Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, 61674 [E7-21381]
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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 31, 2007 / Notices
Dated: September 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7–21376 Filed 10–30–07; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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ACTION:
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 control of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips
Academy, Andover, MS. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Alligator Mounds
Site, Bolivar County, MS.
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 the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Chickasaw
Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of
Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and
Tunica–Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana.
In 1918, human remains representing
a minimum of seven individuals were
removed from the Alligator Mounds Site
in Alligator, Bolivar County, MS, by
Charles Peabody under the auspices of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology. No known individuals
were identified. The 24 associated
funerary objects are 24 fragmentary
faunal remains.
The Alligator Mounds Site was
occupied in the Hushpucken Phase of
the Late Prehistoric Mississippian Phase
(A.D. 1350–1550) based on ceramic
typologies from the site. The location of
Alligator Mounds is southwest of the
Tunica village of Quizquiz that the
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Spanish encountered in A.D. 1541.
Tunica oral history also supports the
location of the tribe in this area. Both
oral tradition and various European
documents record the movement of the
Tunica from this area to their current
location at Marksville, LA. Descendents
of the Tunica people are members of the
Tunica–Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana. The individuals from the
Alligator Mounds Site are culturally
affiliated with the Tunica–Biloxi Indian
Tribe of Louisiana based on oral
tradition, geographical evidence, and
historical evidence of population
movement.
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C.
3001 (9–10), the human remains
described above represent the physical
remains of seven individuals of Native
American ancestry. Officials of the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology also have determined that,
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (3)(A), the 24
objects described 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
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology 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
Tunica–Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian
tribe that believes itself to be culturally
affiliated with the human remains and
associated funerary objects should
contact Malinda S. Blustain, Director,
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, before November 30, 2007.
Repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the
Tunica–Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana
may begin after that date if no
additional claimants come forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology is responsible for notifying
the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; Jena
Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana;
Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians,
Mississippi; and Tunica–Biloxi Indian
Tribe of Louisiana that this notice has
been published.
Dated: September 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
Southwest Museum of the American
Indian, Autry National Center, Los
Angeles, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
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 Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center, Los Angeles, CA. The
human remains and associated funerary
objects were removed from Tularosa
Cave, Catron County, NM.
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 Southwest
Museum of the American Indian, Autry
National Center professional staff in
consultation with representatives of the
Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Mescalero
Apache Tribe of the Mescalero
Reservation, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo
of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of
Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa
Clara, New Mexico; and Zuni Tribe of
the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico. The
Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico (formerly
the Pueblo of San Juan); Pueblo of Isleta,
New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New
Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Santo Domingo, New
Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; and
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico were
invited, but did not participate in the
consultation.
In 1905, human remains representing
a minimum of one individual were
removed from Tularosa Cave in Catron
County, NM, by Mr. Peter Goddard
Gates (P.G. Gates) as part of the
Museum–Gates Expedition, a
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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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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 control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, Andover, MS. The human remains and associated
funerary objects were removed from Alligator Mounds Site, Bolivar
County, MS.
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 the Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation
with representatives of the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band
of Choctaw Indians, Mississippi; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of
Louisiana.
In 1918, human remains representing a minimum of seven individuals
were removed from the Alligator Mounds Site in Alligator, Bolivar
County, MS, by Charles Peabody under the auspices of the Robert S.
Peabody Museum of Archaeology. No known individuals were identified.
The 24 associated funerary objects are 24 fragmentary faunal remains.
The Alligator Mounds Site was occupied in the Hushpucken Phase of
the Late Prehistoric Mississippian Phase (A.D. 1350-1550) based on
ceramic typologies from the site. The location of Alligator Mounds is
southwest of the Tunica village of Quizquiz that the Spanish
encountered in A.D. 1541. Tunica oral history also supports the
location of the tribe in this area. Both oral tradition and various
European documents record the movement of the Tunica from this area to
their current location at Marksville, LA. Descendents of the Tunica
people are members of the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana. The
individuals from the Alligator Mounds Site are culturally affiliated
with the Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana based on oral
tradition, geographical evidence, and historical evidence of population
movement.
Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains
described above represent the physical remains of seven individuals of
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001
(3)(A), the 24 objects described 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 Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology 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 Tunica-Biloxi
Indian Tribe of Louisiana.
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to
be culturally affiliated with the human remains and associated funerary
objects should contact Malinda S. Blustain, Director, Robert S. Peabody
Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810, telephone
(978) 749-4490, before November 30, 2007. Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects to the Tunica-Biloxi Indian
Tribe of Louisiana may begin after that date if no additional claimants
come forward.
The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for
notifying the Chickasaw Nation, Oklahoma; Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
Jena Band of Choctaw Indians, Louisiana; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians, Mississippi; and Tunica-Biloxi Indian Tribe of Louisiana that
this notice has been published.
Dated: September 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-21381 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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