[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61673-61674]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21376]


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DEPARTMENT OF INTERIOR

National Park Service


Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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    Notice is here given in accordance with the Native American Graves 
Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 U.S.C. 3003, of the 
completion of an inventory of human remains in the control of the 
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA. 
The human remains were removed near Perryville, Washington County, RI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003 (d)(3). 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
museum, institution, or Federal Agency that has control of the Native 
American human remains. The National Park Service is not responsible 
for the determinations in this notice.
    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Robert 
S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
    In 1935, human remains representing a minimum of one individual 
were removed from the Huntington Farm site in Perryville, Washington 
County, RI, by Douglas S. Byers under the auspices of the Robert S. 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology. No known individual was identified. No 
associated funerary objects are present.
    The Huntington Farm site was occupied in the Late Woodland/Contact 
Period based on lithic objects, preservation of the wood and human 
remains in the burial, and burial practices. The area around Washington 
County was in the territory of the Narragansett people at the time of 
contact with Europeans. Various European settlers document the presence 
of the Narragansett people in the Narragansett Bay during the 16th and 
17th centuries. Descendants of the Narragansett are members of the 
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island. In addition, most of the 
present-day Narragansett tribal members continue to live in the 
Washington County area today. Based on burial practices, historic 
documents and geographic evidence, the officials of the Robert S. 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology reasonably believe the human remains are 
culturally affiliated with the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode 
Island.
    Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology have 
determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (9-10), the human remains 
described above represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry. Officials of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology also have determined that, pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001 (2), 
there is a relationship of shared group identity that can be reasonably 
traced between the Native American human remains and the Narragansett 
Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.
    Representatives of any other Indian tribe that believes itself to 
be culturally affiliated with the human remains should contact Malinda 
S. Blustain, Director, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 
Phillips Academy, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, before 
November 30, 2007. Repatriation of the human remains to the 
Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island may proceed after that date 
if no additional claimants come forward.
    The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for 
notifying the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island that this 
notice has been published.


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    Dated: September 26, 2007.
Sherry Hutt,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. E7-21376 Filed 10-30-07; 8:45 am]
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