Notice2023-26612
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
December 5, 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 (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 removed from Santa Barbara and Los Angeles Counties, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84351-84352]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-26612]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037008; 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 (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 removed from Santa Barbara and Los
Angeles Counties, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 4, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e4948785948b8a81a4828597ca8c859692859680ca818091"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="abdbc8cadbc4c5ceebcdcad885c3cad9ddcad9cf85cecfde">[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
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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, 25 individuals were removed
from the Channel Islands, CA. In 1875, Paul Schumacher led a joint
expedition on behalf of PMAE and the Smithsonian Institution to what he
referred to as the Santa Barbara Islands, which are today known as the
Channel Islands. During this expedition, he removed human remains from
San Miguel Island (Santa Barbara County), Santa Cruz Island (Santa
Barbara County), San Nicolas Island (Ventura County), and Santa
Catalina Island (Los Angeles County). The Smithsonian Institution
received the majority of those human remains. One hundred crania
removed from San Miguel Island and Santa Cruz Island, and 25 mandibles
identified as coming from the Santa Barbara Islands were sent to PMAE.
Based on PMAE having received human remains that came from San Miguel
Island and Santa Cruz Island, the mandibles most likely came from one
or both of those islands, too. No known associated funerary objects are
present.
Human remains, representing at minimum, one individual were removed
from Santa Barbra County, California. In 1934, PMAE received these
human remains from the Gila Pueblo Foundation, which identified them as
coming from Hope Ranch in Santa Barbara County, CA. No known associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains, representing at minimum one individual, were removed
from Los Angeles County, CA. In 1939, Isaac Richardson donated to the
PMAE the remains of an individual that were recovered from Los Angeles
County, CA. The individual was unearthed by a steam shovel in Los
Flores Canyon, five miles from Santa Monica on Roosevelt Highway. No
known 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 evidence were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: oral traditional,
geographical, and biological.
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 27 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 Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Mission Indians of the Santa Ynez
Reservation, 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 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 January 4, 2024. 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: November 28, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-26612 Filed 12-4-23; 8:45 am]
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