Notice2023-15107
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
July 18, 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 that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the "Fort Apache Indian School" (official name: Theodore Roosevelt Boarding School) in Navajo County, AZ; the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA; and the U.S. Indian Vocational School in Bernalillo County, NM.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 18, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45914-45915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15107]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036191; 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 that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the
``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore Roosevelt
Boarding School) in Navajo County, AZ; the Sherman Institute in
Riverside County, CA; and the U.S. Indian Vocational School in
Bernalillo County, NM.
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DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 17, 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#e48e948d878f81968d8a83a4828597ca8c859692859680ca818091"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5d372d343e36382f34333a1d3b3c2e73353c2f2b3c2f3973383928">[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, 22 individuals were
collected at the ``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore
Roosevelt Boarding School) in Whiteriver, Navajo County, AZ. The human
remains include hair clippings collected from 21 individuals identified
as ``Apache.'' Of that number, one individual is recorded as being 15
years old; eight individuals are recorded as being 18 years old; seven
individuals are recorded as being 19 years old; one individual is
recorded as being 20 years old; two individuals are recorded as being
22 years old; one individual is recorded as being 62 years old; and one
individual is of unknown age. The human remains also include hair
clippings collected from one individual identified as ``Apache/White''
and recorded as being 20 years old. Miss Ann Chatham took the hair
clippings at the ``Fort Apache Indian School'' (official name: Theodore
Roosevelt Boarding School) between 1930 and 1933. Chatham sent the hair
clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the
PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from two individuals identified as
``Apache.'' One of them is recorded as being 22 years old and the other
is recorded as being 21 years old. Samuel H. 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.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational School in Albuquerque,
Bernalillo County, NM. The human remains are hair clippings collected
from two individuals identified as ``Apache,'' one of whom is recorded
as being 16 years old. Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at the U.S.
Indian Vocational School in Albuquerque between 1930 and 1933. Perry
sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair
clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: kinship and anthropological.
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 26 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the White Mountain Apache Tribe of the Fort Apache Reservation,
Arizona.
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 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 August 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
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The PMAE 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: July 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15107 Filed 7-17-23; 8:45 am]
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