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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038201; 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 a certain cultural item that meets the
definition of a sacred object and object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation
with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after [INSERT DATE
30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The sacred object/object
of cultural patrimony is a wooden bowl (represented by Field Museum catalog number 155620).
The bowl was removed from the Winnebago Reservation by Oliver LaMere. LaMere sold the
bowl to the Museum on October 2, 1926, as part of a larger collection. Museum documentation
shows that the bowl was treated with both CTED and “MothOff” periodically while on display.
Staff believe CTED is likely a mixture of carbon tetrachloride and ethylene dichloride, and that
MothOff may have been a proprietary mixture containing paradichlorobenzene. Neither is
believed to be present on the bowl today.

Determinations
The Field Museum has determined that:

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The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony described in this notice is, according
to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, a specific ceremonial object needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American
religion, and has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the
Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan,
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).

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There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and
the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.

Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after
[INSERT DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL
REGISTER]. 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 cultural item 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 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: June 24, 2024.

Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.

[FR Doc. 2024-14468 Filed: 6/28/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 7/1/2024]