Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 76641-76642 [2022-27182]
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U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.10, and
10.14.
Dated: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Oregon Historical Society, Portland,
OR
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Oregon
Historical Society (OHS) has completed
an inventory of human remains and
associated funerary objects and has
determined that there is a cultural
affiliation between the human remains
and associated funerary objects and
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human
remains and associated funerary objects
were removed from Lincoln County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Nicole Yasuhara, Oregon
Historical Society, 1200 SW Park
Avenue, Portland, OR 97205, telephone
(503) 306–5238, email
Nicole.Yasuhara@ohs.org.
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 OHS. 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 inventory or related records held
by the OHS.
SUMMARY:
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Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were removed
from Lincoln County, OR. Based on
newspaper reporting and first-hand
accounts, in January of 1972, David
Berry, Laura [Berry] Bernard, and
George Thompson uncovered and
removed skeletal remains and
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associated funerary objects from the
Oregon Coast, near the mouth of the
Salmon River, south of Cascade Head, in
Lincoln County. Shortly afterward, the
collection was transferred to the OHS
for identification, and it remained at the
OHS—neither accessioned nor
catalogued—until its discovery in 2018.
No known individual was identified.
The eight associated funerary objects are
one pipe bowl featuring figure of
mustached, turbaned male head; one 10″
rusted blade, detached from handle; one
wooden handle, likely associated with
blade; one lot of buttons (three black,
two large white, and five small white);
one lot of ceramics (including one
mostly intact dish, five larger pieces
comprised of several sherds glued
together, and 27 sherds); one small,
clear glass fragment; one lot of
arrowhead and arrowhead fragments;
and one lot of various materials
(includes several small bags of various
materials (possibly sand, rocks, wood,
etc.)).
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains and associated
funerary objects 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.
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the OHS has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The eight 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.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Confederated Tribes
of Siletz Indians of Oregon (previously
listed as Confederated Tribes of the
Siletz Reservation).
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Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
Responsible Official identified in
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation
may be submitted by:
1. Any one or more of the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
2. 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after January 17, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the OHS must determine the most
appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The OHS 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 10.9, § 10.10, and
§ 10.14.
Dated: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035008;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural
Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard
University, Cambridge, MA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE), Harvard University
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
SUMMARY:
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organizations in this notice. The
cultural items were removed from Hale
and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
fas.harvard.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 PMAE. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Additional information on the
amendments and determinations in this
notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the
inventory or related records held by the
PMAE.
Description
The eight cultural items were
removed from the Moundville
archeological site in Hale and
Tuscaloosa Counties, AL. The eight
unassociated funerary objects are two
discoidal stones, one bird-head effigy,
three stone effigy pipes, one incised
palette, and one lot of shell beads. The
PMAE does not have a record of human
remains from Moundville being at
PMAE.
On an unknown date, Professor N.T.
Lupton collected a discoidal stone from
a pot in a mound in Carthage, AL. The
PMAE does not have a record of the
associated pot being at PMAE. The
Moundville archeological site was
referred to as ‘‘the Carthage group’’
through the second half of the
nineteenth century. This funerary object
was donated by Professor N.T. Lupton
to the PMAE in October 1877.
On an unknown date in or around
1860, O.T. Prince collected one birdhead effigy from near Moundville, AL.
On an unknown date in or around 1860,
a possibly enslaved worker of O.T.
Prince or O.T. Prince collected three
stone effigy pipes, found while digging
a ditch near Mound M of the
Moundville site, AL. On an unknown
date, the family of O.T. Prince collected
one engraved stone disc (‘‘The
Willoughby Disc’’) from the base of a
small mound near Moundville,
Carthage, AL. On an unknown date, the
family of O.T. Prince collected one
discoidal stone and one lot of shell
beads from near Moundville, Carthage,
AL. O.T. Prince was the landowner of a
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portion of the Moundville-site property
from 1857–1862. Given this, it is likely
that these localities refer specifically to
the mounds or fields between mounds
on the Prince estate at the Moundville
site. On an unknown date, these seven
unassociated funerary objects were
acquired by F.E. Hyde and Charles P.
Bowditch and donated by Mr. Hyde and
Mr. Bowditch to the PMAE on an
unknown date in 1896.
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
information, archeological information,
biological information, geographical
information, historical information,
kinship, linguistics, oral tradition, and
other relevant information and/or expert
opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has
determined that:
• The eight 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 a specific burial site
of a Native American individual.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the cultural items and
the present-day Muskogean speaking
Tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of
Texas (previously listed as AlabamaCoushatta Tribes of Texas); AlabamaQuassarte Tribal Town; Coushatta Tribe
of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida
(previously listed as Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton,
Hollywood, & Tampa Reservations));
The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of
Oklahoma; and the Thlopthlocco Tribal
Town.
Requests for Repatriation
Additional, written requests for
repatriation of the cultural items in this
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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 January 17, 2023. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE 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 PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribes and Native
Hawaiian organizations 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: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022–27182 Filed 12–14–22; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0035009;
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Alabama Department of
Transportation, Montgomery, AL
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The Alabama Department of
Transportation (ALDOT) has completed
an inventory of human remains, in
consultation with the appropriate
Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and present-day Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations. 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 ALDOT. If no additional
requestors come forward, transfer of
control of the human remains to the
lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, or
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0035008; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology (PMAE), Harvard University 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
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organizations in this notice. The cultural items were removed from Hale
and Tuscaloosa Counties, Alabama.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after January 17, 2023.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and
Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138,
telephone (617) 496-3702, 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
PMAE. The National Park Service is not responsible for the
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the amendments
and determinations in this notice, including the results of
consultation, can be found in the inventory or related records held by
the PMAE.
Description
The eight cultural items were removed from the Moundville
archeological site in Hale and Tuscaloosa Counties, AL. The eight
unassociated funerary objects are two discoidal stones, one bird-head
effigy, three stone effigy pipes, one incised palette, and one lot of
shell beads. The PMAE does not have a record of human remains from
Moundville being at PMAE.
On an unknown date, Professor N.T. Lupton collected a discoidal
stone from a pot in a mound in Carthage, AL. The PMAE does not have a
record of the associated pot being at PMAE. The Moundville
archeological site was referred to as ``the Carthage group'' through
the second half of the nineteenth century. This funerary object was
donated by Professor N.T. Lupton to the PMAE in October 1877.
On an unknown date in or around 1860, O.T. Prince collected one
bird-head effigy from near Moundville, AL. On an unknown date in or
around 1860, a possibly enslaved worker of O.T. Prince or O.T. Prince
collected three stone effigy pipes, found while digging a ditch near
Mound M of the Moundville site, AL. On an unknown date, the family of
O.T. Prince collected one engraved stone disc (``The Willoughby Disc'')
from the base of a small mound near Moundville, Carthage, AL. On an
unknown date, the family of O.T. Prince collected one discoidal stone
and one lot of shell beads from near Moundville, Carthage, AL. O.T.
Prince was the landowner of a portion of the Moundville-site property
from 1857-1862. Given this, it is likely that these localities refer
specifically to the mounds or fields between mounds on the Prince
estate at the Moundville site. On an unknown date, these seven
unassociated funerary objects were acquired by F.E. Hyde and Charles P.
Bowditch and donated by Mr. Hyde and Mr. Bowditch to the PMAE on an
unknown date in 1896.
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 information,
archeological information, biological information, geographical
information, historical information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, and other relevant information and/or expert opinion.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
The eight 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 a specific burial site of a Native American individual.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the cultural items and the present-day
Muskogean speaking Tribes: Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas (previously
listed as Alabama-Coushatta Tribes of Texas); Alabama-Quassarte Tribal
Town; Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Jena Band of Choctaw Indians;
Seminole Tribe of Florida (previously listed as Seminole Tribe of
Florida (Dania, Big Cypress, Brighton, Hollywood, & Tampa
Reservations)); The Chickasaw Nation; The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma;
The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma; and the
Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
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 January 17, 2023. If competing requests for
repatriation are received, the PMAE 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 PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian organizations 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: December 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2022-27182 Filed 12-14-22; 8:45 am]
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