Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 96672 [2024-28488]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039151;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion:
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)
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
January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE,
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue,
Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617)
496–3702, email pcapone@
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.
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SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
49 individuals have been reasonably
identified as removed from a site near
Hopkinsville, Christian County, KY in
1903 by Dr. Warren K. Moorehead of the
Phillips Academy. The two associated
funerary objects are two lots of stone
items. At an unknown date prior to
1935, Moorehead transferred the human
remains to George Woodbury, who
donated them to the PMAE in 1963. At
an unknown date, Moorehead
transferred the two lots of stone items to
Theodore N. Vail; in 1922, Katherine
Vail Marsters donated these items to the
PMAE. Additional human remains and
associated funerary objects from
Moorehead’s 1903 excavations are
reported by the Robert S. Peabody
Institute in a separate notice.
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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 PMAE has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 49 individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• The two 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 connection between the
human remains and associated funerary
objects described in this notice and the
Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of
Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern
Band of Cherokee Indians; Eastern
Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Quapaw
Nation; Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee
(Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; and
the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee
Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains and 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 human remains
and associated funerary objects in this
notice to a requestor may occur on or
after January 6, 2025. 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 and
associated funerary objects 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: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024–28488 Filed 12–4–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039155;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: The
Kikuchi Center at Kaua‘i Community
College, Lı̄hu‘e, HI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the
Kikuchi Center at Kaua‘i Community
College 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
January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Jason Ford, The Kikuchi
Center at Kaua‘i Community College, 3–
1901 Kaumuali‘i Highway, Lı̄hu‘e, HI
96766, telephone (808) 245–8236, email
jford9@hawaii.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 Kikuchi Center
at Kaua‘i Community College, and
additional information on the
determinations in this notice, including
the results of consultation, can be found
in its inventory or related records. The
National Park Service is not responsible
for the determinations in this notice.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified.
The one associated funerary object is
one bone fish hook. Item: Iwi Kupuna
(ancestral remains) and associated
funerary objects. Site Name: ARCH 14–
6, Kama‘ole, Kula, Maui. Geographical
Location: Kama‘ole, Kula, Maui.
Collection History: The Kikuchi Center
is an archive curating the work of Dr.
William Kikuchi. Dr. Kikuchi cofounded the Archaeology Research
Center of Hawai‘i, ARCH, with Francis
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039151; 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 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 January 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, 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
Human remains representing, at least, 49 individuals have been
reasonably identified as removed from a site near Hopkinsville,
Christian County, KY in 1903 by Dr. Warren K. Moorehead of the Phillips
Academy. The two associated funerary objects are two lots of stone
items. At an unknown date prior to 1935, Moorehead transferred the
human remains to George Woodbury, who donated them to the PMAE in 1963.
At an unknown date, Moorehead transferred the two lots of stone items
to Theodore N. Vail; in 1922, Katherine Vail Marsters donated these
items to the PMAE. Additional human remains and associated funerary
objects from Moorehead's 1903 excavations are reported by the Robert S.
Peabody Institute in a separate notice.
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 PMAE has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of 49 individuals of Native American ancestry.
The two 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 connection between the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Absentee-
Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma; Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band of
Cherokee Indians; Eastern Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma; Quapaw Nation;
Shawnee Tribe; The Muscogee (Creek) Nation; The Osage Nation; and the
United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians in Oklahoma.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains and
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 human remains and associated funerary objects
in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 6, 2025. 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 and associated
funerary objects 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.
Dated: November 22, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-28488 Filed 12-4-24; 8:45 am]
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