[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 178 (Thursday, September 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56697-56698]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-19978]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0034526; PPWOCRADN0-PCU00RP14.R50000]


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

AGENCY: National Park Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice; amendment.

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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University has amended a Notice of Inventory 
Completion published in the Federal Register on December 21, 2018. This 
notice amends the number of associated

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funerary objects in a collection removed from Marion County, TN.

DATES: Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects 
in this notice may occur on or after October 17, 2022.

ADDRESSES: Patricia Capone, PMAE, Harvard University, 11 Divinity 
Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone (617) 496-3702, email 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is published as part of the 
National Park Service's administrative responsibilities under NAGPRA. 
The determinations in this notice are the sole responsibility of the 
Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. The 
National Park Service is not responsible for the determinations in this 
notice. Additional information on the amendments and determinations in 
this notice, including the results of consultation, can be found in the 
inventory or related records held by the Peabody Museum of Archaeology 
and Ethnology, Harvard University.

Amendment

    This notice amends the determinations published in a Notice of 
Inventory Completion in the Federal Register (83 FR 65733-65734, 
December 21, 2018). Disposition of the items in the original Notice of 
Inventory Completion has not occurred. This notice amends the number of 
associated funerary objects which were not listed in the original 
notice. Ninety-two associated funerary objects from Marion County, TN, 
are reported here to reflect the inventory.

                                           Associated Funerary Objects
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                 Site                          Original No.          Amended No.        Amended description
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Cave near Jasper in Marion County, TN.  Not Reported.............              33  32 faunal bone fragments and
                                                                                    1 ground stone.
Holloway Mounds in Marion County, TN..  Not reported.............              59  One biface, 15 projectile
                                                                                    points, one quartz
                                                                                    discoidal, 41 shell beads,
                                                                                    and one small plastic box
                                                                                    containing a small
                                                                                    projectile point tip and
                                                                                    shell beads.
Mounds in Sequatchie Valley in Marion   Not reported.............               0  No associated funerary
 County, TN.                                                                        objects are present.
Island in Tennessee River in Marion     Not reported.............               0  No associated funerary
 County, TN.                                                                        objects are present.
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Determinations (as Amended)

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate Indian Tribes, the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University has determined that:
     The human remains represent the physical remains of 23 
individuals of Native American ancestry.
     The 92 objects 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.
     No relationship of shared group identity can be reasonably 
traced between the human remains and associated funerary objects and 
any Indian Tribe.
     The human remains and associated funerary objects were 
removed from the aboriginal land of the Cherokee Nation; Eastern Band 
of Cherokee Indians; and the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians 
in Oklahoma.

Requests for Disposition

    Written requests for disposition of the human remains and 
associated funerary objects in this notice must be sent to the 
Responsible Official identified in ADDRESSES. Requests for disposition 
may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the Indian Tribes identified in this notice.
    2. Any lineal descendant, Indian Tribe, or Native Hawaiian 
organization not identified in this notice who shows, by a 
preponderance of the evidence, that the requestor is a lineal 
descendant or a culturally affiliated Indian Tribe or Native Hawaiian 
organization, or who shows that the requestor is an aboriginal land 
Indian Tribe.
    Disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects in 
this notice to a requestor may occur on or after October 17, 2022. If 
competing requests for disposition are received, the Peabody Museum of 
Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University must determine the most 
appropriate requestor prior to disposition. Requests for joint 
disposition of the human remains and associated funerary objects are 
considered a single request and not competing requests. The Peabody 
Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University is responsible 
for sending a copy of this notice to the Indian Tribes identified in 
this notice.
    Authority: Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, 
25 U.S.C. 3003, and the implementing regulations, 43 CFR 10.9, 10.11, 
and 10.13.

    Dated: September 7, 2022.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
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