Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 41462-41463 [2024-10324]
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Prior to 1987, human remains
representing, at minimum, five
individuals were accessioned as
inadvertent finds during archaeological
excavations. University archival records
indicate that these human remains were
removed from Montezuma County, CO.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Cultural Affiliation
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Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
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Determinations
The MSU Denver Department of
Sociology and Anthropology has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of five individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Apache Tribe of
Oklahoma; Fort Belknap Indian
Community of the Fort Belknap
Reservation of Montana; Navajo Nation,
Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Southern
Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute
Reservation, Colorado; and the Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe.
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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 June 12, 2024. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
the MSU Denver Department of
Sociology and Anthropology 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 MSU
Denver Department of Sociology and
Anthropology is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes
and Native Hawaiian organizations
identified in this notice.
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Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0037906;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 12, 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, 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.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been reasonably
identified. No associated funerary
objects are present.
Human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual were
collected at the Flandreau Indian
School, Moody County, SD. The human
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remains are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded
as being 18 years old and identified as
‘‘Chippewa.’’ George E. Peters took the
hair clippings at the Flandreau Indian
School between 1930 and 1933. Peters
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
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is clearly identified by the
information available about the human
remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE 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 and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Minnesota Chippewa
Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band).
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 June 12, 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 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.
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Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–10324 Filed 5–10–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management, Craig, CO
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S.
Department of the Interior, Bureau of
Land Management intends to carry out
the disposition of human remains,
associated funerary objects,
unassociated funerary objects, sacred
objects, or objects of cultural patrimony
removed from Federal or Tribal lands to
the lineal descendants, Indian Tribe, or
Native Hawaiian organization with
priority for disposition in this notice.
DATES: Disposition of the human
remains or cultural items in this notice
may occur on or after June 12, 2024. If
no claim for disposition is received by
May 13, 2025, the human remains or
cultural items in this notice will become
unclaimed human remains or cultural
items.
ADDRESSES: Kymm Gresset, Field
Manager, Bureau of Land Management,
Little Snake Field Office, 455 Emerson
Street, Craig, CO 81625, telephone (970)
826–5089, email kgresset@blm.gov.
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 Bureau of Land
Management, and additional
information on the human remains or
cultural items in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in the related records. The National Park
Service is not responsible for the
identifications in this notice.
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SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing at least one
individual have been reasonably
identified. The 313 associated funerary
objects are ground stone and lithic
artifacts and faunal bone tools and
faunal bone fragments and associated
feature sediment.
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In Moffat County, Colorado, during
planned excavations at 5MF.11113,
human remains were discovered on
December 22, 2023. The individual was
found at the base of a pit-type feature of
the site. Excavation of one mostly intact
and complete adult female was
completed on February 13, 2024. Within
the fill, just above and surrounding the
human remains, approximately 163
fragments of faunal bone and four pieces
of stone-tool-making debris were noted.
The fill also contained a large amount
of well-preserved sagebrush and juniper
charcoal fragments. The Ancestral
remains were surrounded by several
funerary objects including a large
concave, pecked stone located near the
right scapula. The stone was located
above the thoracic and cervical
vertebrae, scapulae, and rib area. A
complete stone tool was located anterior
to the coxae. Two ground stone manos
were located just north of the cranium.
Two burned and shattered stone tools,
as well as 15 tested pebbles were
located atop and adjacent to the
cranium. Three complete bone awls
(split ungulate long bones) and a lithic
artifact were located just west of the left
hand. A left-side, possible adult
pronghorn scapula was located just
beyond and west of the right hand. The
remains of a possible deer scapula were
located on the east side of the body
beyond the coxae, and north of the
possible canine cranium. A pile of
broken, crushed, and unburned faunal
bones with a lithic artifact on top was
uncovered a few centimeters north of
the left foot. An articulated distal tibia,
calcaneus, and astragalus of a young
adult deer-sized ungulate was present.
An articulated, unfused, broken
calcaneus and astragalus of a sub-adult
deer or pronghorn-sized ungulate was
also present. A possible canine cranium,
in a fragmented pile, was located
posterior to the coxae. These remains
appear to represent a single individual.
The remains are likely fox or coyotesized canid. A lithic artifact was also
recovered adjacent to the canine
cranium. After recovery of the human
remains and associated artifacts,
additional fragments of ground stone
artifacts were determined to be likely
associated with the human remains, so
those artifacts were recovered and
placed with the remains and items
above, secured at the BLM Field Office
in Meeker, CO. Based on the analysis of
charcoal from a different feature, it was
determined that the site dates to around
5,500 years before present, which places
the individual in the Archaic cultural
context, as described by archaeologists.
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Determinations
The Bureau of Land Management has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• The 313 objects (including 31 boxes
of soil recovered from the burial feature)
described in this notice are reasonably
believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near individual
human remains at the time of death or
later as part of the death rite or
ceremony.
• The Crow Tribe of Montana; Eastern
Shoshone Tribe of the Wind River
Reservation, Wyoming; Hopi Tribe of
Arizona; Northern Arapaho Tribe of the
Wind River Reservation, Wyoming;
Northern Cheyenne Tribe of the
Northern Cheyenne Indian Reservation,
Montana; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico;
Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Rosebud
Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian
Reservation, South Dakota; ShoshoneBannock Tribes of the Fort Hall
Reservation; Southern Ute Indian Tribe
of the Southern Ute Reservation,
Colorado; Ute Indian Tribe of the Uintah
& Ouray Reservation, Utah; and the Ute
Mountain Ute Tribe have priority for
disposition of the human remains or
cultural item described in this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the
human remains or cultural items in this
notice must be sent to the appropriate
official identified in this notice under
ADDRESSES. If no claim for disposition is
received by May 13, 2025, the human
remains or cultural items in this notice
will become unclaimed human remains
or cultural items. Claims for disposition
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
they have priority for disposition.
Disposition of the human remains or
cultural items in this notice may occur
on or after June 12, 2024. If competing
claims for disposition are received, the
Bureau of Land Management must
determine the most appropriate
claimant prior to disposition. Requests
for joint disposition of the human
remains or cultural items are considered
a single request and not competing
requests. The Bureau of Land
Management is responsible for sending
a copy of this notice to the lineal
descendants, Indian Tribes, and Native
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0037906; 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after June 12, 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, 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, one individual have been reasonably identified. No associated
funerary objects are present.
Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were
collected at the Flandreau Indian School, Moody County, SD. The human
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 18 years old and identified as ``Chippewa.'' George
E. Peters took the hair clippings at the Flandreau Indian School
between 1930 and 1933. Peters 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
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is clearly identified by the information available
about the human remains described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE 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
and associated funerary objects described in this notice and the
Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (White Earth Band).
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 June 12, 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
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.
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Dated: May 3, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-10324 Filed 5-10-24; 8:45 am]
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