Notice of Intent To Repatriate Cultural Items: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 14101-14102 [2024-03802]
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In 1965, human remains representing,
at minimum, two individuals were
removed from the Dickson Camp site
(11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County, IL,
during professional excavation by the
Illinois State Museum. The Dickson
Camp site dates to the Early Havana
Tradition or Early Middle Woodland
period (150–50 BC). The 24 associated
funerary objects include one
unmodified rock, 13 pieces of chert
debitage, one piece of sandstone, one
lamellar flake blade of Cobden-Dongola
chert, three fire-cracked rocks, one piece
of ochre, one drumfish tooth, one
mussel shell, one cordmarked ceramic
vessel, and one mussel shell spoon.
In 1966, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from the Dickson Camp site
(11F10/11Fv35), Fulton County, IL,
during salvage excavation by the Illinois
State Museum. The 11 associated
funerary objects include one projectile
point, four chert flakes, and six ceramic
sherds.
In 1961, human remains representing,
at minimum, one individual were
removed from a Middle Woodland
(Hopewell) mound (11F10/11Fo36),
Fulton County, IL, by the Illinois State
Museum. In 1981, associated funerary
objects from this mound collected on an
unknown date were transferred from the
Iowa Office of the State Archaeologist to
the Illinois State Museum. The mound
dates between 50 BC–A.D. 400. The 81
associated funerary objects include 31
lots of chert flakes, one lot of chert, one
lot of clay pieces, one grinding stone,
one grooved sandstone abrader, one
hammerstone, 12 lots of ceramic sherds,
two projectile points, 13 lots of rock,
eight lots of soil, six lots of shell, one
ash sample, one bark sample, and two
sets of bark impressions in sediment
matrix.
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, biological, geographical,
linguistic, and oral tradition
information.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate
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Indian Tribes and Native Hawaiian
organizations, the Illinois State Museum
has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 1,325 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 9,347 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 Forest County
Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin;
Ho-Chunk Nation of Wisconsin; Iowa
Tribe of Kansas and Nebraska; Match-ebe-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi
Indians of Michigan; Miami Tribe of
Oklahoma; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of
the Potawatomi, Michigan; OtoeMissouria Tribe of Indians, Oklahoma;
Peoria Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma;
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians,
Michigan and Indiana; Prairie Band
Potawatomi Nation; The Osage Nation;
and the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska.
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 March 27, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Illinois State Museum 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 Illinois State
Museum is responsible for sending a
copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
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notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–03807 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am]
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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, Harvard University (PMAE)
intends to repatriate certain cultural
items that meet the definition of
unassociated funerary objects that have
a cultural affiliation with the Indian
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations
in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from Cross County, AR.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE,
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
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the summary or related records held
by the PMAE.
SUMMARY:
Description
The 531 cultural items were removed
from Cross County, Arkansas between
1879 and 1880 as part of Peabody
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Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology
expeditions led by Edwin Curtiss. These
cultural items consist of unassociated
funerary objects from six sites. The 66
unassociated funerary objects at Fortune
Mounds (state site number 3CS71;
Parkin Phase) include 64 items that are
present at the PMAE and two items that
are not currently located. The 64 items
present at the PMAE are two lots
consisting of ceramic items, 50 lots
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments, one lot consisting of
charcoal, eight lots consisting of faunal
items, and three lots consisting of stone
items. The two lots not currently located
are two lots consisting of faunal items.
The 95 unassociated funerary objects
at Halcomb’s Mounds (state site number
3CS28; Parkin Phase) include 94 objects
that are present at the PMAE and one
object that is not currently located. The
94 objects present are two lots
consisting of ceramic items, 79 lots
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments, five lots consisting of faunal
items, five lots consisting of stone items,
one lot consisting of clay items, one lot
consisting of floral items, one lot
consisting of an unidentified organic
item. The one object not present is one
lot consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments.
The 156 unassociated funerary objects
at Neeley’s Ferry Mounds (state site
number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) include
154 objects that are present at the PMAE
and two objects that are not currently
located. The 154 objects present at the
PMAE are: six lots consisting of ceramic
items, 116 lots consisting of ceramic
vessel or vessel fragments, 22 lots
consisting of faunal items, seven lots
consisting of stone items, one lot
consisting of floral items, and two lots
consisting of charcoal items. The two
objects not present are one lot consisting
of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments,
and one lot consisting of faunal remains.
The 14 unassociated funerary objects
at Robinson’s Mound (Parkin Phase) are
one lot consisting of ceramic items, 11
lots consisting of ceramic vessel or
vessel fragments, one lot consisting of
faunal items, and one lot consisting of
clay items.
The 161 unassociated funerary objects
at Rose Mound (state site number
3CS27; Parkin Phase) are four lots
consisting of ceramic items, 129 lots
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel
fragments, 13 lots consisting of faunal
items, eight lots consisting of stone
items, four lots consisting of clay items,
one lot consisting of floral items, and
two lots consisting of metal items.
The 39 unassociated funerary objects
at Stanley Mounds, also known as
Parkin Site (state site number 3CS29;
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Parkin Phase) are one lot consisting of
ceramic items, 33 lots consisting of
ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, four
lots consisting of faunal items, and one
lot consisting of copper items.
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, folklore,
geographical information, historical
information, kinship, linguistics, oral
tradition, other relevant information, 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 531 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 Quapaw 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 March 27, 2024. 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
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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.
This notice was submitted before the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024). As the
notice conforms to the mandatory
format of the Federal Register and
includes the required information, the
National Park Service is publishing this
notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–03802 Filed 2–23–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Inventory Completion: Office
of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program, University of
Iowa, Iowa City, IA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Office
of the State Archaeologist
Bioarchaeology Program (OSA–BP) 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 Buena Vista,
Cherokee, Mills, O’Brien, Plymouth, and
Polk Counties, IA.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
March 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Lara Noldner, Office of
the State Archaeologist Bioarchaeology
Program, University of Iowa, 700 S
Clinton Street, Iowa City, IA 52242,
telephone (319) 384–0740, email laranoldner@uiowa.edu.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
notice is published as part of the
National Park Service’s administrative
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037458; 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, Harvard University (PMAE) intends to repatriate certain
cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary
objects that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. The cultural items were
removed from Cross County, AR.
DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on
or after March 27, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, 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
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation,
can be found in the summary or related records held by the PMAE.
Description
The 531 cultural items were removed from Cross County, Arkansas
between 1879 and 1880 as part of Peabody
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Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology expeditions led by Edwin Curtiss.
These cultural items consist of unassociated funerary objects from six
sites. The 66 unassociated funerary objects at Fortune Mounds (state
site number 3CS71; Parkin Phase) include 64 items that are present at
the PMAE and two items that are not currently located. The 64 items
present at the PMAE are two lots consisting of ceramic items, 50 lots
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, one lot consisting of
charcoal, eight lots consisting of faunal items, and three lots
consisting of stone items. The two lots not currently located are two
lots consisting of faunal items.
The 95 unassociated funerary objects at Halcomb's Mounds (state
site number 3CS28; Parkin Phase) include 94 objects that are present at
the PMAE and one object that is not currently located. The 94 objects
present are two lots consisting of ceramic items, 79 lots consisting of
ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, five lots consisting of faunal
items, five lots consisting of stone items, one lot consisting of clay
items, one lot consisting of floral items, one lot consisting of an
unidentified organic item. The one object not present is one lot
consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments.
The 156 unassociated funerary objects at Neeley's Ferry Mounds
(state site number 3CS24; Parkin Phase) include 154 objects that are
present at the PMAE and two objects that are not currently located. The
154 objects present at the PMAE are: six lots consisting of ceramic
items, 116 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 22
lots consisting of faunal items, seven lots consisting of stone items,
one lot consisting of floral items, and two lots consisting of charcoal
items. The two objects not present are one lot consisting of ceramic
vessel or vessel fragments, and one lot consisting of faunal remains.
The 14 unassociated funerary objects at Robinson's Mound (Parkin
Phase) are one lot consisting of ceramic items, 11 lots consisting of
ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, one lot consisting of faunal items,
and one lot consisting of clay items.
The 161 unassociated funerary objects at Rose Mound (state site
number 3CS27; Parkin Phase) are four lots consisting of ceramic items,
129 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or vessel fragments, 13 lots
consisting of faunal items, eight lots consisting of stone items, four
lots consisting of clay items, one lot consisting of floral items, and
two lots consisting of metal items.
The 39 unassociated funerary objects at Stanley Mounds, also known
as Parkin Site (state site number 3CS29; Parkin Phase) are one lot
consisting of ceramic items, 33 lots consisting of ceramic vessel or
vessel fragments, four lots consisting of faunal items, and one lot
consisting of copper items.
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, folklore,
geographical information, historical information, kinship, linguistics,
oral tradition, other relevant information, 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 531 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 Quapaw 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 March 27, 2024. 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.
This notice was submitted before the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024). As the notice conforms to the mandatory format of the Federal
Register and includes the required information, the National Park
Service is publishing this notice as submitted.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3004, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: February 16, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-03802 Filed 2-23-24; 8:45 am]
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