[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 119 (Thursday, June 22, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 40854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-13300]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

National Park Service

[NPS-WASO-NAGPRA-NPS0036062; 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: In accordance with the Native American Graves Protection and 
Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and 
Ethnology, Harvard University (PMAE) has completed an inventory of 
human remains and determined they are related to the lineal descendants 
in this notice. The human remains were collected at the Sherman 
Institute in Riverside County, CA.

DATES: Repatriation of the human remains in this notice may occur on or 
after July 24, 2023.

ADDRESSES: Jane Pickering, Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, 
Harvard University, 11 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138, telephone 
(617) 496-2374, 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 
PMAE. The National Park Service is not responsible for the 
determinations in this notice. Additional information on the 
determinations in this notice, including the results of consultation, 
can be found in the inventory or related records held by the PMAE.

Description

    Human remains representing, at minimum, one individual were 
collected at the Sherman Institute in Riverside County, CA. The human 
remains are hair clippings collected from one individual, identified as 
Mission Indian, one individual who was recorded as being 17 years old. 
Samuel H. Gilliam took the hair clippings at the Sherman Institute 
between 1930 and 1933. Gilliam sent the hair clippings to George 
Woodbury, who donated the hair clippings to the PMAE in 1935. No 
associated funerary objects are present.

Determinations

    Pursuant to NAGPRA and its implementing regulations, and after 
consultation with the appropriate lineal descendants, Indian Tribes, 
and Native Hawaiian organizations, the PMAE has determined that:
     The human remains described in this notice represent the 
physical remains of one individual of Native American ancestry.
     There are two direct lineal descendants of the individual 
whose human remains are described in this notice.

Requests for Repatriation

    Written requests for repatriation of the human remains in this 
notice must be sent to the Responsible Official identified in 
ADDRESSES. Requests for repatriation may be submitted by:
    1. Any one or more of the lineal descendants, Indian Tribes or 
Native Hawaiian organizations 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.
    Repatriation of the human remains in this notice to a requestor may 
occur on or after July 24, 2023. If competing requests for repatriation 
are received, the PMAE must determine the most appropriate requestor 
prior to repatriation. Requests for joint repatriation of the human 
remains are considered a single request and not competing requests. The 
PMAE is responsible for sending a copy of this notice to the lineal 
descendants 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, 10.10, 
and 10.14.

    Dated: June 14, 2023.
Melanie O'Brien,
Manager, National NAGPRA Program.
[FR Doc. 2023-13300 Filed 6-21-23; 8:45 am]
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