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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 234 / Friday, December 4, 2020 / Notices
Additional Requestors and Disposition
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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 Lindsey Vogel-Teeter,
Pueblo Grande Museum, 4619 E.
Washington Street, Phoenix, AZ 85034,
telephone (602) 534–1572, email
lindsey.vogel-teeter@phoenix.gov, by
January 4, 2021. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to the and the Ak-Chin Indian
Community (previously listed as the Ak
Chin Indian Community of the
Maricopa (Ak Chin) Indian Reservation,
Arizona); Gila River Indian Community
of the Gila River Indian Reservation,
Arizona; Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community of the Salt River
Reservation, Arizona; Tohono O’Odham
Nation of Arizona; and the Zuni Tribe
of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico
(hereafter referred to as ‘‘The Tribes’’)
may proceed.
The Pueblo Grande Museum is
responsible for notifying The Tribes that
this notice has been published.
Lance Hatten, Deputy Regional Director,
National Park Service, South Atlantic
Gulf Regional Office at (404) 507–5605.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
2301 of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and
Recreation Act, Public Law 116–9
includes a specific provision relating to
establishment of this unit of the
National Park System. To establish the
National Monument, the Secretary must
determine that a sufficient quantity of
land, or interests in land, has been
acquired to constitute a manageable
park unit. The National Park Service
typically publishes notice of the
establishment of the new System unit in
the Federal Register no later than 30
days after the Secretary makes a
determination of this sort.
Medgar Evers was the first Mississippi
field secretary for the National
Association for the Advancement of
Colored People (NAACP) and was at the
forefront of every major civil rights
event in Mississippi from 1955 until his
assassination in 1963. While Medgar
was the public face of the NAACP in
Mississippi, Myrlie Evers worked
behind the scenes running the NAACP
field office in Jackson, drafting
speeches, and providing personal and
logistical support for her husband and
other civil rights workers. After her
husband’s death, Myrlie assumed a
public role in the civil rights movement.
Soon after his funeral, she began
speaking at NAACP events across the
nation, eventually becoming the first
woman to chair the board of the NAACP
from 1995 to 1998.
The assassination of Medgar Evers on
June 12, 1963, in the carport of the
couple’s home was the first murder of
a civil rights leader that focused
national attention on the civil rights
movement. His death heightened public
awareness throughout the United States
of civil rights issues and became one of
the catalysts for the passage of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964. The National Park
Service acquired by general warranty
deed the fee simple interests in the
approximately 0.15-acre parcel of land
that includes the family home on June
18, 2020.
On November 9, 2020, the Secretary
of the Interior signed a Decision
Memorandum determining that a
sufficient quantity of land, or interests
in land, had been acquired to constitute
a manageable park unit. With the
signing of this Decision Memorandum
by the Secretary, the site to be known
as the ‘‘Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
National Monument’’ was established as
a unit of the National Park System,
Dated: November 24, 2020.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–SERO–MEMY–NPS0030535;
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Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home
National Monument
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
As authorized by the John D.
Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management,
and Recreation Act, the National Park
Service announces that the Secretary of
the Interior (Secretary) has established,
in the State of Mississippi, Medgar and
Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
(National Monument) as a unit of the
National Park System. This National
Monument is established to preserve,
protect, and interpret for the benefit of
present and future generations resources
associated with the pivotal roles of
Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the
American Civil Rights Movement.
SUMMARY:
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effective November 9, 2020, and is
subject to all laws, regulations, and
policies pertaining to such units.
Margaret Everson,
Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the
Delegated Authority of the Director.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert
S. Peabody Institute 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 August 5, 2019. This notice
corrects the number of individuals and
associated funerary objects. 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 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
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 4, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology, 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
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-SERO-MEMY-NPS0030535; PPSESEROC3.PPMPSAS1Y.YP0000]
Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: As authorized by the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation,
Management, and Recreation Act, the National Park Service announces
that the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) has established, in the
State of Mississippi, Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National Monument
(National Monument) as a unit of the National Park System. This
National Monument is established to preserve, protect, and interpret
for the benefit of present and future generations resources associated
with the pivotal roles of Medgar and Myrlie Evers in the American Civil
Rights Movement.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lance Hatten, Deputy Regional
Director, National Park Service, South Atlantic Gulf Regional Office at
(404) 507-5605.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 2301 of the John D. Dingell, Jr.
Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act, Public Law 116-9 includes
a specific provision relating to establishment of this unit of the
National Park System. To establish the National Monument, the Secretary
must determine that a sufficient quantity of land, or interests in
land, has been acquired to constitute a manageable park unit. The
National Park Service typically publishes notice of the establishment
of the new System unit in the Federal Register no later than 30 days
after the Secretary makes a determination of this sort.
Medgar Evers was the first Mississippi field secretary for the
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and
was at the forefront of every major civil rights event in Mississippi
from 1955 until his assassination in 1963. While Medgar was the public
face of the NAACP in Mississippi, Myrlie Evers worked behind the scenes
running the NAACP field office in Jackson, drafting speeches, and
providing personal and logistical support for her husband and other
civil rights workers. After her husband's death, Myrlie assumed a
public role in the civil rights movement. Soon after his funeral, she
began speaking at NAACP events across the nation, eventually becoming
the first woman to chair the board of the NAACP from 1995 to 1998.
The assassination of Medgar Evers on June 12, 1963, in the carport
of the couple's home was the first murder of a civil rights leader that
focused national attention on the civil rights movement. His death
heightened public awareness throughout the United States of civil
rights issues and became one of the catalysts for the passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964. The National Park Service acquired by general
warranty deed the fee simple interests in the approximately 0.15-acre
parcel of land that includes the family home on June 18, 2020.
On November 9, 2020, the Secretary of the Interior signed a
Decision Memorandum determining that a sufficient quantity of land, or
interests in land, had been acquired to constitute a manageable park
unit. With the signing of this Decision Memorandum by the Secretary,
the site to be known as the ``Medgar and Myrlie Evers Home National
Monument'' was established as a unit of the National Park System,
effective November 9, 2020, and is subject to all laws, regulations,
and policies pertaining to such units.
Margaret Everson,
Counselor to the Secretary, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the
Director.
[FR Doc. 2020-26693 Filed 12-3-20; 8:45 am]
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