Notice2022-19978
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
September 15, 2022
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Marion County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56697-56698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19978]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This
notice amends the number of associated
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funerary objects in a collection removed from Marion County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after October 17, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60100301100f0e05200601134e080112160112044e050415"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="70001311001f1e15301611035e181102061102145e151405">[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
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology, Harvard University.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65733-65734,
December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of
associated funerary objects which were not listed in the original
notice. Ninety-two associated funerary objects from Marion County, TN,
are reported here to reflect the inventory.
Associated Funerary Objects
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Site Original No. Amended No. Amended description
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Cave near Jasper in Marion County, TN. Not Reported............. 33 32 faunal bone fragments and
1 ground stone.
Holloway Mounds in Marion County, TN.. Not reported............. 59 One biface, 15 projectile
points, one quartz
discoidal, 41 shell beads,
and one small plastic box
containing a small
projectile point tip and
shell beads.
Mounds in Sequatchie Valley in Marion Not reported............. 0 No associated funerary
County, TN. objects are present.
Island in Tennessee River in Marion Not reported............. 0 No associated funerary
County, TN. objects are present.
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Determinations (as Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 23
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 92 objects 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
2. 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 17, 2022. If
competing requests for disposition are received, the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: September 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-19978 Filed 9-14-22; 8:45 am]
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