Notice2023-19959
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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary objects were removed from Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 178 (Friday, September 15, 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: 2023-19959]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036554; 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 a cultural affiliation between the human remains and
associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Los Angeles and Ventura Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after October 16, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA
02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5c2c3f3d2c3332391c3a3d2f72343d2e2a3d2e3872393829"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="49392a283926272c092f283a6721283b3f283b2d672c2d3c">[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, 43 individuals were removed
from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1877, Paul Schumacher led an expedition
on behalf of the PMAE to the Channel Islands. Schumacher removed the
human remains from an area he described as ``Graves at the Isthmus'' on
Santa Catalina Island. The 15 associated funerary objects are one bone
awl; one lot consisting of glass and shell beads; one lot consisting of
brass buttons and glass and shell beads; one lot consisting of shell
beads and faunal fragments; one lot consisting of fragmentary faunal
remains; one lot consisting of a copper cup, cloth, basket fragments,
and a string of beads; and nine bags of shells beads.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Los Angeles County, CA. During the 1877 expedition,
Schumacher removed the human remains from an area he identified as
Johnson's Place on Santa Catalina Island. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
removed from Los Angeles County, CA. As part of the same 1877
expedition, Schumacher removed the human remains from an area he
identified as Pots Valley on Santa Catalina Island. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 23 individuals were removed
from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1877, Paul Schumacher visited San
Clemente Island as part of the PMAE expedition and removed the human
remains from unknown locations on San Clemente Island. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, five individuals were
removed from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1878, Paul Schumacher led an
expedition on behalf of the PMAE to the Channel Islands. During this
expedition, he removed the human remains from a place he identified as
Whitney's Place on Santa Catalina Island. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was removed
from San Nicolas Island in Ventura County, CA, at an unknown date. Mrs.
Thomas Bishop donated the human remains to the PMAE in 1907. Bishop
likely acquired the human remains from Paul Schumacher after one of his
expeditions to San Nicolas Island between 1875 and 1878. No known
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated funerary objects 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 evidence were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: oral traditional, geographical, biological, kinship, and
archeological.
Oral tradition, geographical, biological, kinship, and
archeological evidence indicate the southern Channel Islands are
culturally affiliated to the mainland coastal groups that are known in
the anthropological record as the Luise[ntilde]o, Chumash, and
Gabrielino peoples. (The Gabrielino, a nonfederally recognized Indian
group, are related linguistically to the Luise[ntilde]o.)
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 76 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 15 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the La Jolla Band of Luiseno
Indians, California; Pala Band of Mission Indians; Pauma Band of
Luiseno Mission Indians of the Pauma & Yuima Reservation, California;
Pechanga Band of Indians (Previously listed as Pechanga Band of Luiseno
Mission Indians of the Pechanga Reservation, California); Rincon Band
of Luiseno Indians (Previously listed as Rincon Band of Luiseno Mission
Indians of Rincon Reservation, California); Santa Ynez Band of Chumash
Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez Reservation, California; and the
Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians, California.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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
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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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 16, 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 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, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: September 8, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-19959 Filed 9-14-23; 8:45 am]
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