Notice2024-03578
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
February 22, 2024
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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 Dallas and Wilcox Counties, Alabama.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 36 (Thursday, February 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 13364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03578]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037411; 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 Dallas and Wilcox Counties, Alabama.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after March 25, 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#becedddfced1d0dbfed8dfcd90d6dfccc8dfccda90dbdacb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="becedddfced1d0dbfed8dfcd90d6dfccc8dfccda90dbdacb">[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, one individual were removed
from the Dale Site (1Wx77) Wilcox County, Alabama, in 1899 by C.B.
Moore and donated to the PMAE the same year. The one associated
funerary object is one lot consisting of a ceramic vessel and
fragments.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were removed
from the Durand (Durant's) Bend Site (1Ds1) Dallas County, Alabama, in
1899 by C.B. Moore and donated to the PMAE the same year. The 14
associated funerary objects are: seven beads; one lot consisting of
ceramic fragments and a bead; four lots consisting of ceramic vessels
and vessel fragments; one ceramic vessel fragment; and one shell
gorget.
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,
geographical information, historical information, kinship, linguistics,
oral tradition, other relevant 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 PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of two 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 as removed from the Dale Site (1Wx77;
Wilcox County, Alabama), and the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
<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 as removed from the Durand (Durant's)
Bend Cemetery (1Ds1; Dallas County, Alabama), and the Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; and The Muscogee (Creek) 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 March 25, 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 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.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03578 Filed 2-21-24; 8:45 am]
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