Notice2022-01651
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 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 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4284-4285]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01651]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033316; 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 February 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Capone, 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#5b2b383a2b34353e1b3d3a2875333a292d3a293f753e3f2e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="98e8fbf9e8f7f6fdd8fef9ebb6f0f9eaeef9eafcb6fdfced">[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 Alpena County, MI.
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 Bay Mills Indian Community,
Michigan; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan;
Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian
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Community, Michigan; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Indians of Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan;
Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-
she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron
Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron
Potawatomi, Inc.]; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste.
Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan. The following Indian Tribes
were invited to consult but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe
of Indians of Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Chippewa Cree
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed as
Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]; Citizen
Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe
of Indians; Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk
Nation of Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo
Tribe of Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe
of Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians
of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Little Shell Tribe of
Chippewa Indians of Montana; Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami
Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band);
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac &
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa;
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as Seneca Nation of New
York]; Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe
of Oklahoma]; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin;
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda
Band of Seneca Indians of New York]; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation. Hereinafter all
Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted
and Invited Tribes.''
History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects
The human remains of 32 Native American individuals associated with
these funerary objects were listed in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University in the Federal Register on October 3, 2016 (81 FR 68036-
68037, October 3, 2016). These human remains have been transferred to
the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan.
In 1882, 247 associated funerary objects were removed from the
Devil River Mound Group (Michigan State Site #20AL1) in Alpena County,
MI, by Henry Gilman. They were donated by Stephen Salisbury in the same
year. The 247 associated funerary objects are 240 ceramic sherds, one
biface, one chipped stone tool, one lithic flake, one copper-stained
bone, and three chert flakes.
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 247 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 associated funerary
objects were removed is the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed
as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana];
Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Keweenaw
Bay Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake
Superior Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of
Wisconsin; Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of
Michigan; Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell
Tribe of Chippewa Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of
Odawa Indians, Michigan; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six
component reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band;
Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth
Band); Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians,
Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; Sault Ste. Marie
Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa Community,
Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; and the Turtle
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota (hereinafter referred
to as ``The Aboriginal Land Tribes'').
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
associated funerary objects may be to The Aboriginal Land 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, 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#0d7d6e6c7d6263684d6b6c7e23656c7f7b6c7f6923686978"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="68180b091807060d280e091b4600091a1e091a0c460d0c1d">[email protected]</span></a>, by February 28, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the associated funerary objects to The Aboriginal Land
Tribes 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. 2022-01651 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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