[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 18 (Thursday, January 27, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4286-4287]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01655]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033320; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


Notice of Inventory Completion: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University has completed an inventory of associated funerary objects, 
in consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations, and has determined that there is no cultural affiliation 
between the associated funerary objects and any present-day Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations. 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 Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to the Indian 
Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations stated in this notice may 
proceed.

DATES: 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 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this 
notice by February 28, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Capone, NAGPRA Director, 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, 11 
Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, 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 completion of an inventory of associated funerary 
objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The associated funerary 
objects were removed from Wayne County, MI.
    This notice is published as part of the National Park Service's 
administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA, 25 U.S.C. 3003(d)(3) and 
43 CFR 10.11(d). 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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the human remains was made by the Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff in consultation 
with representatives of the Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Grand 
Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Hannahville 
Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay Indian Community, Michigan; 
Lac Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; 
Little River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Traverse Bay 
Bands of Odawa Indians, Michigan; Match-e-be-nash-she-wish Band of 
Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 
Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; 
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan and Indiana; Saginaw 
Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; and the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians, Michigan. The following Indian Tribes were invited to 
consult but did not participate: Absentee-Shawnee Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Bad River Band of the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians 
of the Bad River Reservation, Wisconsin; Chippewa Cree Indians of the 
Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed as Chippewa-Cree 
Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]; Citizen Potawatomi 
Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Nation, Oklahoma; Delaware Tribe of Indians; 
Forest County Potawatomi Community, Wisconsin; Ho-Chunk Nation of 
Wisconsin; Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Indians of the Kickapoo Reservation in Kansas; Kickapoo Tribe of 
Oklahoma; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of 
the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Little Shell Tribe of 
Chippewa Indians of Montana Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin; Miami 
Tribe of Oklahoma; Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component 
reservations: Bois Forte Band (Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand 
Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); 
Oneida Nation [previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of 
Wisconsin]; Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Peoria Tribe of Indians of 
Oklahoma; Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation [previously listed as Prairie 
Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas]; Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians, 
Minnesota; Sac & Fox Nation of Missouri in Kansas and Nebraska; Sac & 
Fox Nation, Oklahoma; Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa; 
Seneca Nation of Indians [previously listed as the Seneca Nation of New 
York]; Seneca-Cayuga Nation [previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe 
of Oklahoma]; Shawnee Tribe; Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Wisconsin; 
St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Stockbridge Munsee Community, 
Wisconsin; Tonawanda Band of Seneca [previously listed as Tonawanda 
Band of Seneca Indians of New York]; Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa 
Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte Nation. Hereinafter, all the 
Indian Tribes listed in this section are referred to as ``The Consulted 
and Invited Tribes.''

History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects

    The human remains of 27 Native American individuals associated with 
these funerary objects were included in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register on October 3, 2016 (81 FR 
68045-68046, October 3, 2016). These human remains have been 
transferred to the Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi, Michigan 
[previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.].
    At an unknown date, one associated funerary object was removed from 
the River Rouge Mound Group in Wayne County, MI, by Henry Gilman. It 
was donated to the Peabody Museum by Mr. Gilman in 1869. The one 
associated funerary object is one lot of faunal remains.
    At an unknown date, 118 associated funerary objects were removed 
from the River Rouge Mound Group in Wayne County, MI, by Henry Gilman. 
They were purchased from an unknown individual in 1872. The 118 
associated funerary objects are five groundstone axes, four groundstone 
ornaments, nine bifaces, one uniface, one beaked edge tool, 16 
projectile points, 31 lithic flakes, one drill, three shell ornaments, 
six bone beads, 20 copper beads, one clay pipe bowl fragment, one 
perforated worked antler, two beaver teeth fragments, one fox mandible, 
one copper awl, one bottle of red ochre, one worked bone, 11 ceramic 
sherds, and two ceramic vessels.

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Determinations Made by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University

    Officials of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 119 objects 
described in this notice are reasonably believed to have been placed 
with or near individual human remains at the time of death or later as 
part of the death rite or ceremony.
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(2), a relationship of shared 
group identity cannot be reasonably traced between the associated 
funerary objects and any present-day Indian Tribe.
     According to final judgments of the Indian Claims 
Commission or the Court of Federal Claims, Treaties, Acts of Congress, 
or Executive Orders, the land from which the Native American human 
remains were removed is the aboriginal land of the Bad River Band of 
the Lake Superior Tribe of Chippewa Indians of the Bad River 
Reservation, Wisconsin; Bay Mills Indian Community, Michigan; Chippewa 
Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana [previously listed 
as Chippewa-Cree Indians of the Rocky Boy's Reservation, Montana]; 
Citizen Potawatomi Nation, Oklahoma; Forest County Potawatomi 
Community, Wisconsin; Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa 
Indians, Michigan; Hannahville Indian Community, Michigan; Keweenaw Bay 
Indian Community, Michigan; Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 
Chippewa Indians of the Lac du Flambeau Reservation of Wisconsin; Lac 
Vieux Desert Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Michigan; Little 
River Band of Ottawa Indians, Michigan; Little Shell Tribe of Chippewa 
Indians of Montana; Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians; Match-
e-be-nash-she-wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians of Michigan; Minnesota 
Chippewa Tribe, Minnesota (Six component reservations: Bois Forte Band 
(Nett Lake); Fond du Lac Band; Grand Portage Band; Leech Lake Band; 
Mille Lacs Band; White Earth Band); Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the 
Potawatomi, Michigan [previously listed as Huron Potawatomi, Inc.]; 
Ottawa Tribe of Oklahoma; Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians, Michigan 
and Indiana; Prairie Band of Potawatomi Nation, Kansas; Red Cliff Band 
of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Red Lake Band of 
Chippewa Indians, Minnesota; Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe of Michigan; 
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, Michigan; Sokaogon Chippewa 
Community, Wisconsin; St. Croix Chippewa Indians of Wisconsin; Turtle 
Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians of North Dakota; and the Wyandotte 
Nation (hereinafter referred to as ``The Aboriginal Land Tribes'').
     Pursuant to 43 CFR 10.11(c)(1), the disposition of the 
associated funerary objects may be to The Aboriginal Land Tribes.

Additional Requestors and Disposition

    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 Patricia Capone, NAGPRA 
Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 
496-3702, email [email protected], by February 28, 2022. After 
that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the associated funerary objects to The Aboriginal Land 
Tribes may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 
is responsible for notifying The Consulted and Invited Tribes that this 
notice has been published.

    Dated: January 19, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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