Notice2025-04178
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
March 17, 2025
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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. The human remains were collected at the Fort Mohave Indian School, Mohave County, AZ, Pawnee Indian Reservation, Pawnee County, OK, and Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12346-12347]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04178]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039469; 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 Mohave Indian School, Mohave County, AZ, Pawnee Indian
Reservation, Pawnee County, OK, and Sherman Institute, Riverside
County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 16, 2025.
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#305a4059535b5542595e57705651431e585142465142541e555445"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f399839a909896819a9d94b3959280dd9b928185928197dd969786">[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, one individual was collected at the Fort Mohave Indian School,
Mohave County, AZ. The human remains are hair clippings collected from
one individual who was recorded as being 13 years old and identified as
``Pueblo.'' Timothy G. Mackey took the hair clippings at the Fort
Mohave Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Mackey sent the hair
clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the
PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was collected at the Pawnee Indian Reservation,
Pawnee County, OK. The human remains are hair clippings collected from
one individual who was recorded as being 30 years old and identified as
``Pueblo.'' Arvel R. Snyder took the hair clippings at the Pawnee
Indian Reservation between 1930 and 1933. Snyder sent the hair
clippings to George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the
PMAE in 1935. No associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
minimum, five individuals were collected at the Sherman Institute,
Riverside County, CA. The human remains are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded as being 19 years old, one
individual who was recorded as being 18 years old, two individuals who
were recorded as being 17 years old, and one individual who was
recorded as being 16 years old and identified as ``Pueblo.'' Samuel H.
Gilliam took the hair clippings at the Sherman Institute between 1930
and 1933. Gilliam 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 available information and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of seven individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo;
Ysleta del Sur Pueblo; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New
Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official
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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 April 16, 2025. 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.
Dated: February 4, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04178 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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