Notice2025-22917
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Published
December 16, 2025
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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 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. The human remains were collected at the Fort Mohave Indian School, Mohave County, AZ, and the Sherman Institute, Riverside County, CA.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58301-58302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-22917]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N6641; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0041372; 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
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. The human remains were collected at the
Fort Mohave Indian School, Mohave County, AZ, and the Sherman
Institute, Riverside County, CA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after January 15, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the human remains
in this notice to Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b7ddc7ded4dcd2c5ded9d0f7d1d6c499dfd6c5c1d6c5d399d2d3c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e88298818b838d9a81868fa88e899bc680899a9e899a8cc68d8c9d">[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
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was collected at the Fort Mohave Indian School,
Mohave County, AZ. The human remains are hair clippings collected from
one individual who was recorded as being 15 years old and identified as
``Pima.'' Timothy G. Mackey took the hair clippings at the Fort Mohave
Indian School between 1930 and 1933. Mackey sent the hair clippings to
George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the information available, human remains representing, at
minimum, two individuals were collected at the Sherman Institute,
Riverside County, CA. The human remains are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded as being 22 years old and one
individual who was recorded as being 17 years old and identified as
``Pima.'' Samuel H. Gilliam took the hair clippings at the Sherman
Institute between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent the hair clippings to
George Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the available information and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
<bullet> The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
<bullet> There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Gila River Indian Community of the
Gila River Indian Reservation, Arizona and the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community of the Salt River Reservation, Arizona.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
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 human remains in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after January 15, 2026. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the PMAE 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 PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: November 19, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-22917 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am]
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