90 FR 62 pg. 14462 - Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 62Page: 14462
Page: 14462Docket number: [NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039798; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-05594 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Interior Department
Sub Agency: National Park Service
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
National Park Service
[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0039798; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]
Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
AGENCY:
National Park Service, Interior.
ACTION:
Notice.
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 associated funerary objects and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the associated funerary objects and Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations in this notice.
DATES:
Repatriation of the associated funerary objects in this notice may occur on or after May 2, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Deanna Byrd, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 384-0672, email deannabyrd@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.
Abstract of Information Available
The one associated funerary object removed from Springfield, Hampden County, MA, is one lot of faunal remains. This associated funerary object was removed by P. B. Moore in 1922 and donated to the PMAE by Ruth Otis Sawtell the same year. The associated human remains representing, at least, one individual were included in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2023 (88 FR 73365-73366). These human remains have been repatriated to the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
The two associated funerary objects removed from an "Indian Burial Place" (19-HD-153) on the bank of the Connecticut River in Longmeadow, Hampden County, MA, are one lot of faunal remains and one lot of stone fragments. These two associated funerary objects were removed by Frederic Ward Putnam as part of a PMAE Expedition in 1883. The associated human remains representing, at least, one individual were included in a Notice of Inventory Completion published in the Federal Register on October 25, 2023 (88 FR 73365-73366).
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 associated funerary objects described in this notice.
Determinations
The PMAE has determined that:
• The three 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 associated funerary objects described in this notice and the Stockbridge Munsee Community, Wisconsin.
Requests for Repatriation
Written requests for repatriation of the 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 associated funerary objects in this notice to a requestor may occur on or after May 2, 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 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: March 21, 2025.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2025-05594 Filed 4-1-25; 8:45 am]
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