Notice2022-01650
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
January 27, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4282-4283]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01650]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033315; 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 human remains, in consultation
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations,
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should
submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains 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 February 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Capone, Curator and NAGPRA
Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
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telephone (617) 496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#05756664756a6b60456364762b6d6477736477612b606170"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="61110200110e0f04210700124f090013170013054f040514">[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 human remains under
the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from the
Green Farm site, Jefferson County, NY.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The
determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Oneida Indian Nation [previously listed as
Oneida Nation of New York] and the Onondaga Nation. The Oneida Nation
[previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin] was invited
to consult but did not respond to repeated invitations. Hereafter, the
Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted
and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Remains
In July of 1906, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from the Green Farm site in Jefferson County,
NY, by Irwin Hayden and Mark Raymond Harrington as part of a Peabody
Museum Expedition. The fragmentary postcranial remains belong to an
adult of indeterminate sex and age. No known individual was identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
Museum documentation indicates that the Green Farm site is in the
town of Adams Center, Jefferson County, NY, and is approximately two
miles southwest of the Heath Farm site. Interments from the Green Farm
site most likely date to the Late Woodland period (A.D. 1000-1600).
Museum documentary and archeological evidence, which includes a ceramic
pipe fragment and ceramic vessels with globular bodies, constricted,
zoned-incised necks, and castellated rims recovered from the Green Farm
site (but not associated with the burial) supports a Late Woodland
period date for the interment.
In the Late Woodland period, Jefferson County, NY, was occupied by
the so-called ``Jefferson County Iroquois'' in several distinct
settlement clusters. The Green Farm site is considered part of the Dry
Hill settlement cluster and is situated on a ``rounded hilltop near a
brook,'' consistent with settlement patterns associated with the
Jefferson County Iroquois. Ceramic types and decorations present at the
site are also consistent with those found at other Dry Hill cluster
sites. The Jefferson County Iroquois left their territory during the
1500s and 1600s and joined other Iroquoian groups, most notably the
Onondaga Nation. Based on the archeological materials from the Green
Farm site, museum documentation, and consultation information presented
by the Oneida Indian Nation and the Onondaga Nation, the preponderance
of the evidence indicates a relationship of shared group identity
between these human remains and the Onondaga Nation.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University
Officials of Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and the Onondaga Nation.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains 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, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#562635372639383316303725783e37242037243278333223"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="50203331203f3e35103631237e383122263122347e353425">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 28, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the Onondaga Nation may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
is responsible for notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this
notice has been published.
Dated: January 19, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-01650 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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