Notice2022-27181
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
December 15, 2022
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Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology (PMAE), Harvard University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated funerary objects were removed from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 240 (Thursday, December 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76640-76641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-27181]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035007; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE), Harvard University has completed an inventory of
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The associated
funerary objects were removed from Tuscaloosa County, Alabama.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#41312220312e2f24012720326f292033372033256f242534"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2f3c3e2f30313a1f393e2c71373e2d293e2d3b713a3b2a">[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
PMAE. 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 inventory or related records held by the PMAE.
Description
In 1906, two associated funerary objects were removed from the
Moundville (01-TU-0500) site in Tuscaloosa County, AL, by C.B. Moore.
The two objects are one complete ceramic bottle from the Field west of
Mound R and one complete ceramic cup from the Field south of Mound D.
These objects were donated to the PMAE in 1907 by Moore.
Museum records do not indicate that human remains from excavations
at Moundville were sent to the PMAE; however, in 1907, Moore reported
that he sent human remains to the United States Army Medical Museum
(AMM) and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Additional
human remains were likely sent to other institutions by Moore or
transferred between institutions at a later date. Twenty-eight human
remains sent to AMM were reported in a Notice of Inventory Completion
published in the Federal Register on October 17, 2017, by the National
Museum of Health and Medicine. At least two human remains sent to the
Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia were reported in a NAGRPA
inventory by the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
Anthropology.
The PMAE does not have a record of human remains from Moundville
being at PMAE; however, based on museum documentation (including
recently received from other museums), field notes, and subsequent
review of consultation, historical, and archeological evidence, the
PMAE believes there is evidence to reasonably document human remains
held in a museum on or after November 16, 1990 as associated with the
aforementioned funerary objects.
Cultural Affiliation
The associated funerary objects 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 The
following types of information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, archeological information,
biological information, geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral tradition, and other relevant
information and/or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The two objects described in this notice 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the present-day
Muskogean speaking Tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official
identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations 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.
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after January 17, 2023. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the PMAE must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The PMAE 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,
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27181 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
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