Notice2022-14780
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT
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Published
July 12, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Peabody Museum of Natural History (hereafter the Yale Peabody Museum), has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects, 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 associated funerary objects 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 who wish to request transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the Yale Peabody Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 132 (Tuesday, July 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41350-41351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-14780]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034164; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Natural
History, Yale University, New Haven, CT
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Natural History (hereafter the Yale
Peabody Museum), has completed an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects, 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
associated funerary objects 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 who wish to request transfer of control of these human remains
and associated funerary objects should submit a written request to the
Yale Peabody Museum. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains and associated funerary objects 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 who wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written request with information in
support of the request to the Yale Peabody Museum at the address in
this notice by August 11, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale
Peabody Museum of Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT
06520-8118, telephone (203) 432-3752.
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 and
associated funerary objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of
Natural History, Yale University, New Haven, CT. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Warren 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). 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 and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Yale Peabody
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the
Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously listed as Alabama-
Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta
Tribe of Louisiana; Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Quapaw Nation (previously listed as The Quapaw Tribe of
Indians); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation (previously listed as Osage
Tribe); and the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe (hereafter referred to as
``The Tribes'').
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime prior to 1869, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by George W. Gould from a mound near Warrenton
in Warren County, MS. They were donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in
1869. The human remains belong to an adult of undetermined sex. No
known individual was identified. The 81 associated funerary objects are
10 celts and chisels, two adzes, three chunkey stones, one hammerstone,
30 projectile points, five potsherds, 18 shark teeth, four pebbles, two
ornamental disk fragments, and six ceramic vessels.
Historical, geographical, and archeological documentation
demonstrate that the area of Warrenton was home to the Plaquemine
cultures who were indigenous to the Natchez Bluffs region of
Mississippi circa. A.D. 1000-1600. Excavation records and catalog
documentation demonstrate that the human remains and cultural items
were known to be Native American at the time of their removal and
subsequent donation; archeological evidence demonstrates a likely
connection between these items and those found at various recorded
Plaquemine cultural period sites; and the associated funerary objects--
specifically the whole vessels--are consistent with the stylistic
features of Late Plaquemine vessels found at the Glass Site (22Wr502),
a neighboring mound complex located approximately five miles east of
Warrenton. Based on parameters previously determined by the Mississippi
Department of Archives and History and The Tribes, a relationship of
shared group identity can be established between The Tribes and the
earlier group to which the human remains and associated objects belong.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale
University
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale 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(3)(A), the 81 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), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects and The Tribes.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice who wish to request
transfer of control of these human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request with information in support of
the request to Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum of
Natural History, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone
(203) 432-3752, by August 11, 2022. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Natural History, Yale University is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
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Dated: June 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-14780 Filed 7-11-22; 8:45 am]
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