Notice2024-13245
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
June 17, 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 (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 117 (Monday, June 17, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51360-51361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13245]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038100; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intended Repatriation: 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 (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet
the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a
cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after July 17, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aadac9cbdac5c4cfeacccbd984c2cbd8dccbd8ce84cfcedf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6b1b080a1b04050e2b0d0a1845030a191d0a190f450e0f1e">[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 summary or
related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
A total of 15 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic effigy pipe fragments, bone
tools, faunal remains, botanical remains, stone pipe fragments,
lithics, flakes, charcoal, charred wood, ground stone tools, net
sinkers, worked stones, unworked stones, shell, and worked faunal
remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed
these items from the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part
of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, a ceramic pipe fragment, ground stone tools, a rubbing stone,
and a possibly culturally modified rock. In 1906, P.W. Kilmer removed
these items from the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and
donated them to the PMAE the same year.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds. In October 1990, William Engelbrecht removed these items from
the Durfee Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the
PMAE in November 1992.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ceramic discs, stone discs, faunal
remains, worked faunal remains, bone tools, charred corn cobs, flakes,
lithics, ground stone tools, shells, charcoal, stone fragments,
perforated stone, ochre, mica, bark fragments, ash, and unworked
stones. In 1906, Mark Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these
items from the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County,
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NY, as part of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, ceramic pipe fragments, ground stone tools, and a slate
projectile point. In 1906, H.J. Heath removed these items from the
vicinity of the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated
them to the PMAE the same year.
The one unassociated funerary object is a celt removed by H.J.
Heath from the vicinity of the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY,
in 1906. Dr. William H. Getman acquired the cultural item from Heath
and donated it to the PMAE in 1906.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds. In October 1990, William Engelbrecht removed these items from
the Heath Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the
PMAE in November 1992.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, a ceramic pipe fragment, flint chips, and shell. In 1906, Mark
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Green
Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum
Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds and pipe fragments, faunal remains, and shell. In 1906, Mark
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Perch
River Bay site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum
Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds and a ceramic pipe fragment. In 1906, Dr. William H. Getman
removed these items from the Perch River Bay site in Jefferson County,
NY, and donated them to the PMAE the same year.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, flint chips, stone tools, a bone perforator, a possibly worked
stone, charred corn, and faunal remains. In 1906, Mark Raymond
Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Talcott Farm
site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, stone and ceramic pipe fragments, stone tool fragments, a bone
perforator, and worked and unworked faunal remains. In 1906, Mark
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the St.
Lawrence site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum
Expedition.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds. In 1906, Dr. William H. Getman removed these items from the St.
Lawrence site in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the PMAE the
same year.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, a slate projectile point, and a stone disc. In 1906, Dr.
William H. Getman removed these items from a site along the shore of
Chaumont Bay in Jefferson County, NY, and donated them to the PMAE the
same year.
The one lot of unassociated funerary objects includes ceramic
sherds, stone tools and flakes, and faunal remains. In 1906, Mark
Raymond Harrington and Irwin Hayden removed these items from the Nohlee
Farm site in Jefferson County, NY, as part of a Peabody Museum
Expedition.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The 15 unassociated funerary objects described in this
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe
or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Onondaga Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified
in this notice under 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 July 17, 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 and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: June 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-13245 Filed 6-14-24; 8:45 am]
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