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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036501; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural 

Items: St. Joseph Museums, Inc., St. 

Joseph, MO 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the St. 

Joseph Museums, Inc., intends to 

repatriate a certain cultural item that 

meets the definition of an unassociated 

funerary object and certain cultural 

items that meet the definition 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 Lincoln, NE, and from 

somewhere near St. Louis, MO. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Tori Zieger; St. Joseph 

Museums, Inc., P.O. Box 8096, St. 

Joseph, MO 64508, telephone (816) 752– 

2778, email tori@stjosephmuseum.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 St. Joseph 

Museums, Inc. 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 St. Joseph Museums, Inc. 

Description 

Two objects of cultural patrimony 

were removed from Lincoln, Nebraska. 

The two objects of cultural patrimony 

are an Osage ‘‘war’’ bundle and a Song 

List for a Counting Stick. They were 

purchased by Harry L. George on two 

separate occasions in 1915. The Harry L. 

George Collection of approximately 

4,000 American Indian items became 

the cornerstone of the St. Joseph 

Museum in the 1940s. 

One unassociated funerary object was 

removed from somewhere near St. 

Louis, Missouri. The unassociated 

funerary object is a ‘‘wampum’’/shell 

bead necklace with a projectile point. It 

was collected from a grave in 1889. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The cultural items 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: archeological, 

historical, and expert opinion. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the St. Joseph Museums, 

Inc. has determined that: 

• 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 

are believed, by a preponderance of the 

evidence, to have been removed from a 

specific burial site of a Native American 

individual. 

• Two cultural items described above 

have ongoing historical, traditional, or 

cultural importance central to the 

Native American group or culture itself, 

rather than property owned by an 

individual. 

• There is a relationship of shared 

group identity that can be reasonably 

traced between the cultural items and 

The Osage Nation. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the Responsible 

Official identified in 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 items in 

this notice to a requestor may occur on 

or after October 2, 2023. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the St. Joseph Museums, Inc. must 

determine the most appropriate 

requestor prior to repatriation. Requests 

for joint repatriation of the cultural 

items are considered a single request 

and not competing requests. The St. 

Joseph Museums, Inc. 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 10.8, 10.10, and 

10.14. 

Dated: August 23, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036490; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Field 

Museum, Chicago, IL 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

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. The human remains were 

collected at an unknown location or 

locations. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains in this notice may occur on or 

after October 2, 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 representing, at 

minimum, four individuals were 

collected at an unknown location or 

locations. The human remains are hair 

clippings belonging to four individuals 

identified by the tribal designation 

‘‘Stockbridge’’ (Field Museum catalog 

numbers 193213.8, 193213.10, 

193215.1, and 193216.6). Field Museum 

staff believe they were collected under 


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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 any individual’s name, sex, 

age, or geographic origin 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 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 

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 October 2, 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 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: August 23, 2023. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0036488; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Inventory Completion: Autry 

Museum of the American West, Los 

Angeles, CA 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Autry 

Museum of the American West has 

completed an inventory of human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and has determined that there is a 

cultural affiliation between the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 

organizations in this notice. The human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

were removed from San Luis Obispo 

County, CA. 

DATES: Repatriation of the human 

remains and associated funerary objects 

in this notice may occur on or after 

October 2, 2023. 

ADDRESSES: Karimah Richardson, 

M.Phil., RPA, Associate Curator of 

Anthropology and Repatriation 

Supervisor, Autry Museum of the 

American West, 4700 Western Heritage 

Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027, telephone 

(323) 495–4203, email krichardson@

theautry.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 Autry Museum 

of the American West. 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 Autry Museum of the American 

West. 

Description 

At an unknown date, human remains 

representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by Mrs. 

Gladys Knight Harris, a cultural 

anthropologist from Santa Barbara 

County, CA, from an unknown site on 

Morro Bay in San Luis Obispo County, 

CA. In 1983, Mrs. Knight Harris donated 

these human remains, together with 

associated funerary objects, to the 

Southwest Museum. The human 

remains, which consist of a mandible, 

belong to an adult of undetermined sex. 

The 26 associated funerary objects are 

10 shell fragments, six faunal bone 

fragments, one lot consisting of ochre 

fragments, and nine shell beads. 

Sometime around 1967, human 

remains representing, at minimum, one 

individual were removed by Mr. Robert 

Henze from an unknown site at Ragged 

Point, located 15 miles north of San 

Simeon, in San Luis Obispo County, 

CA. Mr. Henze had found these human 

remains eroding from Ragged Point, and 

in 1972, he donated them to the 

Southwest Museum. The human 

remains, which consist of a cranium and 

a mandible, belong to an adult (probably 

female) between 35 and 50 years old. 

The one associated funerary object is a 

lot consisting of soil. 

Based on the associated funerary 

objects, the Autry Museum has 

determined that these human remains 

belong to a Native American burial. 

Moreover, the presence of red ochre, 

which is a hallmark of Chumash and 

nearby southern California tribal 

funerary practice, supports an 

identification of this burial as Northern 

Chumash or Salinan. 

Cultural Affiliation 

The human remains and associated 

funerary objects 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: archeological, 

geographical, historical, and oral 

traditional. 

Determinations 

Pursuant to NAGPRA and its 

implementing regulations, and after 

consultation with the appropriate 

Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian 

organizations, the Autry Museum of the 

American Indian has determined that: 

• The human remains described in 

this notice represent the physical 


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