Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, 106575-106576 [2024-31296]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest Service), intends to carry out the disposition 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 January 29, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by December 30, 2025, the human remains and associated funerary objects in this notice will become unclaimed human remains and associated funerary objects. ADDRESSES: Kathryn Turner, U.S. Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 438–5380, email kathryn.turner@usda.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 Forest Service, 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. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: Abstract of Information Available Based on the information available, human remains representing, at least, one individual, has been reasonably identified. The 46 associated funerary objects are pottery sherds and charcoal fragments. On October 30, 2012, human remains representing one individual were recovered from Forest Service site 03– 10–02–01064/LA 74378 by the U.S. Forest Service when found eroding from a well-travelled Forest Service Road which leads to an active communication site. The possible associated funerary objects include 45 pottery sherds and charcoal fragments. Site 03–10–02–01064/LA 74378 is located in the Cuba Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is located on Forest Road 312J on a small ridge south of Wolf Draw. This site has been almost completely destroyed and currently has a radio tower built on top of it. All that remains are a few structural stones and an artifact assemblage comprised of pottery sherds, flaked stone, and a VerDate Sep<11>2014 23:58 Dec 27, 2024 Jkt 265001 cobble tool. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina Black-ongray and plainware. Flaked stone includes chert, chalcedony, and quartzite. The presence of Gallina Blackon-gray pottery suggests that this site was occupied by the Gallina from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1300. Determinations The Forest Service has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry. • The 46 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. • Based on geographic location the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico; Pueblo of Laguna, New Mexico; Pueblo of Nambe, New Mexico; Pueblo of Picuris, New Mexico; Pueblo of Pojoaque, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Felipe, New Mexico; Pueblo of San Ildefonso, New Mexico; Pueblo of Sandia, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Ana, New Mexico; Pueblo of Santa Clara, New Mexico; Pueblo of Taos, New Mexico; Pueblo of Tesuque, New Mexico; Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico; Santo Domingo Pueblo; Southern Ute Indian Tribe of the Southern Ute Reservation, Colorado; Ute Mountain Ute Tribe; and the Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation, New Mexico has priority for disposition of the human remains and 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 December 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, PO 00000 Frm 00170 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 106575 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 January 29, 2025. If competing claims for disposition are received, the Forest Service 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 Forest Service 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: December 19, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–31289 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039265; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) intends to repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice. DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or after January 29, 2025. ADDRESSES: Kathryn Smith, Registrar of Collections, Peabody Essex Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970, telephone (978) 542–1559, email kathryn_smith@pem.org. 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 Peabody Essex Museum, and additional information on the determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM 30DEN1 106576 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 249 / Monday, December 30, 2024 / Notices 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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. The one object of cultural patrimony is a group of shell wampum beads, alternating white and purple tubes, about 5.9 inches long, strung on white cotton with each end tied together. This was donated to the Peabody Museum of Salem (now PEM) on October 14, 1884 by Miss Erminnie A. Smith. Museum accession record 1759 recorded the cultural item as ‘‘Beads of Tuskarora [sic] Indian Chief.’’ It was assigned in the logbook as catalog number E991, and described as ‘‘Beads of a Chief, Tuscarora’’ given by Miss E.F. [sic] Smith. Its corresponding 20th century catalog card described the cultural item as ‘‘Beads, Wampum, of Tuscarora Chief.’’ The donor is confirmed as Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith of Jersey City, N.J. in Peabody Academy of Science Annual Report (Salem: 1885, 90). In 1880, the Smithsonian Institution appointed Smith as a ‘‘scientific explorer’’ charged with studying the language and culture of the Six Nations and the collection of cultural items. From published memorial volume, In Memoriam: Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith (Boston: Lee and Shepard, 1890, 33–34), Smith was adopted into the White Bear Clan at Tuscarora Nation and given the name Ka-tcı̆’-tcı̆s-tä´-kwăst. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Determinations The Peabody Essex Museum has determined that: • The one object of cultural patrimony described in this notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance central to the Tuscarora Nation, including any constituent sub-groups(such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization. • There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item described in this notice and the Tuscarora Nation. Requests for Repatriation Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 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 VerDate Sep<11>2014 23:58 Dec 27, 2024 Jkt 265001 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 item in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after January 29, 2025. If competing requests for repatriation are received, the Peabody Essex Museum must determine the most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and not competing requests. The Peabody Essex 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: December 19, 2024. Melanie O’Brien, Manager, National NAGPRA Program. [FR Doc. 2024–31296 Filed 12–27–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4312–52–P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service [NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039251; PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000] Notice of Intended Disposition: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, NM National Park Service, Interior. Notice. AGENCY: ACTION: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest (Forest Service), intends to carry out the disposition of human remains and 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 in this notice may occur on or after January 29, 2025. If no claim for disposition is received by December 30, 2025, the human remains in this notice will become unclaimed human remains. ADDRESSES: Kathryn Turner, U.S. Forest Service, Santa Fe National Forest, 11 Forest Lane, Santa Fe, NM 87508, telephone (505) 438–5380, email kathryn.turner@usda.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00171 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 National Park Service’s administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the Forest Service, and additional information on the human remains 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, 10 individuals have been reasonably identified. No associated funerary objects are present. In 1996, 2005, and 2006, human remains representing 10 individuals were recovered from Forest Service site 03–10–02–00389/LA 49387 by the U.S. Forest Service after being found eroding from the cut bank along the west edge of the road beneath the site. Prior to recovery consultation was conducted with the State Historic Preservation Office and the Pueblo of Jemez, New Mexico. The individuals were sent to the University of Oregon for analysis shortly thereafter and later returned to the Santa Fe National Forest. There are possible associated funerary objects which include pottery sherds, flaked stone, and charcoal. Site 03–10–02–00389/LA 49387 is located within the Cuba Ranger District, Santa Fe National Forest, Rio Arriba County, NM. The site is located on a terrace west of Forest Road 517 and consists of two features, a rectangular shaped unit house and a possible pithouse. The artifact assemblage is comprised of pottery sherds, flaked stone, and ground stone. Diagnostic pottery types documented include Gallina Black-on-gray, corrugated, and utility wares. Flaked stone includes chert, quartzite, and obsidian. The structure type and presence of Gallina Black-on-gray pottery suggests that this site was occupied by the Gallina from A.D. 1100 to A.D. 1300. Determinations The U.S. Forest Service has determined that: • The human remains described in this notice represent the physical remains of, at least, 10 individuals of Native American ancestry. • Based on geographic location the Hopi Tribe of Arizona; Jicarilla Apache Nation, New Mexico; Mescalero Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation, New Mexico; Navajo Nation, Arizona, New Mexico, & Utah; Ohkay Owingeh, New Mexico; Pueblo of Acoma, New Mexico; Pueblo of Cochiti, New Mexico; Pueblo of Isleta, New Mexico; Pueblo of Jemez, E:\FR\FM\30DEN1.SGM 30DEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 249 (Monday, December 30, 2024)]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039265; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Intended Repatriation: Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 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 Essex Museum (PEM) intends to 
repatriate a certain cultural item that meets the definition of an 
object of cultural patrimony and that has a cultural affiliation with 
the Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.

DATES: Repatriation of the cultural item in this notice may occur on or 
after January 29, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Kathryn Smith, Registrar of Collections, Peabody Essex 
Museum, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA 01970, telephone (978) 542-1559, 
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 
Peabody Essex Museum, and additional information on the determinations 
in this notice, including the results of consultation,

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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 one cultural item has been requested for repatriation. 
The one object of cultural patrimony is a group of shell wampum beads, 
alternating white and purple tubes, about 5.9 inches long, strung on 
white cotton with each end tied together. This was donated to the 
Peabody Museum of Salem (now PEM) on October 14, 1884 by Miss Erminnie 
A. Smith. Museum accession record 1759 recorded the cultural item as 
``Beads of Tuskarora [sic] Indian Chief.'' It was assigned in the 
logbook as catalog number E991, and described as ``Beads of a Chief, 
Tuscarora'' given by Miss E.F. [sic] Smith. Its corresponding 20th 
century catalog card described the cultural item as ``Beads, Wampum, of 
Tuscarora Chief.'' The donor is confirmed as Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith of 
Jersey City, N.J. in Peabody Academy of Science Annual Report (Salem: 
1885, 90). In 1880, the Smithsonian Institution appointed Smith as a 
``scientific explorer'' charged with studying the language and culture 
of the Six Nations and the collection of cultural items. From published 
memorial volume, In Memoriam: Mrs. Erminnie A. Smith (Boston: Lee and 
Shepard, 1890, 33-34), Smith was adopted into the White Bear Clan at 
Tuscarora Nation and given the name Ka-tc[ibreve]'-tc[ibreve]s-
t[auml][acute]-kw[abreve]st.

Determinations

    The Peabody Essex Museum has determined that:
     The one object of cultural patrimony described in this 
notice has ongoing historical, traditional, or cultural importance 
central to the Tuscarora Nation, including any constituent sub-
groups(such as a band, clan, lineage, ceremonial society, or other 
subdivision), according to the Native American traditional knowledge of 
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization.
     There is a reasonable connection between the cultural item 
described in this notice and the Tuscarora Nation.

Requests for Repatriation

    Additional, written requests for repatriation of the cultural item 
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 item in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after January 29, 2025. If competing requests for 
repatriation are received, the Peabody Essex Museum must determine the 
most appropriate requestor prior to repatriation. Requests for joint 
repatriation of the cultural item are considered a single request and 
not competing requests. The Peabody Essex 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: December 19, 2024.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2024-31296 Filed 12-27-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 4312-52-P

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