Notice2025-05595
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
April 2, 2025
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, Harvard University (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 90, Number 62 (Wednesday, April 2, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14466-14467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-05595]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039799; 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, Harvard University (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 May 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Deanna Byrd, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone
(617) 384-0672, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#97f3f2f6f9f9f6f5eee5f3d7f1f6e4b9fff6e5e1f6e5f3b9f2f3e2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="620607030c0c03001b1006220403114c0a0310140310064c070617">[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 45 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
The 26 unassociated funerary objects from an ``Indian Burial Place'' in
Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA, are two lots of ceramic sherds, one lot
of stone gorget fragments, one lot of quartz and stone chips and
fragments, 18 lots of finished and unfinished projectile points, three
lots of stone tools, and one brass bullet. These 26 unassociated
funerary objects were removed from the ``Indian Burial Place'' by
Frederic Ward Putnam and B. Wilson Lord in 1882 and 1883 as part of
PMAE Expeditions and donated to the PMAE in 1883.
The 18 unassociated funerary objects from the banks of the
Connecticut River in Agawam, Hampden County, MA, are 17 unassociated
funerary objects that are currently present at the PMAE and one
unassociated funerary object that is currently missing. The 17
unassociated funerary objects that are currently present at the PMAE
are two lots of projectile points, 11 lots of ceramic sherds, and four
lots of quartz and stone implements. The one unassociated funerary
object that is currently missing is one brass button. These 18
unassociated funerary objects were collected by B. Wilson Lord in 1884
and 1885 and donated to the PMAE by Lord in 1884 and 1885.
The one unassociated funerary object from a village site near
Springfield, Hampden County, MA, is one lot of faunal remains. This
unassociated funerary object was collected by Harry Andrew Wright in
1895 and donated by him to the PMAE the same year.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The 45 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 Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this
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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 May 2, 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
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: March 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05595 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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