Notice2023-08812
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
April 26, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has amended a Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment published in the Federal Register on September 15, 2022. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a collection removed from Marion County, TN.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25426-25427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-08812]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035712; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; amendment.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has amended a Notice of Inventory
Completion Amendment published in the Federal Register on September 15,
2022. This notice amends the number of associated funerary objects in a
collection removed from Marion County, TN.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after May 26, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#55253634253a3b30153334267b3d3427233427317b303120"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="275744465748494267414654094f46555146554309424352">[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 PMAE.
The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in
this notice. Additional information on the amendments and
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the inventory or related records held by PMAE.
Amendment
This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion and Notice of Inventory Completion Amendment in
the Federal Register (83 FR 65733-65734, December 21, 2018 and 87 FR
56697-56698, September 15, 2022). Disposition of the items in the
original and Amended Notice of Inventory Completion notices has not
occurred. This notice amends the count of the number of associated
funerary objects.
Associated Funerary Objects
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Site Original No. Amended No. Amended description
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Cave near Jasper in Marion County, TN...... 33 27 26 faunal bone fragments and one
ground stone.
Holloway Mounds in Marion County, TN....... 59 57 one biface, 14 projectile points,
one broken projectile point, one
quartz discoidal, 39 shell beads,
and one box of shell beads.
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Determinations (As Amended)
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, PMAE has determined
that:
<bullet> The human remains represent the physical remains of 23
individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 84 objects 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> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and
any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains and associated funerary objects were
removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band
of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
in Oklahoma.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary
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objects in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official
identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes 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, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land
Indian Tribe.
Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 26, 2023. If
competing requests for disposition are received, PMAE must determine
the most appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not competing requests. PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
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, 10.11,
and 10.13.
Dated: April 19, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-08812 Filed 4-25-23; 8:45 am]
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