Notice2022-19169
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
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Published
September 6, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definitions of both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 171 (Tuesday, September 6, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54526-54527]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19169]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034450; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definitions of both sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony
and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed
from Cattaraugus County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after October 6, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bccecbd4d9d9d0d9cefcddd2d8d3cad9ce92d9d8c9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4537322d202029203705242b212a3320376b202130">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
The three cultural items were removed from Cattaraugus County, NY.
The three sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony are one
False Face and two turtle rattles. The False Face (catalog no. 89/7195)
and one of the turtle rattles (catalog no. 89/7196) were made by LeRoy
Jimerson Sr., a Seneca Nation leader and wood carver, and given to the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology by his son LeRoy Jimerson
Jr. in 1941. The second turtle rattle (catalog no. 141/16327), almost
identical to the other, was collected by B.F. Gorham of South Harwich,
MA, acquired by avocational archeologist Howard Torrey, and bequeathed
by him to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology in 1952.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological information,
geographical information, historical information, kinship, and expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> The three cultural items described above are specific
ceremonial objects needed by traditional Native American religious
leaders for the practice of traditional Native American religions by
their present-day adherents.
<bullet> The three cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Seneca Nation
of Indians (previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York).
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after October 6, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
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Dated: August 29, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19169 Filed 9-2-22; 8:45 am]
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