Notice of Inventory Completion: Field Museum, Chicago, IL, 13742 [2024-03653]
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Dated: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
name, sex, age, or geographic location
has been found. There is no known
presence of any potentially hazardous
substances.
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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 describes in this notice.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037434;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Determinations
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
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after March 25, 2024.
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,
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.
DATES:
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Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
four individuals have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The human remains
are hair clippings belonging to four
individuals, identified with the tribal
designations ‘‘Klamath’’ and ‘‘Modoc’’
(Field Museum catalog numbers
193211.7, 193212.4, 193216.10, and
193216.12). Field Museum staff believe
they were collected under the direction
of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward
Putnam for the 1893 World’s Columbian
Exposition in Chicago. The hair
clippings were accessioned into the
Field Museum’s collection in 1939. No
information regarding the individual’s
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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 March 25, 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 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 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: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Arkansas Archeological Survey,
Fayetteville, AR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Arkansas Archeological Survey 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 unknown locations in the
eastern Arkansas Mississippi River
valley.
SUMMARY:
The Field Museum has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Klamath Tribes
and the Modoc Nation.
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Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 25, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Sarah Shepard, Arkansas
Archeological Survey, 2475 N. Hatch
Avenue, Fayetteville, AR 72704,
telephone (479) 575–6552, email
nagpra@uark.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 Arkansas
Archeological Survey. 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 Arkansas Archeological Survey.
DATES:
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by the FBI
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of tribal partners
between 2018 and 2023, and finally on
November 8, 2023, in Shawnee,
Oklahoma. Conversations between the
ARAS, Osage Nation, and Quapaw
Nation continued after that point. On
December 4th, 2023, a decision was
made for the Quapaw to move forward
in affiliation with the human remains.
History and Description of the Remains
The Arkansas Archeological Survey
(ARAS) received a transfer from the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037434; 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 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 March 25, 2024.
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, 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, four individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. The human remains are hair clippings
belonging to four individuals, identified with the tribal designations
``Klamath'' and ``Modoc'' (Field Museum catalog numbers 193211.7,
193212.4, 193216.10, and 193216.12). Field Museum staff believe they
were collected under the direction of Franz Boas and Frederick Ward
Putnam for the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The hair
clippings were accessioned into the Field Museum's collection in 1939.
No information regarding the individual's name, sex, age, or geographic
location has been found. There is no known presence of any potentially
hazardous substances.
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 describes in this notice.
Determinations
The Field Museum has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Klamath Tribes and the Modoc Nation.
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 March 25, 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 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 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: February 14, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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