[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 14, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18446-18447]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-9324]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion for Native American Human Remains 
in the Possession of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

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), 43 CFR 10.9, 
of the completion of an inventory of human remains in the possession of 
the Peabody Museum of Arhcaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 
Cambridge, MA.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by Peabody 
Museum professional staff in consultation with representatives of the 
Apache Tribe of Oklahoma, the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma, the Hopi 
Tribe, the Jicarilla Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Tribe, the Mescalero 
Apache Tribe, the Navajo Nation, Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of 
Jemez, Pueblo of Santo Domingo, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and 
Affiliated Tribes.
    In 1929, human remains representing four individuals were recovered 
from Pecos Pueblo by William Claflin, Jr. while visiting excavations 
conducted by Vincent Kidder under the auspices of Phillips Academy, 
Andover, MA. In 1985, William Claflin, Jr. donated these human remains 
to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. No known 
individuals were identified. No associated funerary objects are 
present.
    Based on the ceramic types recovered from this site, Pecos Pueblo 
was occupied into the historic period 1300-1838. Historic records 
document occupation at the site unitl 1838 when the last inhabitants 
left the Pueblo and went to the Pueblo of Jemez. In 1936, an Act of 
Congress recognized the Pueblo of Jemez as a ``consolidation'' and 
``merger'' of the Pueblo of Pecos and the Pueblo of Jemez; this Act 
further recognizes that all property, rights, titles, interests, and 
claims of both Pueblos were consolidated under the Pueblo of Jemez.
    Further evidence supporting a shared group identity between the 
Pecos and Jemez pueblos emerges in numerous aspects of present-day 
Jemez life. The 1992-1993 Pecos Ethnographic Project (unrelated to 
NAGPRA) states: ``[T]he cultural evidence of Pecos living traditions 
are 1) thet official tribal government position of a Second Lieutenant/
Pecos Governor; 2) the possession of the Pecos Pueblo cane of office; 
3) the statue and annual feast day of Porcingula (Nuestra Senora de los 
Angeles) on August 2; 4) the Eagle Watchers' Society; 5) the migration 
of Pecos people in the early nineteenth century; 6) the knowledge of 
the Pecos language by a few select elders.'' (Levine 1994:2-3)
    Based on the above mentioned information, officials of the Peabody 
Museum of Arhcaeology and Ethnology have determined that, pursuant to 
43 CFR 10.2 (d)(1), the human remains listed above represent the 
physical remains of four individuals of Native American ancestry. 
Officials of the Peabody Museum of Arhcaeology and Ethnology have 
determined that, pursuant to 43 CFR 10.2 (e), there is a relationship 
of shared group identity which can be reasonably traced between these 
Native American human remains and the Pueblo of Jemez.
    This notice has been sent to officials of the Apache Tribe of 
Oklahoma, the Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma, the Hopi Tribe, the Jicarilla 
Apache Tribe, the Kiowa Tribe, the Mescalero Apache Tribe, the Navajo 
Nation, Pueblo of Cochiti, the Pueblo of Jemez, Pueblo of Santo 
Domingo, the Pueblo of Zuni, and the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. 
Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to be 
culturally affiliated with these human remains

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should contact Barbara Issac, Repatriation Coordinator, Peabody Museum 
of Archaeology and Ethnology, 11 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA 022138; 
telephone (617) 495-2254, before May 14, 1999. Repatriation of the 
human remains to the Pueblo of Jemez may begin after that date if no 
additional claimants come forward.
Dated: April 5, 1999.
Francis P. McManamon,
Departmental Consulting Archeologist,
Manager, Archeology and Ethnography Program.
[FR Doc. 99-9324 Filed 4-13-99; 8:45 am]
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