Notice2025-04197
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, Deerfield, MA
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Published
March 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association 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 90, Number 50 (Monday, March 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12361-12362]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04197]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039413; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association, Deerfield, 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 Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
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 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Ray Radigan, Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, 10
Memorial Street, Deerfield, MA 01342, telephone (413) 774-4466, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7e0c0c1f1a17191f103e1a1b1b0c18171b121a130b0d1b0b1350110c19"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44363625202d23252a0420212136222d2128202931372131296a2b3623">[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
Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association, and additional information on
the determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this
notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present. Human Remains (one
individual)--Crania. Acquired by Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association
in 1885 by donation of James S. Reed. Accession Book Entry recorded in
1885: ``An Indian Skull taken from the bottom of a mound in Coshocton
Ohio by Proff E. E. Henry in 1885--The body was extended in burial, the
rest of the bones were nearly all decayed and gone--Fragments of
pottery were found about the head--Mingled with small stones--It is
possible that the sound condition of the skull is due to some process
of embalming? or ossifying?--It was presented by Proff Henry--who was
satisfied the Mound was built as a funeral pile--to the donor.''
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 described in this
notice.
Determinations
The Pocumtuck Valley Memorial Association has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; and the Shawnee Tribe.
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 an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization with
cultural affiliation.
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Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 16, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the Pocumtuck Valley Memorial
Association 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 Pocumtuck
Valley Memorial Association 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: January 23, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04197 Filed 3-14-25; 8:45 am]
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