[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 99 (Thursday, May 22, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28063-28064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13463]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
From Lamoine, ME, in the Possession of Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Andover, ME

AGENCY: National Park Service

ACTION: Notice

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    Notice is hereby given in accordance with provisions of the Native 
American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 
3003(d), of the completion of an inventory of human remains from 
Lamoine, ME, in the possession of Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Andover, ME.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Robert S. 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation with 
representatives of the Aroostook Band of Micmac Indians, the Houlton 
Band of Maliseet Indians, the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe, and the 
Penobscot Indian Nation.
    In 1913, human remains representing two individuals were recovered 
from the Hodgkins' Point Shellheap in Lamoine, ME by Warren King 
Moorehead during excavations by the Robert S. Peabody Museum. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Morphological evidence indicates these individuals are Native 
American based on dentition. Hodgkins' Point site has been identified 
as an Etchemin occupation site used between 900--1500 AD based on 
material culture present at the site. Based on archeological and 
historical evidence

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and continuities of material culture, the Etchemin are considered the 
ancestral culture of the present-day Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe and the 
Penobscot Indian Nation.
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Robert 
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that, pursuant to 43 
CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the physical 
remains of two individuals of Native American ancestry. Officials of 
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have determined that, 
pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), there is a relationship of shared group 
identity which can be reasonably traced between these Native American 
human remains and the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe and the Penobscot 
Indian Nation.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Passamaquoddy Indian 
Tribe and the Penobscot Indian Nation. Representatives of any other 
Indian tribe that believes itself to be culturally affiliated with 
these human remains should contact James W. Bradley, Director, Robert 
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01281; 
telephone: (508) 749-4490, before June 23, 1997. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe and the Penobscot 
Indian Nation may begin after that date if no additional claimants come 
forward.
Dated: May 16, 1997.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 97-13463 Filed 5-21-97; 8:45 am]
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