100528 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 239 / Thursday, December 12, 2024 / Notices 

21st Century Advisory Committee is 

necessary and in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Department of 

the Interior by the National Park Service 

Organic Act (54 U.S.C. 100101(a) et 

seq.), and other statutes relating to the 

administration of the National Park 

Service. 

Authority: 5 U.S.C. ch. 10. 

Deb Haaland, 

Secretary of the Interior. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039183; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: Beloit 

College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, Beloit, WI 

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native 

American Graves Protection and 

Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Beloit 

College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology (LMA) intends to 

repatriate certain cultural items that 

meet the definition of unassociated 

funerary objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: Nicolette B. Meister, Beloit 

College, Logan Museum of 

Anthropology, 700 College Street, 

Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363– 

2305, email meistern@beloit.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 LMA, and 

additional information on the 

determinations in this notice, including 

the results of consultation, can be found 

in the summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of five cultural items have 

been requested for repatriation. The five 

unassociated funerary objects (catalog 

numbers 970.1–.5) are shell gorgets 

removed from a grave in Sacramento 

County, CA on an unknown date by an 

unknown individual. The LMA 

obtained the gorgets from NE Carter of 

Elkhorn, WI in 1935. Mr. Carter was a 

well-known collector and dealer of 

Native American items active in the 

early 1900s. The Sacramento Valley is 

home to Nisenan-speaking groups, of 

which Wilton Rancheria, California is 

one. The LMA has no record that the 

shell gorgets were exposed to any 

hazardous substances while in the 

LMA’s stewardship. 

Determinations 

The LMA has determined that: 

• The five unassociated funerary 

objects described in this notice are 

reasonably believed to have been placed 

intentionally with or near human 

remains, and are connected, either at the 

time of death or later as part of the death 

rite or ceremony of a Native American 

culture according to the Native 

American traditional knowledge of a 

lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or 

Native Hawaiian organization. The 

unassociated funerary objects have been 

identified by a preponderance of the 

evidence as related to human remains, 

specific individuals, or families, or 

removed from a specific burial site or 

burial area of an individual or 

individuals with cultural affiliation to 

an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 

organization. 

• There is a reasonable connection 

between the cultural items described in 

this notice and the Wilton Rancheria, 

California. 

Requests for Repatriation 

Additional, written requests for 

repatriation of the cultural items in this 

notice must be sent to the authorized 

representative identified in this notice 

under 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 January 13, 2025. If competing 

requests for repatriation are received, 

the LMA 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 LMA is 

responsible for sending a copy of this 

notice to the Indian Tribes and Native 

Hawaiian organizations identified in 

this notice and to any other consulting 

parties. 

Authority: Native American Graves 

Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 

U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing 

regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. 

Dated: December 4, 2024. 

Melanie O’Brien, 

Manager, National NAGPRA Program. 

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

National Park Service 

[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039185; 

PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 

Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 intends to repatriate certain 

cultural items that meet the definition of 

sacred objects and that have a cultural 

affiliation with the Indian Tribes or 

Native Hawaiian organizations in this 

notice. 

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items 

in this notice may occur on or after 

January 13, 2025. 

ADDRESSES: June Carpenter, NAGPRA 

Director, Field Museum, 1400 S Lake 

Shore Drive, Chicago, IL 60605, 

telephone (312) 665–7820, email 

jcarpenter@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 summary or related records. The 

National Park Service is not responsible 

for the determinations in this notice. 

Abstract of Information Available 

A total of 17 cultural items have been 

requested for repatriation. The 17 sacred 

objects are four plumes, five baskets, a 

stone pestle, a fish dip, two stone balls, 

two pieces of tinder, a medicine charm, 

and a meal leach bag. In 1901, the 

sacred objects were removed from 

Fresno and Madera Counties in 

California. The items were collected by 

Dr. John Hudson on behalf of the Field 

Museum during a two-year expedition 

among the Native populations of 

California and accessioned by the 

Museum in 1901. 


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