Notice2023-24531
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
November 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
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 Coahoma County, MS.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76848-76849]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24531]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036873; 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 Coahoma County, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after December 7, 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#abdbc8cadbc4c5ceebcdcad885c3cad9ddcad9cf85cecfde"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ccbcafadbca3a2a98caaadbfe2a4adbebaadbea8e2a9a8b9">[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, 30 individuals were removed
from the Oliver site (state site number 22Co503) in Coahoma County, MS,
in 1901, as part of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expedition to Mississippi led by Charles Peabody and William C.
Farabee. The 68 associated funerary objects include 66 objects that are
present at the PMAE and two objects that are not currently located. The
66 present associated funerary objects are one bone tool, one brass
bell, two lots consisting of ceramic sherds, eight ceramic vessels or
vessel fragments, one bag of charcoal fragments, two faunal bones, 39
glass beads, 10 shell beads, one lot consisting of shells, and one lot
consisting of wood fragments. The two associated funerary objects that
are not currently located are one lot consisting of a bone tool and one
lot consisting of a brass point.
Human remains representing, at minimum, 15 individuals were removed
from the Oliver Site (state site number 22Co503) in Coahoma County, MS,
in 1902, as part of a Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expedition to Mississippi led by Charles Peabody and William C.
Farabee. The 10 associated funerary objects include nine objects that
are present at the PMAE and one object that is not currently located.
The nine associated funerary objects present at the PMAE are two
ceramic vessels, five glass beads, and two shell beads. The one
associated funerary object not present is one lot consisting of a
ceramic vessel.
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 information were used to reasonably trace the
relationship: anthropological information, archeological information,
biological information, folklore, geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral tradition, other relevant
information, or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
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Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has
determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 45 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 78 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 Quapaw Nation.
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 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 December 7, 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 and Native Hawaiian organizations 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, Sec.
10.10, and Sec. 10.14.
Dated: October 27, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-24531 Filed 11-6-23; 8:45 am]
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