Notice2023-19958
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
September 15, 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Jefferson County, CO.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63606-63607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19958]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036553; 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 associated funerary objects and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and any Indian Tribe. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from Jefferson County, CO.
DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after October 16, 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#166675776679787356707765387e77646077647238737263"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ef9f8c8e9f80818aaf898e9cc1878e9d998e9d8bc18a8b9a">[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 determinations in this
notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by PMAE.
Description
In 1959 and 1960, the human remains of, at minimum, six individuals
were removed by Cynthia Irwin-Williams and Henry Irwin from the Magic
Mountain site (5JF223), in Jefferson County, CO, during field
excavations undertaken on behalf of Harvard University. The six
associated funerary objects are three shell beads, one shell fragment,
one lot consisting of charcoal and dirt, and one lot consisting of
faunal remain fragments.
Sometime prior to 1960, the human remains of, at minimum, three
individuals were removed by amateur archeologist Jack Putnam from the
Magic Mountain site (5JF223) in Jefferson County, CO. These human
remains were donated by Putnam to PMAE at an unknown date. The 10
associated funerary objects are one antler fragment, two chipped stone
flakes, one organic floral remain, and six faunal remain fragments.
In 1940, the human remains of, at minimum, one individual were
removed by Harold A. and Betty H. Huscher of the Colorado Museum of
Natural History (now Denver Museum of Nature and Science) from the
Magic Mountain Site (5JF223) in Jefferson County, CO. In 1960 or later,
the human remains came into the possession of PMAE. The one associated
funerary object is a faunal remain fragment.
Aboriginal Land
The human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice
were removed from a known geographic location. This location is the
aboriginal lands of one or more Indian Tribes. The following
information was used to identify the aboriginal land: a final judgment
of the Indian Claims Commission and a treaty.
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 10 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 17 objects described in this notice 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
described in this notice were removed from the aboriginal land of the
Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes, Oklahoma; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming; and the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Disposition
Written requests for disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary 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
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October
16, 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 and associated
funerary objects 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.
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Dated: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19958 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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