Notice2024-08046
Notice of Inventory Completion: Boston Children's Museum, Boston, MA
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Published
April 16, 2024
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Boston Children's Museum 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.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 74 (Tuesday, April 16, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26907-26908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-08046]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037759; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Boston Children's Museum, Boston,
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), Boston Children's Museum 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after May 16, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Melissa Higgins, Vice President of Programs & Exhibits,
Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress Street, Boston, MA 02201,
telephone (617) 986-3692, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7810111f1f11160b381a170b0c17161b1011141c0a1d160b150d0b1d0d1556170a1f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1870717f7f71766b587a776b6c77767b7071747c6a7d766b756d6b7d6d7536776a7f">[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 Boston
Children's Museum, 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
partial skeletons of at least two individuals have been reasonably
identified. The two lots of associated funerary objects include Pottery
Sherds, Flint Flake, Carbonized Beans, and Animal Bones. Remains and
associated funerary objects were donated in 1969 by Dr. Jack Calvert,
who was involved in archeological digs as part of the work of James
Tuck in 1965-1967. The Remains and associated funerary objects are
believed to have been removed from New York State as part of these
digs. Accession records note them originating from the Cabin Site (tly
1-1), though there is a possibility that they originated from one of
several sites in the area. Due to geographic origin, the remains are
reasonably believed to be culturally affiliated with the Onondaga
Nation. There is no documentation of hazardous substances being used to
treat these individuals or materials.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
Boston Children's Museum has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical partial skeletal remains of two individuals of Native American
ancestry.
<bullet> The two lots of objects described in this notice are
reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally 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 reasonable connection between the human remains
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 16, 2024. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Boston Children's
Museum must determine the most appropriate
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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 Boston Children's Museum 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: April 9, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-08046 Filed 4-15-24; 8:45 am]
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