Notice of Inventory Completion: Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Correction, 65725-65726 [2018-27707]
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Determinations Made by the Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
Officials of the Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on
archeological context, museum records,
and osteological analysis.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of one
individual of Native American ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
Native American human remains and
any present-day Indian Tribe.
• According to final judgments of the
Indian Claims Commission or the Court
of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of
Congress, or Executive Orders, the land
from which the Native American human
remains were removed is the aboriginal
land of The Chickasaw Nation.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the
disposition of the human remains may
be to The Chickasaw Nation.
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Additional Requestors and Disposition
Representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to Patricia Capone, Museum
Curator and Director of Research and
Repatriation, Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.edu, by January 22, 2019.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to The
Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
The Peabody Museum of Archaeology
and Ethnology is responsible for
notifying the Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; The
Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation
of Oklahoma; The Muscogee (Creek)
Nation; and the United Keetoowah Band
of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 28, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA;
Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College
(formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural
History) has corrected an inventory of
human remains, published in a Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on May 15, 2014. This notice
corrects the minimum number of
individuals. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request to the Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated
in this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains should submit a written
request with information in support of
the request to the Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College at the
address in this notice by January 22,
2019.
SUMMARY:
Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA
Coordinator, Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College,
Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413)
542–2711, email taharms@amherst.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
the Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA. The
human remains were removed from the
town of Deerfield in Franklin County,
MA.
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
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agency that has control of the Native
American human remains. The National
Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum
number of individuals published in a
Notice of Inventory Completion in the
Federal Register (79 FR 27929–27931,
May 15, 2014). Human remains from the
town of Deerfield, Franklin County, MA,
were omitted from this Notice of
Inventory Completion because they
were not in the possession of the
Beneski Museum at the time that
inventory was completed. The human
remains had been stolen from the
College, probably in the 1970’s, and
were anonymously returned to the
College subsequent to publication of the
original Notice of Inventory Completion.
These human remains are now in the
possession of the Beneski Museum.
Transfer of control of the items in this
correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930,
May 15, 2014), column 3, paragraph 1,
under the heading ‘‘History and
Description of the Remains,’’ is
corrected by inserting the following
paragraph:
At some time in the mid-nineteenth
century, human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from a site in Deerfield, Franklin County,
MA. No records exist to determine precisely
where or by whom the human remains were
excavated. These human remains were in the
possession of Amherst College until
sometime, probably in 1971 or 1972, when
they were stolen. The human remains were
anonymously returned to the College in 2017.
The human remains consist of a complete
cranium and mandible with many teeth
intact. The human remains are best identified
as an adult. Contemporaneous catalog entries
indicate the human remains were understood
at the time of excavation to be Native
American and to represent a burial of the
indigenous population. These remains are
identified as Pocumtuck. No known
individual was identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930,
May 15, 2014), column 3, paragraph 2,
sentence 1 under the heading
‘‘Determinations Made by the Beneski
Museum of Natural History, Amherst
College,’’ is corrected by substituting the
following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human
remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
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that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains should submit
a written request with information in
support of the request to Tekla A.
Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator, Beneski
Museum of Natural History, Amherst
College, Amherst, MA 01002, telephone
(413) 542–2711, email taharms@
amherst.edu, by January 22, 2019. After
that date, if no additional requestors
have come forward, transfer of control
of the human remains to the
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) may proceed.
The Beneski Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College is responsible
for notifying the Narragansett Indian
Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community,
Wisconsin; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay
Head (Aquinnah); and the following
non-Federally recognized Indian groups:
Abenaki Nation of Missisquoi, St.
Francis/Sokoki Band, VT; Abenaki
Nation of New Hampshire; Cowasuck
Band of the Pennacook—Abenaki
People, NH; Elnu Tribe of the Abenaki,
VT; Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional
Band of the Koas Abenaki Nation, VT;
Koasek Traditional Band of the
Sovereign Abenaki Nation, VT;
Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki
Nation, VT; and Chaubunagungamaug
Nipmuck and Nipmuc Nation, MA, that
this notice has been published.
Dated: November 19, 2018.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,
Andover, MA; Correction
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice; correction.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology (formerly the
Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology) has corrected an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects, published in a Notice
of Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register on September 13, 2005. This
notice corrects the minimum number of
individuals and the number of
associated funerary objects. Lineal
descendants or representatives of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
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organization not identified in this notice
that wish to request transfer of control
of these human remains and associated
funerary objects should submit a written
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
and associated funerary objects to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology at the address
in this notice by January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street,
Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749–4490, email rwheeler@andover.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is
here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C.
3003, of the correction of an inventory
of human remains and associated
funerary objects under the control of the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, MA. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from the Etowah site,
Bartow County, GA and Little Egypt
site, Murray County, GA.
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.
This notice corrects the number of
human remains and associated funerary
objects published in a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal
Register (70 FR 54075–54076,
September 13, 2005). During a reinventory inconsistencies in the original
count of both the minimum number of
individuals and associated funerary
objects were identified. One individual
had been counted twice; an additional
individual was identified; and objects
associated with the additional
individual, which had previously been
identified as unassociated funerary
objects, were now designated associated
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funerary objects. Confusion regarding
which individuals were from Etowah
versus Little Egypt also was resolved
with the re-inventory. Additionally, the
re-inventory correlated original ledger
book entries with cataloged and recataloged objects, thus identifying
previously unknown burial associations.
Finally, many associated funerary
objects that were misidentified or
miscounted in the original inventory
(likely due to attempts to count the large
numbers of shell beads) were corrected,
identified and counted. Transfer of
control of the items in this correction
notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075,
September 13, 2005), column 2,
paragraph 4, sentence 1 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
Between 1925 and 1928, human remains
representing a minimum of 94 individuals
were removed from the Etowah site, Bartow
County, GA, by Warren King Moorehead of
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of
Archaeology.
In the Federal Register (70 FR 54075,
September 13, 2005), column 2,
paragraph 4, sentence 3 is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
The 21,638 associated funerary objects are
34 animal bone fragments and fragment lots;
one basketry fragment with clay matrix lot;
three burnt clay, ceramic sherds, and animal
bones in lot; one ceramic bead; two ceramic
elbow pipes, one ceramic basket- or canoeshaped pipe; one ceramic handle; 21 ceramic
sherds; eight ceramic vessels; one lot of
charcoal and soil; one concretion; two
fragments of a copper axe with wooden
handle; one copper covered wooden top
knot, serpent shaped; two copper disks; 680
copper fragments, including wood fragments,
copper bilobed arrow ornament, mica,
adhered shell beads, textile and matting
fragments, animal bone; 90 copper headdress,
hair ornaments and fragments; 69 copper
repousse plates and fragments; three
fragments of daub and fire-hardened soil; 175
freshwater pearl beads; 56 freshwater
periwinkle shells; seven freshwater shells
and fragments; one fur fragment with copper
staining; four galena crystals; one bear
canine; one kaolin core with copper; one lot
of kaolin, bark, animal bone fragments, mica,
soil, and ceramic sherds; four large flint
bifaces or swords; 11 chipped stone projectile
points; one ground stone tool fragment; three
leather fragments; one limestone spatulate
celt; one lump of mineral ore; 108 matting
fragments, including copper stained matting,
textiles, and adhered shell beads; 83 mica
fragments, some with copper stained matrix;
405 miscellaneous shells and small shells; 11
modified animal bone fragments; one quartz
preform; 19,352 shell beads, including
diverse sizes and shapes (round, ovoid,
tubular, disc, barrel, elongated, irregular), as
well as mixed lots of shell beads, freshwater
pearl beads, Olivella and Marginella shell
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National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Beneski Museum of Natural
History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA; Correction
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice; correction.
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SUMMARY: The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College
(formerly the Pratt Museum of Natural History) has corrected an
inventory of human remains, published in a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register on May 15, 2014. This notice
corrects the minimum number of individuals. Lineal descendants or
representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice that wish to request transfer of control of
these human remains should submit a written request to the Beneski
Museum of Natural History, Amherst College. If no additional requestors
come forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in
this notice may proceed.
DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to
request transfer of control of these human remains should submit a
written request with information in support of the request to the
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College at the address in
this notice by January 22, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator, Beneski Museum of
Natural History, Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413)
542-2711, email taharms@amherst.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of human remains under
the control of the Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College,
Amherst, MA. The human remains were removed from the town of Deerfield
in Franklin County, MA.
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. The National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
This notice corrects the minimum number of individuals published in
a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (79 FR 27929-
27931, May 15, 2014). Human remains from the town of Deerfield,
Franklin County, MA, were omitted from this Notice of Inventory
Completion because they were not in the possession of the Beneski
Museum at the time that inventory was completed. The human remains had
been stolen from the College, probably in the 1970's, and were
anonymously returned to the College subsequent to publication of the
original Notice of Inventory Completion. These human remains are now in
the possession of the Beneski Museum. Transfer of control of the items
in this correction notice has not occurred.
Correction
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930, May 15, 2014), column 3,
paragraph 1, under the heading ``History and Description of the
Remains,'' is corrected by inserting the following paragraph:
At some time in the mid-nineteenth century, human remains
representing, at minimum, one individual were removed from a site in
Deerfield, Franklin County, MA. No records exist to determine
precisely where or by whom the human remains were excavated. These
human remains were in the possession of Amherst College until
sometime, probably in 1971 or 1972, when they were stolen. The human
remains were anonymously returned to the College in 2017. The human
remains consist of a complete cranium and mandible with many teeth
intact. The human remains are best identified as an adult.
Contemporaneous catalog entries indicate the human remains were
understood at the time of excavation to be Native American and to
represent a burial of the indigenous population. These remains are
identified as Pocumtuck. No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
In the Federal Register (79 FR 27930, May 15, 2014), column 3,
paragraph 2, sentence 1 under the heading ``Determinations Made by the
Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College,'' is corrected by
substituting the following sentence:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described in
this notice represent the physical remains of six individuals of
Native American ancestry.
Additional Requestors and Disposition
Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice
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that wish to request transfer of control of these human remains should
submit a written request with information in support of the request to
Tekla A. Harms, NAGPRA Coordinator, Beneski Museum of Natural History,
Amherst College, Amherst, MA 01002, telephone (413) 542-2711, email
taharms@amherst.edu, by January 22, 2019. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the
human remains to the Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; and Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) may
proceed.
The Beneski Museum of Natural History, Amherst College is
responsible for notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah);
and the following non-Federally recognized Indian groups: Abenaki
Nation of Missisquoi, St. Francis/Sokoki Band, VT; Abenaki Nation of
New Hampshire; Cowasuck Band of the Pennacook--Abenaki People, NH; Elnu
Tribe of the Abenaki, VT; Koasek (Cowasuck) Traditional Band of the
Koas Abenaki Nation, VT; Koasek Traditional Band of the Sovereign
Abenaki Nation, VT; Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk-Abenaki Nation, VT; and
Chaubunagungamaug Nipmuck and Nipmuc Nation, MA, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: November 19, 2018.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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