[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 29367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10265]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0033900; 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 human remains, in consultation 
with the appropriate Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian organizations, 
and has determined that there is a cultural affiliation between the 
human remains and present-day Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian 
organizations. 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 human remains should 
submit a written request to the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology. If no additional requestors come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains 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 human remains 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 June 13, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Capone, Curator and NAGPRA 
Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 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 human remains under 
the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University, Cambridge, MA. The human remains were removed from an 
unknown location.
    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.

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 Chickasaw Nation.

History and Description of the Remains

    At an unknown time, human remains representing, at minimum, one 
individual were removed from an unknown location. These human remains 
were originally part of the American Institute of Phrenology (formerly 
the American Craniological Museum). The collection of the American 
Institute of Phrenology was donated to the American Museum of Natural 
History in the late 1920s by Jessie Y. Loomis in the name of Ernest 
Yates Loomis. In 1932, these human remains were transferred to the 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology as part of an exchange with 
the American Museum of Natural History. No known individual was 
identified. No associated funerary objects are present.
    Osteological characteristics indicate that, more likely than not, 
these human remains are Native American. Furthermore, museum 
documentation describes the human remains as a ``Chickasaw Indian.'' 
This specific cultural attribution suggests that these human remains 
likely date to the Contact period. Consequently, a preponderance of the 
evidence shows that a relationship of shared group identity exists 
between The Chickasaw Nation and the earlier group to which these 
Native American human remains belong.

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(9), the human remains described 
in this notice represent the physical remains of one individual of 
Native American ancestry.
     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 Chickasaw Nation.

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 human remains should submit a 
written request with information in support of the request to Patricia 
Capone, Curator and NAGPRA Director, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 
496-3702, email [email protected], by June 13, 2022. After that 
date, if no additional requestors have come forward, transfer of 
control of the human remains to The Chickasaw Nation may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 
is responsible for notifying The Chickasaw Nation that this notice has 
been published.

    Dated: May 4, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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