Notice2025-06207
Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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April 11, 2025
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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, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony 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 69 (Friday, April 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15470-15473]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06207]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039891; 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, sacred objects, and/or objects of cultural patrimony 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 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#a7c3c2c6c9c9c6c5ded5c3e7c1c6d489cfc6d5d1c6d5c389c2c3d2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a0c4c5c1cecec1c2d9d2c4e0c6c1d38ec8c1d2d6c1d2c48ec5c4d5">[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 119 cultural items have been requested for repatriation.
One cultural item is both an unassociated funerary object and a sacred
object.
The one unassociated funerary object is one lot of hair ornaments
collected by William Radcliff Morris between 1878 and 1893 from an
unspecified location within the United States. Morris's widow sold the
cultural items to William H. Claflin, Jr., in 1930, and Claflin
bequeathed them to the PMAE in 1985.
The one cultural item determined to be an unassociated funerary
object and a sacred object is one lot of shirts collected by an unknown
person at an unknown date from an unspecified location within the
United States. William H. Claflin, Jr., acquired the cultural items at
an unknown date and bequeathed them to the PMAE in 1985.
The 56 sacred objects are described as follows:
The one sacred object is one lot of pipes collected by Anson H.
Currier from an unknown location in MT between 1882 and 1901 and sold
by Currier to the PMAE in 1901.
The five sacred objects are one lot of women's bags, one lot of
neck ornaments, one lot of hair ornaments, one lot of carved horn
spoons, and one lot of beaded war shirts donated by Lewis Hobart Farlow
to the PMAE between 1903 and 1913. Farlow acquired the cultural items
from unknown collectors, William Radcliff Morris, Grace A. Nicholson,
and Sam B. Dickens at various times between 1891 and 1913.
The one sacred object is one lot of hair ornaments collected by an
unknown person at an unknown date from Miles City, Custer County, MT,
and sold to the PMAE by an unknown person in 1903.
The one sacred object is one lot of horn spoons collected by an
unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown location within the
United States and donated to the PMAE by Mrs. Charles Fairchild in
1914.
The one sacred object is one lot of rattles collected by an unknown
person at an unknown date from an unknown location in North America and
sold to the PMAE by an unknown person in 1928.
The one sacred object is one lot of clubs collected by Beatrice
Barrington at an unknown date from an unknown
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location in North America and donated by Mrs. A.C. Sanborn to the PMAE
in 1929.
The two sacred objects are one lot of horn spoons and one lot of
beaded umbilical cord containers collected by Charles Alexander Eastman
at an unknown date from the ``Central Plains'' or ``Dakota'' and sold
to the PMAE by Dora W. Eastman in 1933.
The one sacred object is one lot of saddle blankets collected by
Amelia Elizabeth White at an unknown date from an unknown location in
North America and donated to PMAE by White in 1937.
The two sacred objects are one chief's shirt trimmed with locks of
human hair and one lot of coats or dresses trimmed with dentalium and
bells from the ``Plains'' collected by Theodore Jewett Eastman and Col.
S.J. Lockwood between 1888 and 1916 and donated to the PMAE by Mrs.
Henry H. Richardson in 1938.
The two sacred objects are one lot of painted cases and one lot of
pipe cleaners or tampers collected by Henry M. Wheelwright in 1901 from
unknown locations in North America and donated to the PMAE by Mrs. Ruth
E. Wheelwright through Henry Wheelwright's wife in 1939.
The six sacred objects are one lot of bags, one lot of club sticks,
one lot of beaded female amulets, one lot of rattles, one lot of pipe
bowls, and one lot of ladles collected by Ernest T. Jackson between
1872 and 1902 and donated to the PMAE by Jackson and Patrick T. Jackson
in 1940 and 1946.
The one sacred object is one lot of saddle bags collected by David
I. Bushnell, Jr., between 1899 and 1939 from the ``Plains'' and donated
to the PMAE by Bushnell's estate in 1941.
The one sacred object is one lot of medicine bags collected by
Daniel Dorchester between 1889 and 1894 from an unknown location in
North America and donated to the PMAE by Cleora Hatch in 1944.
The three sacred objects are one lot of horn spoons, one lot of
women's bags, and one lot of pipe bowls collected by William E. Jones
before 1909 from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by Caroline W.
Andrus in 1947. Jones acquired the horn spoons from H.W. Ludlow about
1880.
The one sacred object is one lot of pipe bags collected by H.E.
Burnham at an unknown date from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE
by Mrs. Arthur O. Robers in 1949.
The one sacred object is one lot of knives in beaded sheaths
collected by Rosamund Lamb in the early 1900s from the ``Plains'' and
donated by Lamb to the PMAE in 1955.
The three sacred objects are one lot of pouches, one lot of beaded
whips, and one lot of drumsticks collected by Amelia Elizabeth White at
an unknown date from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by William
White Howells in 1961.
The two sacred objects are one lot of medicine drums and rattles
and one lot of pipes collected by A.B. Campbell and E. Woodruff of the
United States Army at unknown dates from unknown locations in North
America and donated to the PMAE by the United States Surgeon General's
Office in 1874.
The one sacred object is one bison robe collected by General H.A.
Morrow at an unknown date from the upper Missouri River in the United
States or Canada and donated to the PMAE by Morrow in 1874.
The two sacred objects are one lot of rattles and one lot of bows
and arrows collected from either the United States or Canada by an
unknown person and James P. Kimball at unknown dates and donated to the
PMAE by the Army Medical Museum in 1876.
The two sacred objects are one lot of bags and one lot of stone-
headed clubs collected by an unknown person in the 1920s from the
``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by Douglas S. Dillman in 1970.
The one sacred object is one lot of beaded awl cases collected by
William H. Best between 1885 and 1895 from the ``Plains,'' likely North
Dakota, and donated to the PMAE in 1971 by Mrs. William M. Milton and
Mrs. W.S. MacDonald.
The 12 sacred objects are one lot of horn spoons, one lot of dolls,
one lot of pouches and bags (including strike-a-light pouches, saddle
bags, parfleche, and medicine bags), one lot of umbilical amulets, one
lot of clothing and ornaments (including bonnets, shirts, shirt bands,
leggings, hairpipe breastplates, and hair ornaments), one lot of
whipsticks, one lot of knife sheaths, one lot of decorative silverware,
one lot of eagle wing fans, one lot of archery items (quivers, bows,
bow cases, and arrows), one lot of blanket strips and saddle blankets,
and one lot of needlecases collected by William Radcliff Morris between
1878 and 1893 from unspecified locations within the United States.
Morris's widow sold the cultural items to William H. Claflin, Jr., in
1930, and Claflin bequeathed the cultural items to the PMAE in 1985.
Morris identified one horn spoon as previously owned by a woman
identified as ``Comes-Back-at-Night,'' wife of Broken Arm. Morris
identified two dolls, one quilled pouch, one parfleche bag, and one
beaded lizard-shaped umbilical amulet as being from Chief Spotted Tail
and his family. Morris identified one eagle wing fan as previously
owned by a man variously identified as ``Broken Arm'' and ``Broken
Arrow.'' Morris identified one quilled blanket strip as previously
owned by a man identified as ``Shot-in-the-Eye.''
The one sacred object is one lot of beaded belts collected by
William R. Wright between 1950 and 1993 from an unknown location in the
United States and donated to the PMAE by Wright in 1995.
The one sacred object is one lot of beaded ornaments collected by
an unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown location in North
America and donated to the PMAE by an unknown person at an unknown
date.
The one sacred object is one lot of hairpipe breastplates and
breastplate elements collected by William Henry Bisbee at an unknown
date from the ``Central Plains;'' Bisbee gave the cultural items to
Latimer Willis Ballou at an unknown date, who gave them to Putnam
Ballou McDowell in the late 1950s, who finally donated them to the PMAE
in 2004.
The 49 objects of cultural patrimony are described as follows:
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of women's garments
collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown
location in North America and donated to the PMAE by Mary Farlow Linder
in 1902.
The four objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of breast and
hairpipe plates, one lot of beaded cradles and cradle hoods, one lot of
bags (including pipe and tobacco bags), and one lot of necklaces
collected by unknown people, Reverend J.W. Millar, Mr. Raymond, and
Grace A. Nicholson at between 1897 and 1908 from mostly unspecified
locations within North America and donated to the PMAE by Lewis Hobart
Farlow between 1902 and 1909.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of moccasins
collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown
location in North America and donated to the PMAE by Sarah Hammond
Palfrey in 1914.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of pipes and pipe
bowls collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown
location in North America and donated to the PMAE by Emma Abbot Atwood
in 1916.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of leggings
collected by an
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unknown person at an unknown date from an unknown location in North
America and donated to the PMAE by Susan Minns in 1924.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of moccasins
collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from the ``Plains''
and donated to the PMAE by Lombard C. Jones in 1926.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of miniature beaded
baby carriers collected by Charles Alexander Eastman at an unknown date
from the ``Central Plains'' or ``Dakota'' and sold to the PMAE by Dora
W. Eastman in 1933.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of beaded cradles
collected by Amelia Elizabeth White from the ``Plains'' at an unknown
date and donated to the PMAE by White in 1937.
The two objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of tobacco
pouches and one lot of miniature moccasins collected by the brothers of
Mrs. Joseph M. Robinson between 1883 and 1925 from unknown locations in
North America and donated to the PMAE by Robinson in 1939.
The seven objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of pouches, one
lot of quilled bridle cheek straps, one lot of cradles, one lot of
headdresses, one lot of dolls in cradles, one lot of moccasins, and one
lot of clubs or dance sticks collected by Ernest T. Jackson from
locations in North America between 1872 and 1902 and donated to the
PMAE by Jackson and Patrick T. Jackson in 1940 and 1946.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of moccasins
collected by David I. Bushnell, Jr., between 1899 and 1939 from the
``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by Bushnell's estate in 1941.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of painted
parfleche collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from an
unknown location in the United States and donated to the PMAE by an
unknown person in 1942.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of dolls collected
by Alexander S. Porter in 1912 from the ``Plains'' and donated to the
PMAE by Frances R. Porter and Mrs. William Stanley Parker in 1942.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of beaded knife
cases collected by Daniel Dorchester between 1889 and 1894 from an
unknown location in North America and donated to the PMAE by Cleora
Hatch in 1944.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of bags and pouches
collected by William E. Jones before 1909 from the ``Central Plains''
and donated to the PMAE by Caroline W. Andrus in 1947.
The three objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of gloves, one
lot of lariats, and one lot of beaded cradles collected by H.E. Burnham
at an unknown date from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by Mrs.
Arthur O. Roberts in 1949.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of women's dresses
with dentalium shells collected by an unknown person at an unknown date
from the ``Central Plains'' and donated to the Denver Art Museum at an
unknown date; the PMAE acquired the cultural items through an exchange
with the Denver Art Museum, via Frederic H. Douglas, in 1952.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of saddles
collected by Robert W. Foster from the ``Plains'' prior to 1952 or 1953
and donated to the PMAE by Foster in 1955.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of bags collected
by an unknown person prior to summer 1957 from the ``Plains'' and
donated to the PMAE by an unknown person in 1958.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of women's dresses
with dentalium shells collected by Amelia Elizabeth White at an unknown
date from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by William White
Howells in 1961.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of drums collected
by General H.A. Morrow at an unknown date from the United States or
Canada and donated to the PMAE by Morrow in 1874.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of moccasins
collected by Copley Amory in 1887 from an unknown location in the
United States and donated to the PMAE by Amory in 1888.
The one object of cultural patrimony is one lot of dentalium
necklaces collected by an unknown person at an unknown date from an
unknown location in North America and donated to the PMAE by the
American Antiquarian Society in 1890.
The two objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of moccasins and
one lot of beaded cradles collected by an unknown person at an unknown
date from the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by Mary I. Decker in
1969 through the Radcliffe College President Mary Bunting.
The 12 objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of pouches and
bags, one lot of blanket strips, one lot of necklaces and pendants, one
lot of moccasins, one lot of roaches, one lot of mashers, clubs, and
mauls, one lot of leggings, one lot of belts, one lot of beaded cradles
and cradle hoods, one lot of a shield and its fragments, one eagle
bustle, and one lot of beaded bottles collected by William Radcliff
Morris between 1878 and 1893 from unspecified locations within the
United States. Morris's widow sold the cultural items to William H.
Claflin, Jr., in 1930, and Claflin bequeathed the cultural items to the
PMAE in 1985. Morris identified one necklace as previously owned by a
woman identified as ``Comes-Back-at-Night,'' wife of Broken Arm. Morris
identified one set of dentalium ear pendants as previously owned by a
woman identified as Red Cloud's wife. Morris identified one club as
belonging to Chief Rain in the Face and the eagle bustle as belonging
to Chief Sitting Bull.
The 12 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are described
as follows:
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
pipe and tobacco bags collected by an unknown person at an unknown date
from an unknown location in Canada and donated to the PMAE by John Galt
in 1916.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
umbilical amulets collected by Ernest T. Jackson between 1872 and 1902
from an unknown location in North America and donated to the PMAE by
Jackson and Patrick T. Jackson in 1940.
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
moccasins collected by Amelia Elizabeth White at an unknown date from
the ``Plains'' and donated to the PMAE by William White Howells in
1961.
The two sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
pipe stems and one pictographic bison robe and its fragments which had
been part of the Boston Museum's collection. The Boston Museum (which
existed between 1841 and 1895) was co-owned by brothers David and Moses
Kimball. It included collections from the former Peale Museum and the
former New England Museum. The heirs of David Kimball (David P.
Kimball, Augusta K. Horton, and Lemuel Cushing Kimball) donated the
cultural items to the PMAE in 1899. The cultural items are associated
historically with the expedition of Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
The pipes may have been acquired by Lewis and Clark in 1804, by Lt.
George Christian Hutter in 1825, or by Charles Willson Peale in 1826;
alternatively, the pipes may have been carried by the delegation that
Lewis sent to visit Thomas Jefferson in Washington in 1805-1806 or by
representatives of Tribes under the jurisdiction of Lewis and Clark in
St Louis. The bison robe was once the symbol of the Lewis and Clark
Expedition, though it may not
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have been collected by Lewis and Clark and might have actually been
acquired for the Peale Museum by Hutter in 1825.
The six sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of
pipes, one lot of eagle bone whistles, one lot of pouches, one eagle
feather horned headdress, one lot of drums, and one lot of pipe tampers
collected by William Radcliff Morris between 1878 and 1893 from
unspecified locations within the United States. Morris's widow sold the
cultural items to William H. Claflin, Jr., in 1930, and Claflin
bequeathed them to the PMAE in 1985. Morris identified one pipe as
previously owned by a man identified as ``Man-Who-Pocks-The-Eagle.''
Morris identified one eagle bone whistle as previously owned by a man
identified as ``Goes-To-War.'' Morris identified the eagle feather
horned headdress as belonging to Chief Crazy Horse, who sent it by his
brother, Chief Red Cloud, to General George Crook as a token of his
surrender, several months after the Battle of Greasy Grass (Little
Bighorn).
The one sacred object/object of cultural patrimony is one lot of
pipe bags collected by William R. Wright between 1950 and 1993 from an
unknown location within the United States and donated to the PMAE by
Wright in 1995.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The two 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> The 57 sacred objects described in this notice are
specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American
religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional
Native American religion, according to the Native American traditional
knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization.
<bullet> The 49 objects of cultural patrimony described in this
notice have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-
group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
<bullet> The 12 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony
described in this notice are, according to the Native American
traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional
Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice
traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance central to the Native American
group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan,
lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision).
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the cultural
items described in this notice and the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of
the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Montana.
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 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
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: April 1, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-06207 Filed 4-10-25; 8:45 am]
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