Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 4798-4799 [2025-01006]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
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Notice of Intended Repatriation:
Michigan State University, East
Lansing, MI
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), Michigan
State University intends to repatriate a
certain cultural item that meets the
definition of an unassociated funerary
object 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
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Judith Stoddart, Michigan
State University, 287 Delta Court, East
Lansing, MI 48824, telephone (517)
432–2524, email stoddart@msu.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 Michigan State
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.
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SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
A total of one cultural item has been
requested for repatriation. The one
unassociated funerary object is a
preserved textile fragment in plaster
(catalog number 2002.29.27). The textile
was removed from the Sumnerville
Mound (20CS6) in Pokagon Township,
Cass County, Michigan. The textile was
likely removed from the mound in 1888
by Eliot Crane, who sold/gave away the
objects recovered (most to the Kent
Scientific Institute). We believe Crane
gave some of these textiles to local
collectors and eventually it made it into
Donald Boudeman’s collection, which
was donated to the Michigan State
University Museum in 1961 by Donna
Boudeman after his passing. While the
textile has been modified by placing it
in plaster, no hazardous substances are
known to have been used.
Determinations
Michigan State University has
determined that:
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• The one unassociated funerary
object described in this notice is
reasonably believed to have been placed
intentionally with or near human
remains, and is 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 object has 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 item described in
this notice and the Pokagon Band of
Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and
Indiana.
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 February 18, 2025. If competing
requests for repatriation are received,
Michigan State University 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. Michigan State
University 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039312;
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
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 U.S. Indian Vocational
School, Bernalillo County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025.
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.
SUMMARY:
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.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Abstract of Information Available
Based on the information available,
human remains representing, at
minimum, four individuals were
collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational
School, Bernalillo County, NM. The
human remains are hair clippings
collected from one individual who was
recorded as being 15 years old, one
individual who was recorded as being
14 years old, one individual who was
recorded as being 13 years old, and one
individual who was recorded as being
12 years old and identified as ‘‘Zia.’’
Reuben Perry took the hair clippings at
the U.S. Indian Vocational School
between 1930 and 1933. Perry sent the
hair clippings to George Woodbury, who
donated the hair clippings to the PMAE
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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.
The PMAE has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of four individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a reasonable connection
between the human remains described
in this notice and the Pueblo of Zia,
New Mexico.
Requests for Repatriation
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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 February 18, 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 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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National Park Service
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PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Sam
Noble Museum of Natural History,
Norman, OK
National Park Service, Interior.
Notice.
AGENCY:
Determinations
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ACTION:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Sam
Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural
History (SNOMNH) 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
February 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Dr. Marc Levine, Associate
Curator of Archaeology, Sam Noble
Oklahoma Museum of Natural History,
University of Oklahoma, 2401
Chautauqua Avenue, Norman, OK
73072–7029, telephone (405) 325–1994,
email mlevine@ou.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 SNOMNH, 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.
SUMMARY:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
281 individuals were removed from the
Raymond Mackey site (34Lf29) in
LeFlore County, OK. This site was
excavated by the Works Progress
Administration in 1940 and transferred
to the Museum the same year. The
human remains include 62 adult
females, 32 adult males, 21 adolescents,
25 children, two infants, one fetus, 60
probable adult females, 41 probable
adult males, two females for whom age
could not be determined, 18 adults for
whom sex could not be determined, and
17 individuals for whom neither age nor
sex could be determined. No known
individuals were identified. The 169
associated funerary objects are two
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potsherds, 39 projectile points, one
projectile point fragment, three stone
manos, two hammerstones, one stone
hoe, one boatstone, six stone bifaces,
seven bags of stone biface fragments, 17
paintstones, one worked stone, one
stone flake, one unmodified piece of
quartz, one partial dog skeleton, two
bone awls, four bags of awl fragments,
two bone beads, two bags of bone fish
hook fragments, one bag of bone pin
fragments, one worked deer antler, one
worked deer ulna, three bags of worked
animal bone, 14 bags of deer antler
fragments, 44 bags of animal bone
fragments, two shell beads, one conch
disc, six bags of mussel shell fragments,
one snail shell, one burned nut, and one
bag of ash. The human remains and
associated funerary objects from site
34Lf29 were interred during the
Woodland Period (300 B.C.–A.D. 900).
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 SNOMNH has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of 281 individuals were of
Native American ancestry.
• The 169 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
Caddo Nation of Oklahoma and the
Wichita and Affiliated Tribes (Wichita,
Keechi, Waco, & Tawakonie),
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
an Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian
organization with cultural affiliation.
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039312; 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
U.S. Indian Vocational School, Bernalillo County, NM.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after February 18, 2025.
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, four individuals were collected at the U.S. Indian Vocational
School, Bernalillo County, NM. The human remains are hair clippings
collected from one individual who was recorded as being 15 years old,
one individual who was recorded as being 14 years old, one individual
who was recorded as being 13 years old, and one individual who was
recorded as being 12 years old and identified as ``Zia.'' Reuben Perry
took the hair clippings at the U.S. Indian Vocational School between
1930 and 1933. Perry sent the hair clippings to George Woodbury, who
donated the hair clippings to the PMAE
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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 four individuals of Native American ancestry.
There is a reasonable connection between the human remains
described in this notice and the Pueblo of Zia, New Mexico.
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 February 18, 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 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: January 6, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-01006 Filed 1-15-25; 8:45 am]
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