Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 91417 [2024-26949]

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• DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
• National Park Service

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 223 (Tuesday, November 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 91417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26949]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039045; 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 
Department of the Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Services, 
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, AK.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after December 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, 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, 20 individuals were collected at the Department of the 
Interior, Office of Indian Affairs, Field Services, Yukon-Koyukuk 
Census Area, AK. The human remains are hair clippings collected from 
one individual who was recorded as being 65 years old, one individual 
who was recorded as being 53 years old, one individual who was recorded 
as being 51 years old, one individual who was recorded as being 47 
years old, one individual who was recorded as being 39 years old, one 
individual who was recorded as being 38 years old, one individual who 
was recorded as being 35 years old, one individual who was recorded as 
being 33 years old, one individual who was recorded as being 31 years 
old, one individual who was recorded as being 28 years old, one 
individual who was recorded as being 26 years old, one individual who 
was recorded as being 25 years old, one individual who was recorded as 
being 23 years old, one individual who was recorded as being 22 years 
old, two individuals who were recorded as being 21 years old, one 
individual who was recorded as being 20 years old, one individual who 
was recorded as being 15 years old, one individual who was recorded as 
being 14 years old, and one individual who was recorded as being 13 
years old. All individuals are identified as ``Tana.'' Mrs. Jessie 
Mazie took the hair clippings at the Department of the Interior, Office 
of Indian Affairs, Field Services between 1930 and 1933. Mazie 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 20 individuals of Native American ancestry.
     There is a reasonable connection between the human remains 
described in this notice and the Native Village of Tanana.

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 December 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.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.10.

    Dated: November 7, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-26949 Filed 11-18-24; 8:45 am]
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