Notice2022-01652
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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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, Harvard University. 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 4281-4282]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01652]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033317; 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, Harvard University. 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, Harvard University 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#35455654455a5b50755354461b5d5447435447511b505140"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44342725342b2a21042225376a2c2536322536206a212031">[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 Kent 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, Harvard University
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 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;
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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 the 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 two Native American individuals associated
with these funerary objects were listed in a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2016 (81 FR
68040-68042, October 3, 2016). These human remains have been
transferred to the Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan.
In 1885, 16 associated funerary objects were removed from the Court
Street Mount in Kent County, MI, by employees of Shiver, Weatherly &
Company, while digging for a waterline under Court Street. They were
collected by W. L. Coffinberry, who donated them to the Peabody Museum
in the same year. The 16 associated funerary objects are six bone
implements, two faunal teeth, one beetle effigy figurine, one double-
barreled stone effigy pipe, one serpentine pipe, one metal pan pipe,
one sheet of hammered silver, one copper nugget, and two silver
nuggets.
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 16 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 human
remains 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];
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, 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; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of
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);
Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed
as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; 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; 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#78081b190817161d381e190b5610190a0e190a1c561d1c0d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c3c2f2d3c2322290c2a2d3f62242d3e3a2d3e2862292839">[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. 2022-01652 Filed 1-26-22; 8:45 am]
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