Notice2023-27379
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
December 13, 2023
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Onondaga County, NY.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 13, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 86360-86361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-27379]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037065; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural
patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes
or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items
were removed from Onondaga County, NY.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 12, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f3d38272a2a232a3d0f2e212b20392a3d612a2b3a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ffdf8e7eaeae3eafdcfeee1ebe0f9eafda1eaebfa">[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
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. 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 summary or related records held by
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
The 733 cultural items were removed from Onondaga County, NY. The
cultural items were removed from the Pompey Center Site (C2A 7-1),
Onondaga County, New York and obtained by archeologist James W. Bradley
circa 1970. Bradley describes Pompey Center as a large Onondaga village
site dating to 1610-1625, based on the presence of European-derived
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objects like glass beads and copper or brass kettles. Bradley donated
the collection to the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology in
1994. The 733 unassociated funerary objects and objects of cultural
patrimony are 32 lots of faunal remains and modified faunal remains; 87
lots of metal items and fragments; 34 lots of ceramic sherds, pipes,
pendants, and ceramic fragments; 550 lots of stone tools, stone
debitage, and stone items; 24 lots of beads; one shell button; one
stone effigy; one gun flint; one lot miscellaneous items; one
whetstone; and one glass shard.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items 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: archeological information,
geographical information, historical information, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
<bullet> The 733 cultural items described above 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
<bullet> The 733 cultural items described above have ongoing
historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native
American group or culture itself, rather than property owned by an
individual.
<bullet> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Onondaga
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by 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 cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after January 12, 2024. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology 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 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: December 6, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-27379 Filed 12-12-23; 8:45 am]
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