Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 86365-86366 [2024-25187]
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of human remains and associated
funerary objects, 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 and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
November 29, 2024. If no claim for
disposition is received by October 30,
2025, the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice will
become unclaimed human remains and
associated funerary objects.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Melanie Ryan, Bureau of
Reclamation, Region 10: CaliforniaGreat Basin, 2800 Cottage Way,
Sacramento, CA 95825, telephone (916)
978–5526, email emryan@usbr.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 BLM Region
10, and additional information on the
human remains and associated funerary
objects 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
one individual of Native American
ancestry, have been reasonably
identified. The one associated funerary
object is an obsidian flake.
The human remains were discovered
on March 19, 2017, by the Bureau of
Land Management, on the Bureau of
Reclamation, Region 10 land at the San
Joaquin River Gorge Management Area,
Fresno County, California. The human
remains and funerary object had been
unearthed by natural erosion caused by
extensive water drainage episodes over
the winter 2016–2017 season.
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Claims for Disposition
Written claims for disposition of the
human remains and associated funerary
objects in this notice must be sent to the
appropriate official identified in this
notice under ADDRESSES. If no claim for
disposition is received by October 30,
2025, the human remains and associated
funerary objects in this notice will
become unclaimed human remains and
associated funerary objects. Claims for
disposition may be submitted by:
1. Any lineal descendant, Indian
Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization
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 and
associated funerary objects in this notice
may occur on or after November 29,
2024. If competing claims for
disposition are received, the BLM
Region 10 must determine the most
appropriate claimant prior to
disposition. Requests for joint
disposition of the human remains and
associated funerary objects are
considered a single request and not
competing requests. The BLM Region 10
is responsible for sending a copy of this
notice to the lineal descendants, Indian
Tribes, and Native Hawaiian
organizations identified in this notice
and to any other consulting parties.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3002, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.7.
Dated: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Determinations
The BLM Region 10 has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of at least one individual of
Native American ancestry.
• The one object described in this
notice is 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 Northfork Rancheria of Mono
Indians of California has priority for
disposition of the human remains and
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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
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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 Laboratory of
Anthropology, Santa Fe County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 29, 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at
minimum, one individual was collected
at the Laboratory of Anthropology,
Santa Fe County, NM. The human
remains are hair clippings collected
from one individual who was recorded
as being 32 years old and identified as
‘‘San Ildefonso.’’ An unknown collector
took the hair clippings at the Laboratory
of Anthropology between 1930 and
1933. They 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 available information
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 described
in this notice and the Pueblo of San
Ildefonso, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains in this notice must be
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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 November 29, 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.
Authority: Native American Graves
Protection and Repatriation Act, 25
U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing
regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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Notice of Inventory Completion:
Museum of Us, San Diego, CA
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Museum of Us 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice may occur on or after
November 29, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Carmen Mosley, NAGPRA
Repatriation Manager, Museum of Us,
1350 El Prado, Balboa Park, San Diego,
CA 92101, telephone (619) 239–2001
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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 Museum of Us,
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at least,
four individuals have been reasonably
identified from three archaeological
sites. The 1,679 associated funerary
objects are from five archaeology sites.
Human remains representing, at least,
two individuals and 267 associated
funerary objects removed from Rose
Canyon (W–3; CA–SDI–4595) in La
Jolla, San Diego County, CA, include 33
unmodified faunal bone, four bifaces, 15
core tools, 11 unworked flakes, eight
utilized flakes, six manos, one stone
pendant, one pestle, 11 ecofacts, five
hammerstones, and 172 unmodified
shells. The 53 associated funerary
objects removed from C–5 (shore line of
ancient Blake Sea) in Imperial County,
CA include 16 decorated body sherds,
13 decorated rim sherds, one
undecorated body sherd, 15
undecorated rim sherds, one biface, one
chopper, four manos, one battered
stone, and one ecofact. The 632
associated funerary objects removed
from C–123 (CA–IMP–135) in East San
Felipe Valley, Imperial County, CA
include one unmodified faunal bone,
two ceramic pipe fragments, 22
decorated body sherds, 22 decorated rim
sherds, 103 undecorated body sherds,
372 undecorated rim sherds, seven
bifaces, six choppers, one core tool, 17
projectile points, 16 scrapers, nine
unworked flakes, 13 utilized flakes, four
manos, one stone sucking tube, one
shaft straightener, one historic metal
material, five ecofacts, three modified
shells, 23 unmodified shells, and three
battered stones. Human remains
representing, at least, one individual
and 167 associated funerary objects
removed from C–158/A in Granite Hill,
East Central San Diego County, CA
include one ball stone, one unmodified
shell, 16 Olivella beads, one modified
shell, one shell pendant, one bull roarer,
three mescal chisels, one mano, eight
unworked flakes, nine projectile points,
three chipped stones, 30 undecorated
mixed sherds, 26 undecorated body
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sherds, three decorated rim sherds, one
decorated body sherd, one ceramic disk,
and 61 mixed sherds. Human remains
representing, at least, one individual
and 560 associated funerary objects
removed from C–165 in Hawi-Vallecito,
San Diego County, CA include one
unmodified faunal bone, three ceramic
pipe handles, one ceramic tinaja, two
ceramic water ollas, five decorated body
sherds, 31 decorated mixed sherds,
three decorated rim sherds, 436
undecorated mixed sherds, one chipped
stone axe preform, two chipped stone
scrapers, one quartz scraper, 23
projectile points, two unworked flakes,
three utilized flakes, one groundstone
weight, three pestles, one shaft
straightener, one Olivella bead, three
ecofacts, 33 modified shells, three
unmodified shells, and one modified
groundstone.
Between the 1920s and 1950s,
geologist and amateur archaeologist and
collector, Malcolm J. Rogers, conducted
surveys and excavations on behalf of the
Museum of Man (now Museum of Us)
at several sites, including the
aforementioned, in east central San
Diego County and Imperial County.
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 and associated funerary objects
described in this notice.
Determinations
The Museum of Us has determined
that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The 1,679 objects 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.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice and the Campo Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Campo
Indian Reservation, California; Capitan
Grande Band of Diegueno Mission
Indians of California (Barona Group of
Capitan Grande Band of Mission Indians
of the Barona Reservation, California;
Viejas (Baron Long) Group of Capitan
Grande Band of Mission Indians of the
Viejas Reservation, California);
Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay
Indians, California; Iipay Nation of
Santa Ysabel, California; Inaja Band of
Diegueno Mission Indians of the Inaja
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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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
Laboratory of Anthropology, Santa Fe County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after November 29, 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
minimum, one individual was collected at the Laboratory of
Anthropology, Santa Fe County, NM. The human remains are hair clippings
collected from one individual who was recorded as being 32 years old
and identified as ``San Ildefonso.'' An unknown collector took the hair
clippings at the Laboratory of Anthropology between 1930 and 1933. They
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 available information 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
described in this notice and the Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this
notice must be
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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 November 29, 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.
Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act,
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.
Dated: October 25, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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