Notice2022-25125
Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University, Boston, MA
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Published
November 18, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University have completed an inventory of human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains 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 human remains 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 human remains to the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 222 (Friday, November 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69315-69317]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25125]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034876; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard
University, Boston, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren
Anatomical Museum, Harvard University have completed an inventory of
human remains, in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations, and have determined that there is no
cultural affiliation between the human remains
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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 human remains 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 human
remains 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 human remains 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 December 19, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane Pickering, William & Muriel
Seabury Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone
(617) 496-2374, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f455f464c444a5d4641486f494e5c01474e5d594e5d4b014a4b5a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4a203a2329212f3823242d0a2c2b3964222b383c2b382e642f2e3f">[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 human remains under
the control of the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University,
Boston, MA. The human remains were removed from Essex, Norfolk, and
Suffolk Counties, MA.
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 human remains. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and Warren Anatomical Museum
professional staff in consultation with representatives of the Mashpee
Wampanoag Tribe (previously listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal
Council, Inc.); Narragansett Indian Tribe; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah); and two non-federally recognized Indian groups: the Assonet
Band of the Wampanoag Nation and the Massachusett-Ponkapoag Tribal
Council (hereafter referred to as ``The Consulted Tribes and Groups'').
History and Description of the Remains
Sometime before 1870, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown site in the town of Nahant,
Essex County, MA, by Dr. Walter Channing. In December of 1883, J.
Collins Warren donated the human remains to the Warren Anatomical
Museum as part of the J. Mason Warren Collection. The human remains are
the nearly complete cranial remains of an adult male. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
Sometime before 1850, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown site in the city of Salem,
Essex County, MA, by an unknown person and were donated to the Warren
Anatomical Museum by an unknown person. The human remains are the
nearly complete cranial remains of an adult female. No known individual
was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
At an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown site in the town of Milton,
Norfolk County, MA, by Dr. John Edwards Holbrook. In December of 1883,
J. Collins Warren donated the human remains to the Warren Anatomical
Museum as part of the J. Mason Warren Collection. The human remains are
the nearly complete cranial remains of an adult female. No known
individual was identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
In June of 1861, human remains representing, at minimum, four
individuals were removed from a burial site ten feet from the eastern
edge of Long Island in Boston Harbor, Suffolk County, MA, by Dr. P.A.
O'Connell of the United States Army. Dr. O'Connell sent the human
remains to Dr. Henry G. Clark, who presented the human remains to the
Warren Anatomical Museum in 1862. No known individuals were identified.
No associated funerary objects are present.
The burials on Long Island were organized into a burial ground,
arranged in rows, and the individuals were consistently buried in a
flexed posture with the head directed to the south and without
accompanying funerary objects. This contextual information suggests
that these interments date to the Late Woodland period or later (i.e.,
post-1000 B.P.). The history of Long Island strongly indicates that
during and after King Philip's War (A.D. 1675-1676) it served as a
burial place for a population of New England Native American
individuals that included, but was not limited to, the Massachusett and
Pawtucket. During King Philip's War, Long Island was used as an
internment camp for the so-called ``Praying Indians'' captured from the
14 towns within Massachusett and Pawtucket homelands. The internment of
Praying Indians on Long Island, Deer Island, and other Boston Harbor
islands ended in 1677, but not before many had died of starvation,
disease, and exposure. During later historic periods, several other
groups used Long Island for burials, at least some of whom may have
included individuals of Native American ancestry. The burial places of
these individuals may have been confused with burial places of Native
American individuals in recorded histories, remembered histories, and
during archeological and other island surveys.
Historical documents and consultation information demonstrate that
areas of northeastern Massachusetts are the aboriginal land of the
Wampanoag people. These same types of information also demonstrate that
portions of Suffolk, Essex, Norfolk, and Middlesex Counties, MA, are
the aboriginal land of the Massachusett and Pawtucket peoples, neither
of whom are represented by any federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
and the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology and
the Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University have determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on osteological analysis,
archeological context, and museum records.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of seven individuals of
Native American ancestry.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and any present-day Indian Tribe.
<bullet> Treaties, Acts of Congress, or Executive Orders, indicate
that the land from which the Native American human remains were removed
is the aboriginal land of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe (previously
listed as Mashpee
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Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah) (hereafter referred to as ``The Tribes'').
<bullet> Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the
human remains may be to The 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 human remains should submit a written request with information
in support of the request to Jane Pickering, William & Muriel Seabury
Howells Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-2374, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97fde7fef4fcf2e5fef9f0d7f1f6e4b9fff6e5e1f6e5f3b9f2f3e2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="660c160f050d03140f080126000715480e07141007140248030213">[email protected]</span></a>, by December 19, 2022. After
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to The Tribes may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology on behalf of the
Warren Anatomical Museum, Harvard University is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and Groups that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25125 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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