Notice2024-03802
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
February 26, 2024
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) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Cross County, AR.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 38 (Monday, February 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14101-14102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03802]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037458; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: 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) intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from Cross County, AR.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 27, 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#3e4e5d5f4e51505b7e585f4d10565f4c485f4c5a105b5a4b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9d9cac8d9c6c7cce9cfc8da87c1c8dbdfc8dbcd87cccddc">[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 summary or related records held by the PMAE.
Description
The 531 cultural items were removed from Cross County, Arkansas
between 1879 and 1880 as part of Peabody
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Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expeditions led by Edwin Curtiss.
These cultural items consist of unassociated funerary objects from six
sites. The 66 unassociated funerary objects at Fortune Mounds (state
site number 3CS71; Parkin Phase) include 64 items that are present at
the PMAE and two items that are not currently located. The 64 items
present at the PMAE are two lots consisting of ceramic items, 50 lots
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, one lot consisting of
charcoal, eight lots consisting of faunal items, and three lots
consisting of stone items. The two lots not currently located are two
lots consisting of faunal items.
The 95 unassociated funerary objects at Halcomb's Mounds (state
site number 3CS28; Parkin Phase) include 94 objects that are present at
the PMAE and one object that is not currently located. The 94 objects
present are two lots consisting of ceramic items, 79 lots consisting of
ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, five lots consisting of faunal
items, five lots consisting of stone items, one lot consisting of clay
items, one lot consisting of floral items, one lot consisting of an
unidentified organic item. The one object not present is one lot
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments.
The 156 unassociated funerary objects at Neeley's Ferry Mounds
(state site number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) include 154 objects that are
present at the PMAE and two objects that are not currently located. The
154 objects present at the PMAE are: six lots consisting of ceramic
items, 116 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 22
lots consisting of faunal items, seven lots consisting of stone items,
one lot consisting of floral items, and two lots consisting of charcoal
items. The two objects not present are one lot consisting of ceramic
vessel or vessel fragments, and one lot consisting of faunal remains.
The 14 unassociated funerary objects at Robinson's Mound (Parkin
Phase) are one lot consisting of ceramic items, 11 lots consisting of
ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, one lot consisting of faunal items,
and one lot consisting of clay items.
The 161 unassociated funerary objects at Rose Mound (state site
number 3CS27; Parkin Phase) are four lots consisting of ceramic items,
129 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 13 lots
consisting of faunal items, eight lots consisting of stone items, four
lots consisting of clay items, one lot consisting of floral items, and
two lots consisting of metal items.
The 39 unassociated funerary objects at Stanley Mounds, also known
as Parkin Site (state site number 3CS29; Parkin Phase) are one lot
consisting of ceramic items, 33 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or
vessel fragments, four lots consisting of faunal items, and one lot
consisting of copper items.
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: 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 Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The 531 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> There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the Quapaw 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 March 27, 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
cultural items 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. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03802 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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