Notice2025-10126
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
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Published
June 4, 2025
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains and associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 23706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10126]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0040247; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, 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 Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology has completed an inventory of human remains and associated
funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains and associated funerary objects
and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice may occur on or after July 7, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
and associated funerary objects in this notice to Ryan Wheeler, Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA
01810, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3341445b56565f564173525d575c4556411d565746"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cab8bda2afafa6afb88aaba4aea5bcafb8e4afaebf">[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
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 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, at least, one individual has been
identified. The 22 associated funerary objects are 12 ceramic sherds
and 10 shell beads. The human remains, sherds, and six shell beads were
excavated from Cahokia Mounds (11-MS-2) in approximately 1921 by George
Higgins. The remaining four shell beads were collected by Mrs. William
J. Dow from Mounds in Madison County, IL and presented to the
Department of Archaeology at Phillips Academy (now the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology). No hazardous substances are known to
have been used to treat any of the human remains or associated funerary
objects.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains and associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> The 22 objects described in this notice are 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 human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Kaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians
of Michigan; Miami Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana;
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska; Quapaw Nation; Sac & Fox Nation, Oklahoma;
Shawnee Tribe; and The Osage Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects 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.
Repatriation of the human remains and associated funerary objects
described in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after July 7,
2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology must determine the most appropriate
requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary objects are considered a single
request and not competing requests. The Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology 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: May 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-10126 Filed 6-3-25; 8:45 am]
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