Notice2023-03813
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Science, Boston, MA
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Published
February 24, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Museum of Science, Boston has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles or Santa Barbara County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 37 (Friday, February 24, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 11934]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-03813]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035383; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Museum of Science, Boston, 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 Museum of Science, Boston has completed
an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human
remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles or Santa Barbara County,
CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Rebecca Melius, Sr. Curator of Collections. Museum of
Science, Boston, 1 Science Park, Boston, MA 02114, telephone (617) 589-
0175, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c2b0afa7aeabb7b182afadb1ecadb0a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f0d121a13160a0c3f12100c51100d18">[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
Museum of Science, Boston. 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 Museum of
Science, Boston.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from Los Angeles or Santa Barbara County, CA. Incomplete provenance
information indicates the human remains are those of a 35-year-old
Native American female. Her incomplete skeleton and funerary objects
were removed from an unidentified island off the coast of California
and most likely were donated to the education department of the Museum
of Science in 1975 by a member of the public. The donor is listed as a
Mr. John Smith, of Huntington Beach, CA. The five associated funerary
objects are two pieces of unmodified shell and three pieces of probable
unmodified fish bone.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and 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: geographical, ethnographic, and archeological.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Museum of Science, Boston has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The five 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 human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after March 27, 2023. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Museum of
Science, Boston must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Museum of Science, Boston is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribe 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: February 15, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-03813 Filed 2-23-23; 8:45 am]
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