Notice2021-27364
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 objects 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 these associated funerary objects 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 objects 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]
[Pages 71658-71659]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27364]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033147; 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 objects 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 these associated funerary
objects 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 objects 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 these associated funerary objects 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#d4a4b7b5a4bbbab194b2b5a7fabcb5a6a2b5a6b0fab1b0a1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="760615170619181336101705581e17040017041258131203">[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
objects were removed from Stewart County, TN.
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 objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects 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 Objects
The sites listed in this notice were excavated by Edwin Curtiss as
part of a series of Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expeditions in Middle Tennessee led by F.W. Putnam between 1877 and
1884. The human remains from these sites were previously listed in a
Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on
December 21, 2018 (83 FR 65727-65728, December 21, 2018) and
transferred to The Chickasaw Nation.
In 1879, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from a ``Mound on Mr. Banister's Place,'' located near
Dover in Stewart County, TN. The three associated funerary objects are
one chipped stone biface, one ceramic owl effigy vessel, and one
fluorspar pendant.
In 1879, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from a cemetery on ``James C. Green's Place,'' located
near Dover in Stewart County, TN. The 18 associated funerary objects
are one small ceramic vessel and 17 ceramic sherds.
In 1879, human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals
were removed from a mound on ``Mr. Perkin's Farm,'' located on the
Cumberland River 100 miles below Nashville, in Stewart County, TN. The
five associated funerary objects are two copper-covered wooden beads,
one lead fragment, one sharpening stone, and one pumice stone.
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 26 objects described
in this notice are 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 objects 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 Native American associated
funerary objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Cherokee
Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of Cherokee
Indians; The Chickasaw Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band of
Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
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 these associated funerary objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the request to Patricia Capone, Curator
and NAGPRA Director, Peabody Museum of
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Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e696858796898883a6808795c88e879490879482c8838293"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dfdeeecfde2e3e8cdebecfea3e5ecfffbecffe9a3e8e9f8">[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 objects to The Tribes 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. 2021-27364 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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