Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 86365-86366 [2024-25187]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2024–25190 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:59 Oct 29, 2024 Jkt 265001 National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038955; 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 SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 86365 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 E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1 86366 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2024 / Notices 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. [FR Doc. 2024–25187 Filed 10–29–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038954; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] 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 ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:59 Oct 29, 2024 Jkt 265001 Ext. 42, email cmosley@ museumofus.org. 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 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 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2024)]
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[FR Doc No: 2024-25187]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0038955; 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 
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.
[FR Doc. 2024-25187 Filed 10-29-24; 8:45 am]
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