Notice2021-27363
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
December 17, 2021
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of this associated funerary object should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary object to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27363]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033146; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects,
in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the associated funerary object and any present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control of this associated funerary
object should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the associated funerary object to the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request
transfer of control of this associated funerary object should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this
notice by January 18, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Curator and NAGPRA Director, Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#58283b392837363d183e392b7630392a2e392a3c763d3c2d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ee9e8d8f9e81808bae888f9dc0868f9c988f9c8ac08b8a9b">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the completion of an inventory of associated funerary
objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The associated funerary
object was removed from De Soto County, MS.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.11(d). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the museum, institution, or Federal agency that has
control of the Native American associated funerary object. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the associated funerary object was made by
the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted
Tribes'').
History and Description of the Associated Funerary Object
Sometime prior to 1887, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the mound at the Lake Cormorant Site
(22Ds501), in DeSoto County, MS, by F. H. Bierbower. In 1887, the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology purchased these human
remains from Mr. Bierbower. The human remains from this site were
previously listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the
Federal Register on December 21, 2018 (83 FR 65724-65725, December 21,
2018) and transferred to The Chickasaw Nation.
The one associated funerary object is a chipped flint projectile
point.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the one object described
in this notice 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.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the associated
funerary object and any present-day Indian Tribe.
<bullet> According to final judgments of the Indian Claims
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of Congress,
or Executive Orders, the land from which the associated funerary object
was removed is the aboriginal land of The Chickasaw Nation.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
associated funerary object may be to The Chickasaw Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization
not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control
of the associated funerary object should submit a written request with
information in support of the request to Patricia Capone, Curator and
NAGPRA Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4b3b282a3b24252e0b2d2a3865232a393d2a392f652e2f3e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4d3d2e2c3d2223280d2b2c3e63252c3f3b2c3f2963282938">[email protected]</span></a>, by January 18, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the associated funerary object to The Chickasaw Nation may
proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
is responsible for notifying The Consulted Tribes that this notice has
been published.
Dated: December 10, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-27363 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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