Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 19866-19867 [2024-05858]
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U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–05849 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037600;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn
Museum) has completed an inventory of
human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher Woods,
Williams Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324,
telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.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 Penn Museum,
and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual has been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The human remains
are a cranium and mandible of one
individual who was recorded as
probably female, aged 50 or more years
old. Lieutenant Commander Ebenezer
Farrand of the United States Navy
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removed the human remains from a
burial platform mound at the site of
Bear Point [1BA1] in Baldwin County,
Alabama. Bear Point is a protohistoric
archaeological site dated to the Bear
Point Phase (c. 1550 to 1700 C.E.) and
is attributed to the Pensacola
Archaeological Culture. The remains
were transferred to Dr. Isaac Hulse in
1844 and by 1849 transferred to Dr.
Samuel G. Morton. After Morton’s death
in 1851, the remains were transferred to
the Academy of Natural Sciences in
1853. In 1966, the human remains were
loaned to the Penn Museum, and in
1997, they were formally gifted to the
Penn Museum (PM# 97–606–1455).
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 10.10.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains.
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037603;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Determinations
The Penn Museum has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Miccosukee Tribe of
Indians; Mississippi Band of Choctaw
Indians; Seminole Tribe of Florida; The
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma; and The
Muscogee (Creek) Nation.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the authorized representative
identified in this notice under
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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after April 19, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the Penn Museum must determine the
most appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The Penn Museum
is responsible for sending a copy of this
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Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–05855 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
Notice of Inventory Completion:
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)
has completed an inventory of human
remains and has determined that there
is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice. The human remains were
collected at the Chemawa (Salem)
Indian School, Marion County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–2374, email jpickering@
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 inventory or related records held
by the PMAE.
SUMMARY:
Description
Human remains representing, at
minimum, three individuals were
collected at Chemawa (Salem) Indian
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School in Marion County, OR. The
human remains include hair clippings
from one individual who was recorded
as being 15 years old and identified as
‘‘Snohomish;’’ one individual who was
recorded as being 16 years old and
identified as ‘‘Snoqualmie;’’ and one
individual who was recorded as being
17 years old and identified as
‘‘Swinomish.’’ James T. Ryan took the
hair clippings at the Chemawa (Salem)
Indian School between 1930 and 1933.
Ryan sent the hair clippings to George
Woodbury, who donated the hair
clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: kinship and
anthropological.
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Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its
implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of three individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a relationship of shared
group identity that can be reasonably
traced between the human remains
described in this notice and the Tulalip
Tribes of Washington.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 in
this notice to a requestor may occur on
or after April 19, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the PMAE must determine the most
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appropriate requestor prior to
repatriation. Requests for joint
repatriation of the human remains are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The PMAE is
responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the Indian Tribe identified in
this notice.
This notice was submitted after the
effective date of the revised regulations
(88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023,
effective January 12, 2024) but in the
older format. 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. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–05858 Filed 3–19–24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312–52–P
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037599;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology,
Philadelphia, PA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
University of Pennsylvania Museum of
Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn
Museum) has completed an inventory of
human remains and has determined that
there is a cultural affiliation between the
human remains and Indian Tribes or
Native Hawaiian organizations in this
notice.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Christopher Woods,
Williams Director, University of
Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology
and Anthropology, 3260 South Street,
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6324,
telephone (215) 898–4050, email
director@pennmuseum.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
SUMMARY:
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sole responsibility of the Penn Museum,
and additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
two individuals have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present. The human remains
are a cranium of one individual who
was recorded as female, aged 9 to 11
years old from Georgia. Dr. J. Hutchins
was in possession of the human remains
by 1840. The human remains are a
cranium and mandible of one individual
who was recorded as male, aged 40 to
50 years old. Dr. W.J. Wilson was in
possession of the human remains by
1839. Both individuals were identified
as ‘‘Choctaw.’’ The human remains of
both individuals were transferred to Dr.
Samuel G. Morton no later than 1840.
After Morton’s death in 1851, the
remains were transferred to the
Academy of Natural Sciences in 1853.
In 1966, the human remains were
loaned to the Penn Museum, and in
1997, they were formally gifted to the
Penn Museum (PM# 97–606–22 and
PM# 97–606–408).
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains.
Determinations
The Penn Museum has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of two individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Jena Band of
Choctaw Indians; Mississippi Band of
Choctaw Indians; and The Choctaw
Nation of Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
sent to the authorized representatives
identified in this notice under
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
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037603; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: 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) has completed an inventory of
human remains and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation
between the human remains and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian
organizations in this notice. The human remains were collected at the
Chemawa (Salem) Indian School, Marion County, OR.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone
(617) 496-2374, 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 inventory or related records held by the PMAE.
Description
Human remains representing, at minimum, three individuals were
collected at Chemawa (Salem) Indian
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School in Marion County, OR. The human remains include hair clippings
from one individual who was recorded as being 15 years old and
identified as ``Snohomish;'' one individual who was recorded as being
16 years old and identified as ``Snoqualmie;'' and one individual who
was recorded as being 17 years old and identified as ``Swinomish.''
James T. Ryan took the hair clippings at the Chemawa (Salem) Indian
School between 1930 and 1933. Ryan sent the hair clippings to George
Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Cultural Affiliation
The human remains 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: kinship and anthropological.
Determinations
Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after
consultation with the appropriate lineal descendants, Indian Tribes,
and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of three individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a relationship of shared group identity that can
be reasonably traced between the human remains described in this notice
and the Tulalip Tribes of Washington.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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 in this notice to a requestor may
occur on or after April 19, 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
human remains are considered a single request and not competing
requests. The PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to
the Indian Tribe identified in this notice.
This notice was submitted after the effective date of the revised
regulations (88 FR 86452, December 13, 2023, effective January 12,
2024) but in the older format. 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. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: March 11, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-05858 Filed 3-19-24; 8:45 am]
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