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 human remains 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 identified in this notice. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and 10.14. Dated: October 11, 2023. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2023–23277 Filed 10–20–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036761; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: California State University, Sacramento, Sacramento, CA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 72785 Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the California State University, Sacramento intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Placer and Yuba Counties, CA. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after November 22, 2023. ADDRESSES: Dr. Dianne Hyson, Dean of the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies, California State University, Sacramento, 6000 J Street, Sacramento, CA 95819, telephone (916) 278–6504, email dhyson@csus.edu. 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 California State University, Sacramento. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by the California State University, Sacramento. Description During the 1960s–1980’s, California State University, Sacramento students and faculty surveyed and investigated sites along creeks and ravines in Placer County, CA, ahead of several development projects (CA–PLA–47, PLA–63, PLA–64, PLA–66, PLA–67, PLA–69, PLA–70, PLA–71, PLA–72, PLA–73, PLA–74, PLA–75, PLA–76, PLA–77, PLA–78, PLA–80, PLA–81, PLA–83, PLA–90, PLA–92, PLA–93, PLA–94, PLA–95, PLA–99, PLA–105, PLA–106, PLA–107/H, PLA–225, PLA– 271/H, PLA–663/H, and four sites without a designated name or trinomial (31–109, 31–60, 31–108, 31–78)). As a result, 13 cultural items were collected from several of the sites. The 13 objects of cultural patrimony consist of the following individual lots: flaked stones; groundstones; unmodified stones; thermally-altered rocks; modified stones; modified shells; modified bones; historic materials; faunal remains; floral remains; baked clay objects; soil samples; and uncatalogued materials. At an unknown date, 10 cultural items were collected from CA–PLA–292, PLA–293, and another, unknown location (31–62) by an individual who subsequently donated them to California E:\FR\FM\23OCN1.SGM 23OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 203 (Monday, October 23, 2023)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-23277]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036751; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: 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 has completed an inventory 
of human remains and has determined that there is a cultural 
affiliation between the

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human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in 
this notice. The human remains were collected from individuals at one 
or more unknown locations.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after November 22, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Helen Robbins, Repatriation Director, Field Museum, 1400 S 
Lake Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, telephone (312) 665-7317, 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. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the Field 
Museum.

Description

    Human remains were collected from seven individuals at one or more 
unknown locations. The human remains are hair clippings identified with 
the tribal designation ``Delaware.'' (The hair clippings are 
represented by Field Museum catalog numbers 193207.5, 193208.10, 
193209.1, 193209.11, 193210.3, 193210.5, 103213.5.) Museum staff 
believe they were collected under the direction of Franz Boas and 
Frederick Ward Putnam for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition. They 
were accessioned into the collection in 1939. No information regarding 
the individual's name, sex, age, or geographic location has been found. 
No associated funerary objects are present.

Cultural Affiliation

    The human remains in this notice are connected to one or more 
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a 
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier 
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were 
used to reasonably trace the relationship: historical.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 
organizations, the Field Museum has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a relationship of shared group identity that can 
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice 
and the Delaware Nation, Oklahoma, and the Delaware Tribe of Indians.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
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 and, if joined to a request 
from one or more of the Indian Tribes, the Munsee-Delaware Nation or 
the Eel[uuml]naap[eacute]ewi Lahk[eacute]ewiit, both non-federally 
recognized Indian groups.
    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 November 22, 2023. 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 human remains 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 identified in this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: October 11, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-23277 Filed 10-20-23; 8:45 am]
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