Notice2024-09404
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
May 1, 2024
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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. The human remains were collected at the Fort Totten Indian School, Benson County, ND, the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD, and Cass Lake Chippewa Agency, Cass County, MN.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 1, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35204-35205]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-09404]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037831; 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. The human remains were collected at the
Fort Totten Indian School, Benson County, ND, the Flandreau Indian
School, Moody County, SD, and Cass Lake Chippewa Agency, Cass County,
MN.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after May 31, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone
(617) 496-2374, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#89e3f9e0eae2ecfbe0e7eec9efe8faa7e1e8fbffe8fbeda7ecedfc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3c564c555f57594e55525b7c5a5d4f12545d4e4a5d4e5812595849">[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
minimum, 44 individuals were collected at the Fort Totten Indian
School, Benson County, ND. The human remains are hair clippings
collected from one individual who was recorded as being 24 years old,
one individual who was recorded as being 18 years old, four individuals
who were recorded as being 16 years old, one individual who was
recorded as being 15 years old, three individuals who were recorded as
being 14 years old, three individuals who were recorded as being 13
years old, 10 individuals who were recorded as being 12 years old, four
individuals who were recorded as being 11 years old, six individuals
who were recorded as being 10 years old, three individuals who were
recorded as being 9 years old, four individuals who were recorded as
being 8 years old, two individuals who were recorded as being 7 years
old, and two individuals who were recorded as being 6 years old and
identified as ``Chippewa.'' Orrin C. Gray took the hair clippings at
the Fort Totten Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Gray 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 Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 17 years old and identified as ``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 Cass Lake Chippewa Agency, Cass County, MN. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 22 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 in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 46 individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa Indians
of Montana.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after May 31, 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
Tribe 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.
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Dated: April 23, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-09404 Filed 4-30-24; 8:45 am]
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