Notice of Inventory Completion: Boston University, Boston, MA, 61785-61786 [2021-24313]
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• none of The Consulted and Notified
Indian Tribes objected to the proposed
re-interment, and
• Baylor University’s Mayborn
Museum Complex may proceed with the
proposed re-interment of the human
remains and associated funerary objects.
Reinterment is contingent on the
publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
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Determinations Made by Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex
Officials of Baylor University’s
Mayborn Museum Complex have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on museum
records, the collecting history of the
Museum, and the scope of the
collection.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3003(e), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of 42
individuals of Native American
ancestry.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A),
the six objects described in this notice
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.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a
relationship of shared group identity
cannot be reasonably traced between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects and any present-day Indian
Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the land
from which these human remains and
associated funerary objects were
removed is not the ‘‘tribal land’’ of any
Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian
organization, or the ‘‘aboriginal land’’ of
any Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii)
and 10.16, the human remains and
associated funerary objects will be
reinterred according to State or other
law.
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 and associated funerary
objects should submit a written request
with information in support of the
request to Anita L. Benedict, Baylor
University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex, One Bear Place #97154, Waco,
TX 76798–7154, telephone (254) 710–
4835, email anita_benedict@baylor.edu,
by December 8, 2021. After that date, if
no additional requestors have come
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forward, the human remains and
associated funerary objects may be
reinterred.
Baylor University’s Mayborn Museum
Complex is responsible for notifying
The Consulted and Notified Indian
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 29, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Boston University, Boston, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Boston University has
completed an inventory of human
remains, in consultation with the
appropriate Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations and has
determined that there is no cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and any present-day Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations.
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 Boston University. If no
additional requestors come forward,
transfer of control of the human remains
to the non-Federally recognized Indian
group stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 Boston University at the
address in this notice by December 8,
2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathryn M. Mellouk, Associate Vice
President for Research Compliance,
Boston University, One Silber Way, 9th
floor, Boston, MA 02215, telephone
(617) 358–4730, email kateski@bu.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 completion of an inventory
of human remains under the control of
Boston University, Boston, MA. The
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human remains were removed from
Grafton, Worcester County, MA, and
from an unknown geographic location.
This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25
U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 43 CFR 10.9(e).
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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human
remains was made by Boston University
professional staff in consultation with
representatives of the Mashantucket
Pequot Indian Tribe [previously listed
as Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut]; Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe [previously listed as Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council,
Inc.]; Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut [previously listed as
Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut];
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Seminole
Tribe of Florida [previously listed as
Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big
Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)]; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Wampanoag
Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); and the
Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group
recognized by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts. An invitation to consult
was extended to the Miccosukee Tribe
of Indians and The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma but they did not participate.
Hereafter, all the Indian Tribes and the
non-federally recognized Indian group
listed in this section are referred to as
‘‘The Consulted and Notified Tribes and
Group.’’
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Grafton,
Worcester County, MA. In the spring of
2019, the human remains were found in
a Boston University Archaeology
Program collections storage area. No
known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
At the time of the excavation and
removal of these human remains, the
land from which the human remains
were removed was not the tribal land of
any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization. Boston University
consulted with all Indian Tribes who
are recognized as aboriginal to the area
from which these Native American
human remains were removed. These
Tribes are the Mashantucket Pequot
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Indian Tribe [previously listed as
Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut]; Mashpee Wampanoag
Tribe [previously listed as Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council,
Inc.]; Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut [previously listed as
Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut];
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge
Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head
(Aquinnah) (hereafter listed as ‘‘The
Aboriginal Land Tribes’’). None of The
Aboriginal Land Tribes agreed to accept
control of the human remains.
On an unknown date, human remains
representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an
unknown geographic location by an
unknown individual. In January of
2020, the human remains, which had
been housed in the University’s
Archaeology Program teaching facility
lab, were identified as Native American.
No known individual was identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Based on the available information, the
land from which these human remains
were removed is not the ‘‘tribal land’’ of
an Indian Tribe or a Native Hawaiian
organization, or the ‘‘aboriginal land’’ of
an Indian Tribe pursuant to 43 CFR
10.11.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5) and
43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii), 10.11(c)(2)(ii)(A),
and 10.16(a), the Native American
Graves Protection and Repatriation
Review Committee (Review Committee)
may make a recommendation to the
Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) for
specific actions for disposition of these
human remains and associated funerary
objects, including transfer of control to
a non-federally recognized Indian
group. In June 2021, Boston University
requested that the Review Committee
consider a proposal to transfer control of
the human remains described in this
notice to the Nipmuc Nation,
Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally
recognized Indian group recognized by
the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
The Review Committee carefully
considered this request at its July 13,
2021 meeting and recommended to the
Secretary that the proposed transfer of
control proceed. An October 19, 2021
letter transmitted the Secretary’s
independent review and concurrence
with the Review Committee that:
• Boston University consulted with
every appropriate Indian Tribe,
• none of The Aboriginal Land Tribes
agreed to accept control of the human
remains from Grafton, Worcester
County, MA,
• none of The Aboriginal Land Tribes
objected to the proposed transfer of
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control to the Nipmuc Nation,
Hassanamisco Band, and
• Boston University may proceed
with the agreed-upon transfer of control
of the human remains to the Nipmuc
Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a nonfederally recognized Indian group
recognized by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts.
Transfer of control is contingent on
the publication of a Notice of Inventory
Completion in the Federal Register.
This notice fulfills that requirement.
Determinations Made by Boston
University
Officials of Boston University have
determined that:
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the
human remains described in this notice
are Native American based on biological
evidence.
• Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3003(e), the
human remains described in this notice
represent the physical remains of two
individuals 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.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the one
individual removed from Grafton,
Worcester County, MA, was removed
from the ‘‘aboriginal land’’ of Indian
Tribes, but none of those Indian Tribes
agreed to accept control of the human
remains, and none of those Indian
Tribes objected to the proposed transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the one
individual removed from an unknown
location was not removed from the
‘‘tribal land’’ of any Indian Tribe or
Native Hawaiian organization, or the
‘‘aboriginal land of any Indian Tribe.
• Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii),
10.11(c)(2)(ii), and 10.16, the
disposition of the human remains will
be to the Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco
Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group recognized by the Commonwealth
of Massachusetts.
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 Kathryn M. Mellouk,
Associate Vice President for Research
Compliance, Boston University, One
Silber Way, 9th floor, Boston, MA
02215, telephone (617) 358–4730, email
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kateski@bu.edu, by December 8, 2021.
After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer
of control of the human remains to the
Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a
non-federally recognized Indian group
recognized by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, may proceed.
Boston University is responsible for
notifying The Consulted and Notified
Tribes and Group, that this notice has
been published.
Dated: October 29, 2021.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Fort
Lewis College, Durango, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
Fort Lewis College has
completed an inventory of human
remains and associated funerary objects
in consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations and has determined that
there is no cultural affiliation between
the human remains and associated
funerary objects and any present-day
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 to the Office of the President,
Fort Lewis College. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains and
associated funerary objects to the Indian
Tribes, or Native Hawaiian
organizations stated in this notice may
proceed.
DATES: 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 Office of the President,
Fort Lewis College at the address in this
notice by December 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kathleen Fine-Dare, NAGPRA Liaison,
Office of the President, Fort Lewis
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0032968; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Boston University, Boston, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: Boston University has completed an inventory of human remains,
in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation
between the human remains and any present-day Indian Tribes or Native
Hawaiian organizations. 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 Boston University. If no additional requestors come
forward, transfer of control of the human remains to the non-Federally
recognized Indian group stated in this notice may proceed.
DATES: 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 Boston University
at the address in this notice by December 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn M. Mellouk, Associate Vice
President for Research Compliance, Boston University, One Silber Way,
9th floor, Boston, MA 02215, telephone (617) 358-4730, email
[email protected].
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 completion of an inventory of human remains under
the control of Boston University, Boston, MA. The human remains were
removed from Grafton, Worcester County, MA, and from an unknown
geographic location.
This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and
43 CFR 10.9(e). 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.
Consultation
A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Boston
University professional staff in consultation with representatives of
the Mashantucket Pequot Indian Tribe [previously listed as Mashantucket
Pequot Tribe of Connecticut]; Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe [previously
listed as Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.]; Mohegan Tribe
of Indians of Connecticut [previously listed as Mohegan Indian Tribe of
Connecticut]; Narragansett Indian Tribe; Seminole Tribe of Florida
[previously listed as Seminole Tribe of Florida (Dania, Big Cypress,
Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations)]; Stockbridge Munsee
Community, Wisconsin; Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); and the
Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized Indian
group recognized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. An invitation to
consult was extended to the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians and The
Seminole Nation of Oklahoma but they did not participate. Hereafter,
all the Indian Tribes and the non-federally recognized Indian group
listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted and Notified
Tribes and Group.''
History and Description of the Remains
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from Grafton, Worcester County, MA. In the
spring of 2019, the human remains were found in a Boston University
Archaeology Program collections storage area. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. At the time of
the excavation and removal of these human remains, the land from which
the human remains were removed was not the tribal land of any Indian
Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. Boston University consulted with
all Indian Tribes who are recognized as aboriginal to the area from
which these Native American human remains were removed. These Tribes
are the Mashantucket Pequot
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Indian Tribe [previously listed as Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of
Connecticut]; Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe [previously listed as Mashpee
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.]; Mohegan Tribe of Indians of
Connecticut [previously listed as Mohegan Indian Tribe of Connecticut];
Narragansett Indian Tribe; Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin; and
Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) (hereafter listed as ``The
Aboriginal Land Tribes''). None of The Aboriginal Land Tribes agreed to
accept control of the human remains.
On an unknown date, human remains representing, at minimum, one
individual were removed from an unknown geographic location by an
unknown individual. In January of 2020, the human remains, which had
been housed in the University's Archaeology Program teaching facility
lab, were identified as Native American. No known individual was
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Based on the
available information, the land from which these human remains were
removed is not the ``tribal land'' of an Indian Tribe or a Native
Hawaiian organization, or the ``aboriginal land'' of an Indian Tribe
pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3006(c)(5) and 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii),
10.11(c)(2)(ii)(A), and 10.16(a), the Native American Graves Protection
and Repatriation Review Committee (Review Committee) may make a
recommendation to the Secretary of the Interior (Secretary) for
specific actions for disposition of these human remains and associated
funerary objects, including transfer of control to a non-federally
recognized Indian group. In June 2021, Boston University requested that
the Review Committee consider a proposal to transfer control of the
human remains described in this notice to the Nipmuc Nation,
Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group recognized
by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Review Committee carefully
considered this request at its July 13, 2021 meeting and recommended to
the Secretary that the proposed transfer of control proceed. An October
19, 2021 letter transmitted the Secretary's independent review and
concurrence with the Review Committee that:
Boston University consulted with every appropriate Indian
Tribe,
none of The Aboriginal Land Tribes agreed to accept
control of the human remains from Grafton, Worcester County, MA,
none of The Aboriginal Land Tribes objected to the
proposed transfer of control to the Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band,
and
Boston University may proceed with the agreed-upon
transfer of control of the human remains to the Nipmuc Nation,
Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group recognized
by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Transfer of control is contingent on the publication of a Notice of
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register. This notice fulfills that
requirement.
Determinations Made by Boston University
Officials of Boston University have determined that:
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(9), the human remains described
in this notice are Native American based on biological evidence.
Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3003(e), the human remains described
in this notice represent the physical remains of two individuals 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.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the one individual removed from
Grafton, Worcester County, MA, was removed from the ``aboriginal land''
of Indian Tribes, but none of those Indian Tribes agreed to accept
control of the human remains, and none of those Indian Tribes objected
to the proposed transfer of control of the human remains to the Nipmuc
Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11, the one individual removed from
an unknown location was not removed from the ``tribal land'' of any
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, or the ``aboriginal land
of any Indian Tribe.
Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.10(g)(2)(ii), 10.11(c)(2)(ii), and
10.16, the disposition of the human remains will be to the Nipmuc
Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized Indian group
recognized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
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 Kathryn M. Mellouk, Associate Vice
President for Research Compliance, Boston University, One Silber Way,
9th floor, Boston, MA 02215, telephone (617) 358-4730, email
[email protected], by December 8, 2021. After that date, if no additional
requestors have come forward, transfer of control of the human remains
to the Nipmuc Nation, Hassanamisco Band, a non-federally recognized
Indian group recognized by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, may
proceed.
Boston University is responsible for notifying The Consulted and
Notified Tribes and Group, that this notice has been published.
Dated: October 29, 2021.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2021-24313 Filed 11-5-21; 8:45 am]
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