Notice2023-08333
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
April 20, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Adams County, MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 76 (Thursday, April 20, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24439-24440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08333]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035690; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items
were removed from Adams County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after May 22, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
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Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9dbdec1ccccc5ccdbe9c8c7cdc6dfccdb87cccddc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="94e6e3fcf1f1f8f1e6d4f5faf0fbe2f1e6baf1f0e1">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3). The determinations in this notice are the sole
responsibility of the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 summary or
related records held by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
In 1924, during an expedition for the Robert S. Peabody Institute
of Archaeology, Warren K. Moorehead removed 42 unassociated funerary
objects and objects of cultural patrimony from five mound sites in
Adams County, MS. Eight lots of ceramic sherds (catalog nos.
2018.2.1191, 59648, 59651, 59691, 59701, 59704, 59707, and 59733), one
lot of daub fragments (catalog no. 59705), two lots of faunal bone
(catalog nos. 59703 and 59706), and three lots of modified stones and
stone tools (catalog nos. 59692, 59693, and 59702) were removed from
multiple components of the Anna Mounds (also called John Stover's or
John Stower's; Small mound, Anna; and Temple Mound, Stover's or
Stower's, Anna) in Adams County, MS. Three lots of faunal bone (catalog
nos. 59650, 59709, and 59722), one lot of stone tools (catalog no.
59680), eight lots of ceramic sherds (catalog nos. 59649, 59681, 59682,
59690, 59708, 59710, 59724, and 2018.2.1195), one lot of mineral
fragments and stone objects (catalog no. 59723), and one ceramic vessel
(catalog no. 2018.2.1196) were removed from Emerald Mound in Adams
County, MS. Five lots of ceramic sherds and daub fragments (catalog
nos. 59641, 59642, 59643, 59731, and 59732), one lot of stone tools
(catalog no. 59645), two lots of faunal bone (catalog nos. 59646 and
59647), and one fragment of burnt clay (catalog no. 59644) were removed
from Bennett Mound in Adams County, MS. One lot of ceramic sherds
(catalog no. 59640) was removed from Bruntts Mound in Adams County, MS.
Two pottery vessels (catalog nos. 59684 and 59685), one stone disk
(catalog no. 59602), and one fragmentary ceramic effigy (catalog no.
59711) were removed from Ratcliffe Mounds in Adams County, MS.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(B), the 42 cultural items
described above 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 and are believed, by a preponderance of the
evidence, to have been removed from specific burial sites of Native
American individuals.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(D), the 42 cultural items
described above have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural
importance central to the Native American group or culture itself,
rather than property owned by an individual.
<bullet> Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2) there is a relationship of
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the
cultural items and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after May 22, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: April 10, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08333 Filed 4-19-23; 8:45 am]
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