Notice2026-18336
Notice of Inventory Completion: Putnam Museum and Science Center, Davenport, IA
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Published
September 9, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentNational Park Service
Abstract
In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Putnam Museum and Science Center has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 9, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57377-57378]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18336]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[N7470; NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0043676; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Putnam Museum and Science Center,
Davenport, IA
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 Putnam Museum and Science Center has
completed an inventory of associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated
funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after October 9, 2026.
ADDRESSES: Send written requests for repatriation of the associated
funerary objects in this notice to Hailey Lorenzen, Putnam Museum and
Science Center, 1717 West 12th Street, Davenport, IA 52804, email
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#731b1f1c01161d09161d330306071d121e5d1c0114"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="11797d7e63747f6b747f516164657f707c3f7e6376">[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
Putnam Museum and Science Center 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
Associated funerary objects have been identified. The six
associated funerary objects are two funerary vessels, two shell tools,
one lot of shell ornaments, and one lot of pearl beads.
In 1896, Clarence B. Moore removed a funerary vessel from ``Mound
A'' of the Middle Settlement on Ossabaw Island in Chatham County, GA,
and donated it to the Museum in 1897.
In 1897, Clarence B. Moore removed a funerary vessel from a ``Mound
north of Contentment'' in McIntosh County, GA and donated it to the
Museum the same year.
In 1904, Clarence B. Moore removed two shell tools from ``Mound C''
of the Middle Settlement on Ossabaw Island in Chatham County, GA, and
donated them to the Museum the same year. The items were removed from
``Burial 66''. Through consultation, it was determined that the
location of the associated human remains were known to the consulting
parties.
In 1904, Clarence B. Moore removed one lot of perforated shells
from Bourbon Field, Sapelo Island, in McIntosh County, GA, and donated
them to the Museum the same year. The items were removed from ``Burial
133''. Through consultation, it was determined that the location of the
associated human remains were known to the consulting parties.
Between 1925 and 1926, Warren K. Moorehead removed one lot of pearl
beads from ``Mound C'' of the Etowah Mound Group in Bartow County, GA.
The beads are associated with human remains which were transferred to
the Robert S. Peabody Museum in 1996 and reported in a Notice of
Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on September 13,
2005 (70 FR 54075).
The Putnam Museum and Science Center has no evidence of potentially
hazardous substances being used to treat any of the associated funerary
objects.
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 objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Putnam Museum and Science Center has determined that:
<bullet> The six 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 associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town;
Kialegee Tribal Town; Poarch Band of Creek Indians; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects described in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 9, 2026. If
competing requests for repatriation are received, the Putnam Museum and
Science Center must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated
funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The Putnam Museum and Science Center is responsible for
sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice and any other consulting
parties.
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: September 1, 2026.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2026-18336 Filed 9-8-26; 8:45 am]
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