Notice of Inventory Completion: Booth Family Center for Special Collections, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, 12775 [2025-04625]
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This collection was received by the Yale
Peabody Museum in 1871 and was
collected by members of the Yale
College Scientific Expedition. The
human remains were collected from an
unknown location in Kansas and were
shipped to the Yale Peabody Museum,
among other collections, from Fort
Wallace, Kansas. Additional collecting
notes attribute the collection to
Monument, Kansas.
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location and acquisition
history of the human remains described
in this notice.
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Determinations
The Yale Peabody Museum has
determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of six individuals of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes,
Oklahoma; Kaw Nation, Oklahoma;
Northern Arapaho Tribe of the Wind
River Reservation, Wyoming; Northern
Cheyenne Tribe of the Northern
Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Montana.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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 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.
Repatriation of the human remains
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 18, 2025. 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 human
remains 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 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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Melanie O’Brien,
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS–WASO–NAGPRA–NPS0039606;
PPWOCRADN0–PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Booth
Family Center for Special Collections,
Georgetown University, Washington,
DC
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the Native
American Graves Protection and
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Booth
Family Center for Special Collections,
Georgetown University (BFC) 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.
SUMMARY:
Repatriation of the human
remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Keith Gorman, Booth
Family Center for Special Collections,
Georgetown University, Lauinger
Library, 5th Floor, 37th and O Streets
NW, Washington, DC 20057–1174,
telephone (202) 687–7475, email kg78@
georgetown.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 BFC, 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.
DATES:
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least,
one individual have been identified. No
associated funerary objects are present.
Human hair clippings were included in
an envelope found in a box of unrelated
materials in the BFC. Also in the
envelope was a card from the defunct
Georgetown University Coleman
Museum. The card identified the
clippings as ‘‘Big Foot’s Hair,’’ Chief of
the tribe massacred at Wounded Knee in
South Dakota. Additionally, the card
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noted that the hair clippings were
provided by ‘‘Mrs. Lucy Ord Mason,
Daughter of General Ord.’’ Georgetown
believes that the hair clippings belonged
to Chief Spotted Elk, also known as
Chief ‘‘Big Foot.’’
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available
and the results of consultation, cultural
affiliation is reasonably identified by the
geographical location or acquisition
history of the human remains and
associated funerary objects described in
this notice.
Determinations
The BFC has determined that:
• The human remains described in
this notice represent the physical
remains of one individual of Native
American ancestry.
• There is a connection between the
human remains described in this notice
and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of
the Cheyenne River Reservation, South
Dakota and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the
human remains 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.
Repatriation of the human remains
described in this notice to a requestor
may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If
competing requests for repatriation are
received, the BFC 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 BFC 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: February 25, 2025.
Melanie O’Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025–04625 Filed 3–18–25; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039606; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Booth Family Center for Special
Collections, Georgetown University, Washington, DC
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 Booth Family Center for Special
Collections, Georgetown University (BFC) 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.
DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or
after April 18, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Keith Gorman, Booth Family Center for Special Collections,
Georgetown University, Lauinger Library, 5th Floor, 37th and O Streets
NW, Washington, DC 20057-1174, telephone (202) 687-7475, 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
BFC, 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.
Abstract of Information Available
Human remains representing, at least, one individual have been
identified. No associated funerary objects are present. Human hair
clippings were included in an envelope found in a box of unrelated
materials in the BFC. Also in the envelope was a card from the defunct
Georgetown University Coleman Museum. The card identified the clippings
as ``Big Foot's Hair,'' Chief of the tribe massacred at Wounded Knee in
South Dakota. Additionally, the card noted that the hair clippings were
provided by ``Mrs. Lucy Ord Mason, Daughter of General Ord.''
Georgetown believes that the hair clippings belonged to Chief Spotted
Elk, also known as Chief ``Big Foot.''
Cultural Affiliation
Based on the information available and the results of consultation,
cultural affiliation is reasonably identified by the geographical
location or acquisition history of the human remains and associated
funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The BFC has determined that:
The human remains described in this notice represent the
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
There is a connection between the human remains described
in this notice and the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe of the Cheyenne River
Reservation, South Dakota and the Oglala Sioux Tribe.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the human remains 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.
Repatriation of the human remains described in this notice to a
requestor may occur on or after April 18, 2025. If competing requests
for repatriation are received, the BFC 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 BFC 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: February 25, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-04625 Filed 3-18-25; 8:45 am]
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