Notice2022-15039
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
July 14, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional claimants come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15039]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034192; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, has determined that the cultural items
listed in this notice meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects. Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
claim these cultural items should submit a written request to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional claimants
come forward, transfer of control of the cultural items 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
claim these cultural items should submit a written request with
information in support of the claim to the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this notice by August 15,
2022.
ADDRESSES: 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#3e4e5d5f4e51505b7e585f4d10565f4c485f4c5a105b5a4b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b1b080a1b04050e2b0d0a1845030a191d0a190f450e0f1e">[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. 3005, of the intent to repatriate cultural items under the
control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA, that meet the definition of unassociated
funerary objects under 25 U.S.C. 3001.
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 cultural items. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
History and Description of the Cultural Items
In 1903, 17 unassociated funerary objects were removed from Erie
County, NY, during a Peabody Museum expedition led by M.R. Harrington
and A.C. Parker. Museum records indicate that these unassociated
funerary objects were recovered from the Silverheels site. This site is
located within the town of Brant, 1.5 miles east of the village of
Irving, on the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, approximately 2.5 miles
upstream of Lake Erie on Cattaraugus Creek. The 17 unassociated
funerary objects are six sherds, one ceramic jar, five flakes, one pipe
stem fragment, one point, two strands of beads, and one iron knife.
Other unassociated funerary objects from the site were reported in a
Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items published in the Federal
Register on October 5, 2001, and have subsequently been transferred to
the culturally affiliated Tribes.
These interments most likely date to the early Contact period (A.D.
1500-1700). Museum documentation and consultation information indicate
that the unassociated funerary objects were removed from specific
burials of Native American individuals.
Historical and geographical information indicate that these
cultural items are from areas considered to be the aboriginal homelands
and traditional burial grounds of the Haudenosaunee. The present-day
Indian Tribes who represent the Haudenosaunee are the Cayuga Nation;
Oneida Indian Nation (previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York);
Oneida Nation (previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of
Wisconsin); Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously
listed as St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca Nation
of Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-
Cayuga Nation (previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma);
Tonawanda Band of Seneca (previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Indians of New York); and the Tuscarora Nation (hereafter referred to
as ``The Tribes'').
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(3)(B), the 17 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from a specific burial site of a Native
American individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
unassociated 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 that wish to claim
these cultural items should submit a written request with information
in support of the claim 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#96e6f5f7e6f9f8f3d6f0f7e5b8fef7e4e0f7e4f2b8f3f2e3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c8b8aba9b8a7a6ad88aea9bbe6a0a9babea9baace6adacbd">[email protected]</span></a>, by August 15, 2022. After that date, if no
additional claimants have come forward, transfer of control of the
unassociated funerary objects to The Tribes may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University
is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 6, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-15039 Filed 7-13-22; 8:45 am]
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