Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA, 67065 [2022-24229]
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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 Nicolette B. Meister,
Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology, 700 College Street,
Beloit, WI 53511, telephone (608) 363–
2305, email meistern@beloit.edu, by
December 7, 2022. After that date, if no
additional requestors have come
forward, transfer of control of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects to The Tribes may proceed.
Beloit College, Logan Museum of
Anthropology is responsible for
notifying The Consulted Tribes and The
Tribes that this notice has been
published.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology, Andover, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
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In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert
S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology
intends to repatriate certain cultural
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Description
The two cultural items were removed
from Lowndes and Tishomingo
Counties, MS. The two unassociated
funerary objects are one pottery vessel
and one stone pipe. The pottery vessel
(catalog no. 39044) was removed by
Clarence B. Moore in 1901 from Burial
Mound 2 at Chowder Springs Landing
(22Lo555) in Lowndes County, MS. It
was transferred to the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology at some point
after that. The stone pipe (catalog no.
35775) was removed from Tishomingo
County, MS, by Warren K. Moorehead
in 1902, during an expedition for the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology.
Cultural Affiliation
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ACTION:
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects and that
have a cultural affiliation with the
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from
Lowndes and Tishomingo Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. 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: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
responsibilities under NAGPRA. The
determinations in this notice are the
sole responsibility of the Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology.
The cultural items in this notice are
connected to one or more identifiable
earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or
cultures. There is a relationship of
shared group identity between the
identifiable earlier groups, tribes,
peoples, or cultures and one or more
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. The following types of
information were used to reasonably
trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical,
and expert opinion.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology has determined
that:
• The two cultural items 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 and are believed, by a
preponderance of the evidence, to have
been removed from specific burial sites
of Native American individuals.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
The Chickasaw Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the Responsible
Official identified in ADDRESSES.
Requests for repatriation may be
submitted by any lineal descendant,
Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian
organization not identified in this notice
who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal
descendant or a culturally affiliated
Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after December 7, 2022. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022–24229 Filed 11–4–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034811; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Robert S. Peabody
Institute of Archaeology, Andover, MA
AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the
definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural
affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in
this notice. The cultural items were removed from Lowndes and
Tishomingo Counties, MS.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after December 7, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Ryan J. Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology,
Phillips Academy, 180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978)
749-4490, email [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA.
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the
Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology. The National Park Service
is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Additional
information on the determinations in this notice, including the results
of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records held by
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Description
The two cultural items were removed from Lowndes and Tishomingo
Counties, MS. The two unassociated funerary objects are one pottery
vessel and one stone pipe. The pottery vessel (catalog no. 39044) was
removed by Clarence B. Moore in 1901 from Burial Mound 2 at Chowder
Springs Landing (22Lo555) in Lowndes County, MS. It was transferred to
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology at some point after
that. The stone pipe (catalog no. 35775) was removed from Tishomingo
County, MS, by Warren K. Moorehead in 1902, during an expedition for
the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology.
Cultural Affiliation
The cultural items in this notice are connected to one or more
identifiable earlier groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures. There is a
relationship of shared group identity between the identifiable earlier
groups, tribes, peoples, or cultures and one or more Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations. The following types of information were
used to reasonably trace the relationship: anthropological,
archeological, geographical, historical, and expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of Archaeology has
determined that:
The two cultural items 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 and
are believed, by a preponderance of the evidence, to have been removed
from specific burial sites of Native American individuals.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and The Chickasaw
Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by any lineal
descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization not
identified in this notice who shows, by a preponderance of the
evidence, that the requestor is a lineal descendant or a culturally
affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after December 7, 2022. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the Robert S. Peabody Institute of
Archaeology must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural items are
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Robert S.
Peabody Institute of Archaeology is responsible for sending a copy of
this notice to the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.8, 10.10,
and 10.14.
Dated: October 26, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-24229 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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