Notice2024-04657
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
March 6, 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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 6, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16014-16015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04657]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037519; 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 has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 5, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-2374,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6b011b0208000e1902050c2b0d0a1845030a191d0a190f450e0f1e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e9f3eae0e8e6f1eaede4c3e5e2f0adebe2f1f5e2f1e7ade6e7f6">[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, and additional information on the determinations in this notice,
including the results of consultation, can be found in the inventory or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
least, 18 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present. Human remains representing, at minimum,
15 individuals were collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody
County, SD. The human remains are hair clippings collected from one
individual who was recorded as being 18 years old, one individual who
was recorded as being 17 years old, three individuals who were recorded
as being 16 years old, five individuals who were recorded as being 15
years old, one individual who was recorded as being 14 years old, three
individuals who were recorded as being 13 years old, and one individual
who was recorded as being 11 years old and identified as
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``Chippewa.'' George E. Peters took the hair clippings at the Flandreau
Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Peters sent the hair clippings to
George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual was
collected at the Standing Rock School, Sioux County, ND. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 36 years old and identified as ``Chippewa.'' E.D.
Mossman took the hair clippings at the Standing Rock School between
1930 and 1933. Mossman sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who
donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, two individuals were
collected at the Cass Lake Chippewa Agency, Cass County, MN. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 67 years old and one individual who was recorded as
being 24 years old and identified as ``Chippewa.'' M.L. Burns took the
hair clippings at the Cass Lake Chippewa Agency between 1930 and 1933.
Burns sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair
clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are
present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 18 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band).
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this
notice under 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 April 5, 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
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 10.10.
Dated: February 27, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-04657 Filed 3-5-24; 8:45 am]
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