Notice2022-25126
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 69304-69305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-25126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034878; 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 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#e88298818b838d9a81868fa88e899bc680899a9e899a8cc68d8c9d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e243e272d252b3c2720290e282f3d60262f3c382f3c2a602b2a3b">[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 Barnstable County, 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 the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation, a non-
federally recognized Indian group (hereafter referred to as ``The
Consulted Tribes and Group'').
History and Description of the Remains
In 1831, human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals
were removed from an ``Indian burial ground'' in Yarmouth, Barnstable
County, MA, by an unknown person. In December of 1883, J. Collins
Warren donated these human remains to the Warren Anatomical Museum as
part of the J. Mason Warren Collection. These individuals were buried
approximately two feet below the ground surface in a mound of gravel
and sand near the water's edge. The human remains were described as
having been interred in a flexed position. The human remains are the
nearly complete cranium of an adult male and the nearly complete
mandible of an adult that is probably male. No known individuals were
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
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 two 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 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
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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#0f657f666c646a7d6661684f696e7c21676e7d796e7d6b216a6b7a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="264c564f454d43544f484166404755084e47545047544208434253">[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 Group that this notice has been
published.
Dated: November 9, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-25126 Filed 11-17-22; 8:45 am]
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