Notice2025-06206
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
April 11, 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) has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 15478]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06206]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039890; 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
associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the associated funerary object and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice
may occur on or after May 12, 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#d7b3b2b6b9b9b6b5aea5b397b1b6a4f9bfb6a5a1b6a5b3f9b2b3a2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26424347484847445f544266404755084e47545047544208434253">[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
The one associated funerary object is one lot of beaded child's
moccasins identified as ``Sioux.'' The moccasins were collected by
William Radcliff Morris between 1878 and 1893 from an unspecified
location within the United States. Morris's widow sold the moccasins to
William H. Claflin, Jr., in 1930, and Claflin bequeathed the moccasins
to the PMAE in 1985.
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 associated funerary object
described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The one object described in this notice is reasonably
believed to have been placed intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony.
<bullet> There is a connection between the associated funerary
object described in this notice and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of
the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary object
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 a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the associated funerary object in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after May 12, 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
associated funerary object 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: April 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06206 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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