[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 134 (Thursday, July 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42203-42204]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-15038]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034191; 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 a cultural affiliation 
between the associated funerary objects and present-day Indian Tribes 
or Native Hawaiian organizations. Lineal descendants or representatives 
of any Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian organization not

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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 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 Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology at the address in this 
notice by August 15, 2022.

ADDRESSES: 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 associated funerary 
objects under the control of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA. The associated funerary 
objects and the human remains with which they are associated were 
removed from Erie County, NY.
    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.

Consultation

    A detailed assessment of the associated funerary objects was made 
by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology professional staff 
in consultation with representatives of the Cayuga Nation; Oneida 
Indian Nation (previously listed as Oneida Nation of New York); Oneida 
Nation (previously listed as Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin); 
Onondaga Nation; Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe (previously listed as St. 
Regis Band of Mohawk Indians of New York); Seneca Nation of Indians 
(previously listed as Seneca Nation of New York); Seneca-Cayuga Nation 
(previously listed as Seneca-Cayuga Tribe of Oklahoma); Tonawanda Band 
of Seneca (previously listed as Tonawanda Band of Seneca Indians of New 
York); and the Tuscarora Nation (hereafter referred to as ``The 
Tribes'').

History and Description of the Associated Funerary Objects

    In 1903, 28 associated funerary objects were removed from Erie 
County, NY, during a Peabody Museum expedition led by M.R. Harrington 
and A.C. Parker. Museum records indicate that these associated funerary 
objects were recovered from the Silverheels site. This site is located 
within the town of Brant, 1.5 miles east of the village of Irving, on 
the Cattaraugus Indian Reservation, approximately 2.5 miles upstream of 
Lake Erie on Cattaraugus Creek. These interments most likely date to 
the early Contact period (A.D. 1500-1700). Museum documentation and 
consultation information indicate that the associated funerary objects 
were removed from specific burials of Native American individuals. The 
28 associated funerary objects are: five sherds, one stone, one faunal 
remain, one lot of faunal remains, one nut, one animal tooth, two lots 
of sherds, five bones, one point, two iron knife fragments, one 
fragment of scissors, one metal sheet fragment, three iron knives, and 
three lithics.
    The associated human remains together with other associated 
funerary objects from the site were reported in a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register on October 5, 2001, and 
have subsequently been transferred to the culturally affiliated Indian 
Tribes.
    Historical and geographical information indicate that these 
cultural items are from areas considered to be aboriginal homelands and 
traditional burial grounds of the Haudenosaunee. The present-day Indian 
Tribes who represent the Haudenosaunee are The Tribes.

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

    Officials of Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard 
University have determined that:
     Pursuant to 25 U.S.C. 3001(3)(A), the 28 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), there is a relationship of 
shared group identity that can be reasonably traced between the 
associated funerary objects and The Tribes.

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 
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 August 15, 
2022. After that date, if no additional requestors have come forward, 
transfer of control of the associated funerary objects to The Tribes 
may proceed.
    The Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University 
is responsible for notifying The Tribes that this notice has been 
published.

    Dated: July 6, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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