Notice2023-15528
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
July 21, 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 St. Michael's Mission in Fremont County, WY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 139 (Friday, July 21, 2023)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15528]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036241; 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 St.
Michael's Mission in Fremont County, WY.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after August 21, 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#8ee4fee7ede5ebfce7e0e9cee8effda0e6effcf8effceaa0ebeafb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1379637a707876617a7d74537572603d7b7261657261773d767766">[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, 18 individuals were
collected at St. Michael's Mission in Ethete, Fremont County, WY. The
human remains are hair clippings collected from individuals identified
as ``Arapaho.'' Four individuals were recorded as being 14 years old,
three individuals were recorded as 15 years old, two individuals were
recorded as 16 years old, two individuals were recorded as 17 years
old, two individuals were recorded as 21 years old, one individual was
recorded as 30 years old, one individual was recorded as 32 years old,
one individual was recorded as 48 years old, and two individuals were
recorded as ``adult.'' A. Abbott Hastings took the hair clippings at
St. Michael's Mission in Ethete, Fremont County, Wyoming between 1930
and 1933. Hastings 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, four individuals were
collected at St. Michael's Mission in Ethete, Fremont County, WY. The
human remains are hair clippings collected from individuals identified
as ``Arapaho; Gros Ventre.'' One individual was recorded as being 16
years old, one individual was recorded as 17 years old, one individual
was recorded as 24 years old, and one individual was recorded as 49
years old. A. Abbott Hastings took the hair clippings at St. Michael's
Mission in Ethete, Fremont County, Wyoming between 1930 and 1933.
Hastings 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 22 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
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Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind River Reservation, Wyoming.
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 21, 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 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-15528 Filed 7-20-23; 8:45 am]
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