Notice of Intended Repatriation: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT, 89030-89031 [2024-26090]

Download as PDF 89030 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / Notices Requests for Repatriation Written requests for repatriation of the associated funerary objects 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after December 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Gilcrease Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the associated funerary objects are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Gilcrease Museum 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. Dated: October 29, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–26087 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0038990; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA National Park Service, Interior. ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: 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 sacred objects and objects of cultural patrimony and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Nov 08, 2024 Jkt 265001 Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after December 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Deanna Byrd, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 384–0672, email deannabyrd@ fas.harvard.edu. DATES: 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 summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Abstract of Information Available A total of 19 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The 19 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony are one lot of baskets, one lot of faunal remains, one lot of twined bowls, one lot of lithic material, one dugout canoe and one lot of accompanying parts, one lot of gaming pieces, one lot of utensils, one stone maul, one salmon club, one lot of fishing implements including nets and net sinkers, one lot of fiber material, one dentalium box, one lot of pipes and cases, one lot of natural brushes, one lot of mush paddles, one lot of bone implements, one lot of unfinished regalia, and one lot of completed ceremonial regalia which includes headbands, moccasins, masks, dance caps, skirts, aprons, adornment items, and plumes. Grace Nicholson, Carroll S. Hartman, Mrs. Lee Hoffman, Dr. Alfred Louis Kroeber, Frederick H. Rindge, among others, collected and exchanged cultural items from several Yurok communities and villages from their expeditions along the Klamath River during the early to mid-20th century. The information available in PMAE records indicates that these 19 cultural items are culturally affiliated with the Yurok people. importance central to the Native American group, including any constituent sub-group (such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision). • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Elk Valley Rancheria, California; Resighini Rancheria, California; and the Yurok Tribe of the Yurok Reservation, California. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 December 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 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 and to any other consulting parties. Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 25 U.S.C. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: October 29, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–26086 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR Determinations National Park Service The PMAE has determined that: • The 19 sacred objects/objects of cultural patrimony described in this notice are, according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization, specific ceremonial objects needed by a traditional Native American religious leader for present-day adherents to practice traditional Native American religion, and have ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039002; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Notice of Intended Repatriation: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale University, New Haven, CT National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Yale SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\12NON1.SGM 12NON1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 12, 2024 / Notices Peabody Museum, Yale University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after December 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum, P.O. Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520– 8118, telephone (203) 432–3752, email david.skelly@yale.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 Yale Peabody Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. Abstract of Information Available A total of eight cultural items have been requested for repatriation. Circa 1915, the eight cultural items were removed from various burial contexts by Warren K. Moorehead, who is known to have conducted an extensive archaeological survey of Maine between 1912 and 1920. The cultural items were transferred to George Thompson before they were donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in 1926. The two unassociated funerary objects are one spearhead and one plummet removed from Emerson Cemetery in Hancock County, ME. The one unassociated funerary object is one spearhead removed from Hartford’s Cemetery in Hancock County, ME. The one unassociated funerary object is one lot of red ochre removed from Sullivan Falls Cemetery in Hancock County, ME. The three unassociated funerary objects are three gouges removed from Stevens Cemetery in Knox County, ME. The one unassociated funerary object is one gouge removed from Hathaway’s Cemetery in Penobscot County, ME. khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Determinations The Yale Peabody Museum has determined that: • The eight unassociated funerary objects described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death or later as part of the death VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:35 Nov 08, 2024 Jkt 265001 rite or ceremony of a Native American culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural items described in this notice and the Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; Mi’kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of Micmacs); Passamaquoddy Tribe; and the Penobscot Nation. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified in this notice under 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 December 12, 2024. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Yale Peabody Museum 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 Yale Peabody Museum is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9. Dated: October 29, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–26090 Filed 11–8–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 89031 DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039001; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Wesleyan University intends to repatriate certain cultural items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on or after December 12, 2024. ADDRESSES: Wendi Field Murray, Wesleyan University (Archaeology & Anthropology Collections), 265 Church Street, Middletown, CT 06033, telephone (860) 685–2085, email wmurray01@wesleyan.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 Wesleyan University and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this notice. SUMMARY: Abstract of Information Available A total of 257 cultural items have been requested for repatriation. The 257 unassociated funerary objects are shell ornaments and beads, stone mortars/ vessels, bone tools, digging stick weights, a spherical stone object, a stone pendant, bifacial manos, stone pestles, stone weight/sinker, glass beads, cut shell with ochre, asphaltum skirt weights, shell fishhooks, a bird bone whistle, a stone plummet, stone knives, black chia seeds, and red ochre. Dos Pueblos, CA Sixty-four objects, including shell beads and ornaments and one stone pestle, were taken by Paul Schumacher from Dos Pueblos, CA in Santa Barbara County during the 1870s. They were all transferred from the Smithsonian Institution to Wesleyan’s natural history museum in 1878. E:\FR\FM\12NON1.SGM 12NON1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2024)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

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Notice of Intended Repatriation: Yale Peabody Museum, Yale 
University, New Haven, CT

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 Yale

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Peabody Museum, Yale University intends to repatriate certain cultural 
items that meet the definition of unassociated funerary objects and 
that have a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural items in this notice may occur on 
or after December 12, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Professor David Skelly, Director, Yale Peabody Museum, P.O. 
Box 208118, New Haven, CT 06520-8118, telephone (203) 432-3752, 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 
Yale Peabody Museum, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in 
the summary or related records. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.

Abstract of Information Available

    A total of eight cultural items have been requested for 
repatriation. Circa 1915, the eight cultural items were removed from 
various burial contexts by Warren K. Moorehead, who is known to have 
conducted an extensive archaeological survey of Maine between 1912 and 
1920. The cultural items were transferred to George Thompson before 
they were donated to the Yale Peabody Museum in 1926.
    The two unassociated funerary objects are one spearhead and one 
plummet removed from Emerson Cemetery in Hancock County, ME.
    The one unassociated funerary object is one spearhead removed from 
Hartford's Cemetery in Hancock County, ME.
    The one unassociated funerary object is one lot of red ochre 
removed from Sullivan Falls Cemetery in Hancock County, ME.
    The three unassociated funerary objects are three gouges removed 
from Stevens Cemetery in Knox County, ME.
    The one unassociated funerary object is one gouge removed from 
Hathaway's Cemetery in Penobscot County, ME.

Determinations

    The Yale Peabody Museum has determined that:
     The eight unassociated funerary objects described in this 
notice are reasonably believed to have been placed intentionally with 
or near human remains, and are connected, either at the time of death 
or later as part of the death rite or ceremony of a Native American 
culture according to the Native American traditional knowledge of a 
lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian organization. The 
unassociated funerary objects have been identified by a preponderance 
of the evidence as related to human remains, specific individuals, or 
families, or removed from a specific burial site or burial area of an 
individual or individuals with cultural affiliation to an Indian Tribe 
or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural 
items described in this notice and the Houlton Band of Maliseet 
Indians; Mi'kmaq Nation (previously listed as Aroostook Band of 
Micmacs); Passamaquoddy Tribe; and the Penobscot Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural items 
in this notice must be sent to the authorized representative identified 
in this notice under 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 December 12, 2024. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Yale Peabody Museum 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 Yale Peabody Museum is responsible for 
sending a copy of this notice to the 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. 3004 and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9.

    Dated: October 29, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26090 Filed 11-8-24; 8:45 am]
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