Notice2023-09895
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
May 10, 2023
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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, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of human remains and has determined they are reasonably believed to be related to lineal descendants in this Notice. The human remains were collected at the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30153-30154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09895]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035841; 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, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of
human remains and has determined they are reasonably believed to be
related to lineal descendants in this Notice. The human remains were
collected at the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 9, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, 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#107a6079737b7562797e77507671633e787162667162743e757465"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="89e3f9e0eae2ecfbe0e7eec9efe8faa7e1e8fbffe8fbeda7ecedfc">[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
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were
collected at the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual, identified as
``Miwok,'' who was recorded as being 18 years old. Samuel Gilliam took
the hair clippings at the Sherman Institute between 1930 and 1933.
Gilliam sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the
hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Lineal Descent
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
are connected to an identifiable individual whose descendants can be
traced directly and without interruption by means of a traditional
kinship system or by the common law system of descendance.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There are three direct lineal descendants of the
identifiable individual described in this notice.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 lineal descendants, 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after June 9, 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 human
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The
PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants of the individual 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
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Dated: May 3, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-09895 Filed 5-9-23; 8:45 am]
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