Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 49949 [05-16881]
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The Neville Public Museum of Brown
County has determined that the
wampum belt is an object of cultural
patrimony that has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin. Cultural
affiliation with the Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin, and the
museum’s determination that the
wampum belt is an object of cultural
patrimony, are based on museum
documentation and oral history, as well
as consultation evidence presented by
representatives of the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin that
indicates that no individual had or has
the right to alienate a wampum belt.
Officials of the Neville Public
Museum of Brown County have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (3)(D), the one cultural item
described above has ongoing historical,
traditional, or cultural importance
central to the Native American group or
culture itself, rather than property
owned by an individual. Officials of the
Neville Public Museum of Brown
County also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the object of cultural patrimony and the
Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the one object of cultural
patrimony should contact Eugene
Umberger, Director, Neville Public
Museum of Brown County, 210 Museum
Place, Green Bay, WI 54303, telephone
(920) 448–4460, before September 26,
2005. Repatriation of the object of
cultural patrimony to the Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin may
proceed after that date if no additional
claimants come forward.
Neville Public Museum of Brown
County is responsible for notifying the
Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
and Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 26, 2005.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University,
Cambridge, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
This notice rescinds the Federal
Register Notice of Intent to Repatriate
Cultural Items of December 10, 2003, FR
Doc. 03–30567, page 68950. This notice
changes the cultural items described in
the previously published notice from
unassociated funerary objects to
associated funerary objects and adds the
human remains representing a
minimum of one individual.
Notice is here given in accordance
with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act
(NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in the possession of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA.
The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from
West Warwick, Kent County, RI.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). The determinations
in this notice are the sole responsibility
of the museum, institution, or Federal
agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and
associated funerary objects. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Peabody Museum
of Archaeology and Ethnology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Narragansett
Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
In 1957, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from West Warwick, Kent
County, RI, by Dave Straight. The
human remains were donated to the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology by the Massachusetts
Archaeological Society through Maurice
Robbins later that same year. The
human remains were found during the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology’s inventory process after the
publication of the Notice of Intent to
Repatriate Cultural Items on December
10, 2003. The two associated funerary
objects are one bag of bark fragments
and one box of brass kettle fragments.
This interment most likely dates to
the post-contact period or later (post
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A.D. 1500). Copper and brass kettles
were European trade items, and
therefore support a post-contact
temporal context for the burial. In
addition, museum documentation
describes the human remains as
‘‘Narragansett.’’ Such a specific
attribution suggests that the burial dates
to the Historic period. The burial
context indicates that the burial was of
a Native American. Oral tradition and
historical documentation indicate that
West Warwick, RI, is within the
aboriginal and historic homeland of the
Narragansett people during the Contact
period. The present-day tribe
representing the Narragansett people is
the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode
Island.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9-10), the human remains listed
above represent the physical remains of
one individual of Native American
ancestry. Officials of the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
also have determined that, pursuant to
25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the two objects
listed above are reasonably believed to
have been placed with or near
individual human remains at the time of
death or later as part of the death rite
or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is
a relationship of shared group identity
that can be reasonably traced between
the Native American human remains
and associated funerary objects and the
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode
Island.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Patricia Capone, Repatriation
Coordinator, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, before September 26, 2005.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode
Island may proceed after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe
of Rhode Island that this notice has been
published.
Dated: July 22, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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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This notice rescinds the Federal Register Notice of Intent to
Repatriate Cultural Items of December 10, 2003, FR Doc. 03-30567, page
68950. This notice changes the cultural items described in the
previously published notice from unassociated funerary objects to
associated funerary objects and adds the human remains representing a
minimum of one individual.
Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the
completion of an inventory of human remains and associated funerary
objects in the possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains and
associated funerary objects were removed from West Warwick, Kent
County, RI.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3).
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
museum, institution, or Federal agency that has control of the Native
American human remains and associated funerary objects. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice.
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
In 1957, human remains representing a minimum of one individual
were removed from West Warwick, Kent County, RI, by Dave Straight. The
human remains were donated to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology by the Massachusetts Archaeological Society through Maurice
Robbins later that same year. The human remains were found during the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology's inventory process after
the publication of the Notice of Intent to Repatriate Cultural Items on
December 10, 2003. The two associated funerary objects are one bag of
bark fragments and one box of brass kettle fragments.
This interment most likely dates to the post-contact period or
later (post A.D. 1500). Copper and brass kettles were European trade
items, and therefore support a post-contact temporal context for the
burial. In addition, museum documentation describes the human remains
as ``Narragansett.'' Such a specific attribution suggests that the
burial dates to the Historic period. The burial context indicates that
the burial was of a Native American. Oral tradition and historical
documentation indicate that West Warwick, RI, is within the aboriginal
and historic homeland of the Narragansett people during the Contact
period. The present-day tribe representing the Narragansett people is
the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
listed above represent the physical remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A),
the two objects listed above are reasonably believed to have been
placed with or near individual human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or ceremony. Lastly, officials of the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group
identity that can be reasonably traced between the Native American
human remains and associated funerary objects and the Narragansett
Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Patricia Capone, Repatriation Coordinator,
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11
Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, before
September 26, 2005. Repatriation of the human remains and associated
funerary objects to the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island may
proceed after that date if no additional claimants come forward.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island that this
notice has been published.
Dated: July 22, 2005
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 05-16881 Filed 8-24-05; 8:45 am]
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