[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4266-4267]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01726]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0024662; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology, Andover, MA; Correction

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; correction.

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SUMMARY: The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology has corrected an 
inventory of associated funerary objects, published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register on September 22, 2017. 
This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects. Lineal 
descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice that wish to request 
transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should submit 
a written request to the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology. If no 
additional requestors come forward, transfer of control of the 
associated funerary objects to the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may proceed.

DATES: Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or 
Native Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology at the address in this 
notice by March 1, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 
Main Street, Andover, MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is here given in accordance with the 
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), 25 
U.S.C. 3003, of the correction of an inventory of associated funerary 
objects under the control of the Robert S. Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology. The associated funerary objects were removed from the 
Mansion Inn site, Wayland, Middlesex County, MA.
    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 associated funerary objects. The National Park Service is not 
responsible for the determinations in this notice.
    This notice corrects the number of associated funerary objects 
published in a Notice of Inventory Completion in the Federal Register 
(82 FR 44460-44461, September 22, 2017). During preparation of a 
receipt for repatriation, it was determined that cataloging errors had 
been made in compiling the original inventory, largely due to objects 
with duplicative catalog numbers, objects with no catalog numbers, and 
discrepancies between catalog cards and objects. Transfer of control of 
the items in this correction notice has not occurred.

Correction

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 44461, September 22, 2017), column 
2, full paragraph 1, sentence 7, under the heading ``History and 
Description of the Remains,'' is corrected by substituting the 
following sentence:

    The 178 associated funerary objects are 4 adze fragments; 1 axe 
fragment; 40 bifaces and biface fragments; 22 flakes/debitage; 1 lot 
flakes/debitage; 1 lot calcined bone fragments; 1 lot charcoal; 1 
charred nut fragment; 1 hammerstone; 21 worked and unworked pebbles 
and pebble fragments; 23 stone tool fragments; and 62 stone 
fragments.

    In the Federal Register (82 FR 44461, September 22, 2017), column 
2, full paragraph 4, sentence 1, under the heading ``Determinations 
Made by the Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology,'' is corrected by 
replacing the number ``188'' with the number ``178.''

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    Lineal descendants or representatives of any Indian Tribe or Native 
Hawaiian organization not identified in this notice that wish to 
request transfer of control of these associated funerary objects should 
submit a written request with information in support of the request to 
Ryan Wheeler, Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology, 180 Main Street, 
Andover MA 01810, telephone (978) 749-4490, email [email protected], 
by March 1, 2018. After that date, if no additional requestors have 
come forward, transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to 
Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the Mashpee 
Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee Wampanoag 
Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head 
(Aquinnah), and, if joined to one or more of the culturally affiliated 
Tribes, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc

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Nation, which are non-federally recognized Indian groups, may proceed.
    The Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology is responsible for 
notifying the Wampanoag Repatriation Confederation, representing the 
Mashpee Wampanoag Indian Tribe (previously listed as the Mashpee 
Wampanoag Indian Tribal Council, Inc.) and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay 
Head (Aquinnah), and, if joined to one or more of the culturally 
affiliated Tribes, the Assonet Band of the Wampanoag Nation and Nipmuc 
Nation, which are non-federally recognized Indian groups, that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: November 15, 2017.
Sarah Glass,
Acting Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2018-01726 Filed 1-29-18; 8:45 am]
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