Notice2023-18496
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
August 28, 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 no cultural affiliation between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were removed from Worcester County, MA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 165 (Monday, August 28, 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: 2023-18496]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036459; 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 no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any Indian Tribe. The human remains were
removed from Worcester County, MA.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after September 27, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54243735243b3a31143235277a3c3526223526307a313021"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c9b9aaa8b9a6a7ac89afa8bae7a1a8bbbfa8bbade7acadbc">[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
In 1909, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed by Samuel Kirkland Lothrop from the land of S.K. Warren in
Harvard, Worcester County, MA. Lothrop donated the human remains to the
PMAE in 1919. No associated funerary objects are present.
In 1857, human remains representing, at minimum, one individual
were removed by John White from the area of Wachusett in Westminster,
Worcester County, MA. White presented the human remains to the Warren
Anatomical Museum, Harvard University (WAM) at an unknown date, and the
WAM sent the human remains to the PMAE on permanent loan in May of
1959. No associated funerary objects are present.
On October 12, 1885, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by Dr. W.H. Raymenton from William U. Maynard's
farm in the town of Northborough, near the town boundary with
Shrewsbury, in Worcester County, MA. Raymenton collected the human
remains as part of an excavation with the Worcester Society of Natural
History. The Worcester Society of Natural History donated the human
remains to the PMAE later in 1885. The human remains were found in a
peat bog, under approximately five feet of soil and on solid bedrock,
near where the teeth and tusks of a mastodon were excavated in 1884. No
associated funerary objects are present.
On June 25, 1891, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed by an unknown person from an ``Indian Burial
Place'' in Winchendon, Worcester County, MA. The Massachusetts
Historical Society donated the human remains to the PMAE, likely in
1891. No associated funerary objects are present.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains in this notice were removed from known geographic
locations. These locations are the aboriginal lands of one or more
Indian Tribes. Historical documents and other information obtained
through consultation show that Worcester County, MA, was aboriginally
occupied by the Wampanoag people. These types of information also show
that Worcester County, MA, was aboriginally occupied by the Nipmuc
people, who are not represented by any federally recognized Indian
Tribe. The following information was used to identify the aboriginal
land: treaties.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the PMAE has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and any Indian Tribe.
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice were removed
from the aboriginal land of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah).
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains 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 described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after September 27, 2023. If competing
requests for disposition are received, the PMAE must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint
disposition 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 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 and
10.11.
Dated: August 18, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-18496 Filed 8-25-23; 8:45 am]
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